SPFBO3: Cover Contest!
Laura M. Hughes
The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (#SPFBO) 3 is set to begin on July 1! Read all about it on Mark Lawrence’s blog, or check out our rundown of how Fantasy-Faction will…
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Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng – Cover Reveal
Fantasy-Faction is excited to host the cover reveal for Jeannette Ng’s Under the Pendulum Sun! Due out in October 2017 from our friends at Angry Robot, Under the Pendulum Sun…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Potions and Elixirs
Xiagan
Outside of RPGs and adventure games, potions hadn’t been very popular until a certain professor humiliated a little wizard student lesson after lesson in his potion class. This month our…
Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists
Adrian Collins
In 2016 Grimdark Magazine successfully ran a Kickstarter to pull together Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists. It’s full of authors Fantasy Faction readers will love…
UK Games Expo 2017 Recap
Kai Herbertz
Recently (Friday 2nd of June 2017 to Sunday 4th of June 2017) I attended the UK Games Expo, which was held at the NEC near Birmingham. As expected for a…
Wonder Woman – Spoiler Free Movie Review
Malcolm Pope
Alright, before I start this review, I should make a few things clear. I am not a big fan of DC’s Extended Universe thus far. Which is a polite way…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Based On A Random Wikipedia Article
I don’t think we ever had a prompt that was so not fantasy related and so open. We were really curious about the stories this prompt would produce and the…
The SPFBO: Introducing Round One!
So, here we are again. The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (#SPFBO) 3 is set to begin on July 1! Read all about it on Mark Lawrence’s blog, or check out our…
Wading in the Cultural Shallows: How Irish Mythology Became A Commodity for Fantasy
Brian O'Sullivan
One night at a party I was introduced to a woman who proudly informed told me she’d named her baby daughter ‘Banshee’ in celebration of her Irish heritage. Even at…
Is This Normal Around Here?
Aaron Miles
So you get home to your enchanted castle, hand your coat to the golem butler who waits by the door, tut sadly at Markus; the caretaker who’s trying to fill…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Well-Known Fairy Tales from a Different Point of View
We know these stories by heart – but only from the hero’s POV. Did you ever think about the motivation and justification the big bad wolf had for eating Red…
Small Press, Big Stories: Grimbold Books
Steven Poore
Small Press, Big Stories is a monthly column focusing on small and independent presses from around the world. This month’s featured publisher is Grimbold Books. This month on #SmallPressBigStories we’re…