Monthly Short Story Winner: Known Title, Unknown Story
Xiagan
The name of the short story must be that of a fantasy bestseller but the story isn’t allowed to have anything to do with the original book. So if your…
2016
Time Siege by Wesley Chu
Stephen Rhodes
Time Siege, by Wesley Chu, is the second book in the Time Salvager series. It picks up right where the first book left off. James Griffin-Mars and his allies are…
Emergence edited by J. M. Martin
Richard Bray
Emergence is a shared-world anthology that takes full advantage of its format, building one story atop the next to create a three-dimensional world that ultimately reaches its peak with Edward…
The Sacred and Profane in Fantasy Writing: Who Gives a F___?
T. O. Munro
As I started writing this my five-year-old niece was settling down to a sleepover with my youngest daughter, and my second daughter had just reminded me that we would have…
Michael J. Martinez Interview
Dan Hanks
I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to catch up with author Michael J. Martinez about once a year, thanks to his ability to so quickly write fantastic books for us…
Havens And Hells In Fantasy
Nicola Alter
When we talk about how we feel when reading we often refer to characters or plot. We vent about a villain we hate or gush about a hero we love.…
A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
Joie
Think 1920s Prohibition, except alcohol is not what is illegal. Magic is. Enough damage was done by past magic users that any and all evidence of magic is shunned and…
The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley – Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
Here on Fantasy-Faction we are fans of both cool cover art and cool authors. Today we are lucky to have a little of both! Our once contributor, now successful self-published…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Politics, Scheming, and Intrigue
Scheming courtiers with different goals, layers of conflict, strings being pulled behind the scenes, power shifting, social climbers, too cocksure of themselves to be careful, poison… Political fantasy stories (think…
The Perdition Score by Richard Kadrey
Zachary A. Matzo
Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim series has quietly worked its way into a place of prominence on my shelf. Imagine a punk rock Harry Dresden fresh out of s to give,…
Yseult by Ruth Nestvold – SPFBO Review: And Then There Were Five
Laura M. Hughes
The SPFBO team are making steady progress in our search for a finalist. To avoid cruelly stretching things out, we’ll be posting individual reviews for those who don’t make it…
Gilded Cage by Vic James
Lucy Hounsom
Gilded Cage began life as a Wattpad success and it’s easy to see why. Sitting halfway between the YA and adult markets, James’ story has a wide appeal and deals…