Fantasy-Faction nominated for Reddit’s Best Fantasy Website 2014
Overlord
2014 has been an incredible year for Fantasy-Faction. We were nominated for the British Fantasy Award and the World Fantasy Award earlier in the year and now I’m here, writing…
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
Richard Bray
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably heard the name of Fritz Leiber and his two most famous creations, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Within the subgenre of swords and…
Murder by Sarah Pinborough
Aleksandra Kesek
Years after the horrors of Jack the Ripper and the Torso Killer which terrorised London, not everyone has forgotten about the Upir. Doctor Thomas Bond might have found some peace…
The Fear Institute by Jonathan L. Howard
Shambralyn Baker
“Why on Earth did you steal three dead popes?” asked Cabal. “First, to make the Vatican very cross. That was funny. Second reason, delicious.” It’s rare for Johannes Cabal to…
Books Make Great Gifts, But For Authors Book Reviews Are Even Better
B. Pine
This is the time of year where most people feel generous. Many believe that the holidays have been spoiled by consumerism, and to a certain degree that is true. However,…
Irregularity edited by Jared Shurin
Jo Niederhoff
I recently began some writing projects into what I thought was a thus far unexplored genre: historical science fiction. Steampunk touches on this but is largely attached to the Victorian…
Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier
Lucy Hounsom
I’ve long been a fan of New Zealand-born author Juliet Marillier. I read the first book in her Sevenwaters series, Daughter of the Forest, many years ago and have followed…
Brandon Sanderson Updates World on his Ongoing Projects & Provides Mistborn Release Dates
Some exciting news came out of the Gollancz towers today: Brandon Sanderson will be releasing two new Mistborn books in 2015/2016 and they’ve got release dates. Mistborn: Shadows of Self…
The Vagrant by Peter Newman – Cover Reveal & Competition
Every year hundreds, if not thousands, of genre books are released. Generally the most looked forwards to of these are by authors who have had previous successes. For début authors…
Diary of a NaNoWriMo Virgin
Nick Clark
NaNoWriMo, ah yes. To some, it is just a baffling not-quite-word that clogs up the Twitter trends every November. To others, it is a golden chalice; to partake from its…
Interview with Jonathan Oliver
Here in the UK we have some of the very best Editors and today I feel incredibly privileged to interview one of my favourites and one I truly look up…
Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
Alister Davison
This review’s been a long time coming. It’s almost a year to the day since a friend loaned me his copy of Shadowmarch and suggested I read it and, in…