Wizards at War by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
At long last, I can finally say something I’ve wanted to say since reading Wizard’s Holiday but couldn’t, for fear of spoilers: How about that cliffhanger? I haven’t seen a…
June 2017
Putting It Right, At Last: Must Read Women Authors in Fantasy
Geoff Matthews
My first article, sent ‘on spec’ to Fantasy-Faction, and written when I was feeling my mortality quite keenly, was a simple affair. I’d written The Stone Road and put it…
Worlds Within Worlds – Part One: Writing a Good Game into a Good Book
T. Eric Bakutis
Humanity has played games for as long as we’ve been able to make up rules and keep score. As we’ve developed as a species, we’ve created thousands of games, and…
The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
Zachary A. Matzo
Author’s Note: As we prepare for the imminent release of The Witchwood Crown, we now look at The Heart of What Was Lost, Tad Williams’ “bridge” novella. This review is…
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – Movie Review
Malcolm Pope
You know, it’s always struck me as rather odd that, despite there being dozens of amazing stories about King Arthur and his Round Table out there, there’s never really been…
Top 10 Things To Do in a Fictional Castle
Nicola Alter
For those of us who like a touch of the magical and the medieval, nothing quite beats a visit to a fictional castle. But with all those trap doors, winding…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Story Generator
Xiagan
This month’s theme has many fathers and mothers. Lady_Ty who posted the Shakespeare Adaptation Generator in the Ideas Topic on the Fantasy-Faction forum, Raptori who modified it (we kept some…
Tyrant’s Throne by Sebastien de Castell
Richard Bray
Sebastien de Castell’s four-book Greatcoats series feels like a direct rebuttal to the term “grimdark,” and I mean that in the best way possible. That’s not to say that I…
SPFBO3: Cover Contest!
Laura M. Hughes
The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (#SPFBO) 3 is set to begin on July 1! Read all about it on Mark Lawrence’s blog, or check out our rundown of how Fantasy-Faction will…
The Mummy (2017)
Say, did you guys know that the Marvel Cinematic Universe made a lot of money? Like, a lot? Enough to make other production companies turn their heads, lick their lips…
The Legion of Flame by Anthony Ryan
Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for The Waking Fire, the first book in Anthony Ryan’s Draconis Memoria series. There is a scene in the second chapter of Anthony Ryan’s…
Anna Stephens Interview
Peter Tr
Today we are talking with Anna Stephens, a UK-based writer of epic-y, gritty, grimdark-y fantasy. Her debut novel, Godblind, was released by Harper Voyager on June 15, 2017, with the…