FantasyCon 2011 – Convention Review
Overlord
By far the most anticipated event on a British fantasy fan’s calendar this year was FantasyCon 2011. Held in the Victorian city of Brighton and within a huge, huge hotel…
Zombie Fallout 2: A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo
ChrisMB
If you haven’t read part one of the Zombie Fallout series, click here to read a review. Welcome to Month of the Living Dead! A month-long look at novels that…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Water
Jennie Ivins
Yet another month is behind us and October is officially here. Last month was a great month for writing on Fantasy-Faction. And next month promises to be even better! For…
Hayao Miyazaki: Worlds in Animation
David Carani
An Academy Award winning director and animator, Hayao Miyazaki has come to be known as the Walt Disney of Japan. In a country known for its animation, that’s quite a…
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
It should be noted that some of the first fantasy stories I ever read fell quite solidly into the sword and sorcery sub-genre. I remember liking them and then starting…
Weird and Wonderful…Introducing Jonathan Pinnock
Sandra Norval
As writers, we all have tales of books we started a long time ago. We all want to get our work out there but find our resolve is swayed by…
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Dear Mr. or Ms. Reader, It is my duty to inform you that you have been accepted to delve into an enchanting world that exists alongside ours. A world that…
Once Walked With Gods by James Barclay
Once Walked With Gods, was perhaps one of the most raved about new series in 2010. Author James Barclay is indeed one of the most accomplished British authors in the…
Story Structure – Part 10: The Art of the Subplot (part 2)
Amy Rose Davis
You can read the rest of the Story Structure series here: Part 1 – Story Structure: Beginnings Part 2 – Revisiting the Three-Act Structure Part 3 – In the Beginning……
Peter V. Brett Interview
Peter V. Brett has done something to fantasy that very, very few authors before him have managed. He has burst into the genre and written a book that is damned…
The Well at the World’s End by William Morris
Nyki Blatchley
Restless in his home, a rural, backwater country, the hero sets out into the wide world on a dangerous quest that has to do with a piece of jewelry. Crossing…
Fantasy Book Club – October 2011: A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
Hello Fantasy Fans! This month we will be reading A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham. Saraykeht is poised on the knife-edge of disaster. The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is…