Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
After the delightful impression that Etiquette and Espionage left me with, of course I had to follow up with Curtsies and Conspiracies. Set in the same story universe as the…
The Making of a Cover by Tor UK
Overlord
TOR UK have just drawn to a close their very cool in-depth, behind-the-scenes, play-by-play accounts of how a cover is born, from the point of view of a publishing house’s…
Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2013
Originally Posted on The British Fantasy Societies Website The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2013, as announced on Sunday, 3 November 2013, at the awards banquet at the World…
Gemmell Awards for Fantasy – the 2013 winners!
Originally published by Alex Davis on The Gemmell Awards Website Evening all, Well, while I couldn’t make the ceremony myself, I’m delighted to be able to announce the winners in…
World Fantasy Con 2013 Review
Victoria Hooper
This last weekend (31st Oct – 3rd Nov) was World Fantasy Con 2013. This year it was being held in Brighton – only the third time it’s been hosted in…
The Perfect Shadow by Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is author of what I consider the best fantasy trilogy of all time. The Night Angel Trilogy really seemed to have it all. You had a complex plot,…
Writing Fantasy Gender Stereotypes – Part One: Your Heroine is Too Beautiful
Faith M. Boughan
I’m not trying to open a can of worms here—I’ll say that right off the bat. I acknowledge that this topic is enormous, complex, and encompasses both a dearth of…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Battle
Jennie Ivins
In September’s short story contest, participants wrote us stories about battles. There were a lot of great entries, but before we look at the winner, here is the write up…
New ‘SFF News Section’ on Fantasy-Faction
Over the last three years Fantasy-Faction has earned a name for itself as one of the web’s best Fantasy sites. Every day we provide fantasy readers across the World with…
White Cat by Holly Black
Alister Davison
I rarely purchase a book on impulse – I like to study the form, as it were, to have an idea of what I’m about to get into – but…
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Juan de Dios Dougnac
As it happens in literature, in videogames a good piece of work isn’t necessarily one that presents new or completely original elements, but one that can take pre-existing tropes, mechanics…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Elements
In August’s short story contest, participants wrote us stories about elements. There were a lot of great entries, but before we look at the winner, here is the write up…