Tor Looks to bring back the Novella Market with ‘The Imprint’
Overlord
There was a time when short stories and novellas were the preferred format for Fantasy and Science-Fiction stories. However, as years have gone by, the physical versions of SFF stories…
May 2014
‘The True Story of Douglas Adams’ coming soon
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy is one of the most read and well-known Science-Fiction novels of all time. Fans of the book and Douglas’s subsequent work will be delighted…
Alternative History’s Distorted Mirror
Aidan Harte
If the discussion panel on Alternative History (AH) at this year’s Octocon was an exercise in navel gazing, I can only say that the view proved illuminating. Like every other…
Faeries and Folklore – Part Two: The Evolution of Fae
Leo Elijah Cristea
Last time we looked at the faeries as a whole, a genus. But to really get to grips with the fae and just who and what they are, we need…
Fantastical Biology – Part One: Fantasy Creatures and Their Habitats
Shambralyn Baker
Fantasy novels often include magical creatures. Peruse the fantasy section of your favorite bookstore and you’ll see plenty of dragons, vampires and other impossible things on the front covers. Dragons…
New Harry Potter Children’s Edition ‘The Chamber of Secrets’ Cover
As part of Bloomsbury’s rereleasing of the Harry Potter books with the slogan ‘IT’S TIME TO PASS THE MAGIC ON…’, the publishing giants have just revealed their latest new ‘children’s…
Firebox list edible ‘Dragon Meat’
The UK’s leading ‘cool stuff’ shop, Firebox, has recently added ‘Dragon Meat‘ to their list of unique and interesting products. The ‘Flame Grilled Delicacy’ is labelled as ‘freshly slain’ and…
New Gemmell Ravenheart Award…
Many of us involved in blogging about Epic Fantasy literature have a special love of the David Gemmell Awards. Not only are they attached to David Gemmell, one of fantasy’s…
Elements of Fantasy: Fairies
Janie Bill
The types of spirits known as fairies exceeded the number of ways the word was spelled. Fairy godmothers were given human dimensions, oftentimes without wings. Tinkerbell was tiny with dragonfly…
Demons in Fantasy
So, demons in fantasy? A quick (and I mean a super, uber, single) search on Google for “Demon Fantasy” doesn’t yield much: the books that flag on Amazon are all…
White vs Grey Heroes
Samuel S. B.
A little while ago, I started a discussion about the grey heroes and the Mr. or Ms. Goody-two shoes. Interestingly, there were a lot of people that supported the entire…
6 Star Wars Films in 6 years?
Between 1977 and 2005, 28 years, the world saw just six Star Wars movies. Well, now Disney has their hands on the franchise they are ready to kick things up…