The Hammer and The Blade by Paul S. Kemp
Alister Davison
Egil and Nix are a pair of tomb robbers, the former a hulking warrior/priest who wields two huge hammers as weapons, the latter a nimble thief/mage who’s also rather handy…
Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman
Hierath
Emma Newman is, in the nicest possible way, crazy. I’ll tell you how crazy she is. She’s spent the last year writing recording and uploading a short story on a…
Rules? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Rules
Ryan Howse
There’s a strong tendency in critique groups, whether online or in person, or in writing guides, or even just in casual conversation between writers, to talk about The Rules of…
Summary Judgment
Zachary A. Matzo
Fans of fantasy and science fiction are, by and large, accustomed to reading works that are published in multivolume series. Be it The Chronicles of Narnia, Herbert’s Dune or more…
2013 Hugo Award Nominees
Overlord
Just a quickie, the Hugo Award Nominees have just been announced, thought visitors might be interested: Best Novel (1113 ballots) – 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) – Blackout by…
Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki) Anime Review
Juan de Dios Dougnac
One of the things I like the most about fantasy is how varied it is. From the melancholy and slow decline of Middle Earth, to the endless conflict of the…
Sci-Fi Book Club – April 2013: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Lisa Taylor
In April, our Science Fiction book club will be reading Foundation by Isaac Asimov, which won Hugo Award for Best all time novel series (1966). “One of the great masterworks…
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
Nicholas Schmiedicker
The Powder Mage Trilogy begins with Promise of Blood, a fantastic and engaging book from debut author Brian McClellan. Powerful sorcerers, trained Marksmen with magical abilities, and long forgotten gods…
Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins
Idlewilder
Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist – and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian…
Fantasy Book Club – April 2013: Fade To Black by Francis Knight
Fade to Black by Francis Knight won our Debut theme for April. I’m pretty anxious to start this one because it definitely sounds like a book I will really enjoy.…
Robin Hobb Interview – Part Two
This is part two of our interview with author Robin Hobb. You can read part one here. Now back to the questions! We’ve got a guest question now from an…
Creative Writing: Writer’s Block aka The Dead End
Michael Everest
So for an opening article to get me into the swing of things here, I thought I’d tackle something that every writer can relate to. No, not overpriced fuel or…