Kindle Fire HD Review
Overlord
A few weeks back, I received an email asking if I wanted a free Kindle. Now, I’m sure that you, like me, get these kinds of emails on a daily…
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Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
Steff Humm
Eastern settings have an exotic magic all of their own even without traditional fantasy elements. From the title and beautiful Japanese-style cover art alone (variants of which can be found…
Lou Morgan Interview – Part Two
Leo Elijah Cristea
This is part two of our interview with Lou Morgan author of the début fantasy novel Blood and Feathers. If you missed part one, you can read it here. Now…
Lou Morgan Interview – Part One
Earlier this year Lou Morgan’s stellar urban fantasy début, Blood and Feathers, published by Solaris books, burst onto the scene and has been gaining non-stop praise ever since. With its…
The Craft – Part Four: Revision
Adrian Faulkner
This is the forth in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can read the previous posts here: Part One: Breaking In Part Two: The…
Elements of Fantasy: Owls
Janie Bill
Of all the bird species, owls have a unique talent for scaring the dickens out of people. They hide during the day and bellow haunting hoots throughout the night. Owls…
Quiz: First Lines of Fantasy Subgenres
Marsha A. Moore
After an exhaustive survey of fantasy subgenres in my past articles, I wanted to make one other comparison of the categories, arranged as a type of quiz. This fun activity…
Top Anticipated Fantasy Books For 2012 – Publishers’ Choice
You’ve heard of Gollancz, Orbit, Tor, Voyager, Jo Fletcher, Solaris, Abaddon Books, and Angry Robot, right? These are the publishing houses who are standing at the very forefront of our…
Jon Sprunk Interview
Jon Sprunk, author of the Shadow Saga—presently Shadow’s Son, Shadow’s Lure and the upcoming Shadow’s Master (slated for 2012)—is one of the latest writers to really sink his teeth into…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Storms
Jennie Ivins
Some of you may not know this, but along with Fantasy-Faction being an awesome site for readers of fantasy, we also house a growing collection of published and aspiring authors.…
Neil Gaiman Spotlight
Paul Wiseall
I’ll try to keep this spoiler free but WOW! Did you watch Doctor Who [the other] night? Whattan episode! You know in the series trailer where the voice says, “Fear…
Mogworld by Benjamin “Yahtzee” Croshaw
ChrisMB
Fantasy fans and the undead have a bit more in common than we feel comfortable admitting, but I’m going to admit it, if only for what the masses of the…