Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off #6: The First Five Fall
A. M. Justice
* Disclaimer * As my friend and colleague GR Matthews has written in these introductions many times, reading is a subjective exercise. Some readers will see classical character and narrative…
The Museum of Magical Miniatures: Gallery One
Richard Marpole
With museums and art galleries across the world closed to the public, now seems like a good time to introduce a little virtual museum created just for Fantasy-Faction. Presenting: The…
Open Letter to WSFS Board and Norman Cates as the Chair of the 2020 WorldCon
Anna Smith Spark
Dear WSFS Board members, and dear Norman and Kelly, As writers, publishers and readers of science fiction and fantasy, we are writing to express our concern that Saudi Arabia has…
The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith
JC Kang
The Last Jedi in Paris. Figuring the audience for a fantasy sequel is smaller than that of a book one, I haven’t written a review of one for Fantasy-Faction in…
SFF Books by Authors of Color: An Incomplete List of Suggestions
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
People who know me know I love making book lists. And here is one full of fantasy and science fiction authors of color! When we started lockdown here in Germany,…
A Black Fox Running by Brian Carter
S. H. Paulus
*Spoiler Warning* This review contains minor spoilers. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. “Man is lord in this world, Wulfgar. That’s why we skulk…
Recommendations for SFF Authors of Various Identities
L. A. Young
Today’s society claims to be “woke” when it comes to the need for diversity, except we all know that isn’t true. The prejudice and bigotry presented on the news and…
The Last Page by Anthony Huso
I must admit I started reading The Last Page years ago and got distracted, eventually abandoning it to gather dust in a corner of my flat. Now, like many bookish…
House Spirits to Keep You Company
Kellie Doherty
Well, friends, there’s no sugarcoating this; we’re in the middle of a pandemic. COVID-19 has ripped through the world and has overturned how we live. Some of us cling to…
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Spoiler Warning: This review contains minor spoilers. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish The Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. “The Wheel of Time…
A Wizard’s Sacrifice by A. M. Justice – Cover Reveal and Excerpt
Although my name—A. M. Justice—might imply I write detective fiction or Westerns, my particular authorial wheelhouse is science fantasy. I also contribute reviews of film, TV, and books to Fantasy-Faction,…
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
I originally read We Ride the Storm when it was a finalist in the fourth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO), and I could immediately see why it fared so well in…