A literary work can be defined as a branch of literature dealing with words as raw material to create a picture, an idea or a story

in a meaningful pattern. A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim. Romance or romantic usually refers to Romance (love), love emphasizing emotion over libido. horror story, a story in which the focus is on creating a feeling of fear. Such tales are of ancient origin and form a substantial part of the body of folk literature. They can feature supernatural elements such as ghosts, witches, or vampires, or they can address more realistic psychological fears. In Western literature the literary cultivation of fear and curiosity for its own sake began to emerge in the 18th-century pre-Romantic era with the Gothic novel. The genre was invented by Horace Walpole, whose Castle of Otranto (1765) may be said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley introduced pseudoscience into the genre in her famous novel Frankenstein (1818), about the creation of a monster that ultimately destroys its creator. In the Romantic era the German storyteller E.T.A. Hoffmann and the American Edgar Allan Poe raised the horror story to a level far above mere entertainment through their skillful intermingling of reason and madness, eerie atmosphere and everyday reality. They invested their spectres, doubles, and haunted houses with a psychological symbolism that gave their tales a haunting credibility.

Adventure stories
In an adventure, one or more people set out on a quest. The path they take is seldom smooth and various chapters of the story may act as mini-adventures in their own right. Adventures have more structure than pure thrillers, in which excitement is the key ingredient. They are romantic in the literary sense rather than the boy-meets-girl sense, although interpersonal romance of course is not precluded. Adventures can happen to ordinary people going about their daily business. They may also be sought by 'professional adventurers' who have the wherewithal to mount expeditions to find foreign treasure or seek other goals in exotic lands. Adventure stories can encompass other story types, including escape, rescue, thriller, romance and more. Perhaps more than any other genre, though, the adventure embraces traditional plot elements, such as a journey, gaining symbolic artefacts and defeating an archetypal villain in pursuit of a defined mission.
Example The Famous Five, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings