Western Fantasy – Mismatch, or Perfect Match?
Ben Galley
In January of this year, I began to write a new book, Bloodrush. I was stepping away from my dark, epic, medieval roots and seeking something new in what I…
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Fantastical Biology – Part Five: Fantasy Creatures in Flight
Shambralyn Baker
A dragon soars through the clouds; a fairy flutters through the woods; a gargoyle flexes its stone wings—flying creatures are a staple of fantasy literature. There are the traditional ones…
Fantasy-Faction nominated for Reddit’s Best Fantasy Website 2014
Overlord
2014 has been an incredible year for Fantasy-Faction. We were nominated for the British Fantasy Award and the World Fantasy Award earlier in the year and now I’m here, writing…
Books Make Great Gifts, But For Authors Book Reviews Are Even Better
B. Pine
This is the time of year where most people feel generous. Many believe that the holidays have been spoiled by consumerism, and to a certain degree that is true. However,…
The Vagrant by Peter Newman – Cover Reveal & Competition
Every year hundreds, if not thousands, of genre books are released. Generally the most looked forwards to of these are by authors who have had previous successes. For début authors…
Diary of a NaNoWriMo Virgin
Nick Clark
NaNoWriMo, ah yes. To some, it is just a baffling not-quite-word that clogs up the Twitter trends every November. To others, it is a golden chalice; to partake from its…
We learn new Star Wars character names…
Get ready to meet Finn, Rey, Kylo and Poe. No… they’re not Teletubbies, they’re the characters we’ll be meeting in 2015’s new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, produced by…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Seven Deadly Sins
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…
Guest Blog by Ryan Graudin: Creating A Sense of Danger
Ryan Graudin
The setting of my YA novel THE WALLED CITY is based on a real place called the Kowloon Walled City, a neighborhood that existed in 1980s Hong Kong. It was…
Fantasy-Faction Take Part in Quercus Books’s #GreatestGift Christmas Campaign
Who enjoys being filmed? No one, right? Certainly not me… the moment a camera is pointed in my direction I’m likely to bolt in the other direction. However, when I…
Underground Fantasy – Part Two: Dungeons, Tombs and Mazes
Steff Humm
The first part of this series on underground fantasy looked at caverns as settings and pathways to worlds below. Next we will explore dungeons, tombs and underground mazes to ascertain…
Five Reasons You Didn’t Fail NaNoWriMo
Adrian Faulkner
So no doubt your social media streams have been filled over the last few weeks by people celebrating their NaNoWriMo success. Undoubtedly, there’s a lot of high-fiving and statuses being…