This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Nicole Singer
Last year, I unexpectedly fell in love with the YA space opera THESE BROKEN STARS, so I was excited to see where Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner took the story…
Fantasy-Faction Grim Gathering: Bristol 2015 & ‘Skull Throne’ ARC Competition!!!
Overlord
What You Need to Know On Friday April 10th 2015 at Bristol Waterstones from 7:00pm 4 of Grim, Gritty, Grey Fantasy’s best authors will be gathering. That is Mark Lawrence,…
Fantastical Biology – Part Six: Symbiosis
Shambralyn Baker
Nature is often depicted as being brutal, where only the strongest survive, and fantasy novels often follow this idea. But, predator versus prey is not the only way animals interact…
So What’s The Fuss About Sonar 3?
Adrian Faulkner
If you want to be a published writer – whether it be of short fiction or novels, non-fiction or fiction, articles or ebooks – at some point you are going…
The Legacy of Nimoy & Spock
Rebekah Loper
Leonard Nimoy died today. I’m sure I was not alone in my reaction – the imagined punch to the gut but oh-so-real realization that Spock is dead, and this time…
Rebirths of Tao Cover Reveal
Fantasy-Faction are big, big fans of Wesley Chu. Not only have his Tao books been funny, loveable and entertaining, but his ever-varied Twitter feed makes him one of the most…
If It’s ‘Self-Promotion,’ You’re Doing It Wrong
Richard Bray
I recently wrote a letter to my grandfather in advance of his 90th birthday, and told him a bit about some of the books I’ve been reading lately. He’s never…
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Eric Christensen
RANGE OF GHOSTS nails a lot of fantasy fundamentals: the world building is stellar, the characters are strong and layered, the prose is both precise and poetic, and the plot…
Putting the Fun in Fantasy by Jennifer Williams
Jen Williams
With The Copper Promise I wanted to write a fun fantasy book. A sort of knockabout, adventure and peril and dastardly deeds type of book. The type of book that…
Books we love: The books that stole our hearts and got us reading
It was Valentines last week so I, as I often do, sent out a holiday themed tweet: What I didn’t expect when I sent that Tweet out was such a…
Militaries and Fantasy or How to Build an Army
B. Pine
Author’s Note: I did my best to refrain from using military and army interchangeably in this article. To clarify a bit, by army I mean one specific body of fighters.…
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Jo Niederhoff
Kami Glass is everything I’ve always wanted in a YA fantasy heroine. She’s clever (though not to the point of being obnoxious), strong-willed (at times to the point of foolishness,…