Elements of Structure
Aaron Miles
The Hero’s Journey or ‘Monomyth’ is one of the most pervasive and well known formulas in fiction, yet many writers have never even heard of it. The Hero’s Journey is…
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014 Shortlist
Overlord
The six titles on the 2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist have been announced: God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Del Rey UK) Ancillary Justice, Anne Leckie (Orbit) The Disestablishment of Paradise,…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Sports
Jennie Ivins
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…
Balancing Wit & Grit In Fantasy Fiction
Sebastien De Castell
The Mender of Soles Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a tragic play fraught with intrigue, betrayal, and murder that makes us question the very foundations of human nature. It starts with…
The Truth About -Punk
Leo Elijah Cristea
There is something that really gets me thinking (well, there are many things, really, but this is a big one) about the genre and its tendency to label things, to…
The Initial Steps of Worldbuilding: Architect, Gardener, Tourist
Nathan T. Dean
Listening to the news in the real world – that horrid place where dragons are small and kept in vivaria and pixie is just a kind of haircut – it…
House of Chains by Steven Erikson
Karl Wolfenden
Into any great company a little division must fall, for what better moment than when the rift is healed, the prodigal returns and the collective is fused anew, stronger than…
Sanderson Reads Untitled Novella
The following video is of New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderon reading the opening chapter of a brand new and untitled novella set in the Cosmere. What I really…
The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron
Nicholas Schmiedicker
What does a true medieval fantasy look like? It is the most accepted and stereotypical settings for fantasy novels and yet few authors consider the subtle intricacies of the time…
Nice variety of covers by Orbit for 2014/2015
It is a running joke that a hooded man or a woman in leather holding a gun are the two choices we, as fantasy fans, have when trying to judge…
Rogues Cover, List of Authors & New G.R.R. Martin ASoIF Tale!
Over the years, any anthology Edited by George R.R. Martin has been guaranteed to attract big names. His latest, Dangerous Women, featured an incredible list of bestselling SFF authors, including…
Myke Cole updates Fantasy-Faction on his latest plans…
We’ve made no secret of our admiration of the work of Myke Cole over the years… We’ve given all three of his books, Control Point, Fortress Frontier and Breach Zone…