Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
Nyki Blatchley
A strange thing happened to the American fantasy author James Branch Cabell in 1920. Cabell was a writer of novels, short stories and poetry who’d been published regularly for about…
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Conan The Enigma
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings Faction Readers! I write to you tonight from my new home in Ontario, observing a curious local ritual this evening by which I spend my time chasing urchins, inexplicably…
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The King of Elfland’s Daughter tells of how Alveric, son of the Lord of Erl, armed with a magic sword given to him by the witch Ziroonderel, ventures into the…
The Well at the World’s End by William Morris
Restless in his home, a rural, backwater country, the hero sets out into the wide world on a dangerous quest that has to do with a piece of jewelry. Crossing…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: Scotland
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour Of Wonderment, where I aim to shine the spotlight on individual nations and their contributions to the fantasy world. Last time we had…
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Overlord
Elric. The name is legendary. Even those who don’t really touch fantasy tend to know the name Elric or at very least Stormbringer. Those older will know the name Moorcock…
The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
ChrisMB
Do you remember the first fantasy novel you ever read? Can you vividly recall how old you were when you first experienced the enthralling magic of an author’s words? Does…