When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

The famous fan fiction website Archive of Our Own or AO3 has finally exited open beta, 17 years after it launched way back in 2009. AO3 is a nonprofit created by the by the Organization for ...

We stand on the shoulders of horny giants. The massive success of Heated Rivalry is the culmination of decades of fandom: stans, zines, and, yes, fan fiction. One of the most popular forms of fanfic ...

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If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Books inspired by existing intellectual property are nothing new, but the trend may be gathering steam Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books ...

The Crave Original series adapted Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels for television and has aired weekly on Fridays since late November, and was picked up by HBO Max for distribution in the U.S. One ...

While the show primarily adapts the romance between rival hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), the latest episode, “Hunter,” follows another couple in ...

Source: GPT-5 / OpenAI Who owns fictional characters? Is it the person who brings them to life, or the fans who admire or even love them? Should writing stories about one’s favorite characters be seen ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you some of our recent favorites, books that bring the 1950s to life, our latest reviews, thrilling historical mysteries, immersive Tudor mysteries, ...

A dark romance novel that started life as Harry Potter fan fiction about a BDSM relationship between Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger has been snapped up by a movie house in a deal worth more than $3 ...

It’s a great time to be into fanfiction. The space is currently in the throes of a digital gold rush for content seekers and creators. There’s something for everyone, about practically anything. But ...