Speculative fiction is a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements, often asking the question “WHAT IF?“. The term is credited to Robert A. Heinlein in his 1947 essay On the Writing of Speculative Fiction, in which he differentiates between science fiction stories that focus on fictional technologies and stories that focus on the societal impact of such technologies
“A good deep well is worth killing over.” He heard those words going through his head as he looked down at the lifeless body of his neighbor’s neighbor. The blood was still fresh from the wound and the eyes had only just begun to look unconscious.