In August we will be reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente. “Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to…
I was pretty excited the day I discovered writers were cool enough to have agents. Akin to a bookish James Bond, a literary agent sounded like someone the recluse in…
In a recent post on the-toast.com, Ginger Clark, a literary agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd., remarked: It is much harder to sell a new urban fantasy series now that it…
As if reading about Joe Abercrombie trying his hand at a trilogy for younger readers wasn’t exciting enough, Deadline has today announced that 20th Century Fox (you know, those big…
Hey guys, got some awesome and surprising news for you: Joe Abercrombie is writing a YA in the vein of Twilight! Well, actually, no…that’s a lie. But he is writing…
A few weeks ago, finding myself without anything to read, I picked up A Shadow in Summer, first book of the Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham. Since I had…
If you want to relax into epic fantasy about a living legend and his sword, you’ll love Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. A father abandons his son at an orphanage…
Due out in autumn, Elizabeth May’s The Falconer is one of the most eagerly anticipated books to hit the shelves. The Twittersphere can’t wait to read it; bloggers want to…
Welcome back to our monthly writing contest winner’s post. This month our contest participants wrote stories about one of the most common themes in fantasy: magic. There were a lot…
Lady Rose has fallen, all those associated to her were taken by the Agency, and the lucky ones have escaped into hiding. Londinium is in turmoil, the Duke – a…
Like many people who read fantasy novels, one of the reasons I love the genre is because it contains epic battles with vast armies fighting it out. Whether it’s more…
It’s time again to reveal the winner of our monthly short story contest. Each month we pick a theme and ask our members to write a story based on that…
Lisa Taylor
Dan Hanks
Eric Christensen
Overlord
Juan de Dios Dougnac
A. E. Marling
Leo Elijah Cristea
Jennie Ivins
Phil Norris
Aaron Miles