The Red Knight by Miles Cameron
Nicholas Schmiedicker
I had the fortunate pleasure to receive an early copy of Miles Cameron’s debut novel, The Red Knight. Never have I been more pleasantly surprised and impressed with a writer’s…
February 2013
Talyn: A Novel of Korre by Holly Lisle
Faith M. Boughan
Talyn is a novel about aftermath. It’s a story of two nations who have been at war for three hundred years, forced into an unwanted peace by a third party.…
Writing Rules and Fantasy: Mary Sues
Victoria Hooper
This is the last in a series of articles about common writing rules and how they apply to fantasy writing. Earlier articles in the series: – Show, Don’t Tell –…
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Steff Humm
While fantasy is clearly a genre of startling variation, it rarely gets as exotic as Throne of the Crescent Moon. Moving away from the familiar medieval lands of most of…
London Falling by Paul Cornell
Hierath
London Falling, the first venture into dark fantasy for acclaimed Doctor Who and Demon Knights writer Paul Cornell, certainly lives up to the dark promise on display in “The Family…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 07/02/2013
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. There has been quite a lot of big news this…
To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
Alister Davison
To Green Angel Tower is literally a book of two halves. Following a hardback heavier than a house brick, the publishers made the decision to release the paperback version as…
Consider Worldbuilding
Adrian Faulkner
One of the great joys of fantasy are the worlds those stories inhabit. In many of our beloved classics, the worlds are as important as the characters themselves. But the…
The Table Theory of Characterization
Ryan Howse
So you’ve written a fantasy novel. It’s full of political intrigue and clashing armies, nefarious wizards and heroic last stands. Now strip all of that away. That rollercoaster of a…
Malice by John Gwynne
Mike Shackle
“A black sun is rising… Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin’s rule, learning the art of war. He yearns to wield his sword and spear…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Zachary A. Matzo
At 24fps, and in two easy-on-the-eyes dimensions, Peter Jackson’s first installment of The Hobbit is simply a movie, as opposed to an experience. It is a good movie, at that.…
The Chaotic Champion – Part One: Introducing the Champion
Nyki Blatchley
The honest, hardworking peasants of a village are being harassed by bandits and decide they’ve had enough. They can’t actually do anything about it themselves, so they hire a group…