The Martian by Andy Weir
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Book recommendations and I have a torrid relationship. Most of the time it doesn’t work out for me due to a great deal of impatience with many traditional tropes, inability…
2014
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Teaser Trailer
Overlord
Has it been a year since the last film already? We quite enjoyed the second Hunger Games movie, although we will admit it was really just a slightly different version…
Patrick Rothfuss’s ‘The Slow Regard of Silent Things’ cover reveal
Our good friends over at Gollancz have finally released the cover for Patrick Rothfuss’s brand new novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. Fantasy-Faction covered just what this story is…
World Fantasy Award Nominations
Today, I and Fantasy-Faction got nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This is a huge deal for me personally and for the community that we have built here, at Fantasy-Faction.…
Terry Pratchett signs deal for ‘Dragons at Crumbling Castle’ & UPDATE: Cover Reveal
In news that flew gently under the radar, Sir Terry Pratchett has signed a book deal for a collection of middle-grade stories that will be titled Dragons at Crumbling Castle.…
Five Reasons To Cast Your Novel
Adrian Faulkner
At the heart of every great novel are great characters. Love them or hate them, their escapades propel the narrative forward. Readers empathise with them, cheer them on and cry…
Harry Potter surfaces after 7 years M.I.A.
We haven’t seen Harry Potter for seven years – when he was waving goodbye to his children as they boarded the Hogwarts train at the end of The Deathly Hallows.…
Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson
Aleksandra Kesek
Death was never as glorious in real life as in the songs, he mused. There was nothing heroic about it, really. You were just alive, and then you were blood…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Children’s Edition Cover
We’ve been uploading the Harry Potter Children’s Edition covers from Bloomsbury as we’ve been receiving them and the latest one just hit our mailbox, so we thought we’d get it…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Fanfic
Xiagan
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
Got Questions about Magical Murder or YA Fantasy?
Owning a renowned Fantasy website certainly has some perks. Next week I’ve been invited to London Film & Comic Convention to moderate not one, but two REALLY exciting panels: Murder…
Warhammer 40k Movie gets a trailer…
Did you know that in 2010 an Official Warhammer 40k film was released? No? Well, maybe you did and you understandably forced yourself to forget about it… The sad fact…