Mermicide by Mina Rose
Richard Marpole
Elevator Pitch: Mermicide is the story of a queer romance between an innocent, psychologically damaged young woman, and a seemingly ageless, predatory mermaid. Also featuring wicked science, brutal violence, and…
Reviews
Swords of Legends Online – MMO Review
Geoff Matthews
I’ve bought two new MMOs recently. I found myself with a little free time and needed something to occupy myself outside of writing book three. First was Crowfall and second…
Horns of the Hunter by Frank Dorrian
A. M. Justice
Great books sometimes have unlikeable protagonists. Take Madame Bovary, for example. I have to give props to Gustave Flaubert for crafting such a beautifully brutal examination of shallow, status-chasing jackasses…
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
JC Kang
Mulan meets Swordsman 2. As a mostly-audiobook consumer with little time to actually read, it had taken me two weeks to finish Nghi Vo’s short novella, Empress of Salt and…
Big List of Julia’s Favourite Women Writing SFF
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
Some years back, I was prompted to look closely at my SFF shelves. Always preferring little to no romance, aside from very few exceptions, I found the ratio was quite…
Glass Rhapsody by Sarah Chorn
There are words you know and use all the time, but you’ve never thought about their actual dictionary definitions. Rhapsody was one of those words for me. I frequently waxed…
Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #7: The First Five Fall
Jennie Ivins
* Disclaimer * Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all time favorite might seem to bland or too high stakes for…
The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner
L. A. Young
When an author writes their second book, fans of the first wonder whether or not the next will be similar to its predecessor. In most cases, the themes and the…
Seven Deaths of an Empire by G. R. Matthews
S. H. Paulus
“They claim we are trying to become a god, that we have too much power.” G. R. Matthews newest novel delivers in all the best ways, that is, if you…
Liminal – Role-playing Game Review
Concept and Writing: Paul Mitchener Additional Writing: Guy Milner Art and Layout: Jason Behnke Rules Wrangling: Neil Gow Logo and Cartography: Stephanie McAlea Editing: Guy Milner and Elizabeth Behnke Liminal…
Seven Deaths of an Empire by G. R. Matthews
Steven Poore
History and fantasy have always been easy bedfellows. Rather than just cuddling up under the covers however, Seven Deaths of an Empire wears its influences and heritage proudly, presenting the…
In Solitude’s Shadow by David Green
A while back on the Fantasy-Faction Facebook group, I posted a question asking people to name books with endings that were so good they raised the overall rating of the…