Monthly Short Story Winner: Fantasy Clichés
Xiagan
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
If Mark Lawrence rewrote Frozen…
Overlord
Is Frozen too cute and cuddly for you? Feel cheated by Disney’s lack of blood and horror? Think it would be for the best if Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie, George…
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
Alister Davison
With a title like The Death House, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was one of those gory shlock horrors written towards the end of the twentieth century. Unusually for…
Extract from HIDDEN HUNTRESS
Some of you guys will already be familiar with STOLEN SONGBIRD, the first in the ‘Malediction Trilogy’ by Danielle L Jensen; others may not be for a number of reasons:…
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Before I get started, this isn’t the sort of review that folks are used to here, given that the book in question is meant for little kids. However it should…
Second Olympus by K. A. Stewart
Nicole Singer
Dozens of authors have tried their hands at variations on Greek gods-themed storylines over the years—so much so that these stories often start to feel a bit stale—which is why…
The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett
Eric Christensen
WARNING: REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE DEMON CYCLE AND SOME MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE SKULL THRONE. THE SKULL THRONE picks up immediately after THE DAYLIGHT WAR…
The Soundtrack to Starborn
Lucy Hounsom
So this post is slightly embarrassing, as I’m about to reveal to you some of the music I enjoy listening to. There are lots of elements to cover in Starborn,…
Fantastical Biology – Part Six: Fantasy Creatures & Urban Living
Shambralyn Baker
Wildlife isn’t the first thing that might come to mind when you think of the city, but lots of animals make their homes there. Things are no different in fantasy…
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
James Davies
Wizard and Glass is a reflection novel (no pun intended). We have now reached what could tentatively be referred to as the middle volume in this seven-book long series, and…
Does Size Really Matter? – Fantasy Shorts
Victoria Hooper
We are used to fantasy being big – epicly big in many cases – running in countless volumes of increasing size, or the kind of thick tomes that take up…
Elvenquest Radio Comedy
Geoff Matthews
In the third age of Lower Earth, called by some the Silver Age because it was not quite golden and platinum was too expensive, the questors sought the Sword of…