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Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike – SPFBO #4 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Writing and reading is a subjective art. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK—normal people dislike it intensely, but some weird folks actually enjoy the taste of warm road surface and fresh roadkill upon their tongue. To each their own, I suppose. Orconomics […]
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson – SPFBO #4 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Writing and reading is a subjective art. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK—normal people dislike it intensely, but some weird folks actually enjoy the taste of warm road surface and fresh roadkill upon their tongue. To each their own, I suppose. We […]
Fantasy-Faction Game of Thrones Discussion: Season 8, Episode 2
*Spoilers* Watch through Season 8, Episode 2 before reading! If there’s one thing we should take away from the first two episodes of the season, it’s that we all just devoured with rapt attention what were essentially two hour-long episodes of placid preamble to the battle at Winterfell. With any other, less beloved show we […]
Fantasy-Faction Game of Thrones Discussion: Season 8, Episode 1
*Spoilers* Watch through Season 8, Episode 1 before reading! In March I posted a poll in the Fantasy-Faction Facebook group asking people to name their all-time favorite fantasy serial (either TV or streaming). HBO’s Game of Thrones ran away with the number one spot, garnering almost twice as many votes as the number two series, […]
Critical Role Contender?
A lot of Fantasy readers are also fans of Role Playing Games, so we’ve stumbled across something we feel we need to share with you! A group made up of some of our favourite science fiction, fantasy, and gaming writers are preparing to launch a new universe together. It’ll be a world named Vaeron and […]
Gene Wolfe 1931 – 2019
“…that is to say, in all of this, I think, I believe in some sense much akin to the belief of faith, that I noticed, felt, or underwent what I describe—but it may be that the only reason childhood memories act on us so strongly is that, being the most remote we possess, they are […]
Dear SFF Community,
Though spread across the globe, we come together around our passion for science and fantasy fiction. As such, our community must be supportive of one another—be strong enough to stand up in defence of those who cannot, or fear to, speak in their own. This past week has seen a test of that community, of […]
We Want You: To Write for Fantasy-Faction
Do you read fantasy, science fiction, horror, steampunk, or any other of the many subgenres of SFF? Are you writing the next great epic fantasy novel or are at least trying to? Do you have some free time to share your love of genre fiction with others? Then Fantasy-Faction wants you! We are a fan […]
Bloodchild Cover Reveal
It’s always a pleasure to do a cover reveal, but when it’s for our of our favourite authors it’s all the more exciting! 😀 Today we’ve been asked by publishing giants Harper Voyager to release upon the world the cover for Bloodchild by Anna Stephens, it’s the third book in the Godblind series (but you knew […]
Seraphina’s Lament by Sarah Chorn – Cover Reveal + Excerpt
Today I have the great pleasure of presenting Fantasy-Faction’s first cover reveal and story excerpt of 2019! And what better way to start, than with a soon to be debut author and friend of the site: Sarah Chorn. Many of you may know Sarah as the woman behind the site Bookworm Blues. She is a […]
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2018
Happy New Year Factioners! 2018 was a difficult year for many of us, but it was an amazing year for fantasy! Our nomination list was the longest it’s ever been and we had a super hard time deciding who would make the cut. There were fantastic debuts, continuations of series, and series that reached their […]
The Best of r/Fantasy Stabby Award 2018 Winners Announced!
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! If you’ve not visited the r/Fantasy Reddit, there has never been a better time to check it out. 2018 really was an amazing year for fantasy! Best Novel Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames Best Independent Novel Ghostwater by Will Wight Best Debut The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Best […]
