What If… – Guest Blog by Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Writing—It’s all basically the same whatever genre, right? No, of course I don’t believe that! If I did, I’d be trying to make my fortune in romance or something. There…
Unicorn Mirror: A Compendium of Unicorn Lore
S. H. Paulus
Introduction: The Ethereal Glimpsing of a Unicorn “The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and…
Quill by A. C. Cobble
Kartik Narayanan
Quill is the first book in a new series, The Cartographer, by A. C. Cobble (author of the Benjamin Ashwood series). It is a fantasy wrapped in steampunk, inside a…
Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
L. A. Young
Seven Blades in Black is the first book in The Grave of Empires series. The central theme is the contest for power between mages—those with any magical or superhuman ability—and…
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver – Series Review
Pippa
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is a six book historical fantasy series by British author, Michelle Paver. The series consists of Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater, Outcast, Oath Breaker and…
A Fantasy Geek’s Guide to YouTube: Vampires
Richard Marpole
Vampires. They’re better than zombies. I’ve demonstrated this conclusively in a previous article. From True Blood to Let the Right One In to V Wars, vampires are all over literature,…
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Jo Niederhoff
When I first said I wanted to review this book, I mentioned the prologue as what drew me in. That wasn’t entirely true. While I did enjoy the prologue (and…
On Planning My First Solo Author Event
Kellie Doherty
Planning a book related event is stressful on all accounts, no matter if it’s a simple reading or a large writing conference. Regardless of size, the same questions remain: Will…
The Dreaming Land by E. P. Clark – Series Review: Books I-III
A. M. Justice
I discovered E. P. Clark a couple years ago when I read (and loved) the first book in the Zemnian series, The Midnight Land. Set about a hundred years later,…
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – Book Review
Jessica Juby
Set in the near future, society has become something different; there’s a new hierarchy at play. The government has fallen and life has fractured as a result of pollution and…
Soul Render by T. L. Branson
JC Kang
“Stormbringer in a stone.” Middle school marked the rebirth of my interest in fantasy, and after reading heroic fantasy stories like Dragonlance and Dragonriders of Pern, I was taken aback…
Fantasy-Faction Game of Thrones Discussion: Season 8, Episode 6 – “The Iron Throne”
*Spoilers*This is the final episode. Spoilers for the entire Game of Thrones series ahead! “The Iron Throne” is a fitting title for the finale of Game of Thrones. For the…