Cover Reveal: Any Other Name by Emma Newman
Jennie Ivins
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…
Articles
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
Overlord
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…
The Creatures in the Shadows – Part Three: East Indies
James Calbraith
This is the third article in our Creatures in the Shadows series. You can read the other articles here: Part One – West Africa Part Two – South and East…
Fantastical Creatures of Greek Mythology: The Lamia
Faith M. Boughan
In this series, I plan to explore some lesser-known creatures and monsters of classical mythology, many of which are reminiscent of modern-day monsters and beasts in fantasy literature. While many…
Exclusive Message for Fantasy-Faction users from Scott Lynch
So, we’ve heard the news that Scott Lynch’s latest novel is out this year (whoo!), but now we’ve managed to track Scott down, drag him to a keyboard and force…
The Republic of Thieves Release Date Announced
The Lies of Locke Lamora has been hailed by many readers as one of the best fantasy novels of the decade. Its sequel Red Seas Under Red Skies gave an…
The Truth About Tropes
Adrian Faulkner
Every genre has its own tropes, those signature metaphors seen time and time again across multiple unconnected books by multiple authors. Fantasy, however, has more than its fair share. So…