George R.R. Martin Ice Bucket Challenge
Overlord
If you are active on Social Media, watch television, read newspapers or have left your house – even once – in the past few weeks, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the…
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Worldbuilding A Religion – Part Two: How Religion Shapes Culture
Rebekah Loper
In Worldbuilding A Religion – Part One, we went over the basic differences between religions and cults, and some of the ways they can enrich your worlds and stories. Cults…
Event Review: George R.R. Martin & Robin Hobb in conversation
Lets face it, in the UK, how many chances are we going to have the opportunity to see two of Fantasy’s greatest authors, George R.R. Martin and Robin, under one…
The Sword – Fantasy’s Weapon of Choice
Samuel S. B.
If you open a fantasy book, or even think of watching one of the fantasy epics on TV, you will know that fantasy is not complete without some form of…
The Evolution of the Fantasy-Faction Anthology Cover Art
Jennie Ivins
They’re here! The limited first editions of the Fantasy-Faction Anthology have landed in the UK and the US! Making this anthology was a labor of love for all involved and…
Character Immersion And The Narrative Voice
Aaron Miles
The protagonists in a story are the reader’s window into the world, and getting the narrative voice of your character right is one of the hardest techniques to master. If…
2014 Hugo Award Winners
The winners of the 2014 Hugo Awards were presented today in a ceremony at the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, Loncon 3, in London. Hosts Geoff Ryman and Justina Robson…
A Matter of Perspective by Jeff Salyards
Jeff Salyards
A few months back, I was lucky enough to be sent a review copy of Jeff Salyards’s first novel, . As well as an excellent premise, what really struck me…
San Diego Comicon 2014 Report
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
I got lucky once more this year and managed to join the mass nerd migration to the San Diego Comic Convention. As always, the lines go for miles (literally) and…
Trees in Fantasy – Part Three: Trees as Setting
Steff Humm
So far in our exploration of trees in fantasy we have looked at trees as both symbolism and characters across a range of mythic and modern fantasy tales. We discovered…
Fantasy-Faction Anthology – Website Visitor Edition
Next week we will be getting the first delivery of our Fantasy-Faction Anthology! This first edition print is a special edition that we will be making available just to you…
The 100 – TV Series Review
Kit
I feel that I should start this review by stating that I have never been a super huge fan of sci-fi, in either print or visual media forms. It wasn’t…