futurefic

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noun

A fanfic set in the future relative to the time in which canonical events are set.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounfuturefic (plural futurefics)

plural futurefics

  1. slanglifestyleA fanfic set in the future relative to the time in which canonical events are set.

    It all inspired me to write this sort of mini futurefic, a look at what might happen when what we once knew is gone.

    1998 July 23, Eyeglazer [username], “A Glimpse of the Future [futurefic]”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet)
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    A futurefic involving a grown William Mulder looking for his...parents...with John Doggett playing an adoptive "uncle"?

    2001 July 1, Michael Aulfrey, “Argh! Which one to write?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

    A futurefic following Mulder and Scully over twenty years as they deal with a personal tragedy and the aftermath it leaves.

    2001 September 10, Lisamichelle, “NEW: Aftermath: EPILOGUE (1/3) NC-17”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

futurefic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futurefic

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“futurefic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futurefic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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