Worldbuilding for Fantasy Writers
Leo Elijah Cristea
Worldbuilding: that old mainstay of fantasy that is as much like Marmite as…well, Marmite. Some writers live for worldbuilding, for the meticulous crafting of worlds and settings which they subsequently…
Writer’s Den: What’s in a Name?
Thomas A. Knight
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Or so wrote the great William Shakespeare. But would it really? Names are important in fiction. It’s hard to identify…
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
Alister Davison
Of all the fiction I’ve read over the years, it’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula that I’ve returned to the most. Sure, it’s not perfect; one can argue long into the night…
Fantasy As Mythology
Let’s take a leaf from Tolkien’s book and consider the fantasy genre as a collection of mythologies representing a variety of fictional worlds. How do writers create these worlds and…
Commas…The Continuing Story
Lady Rosalie Skinner
You can read Part One, Commas…To Avoid Confusion, here. Commas. The story continues to unfold. In this second installment, we will take a quick look at how commas work with…
Choosing Between Independent Publishers
Marc Davies
You spent years pouring your heart and soul into your manuscript. You polished it up to be the best that it can be, and you slogged through seemingly endless submission…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Evil Bad-Guys
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back writers and readers! I hope all of you had a lovely October and a wonderful Halloween! Some of you may not know this, but November is a very…
Conan The Enigma
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings Faction Readers! I write to you tonight from my new home in Ontario, observing a curious local ritual this evening by which I spend my time chasing urchins, inexplicably…
Night of the Living Dead – 1968 Version
ChrisMB
With week five of the Month of the Living Dead, we come to the climax of not only our celebration of the undead, but of the month itself on that…
Top Scary Movies For Halloween 2011
Paul Wiseall
We here at Fantasy-Faction are getting excited about the coming Halloween celebrations and figure that there is no better way to get yourself in the mood for Halloween than with…
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
This is one of those times where I have to kick myself a little for not picking a book sooner. I had heard about the zombies and airships and politely…
Zombie Fallout Three: The End… by Mark Tufo
Like a zombie catching the scent of fresh meat over an old kill, the sun rises on yet another week for the Month of the Living Dead. As we see…