"The essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction--its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, twelve essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative and the role of the beta reader in online communities"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : work in progress / Kristina Busse, Karen Hellekson -- Fan fiction : a bibliography of critical works -- A brief history of media fandom / Francesca Coppa -- Archontic literature : a definition, a history, and several theories of fan fiction / Abigail Derecho -- One true pairing : the romance of pornography and the pornography of romance / Catherine Driscoll -- Intimatopia : genre intersections between slash and the mainstream / Elizabeth Woledge -- The toy soldiers from Leeds : the slash palimpsest / Mafalda Stasi -- Construction of fan fiction character through narrative / Deborah Kaplan -- Keeping promises to queer children : making space (for Mary Sue) at Hogwarts / Ika Willis -- The audience as editor : the role of beta readers in online fan fiction communities / Angelina I. Karpovich -- Cunning linguists : the bisexual erotics of words/silence/flesh / Eden Lackner, Barbara Lynn Lucas, Robin Anne Reid -- My life is a WIP on my LJ : slashing the slasher and the reality of celebrity and Internet performances / Kristina Busse -- Writing bodies in space : media fan fiction as theatrical performance / Francesca Coppa -- "This dratted thing" : fannish storytelling through new media / Louisa Ellen Stein -- From shooting monsters to shooting movies : machinima and the transformative play of video game fan culture / Robert Jones.