Serial Obsessions
Zachary A. Matzo
“Less is more.” The old adage runs true in many situations, but when it comes to fantasy fiction I find myself firmly in the “more is more camp.” There is…
Articles
The Creatures in the Shadows – Part Two: South and East Africa
James Calbraith
This is the second article in our Creatures in the Shadows series. You can read the first one on West African creatures here. South and South-East Africa is a land…
Libraries, Readers, and The Future of Publishing
Eric Christensen
Recently, Terry Deary, author of the children’s books Horrible Histories, created a bit of a stir when he claimed that libraries are no longer relevant and that they hurt authors…
The Top Six Nerdy, Fantasy-Related Things That You Can Try When You’re Not In The Mood To Read
Rachel Riegel
I’m a high school English teacher by day—fantasy freak by night. If I were to include a list of all of the fantasy authors that I love, or a list…
The Evolution Of The Split Worlds Novels + A New Split Worlds Short Story
Emma Newman
Almost three years ago to the day I woke up one morning with a story in my head. It was one of those rare occasions when the flash (1000 words…
YA Science Fiction & Fantasy – Part One: The Introduction
Leo Elijah Cristea
This is the first in a series of articles talking about YA science fiction and fantasy. In the coming months we’re going to look at YA as a sub-genre of…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 07/02/2013
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. There has been quite a lot of big news this…
The Chaotic Champion – Part One: Introducing the Champion
Nyki Blatchley
The honest, hardworking peasants of a village are being harassed by bandits and decide they’ve had enough. They can’t actually do anything about it themselves, so they hire a group…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 31/01/2013
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. To brighten your day this week we have everything from…
The Creatures in the Shadows: West Africa
Elves, trolls, dwarves, goblins… There’s no denying that the Western fantasy is strongly entrenched in a Northern European mindscape: those ancient myths of the Celtic and Germanic people that inspired…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 24/01/13
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. I guess the two big news items this week have…
Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier Book Trailer
Overlord
The majority of us here at Fantasy-Faction are big Myke Cole fans. Therefore, when Myke dropped us an e-mail and asked if we were interested in getting the exclusive reveal…