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…
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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…
Don’t let the BBC screw SFF… Again.
Overlord
Now… I don’t like to rant… but today I’m going to rant. But please, bear with me because there is a point and a conclusion to it all. Right, last…
The SFX Weekender 2012 – Part 1
I just typed ‘Geek’ into an online dictionary and got two definitions: 1. A person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious 2. An intelligent, single-minded expert in a…
Charity Auction with an SFF Theme
A good friend of mine is going to be doing something amazing very soon. Now, when you say the word ‘amazing’ on Fantasy-Faction we are usually talking about Magic, Elves,…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Winter
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back everyone! Big news this month! In January, I hinted that there was something big coming from Fantasy-Faction for short story writers. For those of you who didn’t catch…
A Game of Thrones: Enhanced Edition
With the recent success of the ‘Game of Thrones’ series we’ve seen some damned cool products developed that serve as additions to the book and television series. We’ve had an…
Why is SF not considered literary?
Max Edwards
Disclaimer: A quick point to make before I begin: the ‘SF’ in the title refers to ‘Speculative Fiction’ and not ‘Science Fiction’, and thus incorporates Fantasy within it. Science Fiction,…