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…
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New Deal For John Gwynne
Overlord
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
Xiagan
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…
Fear The Old Blood: A look at the narrative of Bloodborne
Stephen Rhodes
It has been several days since I completed From Software’s latest title Bloodborne. Despite this, my mind is still filled with the reverberating echoes of the games cosmic narrative. A…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Fantasy Clichés
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…
If Mark Lawrence rewrote Frozen…
Is Frozen too cute and cuddly for you? Feel cheated by Disney’s lack of blood and horror? Think it would be for the best if Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie, George…
Extract from HIDDEN HUNTRESS
Some of you guys will already be familiar with STOLEN SONGBIRD, the first in the ‘Malediction Trilogy’ by Danielle L Jensen; others may not be for a number of reasons:…
The Soundtrack to Starborn
Lucy Hounsom
So this post is slightly embarrassing, as I’m about to reveal to you some of the music I enjoy listening to. There are lots of elements to cover in Starborn,…
Fantastical Biology – Part Six: Fantasy Creatures & Urban Living
Shambralyn Baker
Wildlife isn’t the first thing that might come to mind when you think of the city, but lots of animals make their homes there. Things are no different in fantasy…
Does Size Really Matter? – Fantasy Shorts
Victoria Hooper
We are used to fantasy being big – epicly big in many cases – running in countless volumes of increasing size, or the kind of thick tomes that take up…