Convention Survival Guide
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
At about this time of year, at least in my little section of the world, the season of genre conventions begins in full force. As such, it seems like a…
Articles
‘A Game of Thrones’ without Dragons?
Overlord
Imagine if the gift of A Song of Ice & Fire was never given to the fantasy genre. Yes, it was, but humour me for a minute… In my eyes,…
The Slow Regard of Silent Things – Cover & Synopsis
Patrick Rothfuss fans are split into two camps. One camp is the ‘I want Patrick Rothfuss to write as much material as possible about The Four Corners of Civilization and…
Magic In Fantasy: Alternative Magic Systems
Leo Elijah Cristea
This is the forth article in our series on Magic in Fantasy. To read the earlier articles click the links below. Part One: Introduction Part Two: Real Magic Part Three:…
The Collapse of the Star Wars Expanded Universe
Zachary A. Matzo
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” Darth Vader to Lando in The Empire Strikes Back or Kathleen Kennedy, in a recent press release scuttling…
Pokémon – What Kind of Journey Is This?
Nathan T. Dean
Twitch Plays Pokémon changed a lot of things for a lot of people. Mostly it changed the website imgur into a paradise of pseudo-religious iconography for a Bird Jesus and…
David Gemmell Legend Awards Shortlist & Lunchtime Thoughts
It’s my lunch break and I’m sat here looking over the David Gemmell Legend Award shortlist. It’s truly great to see that in just a few years of the Gemmell’s…
Creating Shanghai Sparrow: Guest Post by Gaie Sebold
Gaie Sebold
The germination of a novel is a peculiar process. It seemed particularly so, for me, in the case of Shanghai Sparrow. When I first considered the possibility of a steampunk…
Children’s Fantasy: Eight of the Best – Part One
Lucy Hounsom
I do not write for children, but entirely for myself. Yet I do write for some children, and have done so from the beginning. This wonderful, contradictory statement comes from…
Dunk and Egg Collection Announced
Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hadn’t seen, read or at very least heard of A Game of Thrones… However, the stories of ‘Dunk & Egg’ – The…
“Silver Linings” by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
Jennie Ivins
Last month the newest edition to Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris’ Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series was released. The latest installment, Dawn’s Early Light, features Braun and Books on their…
The Shadow’s Curse Cover Reveal
I’m hoping that many of you have had the opportunity to read and enjoy one of 2013’s very dest debuts, The OathBreaker’s Shadow by Canadian fantasy author Amy McCulloch. If…