Scott Lynch & Elizabeth Bear Reading
Jennie Ivins
Wednesday I got the chance to escape New Jersey and head up to New York City. This in and of itself was a treat, but on top of getting sometime…
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To adapt, or not to adapt…
Emma Hays
The smell of musty, aged paper blew into my face as I opened the thick tome. It was a very different smell from the glossy paper in the book I…
Fantasy-Faction Reviewed by Vision Magazine
Overlord
Fantasy-Faction was recently reviewed by Vision, which is a magazine for writers. The review is pretty positive, which is why I posted it 😉 – – – Would you like…
EasterCon 2012 Convention Report
Incredibly, 2012 was EasterCon’s 63rd year (it is run by the British National Science Fiction Convention) and having sold out for the first time in 30 years – surely one…
J.K. Rowling’s Next Book Is Coming…and It’s For Adults!
Well, let us all be honest, we’ve been wondering what on Earth J. K. Rowling will write next and who will be publishing it…now we know! Little, Brown Book Group…
Mistborn Movie Trailer
Brandon Sanderson is looking for help and because we at Fantasy-Faction love Mr. Sanderson and his work – we are going to ask our readers to give it to him.…
Writers vs Readers
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings, Faction Readers! I wish I had time to write to you more often, as my ravings on here always seem to get such good and insightful commentary. Alas, real…
A Red Country – Release Date & Teaser
Well, in an amazing day for Fantasy-Faction, we’ve got our second exclusive reveal here for you folks. This time though, it isn’t a book cover – it is a teaser…
Exclusive Reveal: Control Point by Myke Cole – UK Cover
At the end of 2010 Fantasy-Faction heard, from Peter V. Brett, of a novel worth looking out for. This novel was Control Point and it was to be published in…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Secrets
Spring has sprung as the saying goes. And since spring is a time of new beginnings I thought we’d try something new for April’s writing contest. This month instead of…
Elves In Mythology and Fantasy
Leo Elijah Cristea
When most people think classic fantasy, they might think Tolkien, and then they might think elves. And with good reason: elves have been in fantasy for a very long time,…
Quiz: First Lines of Fantasy Subgenres
Marsha A. Moore
After an exhaustive survey of fantasy subgenres in my past articles, I wanted to make one other comparison of the categories, arranged as a type of quiz. This fun activity…