City of Burning Shadows by Barbara J. Webb
Geoff Matthews
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…
The Diversity of Today’s Cutting Edge Sci-Fi
Sonia Grace
When we talk about science fiction we divide it up. It’s too big for a single shelf, we have to break it into subgenres and swallow it in pieces. There’s…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Broken Empire FanFic
Xiagan
The challenge this month was to write fanfiction, which means the story should be set in an already existing fantastical universe. Writers could choose from the following book series as…
Catchup Interview with Jen Williams
Overlord
Today, on the release day of The Silver Tide, Fantasy-Faction has been able to catchup with one of our favourite authors, Jen Williams. For anyone who hasn’t yet picked up…
My Experience Publishing With Angry Robot
Peter Tieryas
Today, Peter Tieryas, author of United States of Japan coming from Angry Robot in March, has been kind enough to share his journey from a short story writer struggling with…
Split Worlds Series by Emma Newman – Review of the First Three Books
Eric Christensen
Spoiler Warning! I’m reviewing the first three books of the Split Worlds series. Consequently, when describing the plot of book three, it’s darn near impossible not to say things that…
Emma Newman Interview: The Split Worlds Series, Writing, Tea, and More
On the eve of her February 23 re-release of her Split Worlds series, I caught up with author, narrator, and host of the Tea and Jeopardy podcast, Emma Newman to…
Five Legendary Swords of Fantasy Fiction
Helen Lowe
This was meant to be a post about five legendary weapons of Fantasy fiction – but when I started counting them off on my fingers, there were other styles of…
FANTASY TV DOWN UNDER: NEW ZEALAND IS MORE THAN MIDDLE EARTH
Nicola Alter
Nowadays putting fantasy fiction and New Zealand in the same sentence is hardly unusual. As the home of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the subsequent Hobbit movies,…
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Lucy Hounsom
This review contains spoilers for Red Queen. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. I’m new to this series and tore through the first book,…
Interview with Paul Tassi
I’ve been enjoying the blog posts of Paul Tassi – video games, technology, and Internet contributor at Forbes – for quite some time now. Simply put, his tastes are pretty…
When Does Magic Stop Being Magical?
Marc Turner
Many years ago, I did a bit of role-playing. I played various characters in that time, but my favourite one – and the one I advanced to the highest level…