Rags & Bones – New Twists on Timeless Tales edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt
Rebekah Loper
This is a humble little book, appearance-wise, but it holds a lot of wonder. The list of contributors to this anthology are just the start of it, many of them…
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Unicorns! edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Raymond K. Rugg
My regular readers know that I’ve recently revisited some old-school fantasy by re-reading the Thieves’ World books. And one of the anthologies in the shared-universe fantasy series was called Tales…
Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues edited by J. M. Martin
Richard Bray
The overwhelming majority of characters in Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues, edited by J.M. Martin, are not very nice people. These aren’t loveable rascals, playing harmless tricks in…
Does Size Really Matter? – Fantasy Shorts
Victoria Hooper
We are used to fantasy being big – epicly big in many cases – running in countless volumes of increasing size, or the kind of thick tomes that take up…
The Book of the Dead edited by Jared Shurin
Horror isn’t usually my cup of tea. However, Egyptian mythology and history is always fascinating, and one the more prominent aspects of ancient Egypt is, of course, the mummy. This…
Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells and Howard Taylor
Shadows Beneath is both an anthology of short stories and a glimpse into the writing process, created by the Writing Excuses podcast team: Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells…
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
In the introduction to Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman tells us quite plainly that writers live in houses other people built. In this collection of short stories,…
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Nick Clark
Kelly Link’s unique take on the fantastic twists through a whimsical maelstrom of inventiveness in her award-winning short story collection, Magic for Beginners. Strands of myth, sci-fi and fable mingle…
Irregularity edited by Jared Shurin
Jo Niederhoff
I recently began some writing projects into what I thought was a thus far unexplored genre: historical science fiction. Steampunk touches on this but is largely attached to the Victorian…
Revisiting Thieves’ World Anthologies – Part Two
Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane in the city of Sanctuary. We’re revisiting the Thieves’ World series, the twelve anthologies that resulted from an idea by Robert Asprin…
Revisiting Thieves’ World Anthologies
Readers of Fantasy-Faction are likely to be familiar with Scott Lynch and his Gentlemen Bastards books. Lynch has a style that is a pleasure to read, and has given us…
The Fair Folk edited by Marvin Kaye
Travis Anderson
I have no doubt that those of you reading this have a fair sized book collection and can admit to owning at least a few novels on your shelves that,…