I could claim the gray area, but I don’t want to cop out and straddle the paradigm fence. Henry James, when asked if The Turn of the Screw was a psychological thriller, replied that it was simply a ghost story. I have always thought that it was both. To me, Shelley’s Frankenstein is more science fiction than fantasy, as is much of H. P. Lovecraft’s lore about ancient aliens and devolving fish people. But at least Lovecradt presented those creatures as real, not imagined, in the context of the stories. Now I guess I’m just thinking out loud. See what you’ve done? You made me think!. I’m just not sure yet of my conclusions.