The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Alex Shepherd
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates,…
Matthew Stover Interview
Ryan Howse
Matthew Stover has written twelve novels–four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, two Bronze Age historical fantasies named Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon, and the…
Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis
Mike Shackle
“Triptych (noun): a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together.” It is telling that Ian Tregillis’ three books about superheroes created in World…
Sci-Fi Book Club – June 2013: Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
Lisa Taylor
In June, our Science Fiction book club will be reading Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks, which won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Novel (1995). In a world…
Monthly Short Story Winner: The City
Idlewilder
Every month in the Fantasy-Faction forums we have a themed writing contest. It’s run throughout each month, and voting on the winner takes place across the month thereafter. Anyone can…
Fantasy Book Club – June 2013: Foundling by D. M. Cornish
In June, we will be reading Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo #1) by D.M. Cornish. Foundling won the Aurealis Award for Young Adult Novel (2006). Meet Rossamünd a foundling, a boy…
Mom Doesn’t Get Dragons
Zachary A. Matzo
My mom doesn’t understand my reading habits. I believe the exact quote was, “I would think science fiction would be the last thing you’d be interested in.” The fact that…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Four: The Outsider Hero
Nyki Blatchley
Just when all seems lost, the Batmobile screeches to a halt and the Caped Crusader leaps out to put paid to the latest dastardly scheme of the Joker, the Penguin…
Amazon Opens Up Kindle Worlds
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
So the news has hit that Amazon, in its ever increasing hold in publishing, will be supporting sales of fanfiction for certain franchises who have already given their approval. The…
Poison by Sarah Pinborough
Phil Norris
Snow White lives the idyllic life of a fairytale princess, she has the love of her father and of the people, she has the loyalty of the dwarves who toil…
The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Juan de Dios Dougnac
One of the things I most enjoy about fantasy is how versatile it is: despite the presence of some defining tropes, most of them can be simply kicked away in…
Michael J. Martinez Interview
Dan Hanks
Last month I was fortunate enough to review the upcoming science-fiction/fantasy/alternate history adventure The Daedalus Incident. As always, I threw the author some questions, and in between dealing with publishing…