The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – Book Review
Eric Christensen
When I kicked off the Fantastic Literature column, I mentioned that Hulu was producing a series based on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. And that television show has helped spur…
Urskuul’s Reading Circle: The Management Style of the Supreme Beings by Tom Holt
Dan Sutcliffe
Dear Members of Urskuul’s Reading Circle, This isn’t something I enjoy doing, but I have to remind you all that we do have rules that members are expected to follow.…
The Pros and Cons of a Macro Timescale
Nicola Alter
Most fantasy and science fiction series tend to be, by their very nature, large in scope. We expect stories about the fate of worlds, the rise and fall of empires,…
Angela Bole Interview – Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
Joshua Robertson
The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), based in the United States, has served independent publishers and self-published authors since 1983. The organization is one of the few to serve this…
Tough Travels: Strongholds
Laura M. Hughes
At the start of every month, Fantasy-Faction will lead you (yes, YOU!) on a tour of the fantasy genre. From high to low, from classics to new releases, from epic…
Cover Reveal & Extract for A TIME OF DREAD by John Gwynne
Michael Everest
John Gwynne is a favourite here at Fantasy Faction. His The Faithful and the Fallen series has been named in our ‘best of’ and ‘most anticipated’ lists time and again,…
10 Tips for Self-Published Authors
Duncan M. Hamilton
In publishing there are outliers who release a book straight to the top of the charts, but they are few and far between. Happily, you don’t need this to happen…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Dragons
Xiagan
This month we decided to give you a treat. Something grand. Something terrifying. Creatures you complained about being not depicted as they should be. This month our entrants wrote about…
The Belgariad by David Eddings – Over Thirty?
Geoff Matthews
Hands down, one of the greatest fantasy series of all time. You’re still here? Great. The books, the first five that make The Belgariad, are over thirty years old and…
A Wizard of Mars by Diane Duane
Jo Niederhoff
Maybe it’s because Mars is named for the Roman god of war, but something about the Red Planet has captured human imagination, or at least the imagination of Western media.…
The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler
Zachary A. Matzo
Spoiler Warning: While what follows is a spoiler-free look at The Hollow Crown, discussion of the 4th book in a series and the start of a new trilogy necessarily “spoils”…
The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith-Spark
T. O. Munro
As I recall, the first rumours I heard of the book that became The Court of Broken Knives was seeing the author’s lament on social media that an agent had…