Darkstorm by M. L. Spencer
JC Kang
My early impression of Darkstorm, the prequel to the Rhenwars Saga series by M. L. Spencer, was that everyone was a magic user; and that in contradiction to the adage,…
Annihilation – Movie Review
A. M. Justice
Spoiler Warning: This review contains minor spoilers for the movie Annihilation. Please read with caution if you have yet to see the movie. You can find our review of the…
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
R. S. McCoy
People acquire books in all kinds of ways. Book boxes mail out a semi-random selection. Friends and relatives gift books we may or may not really enjoy. In this case,…
The Children of the Company by Kage Baker
Jo Niederhoff
Oh. My. God. Those are just about the only words I can think to describe my reaction to reading The Children of the Company. While I don’t know that I’d…
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Aficionados of Hong Kong Cinema, hear me out: Imagine Chow Yun-Fat in one of his classic ‘90s Triad movies, but give him the superhuman martial skills from the Show Brothers’…
Fonda Lee Interview – Jade City
Today we have a real treat for you! Fonda Lee, author of the Nebula nominated Jade City, is here to speak with us! If you’ve not read Jade City you…
Sigil Independent – Announcement & Freebies!
M. D. Presley
Fantasy-Faction is happy to host the announcement of a new self-publishers’ guild with aims to help self-pub authors with things most often reserved for those who are traditional published. Sigil…
Paris Adrift by E. J. Swift
Jonathan Thornton
“I always imagined that it was possible to cast off those elements of myself that I disliked or did not want. I had come to Paris cleansed; in my wake…
In Defence of a Zombie-Free Apocalypse – Part Two: The Rest!
Richard Marpole
And we’re back. Last time we explored how vampires, werewolves, and ghosts have so much more potential to create an exciting Apocalypse scenario than just rehashing all those rotten old…
Year in Anime – 2017
Rakib Ahmad Khan
My interest in anime has been rather lacking since 2013. Despite occasionally re-watching classics or catching up on stuff that I missed, I actually thought anime had become rather repetitive…
Bastien Lecouffe Deharme – Artist Spotlight
Jennie Ivins
Some of you may know this already, but I am an art addict. I love fantasy art and sci-fi art and classical art and surreal art and…well you get the…
Tiger Lily by K. Bird Lincoln – SPFBO Review
Geoff Matthews
Lily isn’t supposed to hunt game in the Daimyo’s woods. She’s just the cook’s daughter. It isn’t her place to talk to nobility. And she definitely isn’t supposed to sing…