The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster
Jonathan Thornton
This review contains spoilers. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the story. Tor’s novella series was started in 2015, with the aim of promoting this shorter…
The Key by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Jo Niederhoff
This review contains spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish Fire (Eld) and The Key (Nyckeln). Engelsfors has been saved from the cult of positivity that attempted…
Off Leash by Daniel Potter – SPFBO Review: And Then There Were Four
Laura M. Hughes
The SPFBO team are making steady progress in our search for a finalist. To avoid cruelly stretching things out, we’ll be posting (in no particular order) individual reviews for those…
Valley of Embers by Steven Kelliher
Tough to be young or old in this Valley of ours. The night is dark and full of terrors, especially for the besieged inhabitants of the Valley of Embers. In…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Known Title, Unknown Story
Xiagan
The name of the short story must be that of a fantasy bestseller but the story isn’t allowed to have anything to do with the original book. So if your…
Time Siege by Wesley Chu
Stephen Rhodes
Time Siege, by Wesley Chu, is the second book in the Time Salvager series. It picks up right where the first book left off. James Griffin-Mars and his allies are…
Emergence edited by J. M. Martin
Richard Bray
Emergence is a shared-world anthology that takes full advantage of its format, building one story atop the next to create a three-dimensional world that ultimately reaches its peak with Edward…
The Sacred and Profane in Fantasy Writing: Who Gives a F___?
T. O. Munro
As I started writing this my five-year-old niece was settling down to a sleepover with my youngest daughter, and my second daughter had just reminded me that we would have…
Michael J. Martinez Interview
Dan Hanks
I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to catch up with author Michael J. Martinez about once a year, thanks to his ability to so quickly write fantastic books for us…
Havens And Hells In Fantasy
Nicola Alter
When we talk about how we feel when reading we often refer to characters or plot. We vent about a villain we hate or gush about a hero we love.…
A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
Joie
Think 1920s Prohibition, except alcohol is not what is illegal. Magic is. Enough damage was done by past magic users that any and all evidence of magic is shunned and…
The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley – Cover Reveal
Jennie Ivins
Here on Fantasy-Faction we are fans of both cool cover art and cool authors. Today we are lucky to have a little of both! Our once contributor, now successful self-published…