Elements of Fantasy: Ogres and Ogresses
Janie Bill
What was your worst nightmare? Did he have an enormous head and wiry hair? Well that, my friend, was an ogre trying to consume you. An ogre is a grotesque…
Devilish Details
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings to you all! This is my first article of 2012 and also my first article in a few months. These past months conspired against all my free time, loading…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 2
Amy Rose Davis
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it by clicking here. Continuing where I left off last week in my post about creating a new religion…
The End Specialist by Drew Magary
Elloise Hopkins
When I saw the cover of this book – a simple yet striking image of a grim reaper impaled seemingly by his own scythe – I was instantly drawn in.…
Kelly McCullough – Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Kelly McCullough is an American writer with a lengthy SFF series at his back. His first series, the Ravirn series (alternatively called the WebMage series) has been on the shelves…
Ganymede by Cherie Priest
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
In Ganymede, Cherie Priest continues to explore an alternate universe, war torn US in the late nineteenth century. After reading and thoroughly enjoying Boneshaker and Dreadnought (and then hunting down…
Vs. Reality by Blake Northcott
Kit
This reviewer comes to you completely shocked. Less than 30 hours after uploading Ms. Northcott’s Vs. Reality to my Kindle, I have completely devoured it. Devoured it, I tell you,…
Children & Fantasy – The Introductory Phase
Laura Graham
Since I finished university, I’ve had a little more free time on my hands. My favourite way using some of this time to help out my aunt and a friend…
The Changing Face of SFF
Elspeth Cooper—author of Songs of the Earth—said “fantasy’s a broad church” and she couldn’t have been more right, especially in regards to the modern fantasy and science fiction market. If…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 1
If I thought writing last week’s article was tough, I have to say, it was NOTHING compared to how I feel about wading into the morass of religion–even fictional religion.…
Zealotry in Fiction
Tegan Beechey
There are few systems of belief that so greatly influence human behavior as religion. Our history is marked by acts of faith, both great and terrible, which have altered the…
The SFX Weekender 2012 – Part 2
Paul Wiseall
Marc and I had a bizarre start to our SFX Weekender. On the drive up to Prestatyn, Wales where the convention was being held, the satnav took us down some…