Worldbuilding: Thinking Inside The Box
Aaron Miles
The idea of worldbuilding is familiar to any fantasy writer, and goes with the genre like pointy ears go with elves. There are writers like Tolkien who go all out…
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Help Keep Fantasy-Faction Alive
Overlord
Hi guys and girls, Firstly: I hate these kinds of posts, but, in my defense, a number of our members over Twitter, Facebook and the forums asked for it and…
The Prince of Lies Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
It will come as no surprise to you that here on Fantasy-Faction we love authors. One of our favorites, who is nice enough to take time out of her busy…
YA Science Fiction & Fantasy – Part Two: From Humble Origins to Lofty Heights
Leo Elijah Cristea
When addressing the origins of YA literature (we’re not talking SFF specific here for now, but bear with me) it all depends from which angle you decide to approach. I…
Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Ichthyocentaur
Faith M. Boughan
Welcome to the third instalment in this series about little-known monsters (and other assorted creatures) from Classical mythology! This series is intended to shine a bit of light on some…
Cover Reveal: Any Other Name by Emma Newman
Emma Newman’s Split World series was picked up by Angry Robot last year after discovering her through her series of short stories. Every week for a year and a day…
Discovering Discworld
Victoria Hooper
Some of the earliest fantasy I remember reading were books from the Discworld series. This isn’t the usual route into fantasy, and is a little odd because Discworld is something…
Fantasy-Faction Is Looking For Contributors
I’ve had quite a few messages lately from people asking if they can write for Fantasy-Faction. The answer is sure with the condition that you have talent and are writing…
Summary Judgment
Zachary A. Matzo
Fans of fantasy and science fiction are, by and large, accustomed to reading works that are published in multivolume series. Be it The Chronicles of Narnia, Herbert’s Dune or more…
2013 Hugo Award Nominees
Just a quickie, the Hugo Award Nominees have just been announced, thought visitors might be interested: Best Novel (1113 ballots) – 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) – Blackout by…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Three: The Recruited Hero
Nyki Blatchley
This the third article in our Chaotic Champion series. You can read the other articles here: Part One: Introducing the Champion Part Two: The Wandering Hero I started this series…
The Battle of Science and Magic – Part Two: Nostalgia and the New
In the previous article we looked at the idea that science destroys magic through encouraging disbelief, and how this has influenced fantasy stories involving magic, folklore and fairies. The first…