Figures Unseen: Selected Stories by Steve Rasnic Tem
Raymond K. Rugg
Figures Unseen by Steve Rasnic Tem is a collection of horror tales for grownups. Oh sure, if a reader really wants to find them, there are ghosts and werewolves and…
Raymond K. Rugg
Unicorns! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
My regular readers know that I’ve recently revisited some old-school fantasy by re-reading the Thieves’ World books. And one of the anthologies in the shared-universe fantasy series was called Tales…
The Sacred Band by Janet E. Morris and Chris Morris
From the very first chapter of The Sacred Band, I had a feeling about how I wanted to write this review, and the further in I went, the more certain…
Robert A. Heinlein: More Fantasy than Meets the Eye
Robert A. Heinlein is known as the dean of science fiction, and was the first Grand Master of the genre. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke are collectively known…
Revisiting Thieves’ World Anthologies – Part Two
Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane in the city of Sanctuary. We’re revisiting the Thieves’ World series, the twelve anthologies that resulted from an idea by Robert Asprin…
Revisiting Thieves’ World Anthologies
Readers of Fantasy-Faction are likely to be familiar with Scott Lynch and his Gentlemen Bastards books. Lynch has a style that is a pleasure to read, and has given us…
Fantasy Rings: The Ultimate Power Accessory
We all know THE Ring. The One Ring to Rule them all. (And if you don’t, then shame on you.) The Ring is so well-known in popular culture that it…
Atlantis, We Meet Again!
The mythical lost continent of Atlantis is a staple of the fantasy genre, from the science romances of Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle to the swords and sorcery of…