Genres: Stirring The Pot
Peter Higgins
I was a reader for decades before I began to really work at becoming a writer. Ever since I was a boy I read anything I could get my hands…
Articles
Robert A. Heinlein: More Fantasy than Meets the Eye
Raymond K. Rugg
Robert A. Heinlein is known as the dean of science fiction, and was the first Grand Master of the genre. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke are collectively known…
Waterborne Exile Cover Reveal & Preview
Overlord
It’s no secret that Angry Robot Books are amongst Fantasy-Faction’s favourite SFF publishers here in the UK. Having been lucky enough to meet a number of their team at conventions…
“The Witcher: Sword Of Destiny” Extract
The Witcher is far more than the title/class of a character in an SFF Book in its native Poland. In its country of origin, the series of novels and short…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Joker Month
Xiagan
We had a lot great contest themes this year and I know that some people didn’t manage to finish their stories on time for some of the contests or didn’t…
A Look At Points Of View
Aaron Miles
What point of view to write from is one of the most significant decisions a writer can make about their work, yet with so many aspects of writing craft to…
Laura Lam’s “Dark Circus” to be completed with Tor!!!
Fantasy-Faction were heart-broken when we heard that publishing imprint Strange Chemistry would be folding. Authors such as Laura Lam, who had written books like Pantomime that scored 9 & 10…
Faeries and Folklore – Part Four: A History of the Fae
Leo Elijah Cristea
In this final part of our exploration of the fae, it seems appropriate to take a look at not only the varied and expansive wealth of literature and that features…
New Deal For John Gwynne
Huge congratulations to one of Britain’s finest fantasy talents, John Gwynne, who has had a new fantasy series picked up by Pan Macmillan in a six-figure deal. Many Fantasy-Faction readers…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Abandoned Places
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
So What’s The Fuss About Writing Journal?
Adrian Faulkner
Many writers enjoy tracking their productivity. They’ll keep spreadsheets to see how well they’re writing, filled with rows of word counts, start and end times. This way they can calculate…
The Many Nations of Elves
D. M. Almond
For many of us the words elf and fantasy are as intertwined in our minds as peanut butter and jelly. What self-respecting lover of fantasy among us has not spent…