Gender and Stereotyping in Fantasy – Part One: Strong Women
Leo Elijah Cristea
The problem with the new and yet very important desire to portray realistic, strong women with agency, is that some people fixate entirely on the first part of this –…
Leo Elijah Cristea
Faeries and Folklore – Part Four: A History of the Fae
In this final part of our exploration of the fae, it seems appropriate to take a look at not only the varied and expansive wealth of literature and that features…
Chinese Dragons
Since we’ve looked at both the origins of our scaly friends, and their purported racial types, it seems wholly on course to take a jolly meander off the beaten path…
Roads Go Ever Ever On
Something important is ending as we speak; the end of an era of not only entertainment, not just a story, but our invited cinematic access to a deep, rich and…
Chris Evans Interview
Chris Evans, author of the Iron Elves series, has once again delved into the realms of fantasy, this time with Of Bone and Thunder. This story of war and camaraderie…
Faeries and Folklore – Part Three: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Last time we looked at how faeries have evolved, through some of their integral folklore as well as the genre as a whole. Some changes have been marked, others more…
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Online games can be a little daunting to approach—at least they were for me. I’ve not tried many—count ‘em, two—but it seems I struck lucky with the second. I never…
Faeries and Folklore – Part Two: The Evolution of Fae
Last time we looked at the faeries as a whole, a genus. But to really get to grips with the fae and just who and what they are, we need…
Demons in Fantasy
So, demons in fantasy? A quick (and I mean a super, uber, single) search on Google for “Demon Fantasy” doesn’t yield much: the books that flag on Amazon are all…
Magic In Fantasy: Alternative Magic Systems
This is the forth article in our series on Magic in Fantasy. To read the earlier articles click the links below. Part One: Introduction Part Two: Real Magic Part Three:…
The Truth About -Punk
There is something that really gets me thinking (well, there are many things, really, but this is a big one) about the genre and its tendency to label things, to…
Love in SFF – From True Love to BFFs
Romance in SFF is one of those things that people either love, hate, or are frankly indifferent about. I’m not one of those; I will eagerly admit that I love…