Den Patrick Interview
If you haven’t heard of Den Patrick yet, wait a few minutes. Because today his series is coming out from Gollancz, and Den’s hitting the fantasy scene like Orcrist. Den’s…
If you haven’t heard of Den Patrick yet, wait a few minutes. Because today his series is coming out from Gollancz, and Den’s hitting the fantasy scene like Orcrist. Den’s…
In exploring a number of lesser-known creatures from Greco-Roman mythology, we’ve seen how some of the modern monsters we’ve come to know and love originated in ancient myth and folklore.…
Two animals that have, throughout history, built up a lot of superstition concerning them are rats and cats. So it’s not surprising that these creatures also pop up a lot…
For the fourth instalment of this series about lesser-known creatures and beasts of Classical mythology, we’re going to take a little bit of a lighter spin on things. While this…
Welcome to the third instalment in this series about little-known monsters (and other assorted creatures) from Classical mythology! This series is intended to shine a bit of light on some…
This is the third article in our Creatures in the Shadows series. You can read the other articles here: Part One – West Africa Part Two – South and East…
In this series, I plan to explore some lesser-known creatures and monsters of classical mythology, many of which are reminiscent of modern-day monsters and beasts in fantasy literature. While many…
For a long time we have separated magic and science, drawing a line between fantasy and science fiction, associating magic with the past – usually a pre-industrial society – and…
This is the second article in our Creatures in the Shadows series. You can read the first one on West African creatures here. South and South-East Africa is a land…
Elves, trolls, dwarves, goblins… There’s no denying that the Western fantasy is strongly entrenched in a Northern European mindscape: those ancient myths of the Celtic and Germanic people that inspired…
Of all the bird species, owls have a unique talent for scaring the dickens out of people. They hide during the day and bellow haunting hoots throughout the night. Owls…
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a great leap day. The Fantasy-Faction Anthology Contest is now in full swing! The amount of entries coming in is amazing! If…