Monthly Short Story Winner: Young Love
Xiagan
This month’s stories are about people experiencing true love (or what they believe to be love) for the first time. I know that writing about feelings – and especially love…
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Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells – Cover Reveal & Announcement
Overlord
We’ve heard some great news from Angry Robot today. They’ve picked up another author for their already hugely impressive list, Alex Wells. Rumour has it that Alex Wells is a…
Our Monsters, Our Selves
Faith M. Boughan
The title of this article is taken from a panel discussion at World Fantasy Convention 2012—a panel that had so many voices who wanted to contribute that it had to…
BristolCon 2016 – Convention Review
Geoff Matthews
I went to Bristol. I’ve been before and usually get lost in the one way system. SatNav is no help, not for me and I speak as Geography graduate with…
SPFBO: Positivity & Professionalism in Self-Publishing
Laura M. Hughes
Unless you’ve been living on Mars with Matt Damon, you’ll know that Fantasy-Faction is one of ten blogs participating in the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO). Created and hosted by Mark…
Surviving NaNoWriMo 2016
Trent Cannon
Ah, National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo for short (or NaNo for shorter)). We meet again. For the…I don’t even know. How many times is it now? Five? Six? It’s…
Brent Weeks Interview – The Blood Mirror
Having met Brent Weeks and chatted with him a few times via email, I can tell you he is one of the nicest guys out there. Yes, he tortures us…
Human Stories
Aaron Miles
I’ve been working my way through the Honorverse by David Weber, a military science fiction series focused on the life and career of Captain Honor Harrington. The books centre on…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Mighty Beasts
You know they’re out there. Lurking. Just out of your sight. Maybe immortal. Or so close that it doesn’t make a difference. Having survived for longer than human history exists.…
Paternus by Dyrk Ashton – SPFBO Review: And Then There Was One!
The SPFBO team have completed their search for a finalist! Today, only one book remains, and that is Paternus by Dyrk Ashton! Congratulations Dyrk! You are moving on to round…
Ravenmarked by Amy Rose Davis – SPFBO Review: And Then There Were Two
The SPFBO team have completed their search for a finalist! Today, only one book remains, as we say farewell to Amy Rose Davis and Ravenmarked. You can read our review…
Vampires: Origins, Evolution, and Role in Fantasy Fiction
Leo Elijah Cristea
The vampire: a figure whose folklore origins date back as far as the cradle of civilisation, is one of the major mythic figures bequeathed to us by the English Romantics.…