4th Annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off – An Introduction
Geoff Matthews
Hello, to all the followers of the SPFBO – Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off – the competition which began with an idle thought in the shadowed recesses of Mark Lawrence’s mind…
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Duel of Fire by Jordan Rivet
JC Kang
Jordan Rivet’s book one of the Steel and Fire series, Duel of Fire, has a familiar premise: a girl living in an idyllic mountain kingdom, who can’t live up to…
Black City Dragon by Richard A. Knaak – Cover Reveal
Today Fantasy-Faction would like to welcome Richard A Knaak to the site so that he can show off the cover for his new book, due out November 13, 2018. I’ve…
Small Press, Big Stories: Detox In Letters by Cheryl Low – Cover Reveal and Excerpt!
Steven Poore
When I spoke to Sarena at World Weaver Press last year we talked about Cheryl Low’s Vanity in Dust, which I reckoned was pitched like Moorcock’s End of Time characters…
Karen Joy Fowler Interview – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Jonathan Thornton
Karen Joy Fowler is a critically acclaimed and multi-award winning author of both literary and speculative fiction. Her work transcends genre boundaries but frequently explores issues around feminism, alienation and…
Orbiter 9 – Movie Review
R. S. McCoy
For those that don’t know, I’m a military wife. That means I spend 3-5 nights a week sans husband. Most nights I choose to read (duh!), but every now and…
Creating a Magic System
Aaron Miles
The naming of a thing gives you power over it. Sorcery is the will and the word. Cast fireball now and you won’t be able to again until tomorrow and…
Orconomics: A Satire by J. Zachary Pike
Dungeons & Dragons meets The Big Short. As I have confessed in previous reviews, I am shallow in my book buying habits. All it takes for me to snap up…
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Jo Niederhoff
I first discovered magical realism in twelfth grade, when my English teacher assigned us to read One Hundred Years of Solitude. It was a wonderful book – and still is…
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Jessica Juby
My first introduction to The Man in the High Castle was not in printed format – I first watched the adaptation that Amazon produced. I was intrigued by the concept…
Anna Stephens Interview – Darksoul
Rakib Ahmad Khan
Today we have the honor of interviewing the fantastic Anna Stephens! You might remember Anna’s debut novel Godblind, was our number ten pick for Best Fantasy Novel of 2017. For…
Candy by Lavie Tidhar
“A long buffet table on the other side was laden with sweet pastries, chocolate and cream, in flagrant violation of Prohibition. They must have been brought in from out of…