Becoming a Fantasy Writer
Overlord
There is something unique about the fantasy genre that draws us in as readers far more than the likes of crime, romance, western, or even horror, or science fiction. Fantasy…
Fantasy Book Club – Jan 2013: Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin
Lisa Taylor
We’re kicking of the new year with vampires! Our first Fantasy Book Club read of 2013 will be Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin. “A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE…
Parents and Children in Fantasy
Amy Rose Davis
Tis the Season for Novel Fodder: Parents and Children in Fantasy For many of us in the western world, December marks the annual party season that brings us in contact…
Lou Morgan Interview – Part Two
Leo Elijah Cristea
This is part two of our interview with Lou Morgan author of the début fantasy novel Blood and Feathers. If you missed part one, you can read it here. Now…
Light Boxes by Shane Jones
Robbie Cameron
In Shane Jones’ compact, experimental fairy tale, the month of February has lasted for hundreds of days. Winter persists, unshakeable. The skies over a small, nameless town have grown cold…
Lou Morgan Interview – Part One
Earlier this year Lou Morgan’s stellar urban fantasy début, Blood and Feathers, published by Solaris books, burst onto the scene and has been gaining non-stop praise ever since. With its…
The Week In The World Of SFF
Paul Wiseall
Hey there Hobbits and Ents. Welcome back to the weekly round up of the very best genre news and nonsense from the wonderment that is the interwebs. Did you know…
The Craft – Part Five: Criticism
Adrian Faulkner
This is the last in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can read the previous posts here: Part One: Breaking In Part Two: The…
Top 10 Anticipated Fantasy Books for 2013 – Readers’ Choice
For the last few years we’ve run articles where we’ve chosen our top 10 most anticipated novels for the coming year. They’ve proved overwhelmingly popular, amassing just shy of 200,000…
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane Edited by Jonathan Oliver
Steff Humm
Magic can take so many forms and shapes that the possibilities for stories on the subject are seemingly endless. Everyone has different ideas of magic; from rabbit toting magicians and…
Sci-Fi Book Club – December 2012: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Jennie Ivins
Happy December sci-fi fans! For our next science fiction book club we will be reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “In order to develop a secure defense against a…
The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock
Nyki Blatchley
Sword and Sorcery had its first heyday in the 1930s, with Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories and their successors – most more or less Conan clones, although C. L. Moore…