Frodor’s Travel Guide: The “Bad Economy” Issue
David Carani
This month’s travel guide is based on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy. More information on the series can be found at brandonsanderson.com. You can also read Fantasy-Faction’s review of the first…
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Why Aren’t You Writing?
Marc Davies
If you were to meet a writer on the street, you could be forgiven for expecting a disorganized person who is generally unable to function at the level normally expected…
Return of the Novella: Ebooks and the Awkwardly Sized Novel
Jacob Topp-Mugglestone
Novelettes and novellas are two categories that, together, encompass the gap of awkward sized stories – between 7500 and 70,000 words (according to SFWA). Many classics are included under these…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Mythical Creatures
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a great leap day. The Fantasy-Faction Anthology Contest is now in full swing! The amount of entries coming in is amazing! If…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 3
Amy Rose Davis
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it by clicking here. If you missed Part Two of this article you can read it by clicking here.…
The Shadowy Realistic Types of Fantasy: Magical Realism, Mythic Fiction, and Mythpunk
Marsha A. Moore
In my survey of fantasy subgenres, I’ve saved a comparison of perhaps the most elusive until the end of my series. These three purposely walk the line between reality and…
Elements of Fantasy: Ogres and Ogresses
Janie Bill
What was your worst nightmare? Did he have an enormous head and wiry hair? Well that, my friend, was an ogre trying to consume you. An ogre is a grotesque…
Devilish Details
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings to you all! This is my first article of 2012 and also my first article in a few months. These past months conspired against all my free time, loading…
Children & Fantasy – The Introductory Phase
Laura Graham
Since I finished university, I’ve had a little more free time on my hands. My favourite way using some of this time to help out my aunt and a friend…
The Changing Face of SFF
Leo Elijah Cristea
Elspeth Cooper—author of Songs of the Earth—said “fantasy’s a broad church” and she couldn’t have been more right, especially in regards to the modern fantasy and science fiction market. If…
Zealotry in Fiction
Tegan Beechey
There are few systems of belief that so greatly influence human behavior as religion. Our history is marked by acts of faith, both great and terrible, which have altered the…
The SFX Weekender 2012 – Part 2
Paul Wiseall
Marc and I had a bizarre start to our SFX Weekender. On the drive up to Prestatyn, Wales where the convention was being held, the satnav took us down some…