Note to reader: A version of this article was previously posted at VisionaryFiction Alliance.
Visionary fiction entertains, which is, after all, the main purpose of fiction as a literary form.
But visionary fiction goes one step further; it nourishes the mind.
The Range of Visionary Fiction
Not all visionary fiction, though, nourishes the mind in the same way. Some novels in this category are profound and literary, others deceptively simple and straightforward. Visionary novels also range in time period and setting, from historical to contemporary to futuristic. There’s visionary fiction written for children, middle grades, young adults, new adults, and mature adults. There’s Celtic, LGBTQ, and science fiction. And the list goes on.
You and I as readers, have preferences in the types of stories we enjoy, as we prefer certain foods in our diet. Some of us choose fruits over vegetables, beef over fish, bread over pasta. We can further break down our food preferences into apples over oranges, squash over cucumbers, steak over ground beef, halibut over trout.
Likewise, although visionary fiction distinguishes itself from other book genres in that it helps reach and show what the eyes can’t see but the inner soul can understand, it can be further broken into subcategories such as those mentioned above, as well as utopian, fantasy, horror, metaphysical, and spiritual.
This may sound confusing, but Visionary Fiction Alliance is there to help you find the type of visionary fiction you love to read.
Check out the various subtypes of Visionary fiction titles below, which are also listed in the VFA bookstore.
Subcategories of Visionary Fiction
Celtic
The Keys to Remember, by Jodine Turner
Children/Fantasy
Dragon Boy, by Jim Murdoch
Pickwick’s Plan; The Wormus; The Horus, by Deepak Menon
Contemporary/Women’s
Between Will and Surrender; Between Darkness and Dawn; Between Yesterday and Tomorrow; Between Now and Forever, by Margaret Duarte
Giving Voice to Dawn, by Linda Gribko
Mystic Tea; The Anesthesia Game; The Sublime Transformation of Vera Wright, by Rea Nolan Martin
School of Hard Knocks, by Theresa Crater
Trusting the Currents, by Lynnda Pollio
Fantasy/Adventure
The Todor Trilogy–Revelation; Disintegration; Unity, by Jenna Newell Hiott
The Awakening: Rebirth of Atlantis, by Jodine Turner
Under the Stone Paw; Beneath the Hallowed Hill; Return of the Grail King, by Theresa Crater
The Eighth House, by Gerald Stanek
Historical/Epic Fantasy
Voices in Crystal; Going Forth by Day; Opener of the Sky; Heart of the Lotus, By Mary Woldering
Channel of the Grail: A Novel of Cathars, Templars, and a Nazi Grail Hunter; The Anathemas: A Novel of Reincarnation and Restitution, by Victor Smith
The Hidden Abbey, by Jodine Turner
LGBTQ
God in a Box, by Theresa Crater
Literary/Fantasy
The Qaraq; The Qaraq and the Maya Factor; The Qaraq and the Subversive Manuscript, by Stephen Weinstock
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman, by Robin Gregory
The Road to Shambhala; Contact, by Gerald Stanek
Magical Realism
Fantastic Fables of Foster Flat; More Fantastic Fables of Foster Flat, by W. Bradford Swift
Destiny’s Call: Carry on the Flame; Destiny’s Call: Ultimate Magic, by Jodine Turner
Metaphysical
Gawain and the Green King: Temptation-Karma-Honor, by Stefan Edmunds
Mystery/Thriller
Jessie’s Song, by Eleni Papanou
The Star Family, by Theresa Crater
Political Satire
The Fringe Candidate, by W. Bradford Swift
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Babble, by W. Bradford Swift
Witches’Gambit; Dancing with the Dead; Alvar’s Spear, by Charles Freedom Long
Unison: The Spheral; Beyond Omega’s Sunrise, by Eleni Papanou
Skymerge; Spacevasion; Skysplitter, by Deepak Menon
Spirituality
The Water Singers, by Iris Chinook
Suspense
Assassin Awakens, by Theresa Crater
Systems, by Saleena Karim
YA/Middle Grade Fantasy
Amberlin: Divine Destiny; Amberlin: Awakening, by W. Bradford Swift
Inn Lak’ech: A Journey to the Realm of Oneness; Seaglass Christmas: A Little Blessing Mystery, by Eleyne-Mari Sharp
The Clay Queen; Clay to Ashes; Iron of Clay; She Died in My Arms, by Ono Ekeh
Timeless Tulips, Dark Diamonds; Into the Land of Snows, by Ellis Nelson
Dominion Over All, Endangered; Ghost Elephant, by W. Bradford Swift
Amelie Trott and The Earth Watchers, by Moyra Irving
Visionary Fiction to Suit Every Taste
I’m confident that you’ll find visionary fiction in the Visionary Fiction Alliance Bookstore that not only suits your specific taste for entertainment, but nourishes and catalyzes your mind as well.
And sticks with you like a good, solid meal.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by,
