Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier Book Trailer
Overlord
The majority of us here at Fantasy-Faction are big Myke Cole fans. Therefore, when Myke dropped us an e-mail and asked if we were interested in getting the exclusive reveal…
Fade To Black by Francis Knight
Hierath
In this dystopian urban fantasy, the vertical city of Mahala is as much a character as the men and women that pace its walkways or scramble up and down its…
Giant Thief, Crown Thief, and How to Fail the Bechdel Test
David Tallerman
Amongst my endless goals for my first novel Giant Thief – which, looking back, were basically a wish list of the things I’d like to see in the type of…
The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman
Ryan Howse
Harry Ransom is many things to many people: a genius, a con man, an inventor, a sorcerer of the East who stands seven feet tall, even a myth. His most…
The Evolution of Sexuality, Homosexuality and Gender in SFF – Part Four
Leo Elijah Cristea
In this, the final article of this series, I want to not only round up what’s been considered in the previous parts, but firstly to consider any issues that might…
The Kitschies’ Shortlists Revealed
The Kitschies is an award unlike any other within the SFF Genre. Unlike so many others, this isn’t a popularity contest, it isn’t about who has the most fans, there…
A Town Called Pandemonium edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin
Dominic Stevens
A Town Called Pandemonium is the latest short story collection from Anne and Jared at the always excellent geek blog pornokitsch.com. They have even made the introduction to their collection…
The SFF Weekly Round-Up 17/01/13
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction weekly round-up of all the best SFF news, fun and nonsense from around the web. This week has been a bumper one for videos. Seriously,…
The Magic of Shadows Ops Universe + Contest
Myke Cole
In honor of Myke Cole’s second book release, we are giving away three signed copies of his first book, Control Point! All you have to do is tell us which…
Successors in Fantasy – Handing Over the Reins
Nicholas Schmiedicker
Like many of my fellow fans of fantasy I am going to be deeply enveloped in one of the most anticipated books of, arguably, all time. I’m referring of course…
The Oathbreaker’s Shadow Cover Reveal
Last year, we at Fantasy-Faction had the privilege to reveal the cover to a book that we rightly predicted to be one of the best YA novels of 2012 –…
Weight by Jeanette Winterson
Robbie Cameron
Weight is, at its heart, a re-imagining of the myth of Atlas and Heracles (also known as Hercules in Rome and the modern west). As punishment for siding with Cronos…