Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: Ophiotaurus
Faith M. Boughan
Ah, monsters. Who doesn’t love a good, unique monster now and then? As great as it is to read about another dragon or giant spider, there’s something special about a…
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Fantasy Movies & Games Encouraging Children To Read
Overlord
We often see on the news or hear from public figures that children are spending too much time in front of screens playing computer games or watching television. Of course,…
How I Love Books and Why I Re-Read
Jo Walton
Many people read to improve themselves, or to learn things. I read because it’s usually the most fun I can have at any given moment. As to why I re-read,…
Cover Art for John Gwynne’s Valour
I’m sure that the vast majority of Fantasy-Faction fans have heard of John Gwynne by now. John is the author of the hugely successful Malice, which won the David Gemmell…
Sanderson to Write a Story… Live Tonight!
I was hugely excited to learn that Brandon Sanderson had promised to write live on air for five hours as a thank you to fans and supporters of the Worldbuilders…
Trudi Canavan Interview
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with best-selling Australian writer, Trudi Canavan, author of The Black Magician Trilogy, The Magician’s Apprentice, The Traitor Spy Trilogy, and The Age of…
Five Common Mistakes Writing Fantasy Flash Fiction
During my time as a flash editor for various ezines, I’ve read a fair chunk of speculative flash fiction. Some excellent. Some good. Some bad. Some really, really bad. And…
A Twist in the Fairy Tale
Victoria Hooper
I love fairy stories and folklore. I love the adventure and romance alongside the capacity for great darkness, the strange rules that don’t always quite make sense, the sense of…
Adrian Tchaikovsky Pens Sci-Fi Novel Deal
It’s always sad when a great series comes to an end, so when Fantasy-Faction heard that our good friend Adrian Tchaikovsky’s tenth book in his Shadows of Apt series, Seal…
Cover Art for the Upcoming Powder Mage Novella
Following the success of his first book in the Powder Mage series, Brian McClellan has been dropping hints that he is working on a side project, a Powder Mage novella.…
‘Prince of Fools’ gets UK Cover…
Fantasy-Faction are huge fans of both Mark Lawrence and Jason Chan – the artist who did the covers for Prince of Thorns through to Emperor of Thorns – so, when…
Kingkiller Book 3 still in Limbo, but lots to look forward to…
A question I get asked almost daily over Twitter is: ‘When will Patrick Rothfuss’s 3rd Kingkiller Chronicles novel be released?’ Every single time I’m asked this question I answer: ‘I…