Where does this fit?

[Call_Me_Alfonse]

I am working on a series set in a post apocalyptic, dystopian future. The apocalypse came from behind the sun. Society collapsed. Government failed. Laws are treated as merely suggestions.
The strong control the people. The smart exist in the shadows. Strong and smart is rare and dangerous. The strong, “the wolves” prey on the wives. Those who are seduced by men in power. It is BTB to the extreme!
So, where should it go? Loving wives? Other?

Seeking feedback and suggestions.

 

[Steadfast421]

Under the category, “The World Today.”

 

[Call_Me_Alfonse]

Is that a real category?

 

[SmilingLez]

I am working on a series set in a post apocalyptic, dystopian future. The apocalypse came from behind the sun. Society collapsed. Government failed. Laws are treated as merely suggestions.
The strong control the people. The smart exist in the shadows. Strong and smart is rare and dangerous. The strong, “the wolves” prey on the wives. Those who are seduced by men in power. It is BTB to the extreme!
So, where should it go? Loving wives? Other?

Seeking feedback and suggestions.

Science fiction and fantasy

 

[dirk2024]

Science fiction and fantasy

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Either Loving Wives or SciFi&F. You’ll get more reads on LW but fewer death threats in SF&F.

 

[IWroteThis]

Science fiction and fantasy

That would be my vote as well.

The apocalypse came from behind the sun.

I do find myself pondering the meaning of the above sentence though. We circle the sun every year, so "behind the sun" is always a moving target.

 

[anthrodisiac]

I do find myself pondering the meaning of the above sentence though. We circle the sun every year, so "behind the sun" is always a moving target.

I'm also quite curious specifically what the OP has in mind.

Care to enlighten us, @Call_Me_Alfonse?

I could see it being a couple things, but I'll save my theories, since we have primary source readily available.

 

[Britva415]

It is BTB to the extreme!

How is it BTB?

As in like - who is/are the B and how do they get burned?

 

[Statius]

Everybody knows the earth is flat and the center of the universe, jeez. You people and your 'science'

 

[EmilyMiller]

Toys and Masturbation?

 

[RejectReality]

Any time you set something in a world not our own, it's going to suffer somewhat in the "real world" categories, even if otherwise on theme. People balk at Sci-Fi&Fantasy getting mixed with their kink. Dropping it into LW where they pride themselves in rewarding "gritty realism" is surely not going to end well.

You'll absolutely get exponentially more views/votes/comments in LW, but unless it's an absolute masterpiece it will probably be in the 3s on score because of the warring camps and "tainting" the category with "Mad Max bullshit".

The Sci-Fi&Fantasy readers are far more inclined to shrug and back-click from things they don't like without dropping 1-bombs and telling you to kill yourself and your family if AIDS doesn't get you first like the LW crowd. So even though a dark and dystopian story isn't the preference ( assuming it doesn't come out to a happy ending where your hero rises above the horrors of this world, which could do quite well even if dark for most of the run ) I feel as if you're more likely putting it in front of the largest concentration of readers who will enjoy it in Sci-Fi&Fantasy.

The description honestly doesn't sound like a LW story to me anyway. You're talking about the setting, and saying nothing about any characters that might be the center of the story. LW stories tend to be much more narrowly focused on a single marriage and the dynamics of it.

The setting is the draw in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. If that's what's exciting you, that's where it should go.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

If it's 'BtB in the extreme' as you put it, it's Loving Wives all the way. That's where the biggest audience is.

Or is this another, "I have a 100% LW story, do I have to post there or how do I avoid downvotes?" thread. Okay, fine, post in Sci-fi where far less people will see it, less people will like it but you won't get trolled. Be a simp. : P

 

[TheLobster]

I do find myself pondering the meaning of the above sentence though. We circle the sun every year, so "behind the sun" is always a moving target.

I'm also quite curious specifically what the OP has in mind.

It's probably about the old sci-fi idea of counter-Earth.

 

[anthrodisiac]

It's probably about the old sci-fi idea of counter-Earth.

My thought was more along the lines of asteroid or comet approaching from blind spot. If it's far enough away and happens to approach from a sunward direction and isn't freakishly huge (~0.5-1km), we wouldn't know about it until the last minute, way too late to do anything other than maybe try to nuke it, and good luck with that, buddy. Enough to be a country-killer, fallout would be rough after the fact, but not catastrophic life-ending apocalypse.

But what the resulting world sounds like is a super-Carrington Event, so...

 

[Call_Me_Alfonse]

I’m going to post in LW. It is a series called “Under” and so far I have three titles: Under the brim, Under the coat, and Under the tray.
The description for each is: “Nobody looks under the …”
The original idea was built around, “getting a shoeshine from an MBA, and getting a haircut from a PHD.”
Stay tuned ….

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Let's start with some clarification on what you intend.

Is this going to be a series of individual episodic tales in the same world, or is it going to be a series of interdependent chapters, that combined, tell the complete story?

If a series of separate episodic stories, I would suggest Sci Fi/Fantasy as the best category.

If a work comprised of chapters, it could work in the same category or Novels/Novellas.

I will tell you that the most sought after genre right now in mainstream publishing, according to the Manuscript Wish List website, is dystopian/apocalyptic. You might want to consider that when deciding on chapters versus episodic.