Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Eric Christensen
Robert Jackson Bennett’s Foundryside combines the action scenes and snarky banter of a summer blockbuster with the complex characters and keen-eyed societal critique of an Oscar-winner. What begins as a…
2018
Once Upon A Time: Fairy Tales and Fantasy
Jo Niederhoff
Once upon a time… Just about anyone familiar with the Western literary canon knows that phrase. It opens familiar fairy tales we’ve grown up with, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty,…
Warriors by Erin Hunter – Series Review
A. M. Justice
When I hear my twelve-year-old weeping, I know one of two things is happening: a) she’s reached the climax of another Warriors book, or b) there’s been another tragic death…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Letters
Xiagan
This month we had our entrants try their hand at writing a letter. Sounds boring and not fantasy-ish at all? We hope not! We didn’t want them to just write…
Weaving A Narrative
Aaron Miles
A story is more than its central plot tenants. It is more than the broad strokes of its grand events and dramatic moments. It is a woven tapestry of differing…
Darius Hinks Joins Angry Robot Books with The Ingenious – Guest Blog
Darius Hinks
Today we have author Darius Hinks with us to talk about his upcoming release, The Ingenious, due out February 2019, from Angry Robot Books! Waaay back in 2011 I wrote…
The Armored Saint by Myke Cole
Rakib Ahmad Khan
To be able to write efficiently in more than one genre is a rare talent. Although I loved his first series, I going to be really honest at the onset…
Frances Hardinge Interview – A Skinful of Shadows
Jonathan Thornton
Frances Hardinge is one of the finest fantasy authors around. Her inventive and beautifully written YA novels, the most recent of which is A Skinful of Shadows (2017), are widely…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Writing In A Subgenre You Don’t Like
We chose this topic to achieve two things: First, to acquaint entrants with something new, and second, to help entrants identify what they normally don’t like about their chosen subgenre.…
A Fantasy Geek’s Guide to YouTube: Weapons and Warfare
Richard Marpole
YouTube is an app, a website, and a cultural phenomenon. It’s also a vast and barely-explored wilderness full of content that ranges from dynamic to dire. Whatever your interests are,…
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Jessica Juby
If you’ve not read any of the three titles by Becky Chambers, I suggest you have a little word with yourself and seek them out immediately. If you’ve not heard…
The Penitent Assassin by Shawn Wickersheim – Review & New Cover Reveal
Geoff Matthews
With one SPFBO done and another to begin, I’ve taken some time to read some books I’ve been wanting to read for a while, but what with one thing, another,…