San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Report – Part 1
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Ah Comic-Con. Site of one of the largest nerd migration sites in the world and certainly the largest that I know of in North America. Simultaneously awesome and dreadful to…
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Meet Joe Abercrombie, Myke Cole and Peter V. Brett in London!
Overlord
Fantasy-Faction has grown considerably over the last 18 months. We’ve gone from being a blog, that pretty much only the owner’s best friends and close family read, to an incredibly…
Why Fantasy?
Dan Hanks
For a writer of fantasy, I’ve written remarkably little about fantasy. I can slip it on like a second skin, but never really stopped to think just how easy it…
(A) Red Country Is Coming
“They burned her home. They stole her brother and sister. But vengeance is following. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to…
Dragons: An Introduction
Leo Elijah Cristea
Dragons: Why do they permeate fantasy fiction, and moreover, what are they supposed to be? Despite the varied literature in which they appear, the appearance of a dragon—with a little…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Paths
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back writers and readers! Last month was busy wasn’t it? Here at Fantasy-Faction we saw the last day of our Anthology Contest come and go. Amazingly, we received 1,734…
The Humanised Hero
Emma Hays
If someone were to tell you that you are going to be a hero one day, that you alone must save the world, what would you do? Would you run…
2012 The Year Of The Arrow – The Top Ten Archers In Fiction
Paul Wiseall
In this modern age of long-range sniper rifles and nuclear powered, rocket-arsed, blow the eyebrows off the moon, mega-wowee, hyper cannons (one of those weapons might be made up), it…
The David Gemmell Legend Awards 2012
The Awards The David Gemmell Legend Awards are quickly becoming one of the industry’s most desirable accolades, and it’s easy to see why. Firstly, there’s the fact that the big…
Book Expo America 2012 Review
Last week was the biggest book fair in the US, Book Expo America, and I was lucky enough to get to head up to New York for one day to…
Deconstructing “Once Upon A Time” the TV Series
Marsha A. Moore
Editor’s Note: This is a review of season one of Once Upon A Time. It contains spoilers for the entire first season. Read with caution if you haven’t seen all…
T. C. McCarthy Reading – Exogene
As you may have seen, a few weeks back I attended Balticon, near Baltimore, Maryland. While there, I was lucky enough to meet and spend some time hanging out with…