Steal the Sky by Megan E. O’Keefe
Chris Fagan
Detan Honding is a thief of noble birth, ever accompanied by Tibs, his right hand man. The pair find themselves in the desert city of Aransa, roped in to a…
Small Press Fantasy Titles On Our Radar: March 2016 Edition
Overlord
For the past three months, Fantasy-Faction has been running a very popular ‘on our radar’ post. In this post we show readers which books they should be looking forward to…
Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers
Jonathan Thornton
“The past,” she repeated, “it is always out there, isn’t it? I hate now. I hate that whenever you look at a clock, it shows a different time. What’s the…
Interview with Janisha Chatterjee
Eric Brown is a prolific writer of speculative fiction and whether writing about telepath’s investigating sinister cults on distant spaceports; an isolated populace of New York in 2040; or a…
United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas
Almost as soon as World War II had finished, the Japanese Government issued numerous apologies for the crimes the country had committed during their 14 years of conflicts (they began…
The Malice by Peter Newman: Cover Reveal & Author Video
Fantasy-Faction were such big fans of Peter Newman’s work that we made sure he was at our last Grim Gathering event (which was amazing btw!). We truly believe that Peter…
Black City Saint by Richard A. Knaak
Geoff Matthews
Prohibition is in full swing. The cops are scrambling around, closing down speakeasies, and arresting gangsters whenever they can – those that aren’t on the take that is. And in…
Fantasy Titles On Our Radar: March 2016 Edition
Here we are then… It’s another ‘On Our Radar’ post, this time covering the month of March! Because, our to-be-read lists are never quite long enough, right? This month we’ve…
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
Jo Niederhoff
Library book swapping is almost a habit among my family. My mom has borrowed the copy of Girl Waits with Gun that I checked out last week, and I’ve been…
5 Tips For Writing A Swashbuckling Scene by V.E. Schwab
V.E. Schwab is an author comfortable writing all kinds of stories. Over the years, these tales have included those for young readers within secondary worlds, a dark story of super…
Interview with Louisa Hall, author of Speak
We’ve featured a fair amount of Science-Fiction on Fantasy-Faction lately, far more than we usually do, and that has opened doors to chat with some fantastic authors writing within that…
City of Burning Shadows by Barbara J. Webb
Today’s review features another one of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off Finalists. This will be Fantasy-Faction’s ninth review of the ten finalists and means we’ve got just one left…