The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless – Cover Reveal
Overlord
There aren’t a huge amount of fantasy/science fiction hybrids and probably for good reason; it’s a very hard balance to strike. If the reader feels for even a moment that…
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Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan
Pippa
This is the second instalment of the Gods of Blood and Powder series and follows the events of the first book, Sins of Empire, with the same three perspectives. The…
Jonathan French Interview – The Grey Bastards
JC Kang
Many of you will remember both Jonathan French and his book, The Grey Bastards, as the winners of the 2nd annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off in 2017. Since then the…
Temporal Anomalies: Timekeeping in Fantasy
A. M. Justice
Humans are OCD about time. We obsess over birthdays and anniversaries and are ruled by the work week. We live for the weekend and look forward to holidays with either…
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Jo Niederhoff
Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can. The last of these rules is particularly…
Crafting A Fall: Turning Heroes to the Dark Side
Aaron Miles
Who doesn’t love to see a character go bad? A man pushed too far pushing back? A loyal but ambitious servant helping themselves for a change? A noble hero broken…
A Fantasy Geek’s Guide to YouTube: RPG Let’s Plays Part Two – Honourable Mentions
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,…
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Eric Christensen
Spinning Silver is Naomi Novik’s second book that retells and elevates classic folklore and fairy tale elements, spinning and weaving them into something deeper, richer, and original. Spinning Silver isn’t…
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Charlie Hopkins
City of Lies was entertaining from start to finish. It was incredibly refreshing to see poison front and centre in a book. City of Lies follows the two viewpoints of…
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Jessica Juby
If ever there was a case to be made for not judging a book by its cover, this is it. The cover sat before me shows the face of a…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #4: Cover Competition
Geoff Matthews
As ever, with the SPFBO, well, for the past two or three years, there is, at the start, a little cover competition. (And clearly a few overactive commas!) This year,…
Paternus: Rise of Gods by Dyrk Ashton
American Gods meets Clash of the Titans. When Sigil Independent offered me free books to review, I felt like a kid going out on Halloween. Offered a mini Hershey’s Bar,…