Militaries and Fantasy or How to Build an Army
B. Pine
Author’s Note: I did my best to refrain from using military and army interchangeably in this article. To clarify a bit, by army I mean one specific body of fighters.…
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Most Anticipated Fantasy Novels of 2015: Publishers’ Choice
Overlord
Every year we take some time visiting and talking to SFF publishers about what their most anticipated novels for the year are. The idea is that the people working in…
Frodor’s Travel Guide to Westeros
David Carani
See what I did there? Fodor’s and Frodo. Get it? Like the travel guide and the hobbit. You know, from Lord of the Rings? Right, anyway. This is the first…
Story Openings
Aaron Miles
The blank page faces you, whether it’s the page in your hand or the one on the screen, the question is always the same – how do you begin? Do…
New Michael J. Sullivan series!
Whilst Fantasy-Faction works on its Most Anticipated Fantasy Novels of 2015 list (due up this Friday / Saturday – PROMISE!), we were brought news of yet another of Fantasy-Faction’s favourite…
Jim Butcher Announces New Fantasy Series
Jim Butcher’s Dresden books are some of the highest selling, most highly regarded novels in the fantasy genre. With a narrative style reminiscent of Raymond Chandler’s, the protagonist of the…
Magically Systematic
Thomas A. Knight
One of the keystones of the fantasy genre is magic. Whether it be dark and mysterious, lost and forgotten, or as common as forks and spoons, it is an ever-present…
Subgenre Bingo – Sword and Sorcery
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
This shall be the first of a series of subgenre bingo cards for everyone’s amusement. Myself and a few of my friends have a running joke that some genres can…
Marvel finally get their hands on Spiderman
We’d all heard of Marvel’s plans for the next ‘phase’ of the Avengers franchise… plenty of new characters that would expand the Universe, freshen the franchise up and take the…
Beloved Fantasy and Sci-Fi Movies of the 80s
Nicole Singer
Ah, the 80s. A decade of big hair, shoulder pads, and questionable movie soundtracks. I don’t know about you, but I have great memories of 80s fantasy—granted, some of those…
The Lesson of the Selfie; or The Power of Point of View
Brian Staveley
I managed to frustrate my editor very early on in my nascent career. He wanted a photo for publicity purposes. I didn’t want to shell out the hundred bucks for…
Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer out now! But no ‘Winds of Winter’ in 2015…
Well, we knew it was coming – but no one could have guessed it’d be quite this early: the Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer has arrived!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMKhdDlKHNE&utm Savvy fans…