Faeries and Folklore – Part Two: The Evolution of Fae
Leo Elijah Cristea
Last time we looked at the faeries as a whole, a genus. But to really get to grips with the fae and just who and what they are, we need…
Fantastical Biology – Part One: Fantasy Creatures and Their Habitats
Shambralyn Baker
Fantasy novels often include magical creatures. Peruse the fantasy section of your favorite bookstore and you’ll see plenty of dragons, vampires and other impossible things on the front covers. Dragons…
New Harry Potter Children’s Edition ‘The Chamber of Secrets’ Cover
Overlord
As part of Bloomsbury’s rereleasing of the Harry Potter books with the slogan ‘IT’S TIME TO PASS THE MAGIC ON…’, the publishing giants have just revealed their latest new ‘children’s…
Firebox list edible ‘Dragon Meat’
The UK’s leading ‘cool stuff’ shop, Firebox, has recently added ‘Dragon Meat‘ to their list of unique and interesting products. The ‘Flame Grilled Delicacy’ is labelled as ‘freshly slain’ and…
New Gemmell Ravenheart Award…
Many of us involved in blogging about Epic Fantasy literature have a special love of the David Gemmell Awards. Not only are they attached to David Gemmell, one of fantasy’s…
Elements of Fantasy: Fairies
Janie Bill
The types of spirits known as fairies exceeded the number of ways the word was spelled. Fairy godmothers were given human dimensions, oftentimes without wings. Tinkerbell was tiny with dragonfly…
Demons in Fantasy
So, demons in fantasy? A quick (and I mean a super, uber, single) search on Google for “Demon Fantasy” doesn’t yield much: the books that flag on Amazon are all…
White vs Grey Heroes
Samuel S. B.
A little while ago, I started a discussion about the grey heroes and the Mr. or Ms. Goody-two shoes. Interestingly, there were a lot of people that supported the entire…
6 Star Wars Films in 6 years?
Between 1977 and 2005, 28 years, the world saw just six Star Wars movies. Well, now Disney has their hands on the franchise they are ready to kick things up…
Half a King Hardback cover is SLEEK! Map too!
I remember a few months back when Joe Abercrombie’s Half a King cover was released there were a few people who were unsure about it. I think the problem was…
Alan Baxter Interview
Dan Hanks
From humble (but rather excellent) self-published beginnings, British/Australian author Alan Baxter has established himself as a widely respected writer—and excitingly has a new series coming out from Harper Voyager in…
Tigerman’s Cover Design & Competition
The majority of fantasy readers will be familiar with Nick Harkaway, the highly acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker – both of which were smothered with awards. This…