A Fantasy Romance Lover’s Most-Anticipated Releases of 2018
R. S. McCoy
When people say fantasy, most tend to think of titles like The Hobbit or Harry Potter. Likewise, when people say romance, most think of titles like Pride and Prejudice or…
Urskuul’s Reading Circle: It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Dan Sutcliffe
Hello all, and welcome to the latest newsletter from Urskuul’s Reading Circle. It has been a while since the last one was issued, and I’d like to extend my apologies…
Small Press, Big Stories – Skyhorse Publishing
Steven Poore
We’ve been quiet for a while – blame the day job and an inexplicable desire to hibernate until February – but you can’t stop the signal, so we’ve been having…
Justice League – Movie Review
Malcolm Pope
Hoo boy. I’ve not made any secret to anyone who knows me that, Wonder Woman aside, I have not been at all impressed with DC Extended Universe. In fact, I…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Find the Story in the Picture
Xiagan
This month our entrants got three pictures to choose from. Every picture a frozen moment from an unknown story. They convey atmosphere and (part of) a setting. The rest is…
Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
A. M. Justice
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Beren and Lúthien contains echoes of Romeo and Juliet, Rapunzel, and the Orpheus and Persephone myths. In it, Lúthien—a demigod elf princess whom Tolkien refers to both as…
Josh Vogt Interview
Joshua Robertson
I am pleased to welcome Josh Vogt, a full-time freelance writer and editor, who has sold numerous stories to Paizo’s Pathfinder Tales, Grey Matter Press, the UFO2 and UFO3 anthologies,…
Miles Cameron Interview – The Fall of Dragons
Rakib Ahmad Khan
Five years ago The Red Knight came into the world to high acclaim. This year The Traitor Son Cycle concluded with The Fall of Dragons. We at Fantasy-Faction have been…
The Ten Strangest Races in Fantasy Literature
Richard Marpole
To me one of the most wonderful things about reading fantasy is the chance to encounter strange and magical beings that couldn’t possibly exist in the real world. Ferocious and…
Don’t Show, Don’t Tell – Guest Blog by K. C. Alexander
K. C. Alexander
We’ve heard it, right: “show, don’t tell.” A four-word reminder to make sure your work is rich with description, follow-through, actions rather than (in a non-literal sense) words. But what…
Big Fish & Begonia – Movie Review
So apparently China is making big animated movies now? Good on them. No seriously, that wasn’t sarcasm. Good on them. The more different animations out there the better. Especially if…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Regret and Redemption
Your main character (MC) did something, planned or by accident, and it went terribly wrong. Life is now constant regret. Do they want to correct it? Is it even possible?…