To Ride a Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose – Review
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
Dragons, colonialism, and resistance, with a cast that reflects the full spectrum of humanity and a world that keeps getting richer, Blackgoose is building something special here.
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SPFBO 10 Champions’ League: The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang – Review
"It’s one of those rare books that transforms as you read it, and then transforms you in turn."
A List of LGBTQIA+ SFF Authors for Pride
Jennie Ivins
June is Pride Month! And we at Fantasy-Faction are celebrating our favorite LGBTQIA+ authors in SFF! I’ve grouped them by genre, and we hope you can find your next favorite…
SFF Authors of Hispanic Descent: An Incomplete List
Today begins Hispanic Heritage Month! It goes from September 15th to October 15th. And we are going to highlight some of the best SFF authors of Hispanic heritage! This is…
Big List of Julia’s Favourite Women Writing SFF
Some years back, I was prompted to look closely at my SFF shelves. Always preferring little to no romance, aside from very few exceptions, I found the ratio was quite…
SFF Authors of Asian and Pacific Islander Descent: An Incomplete List
Good day Factioners! It’s June! I’m sure most of you know this already. I however thought I still had a week of May left. For some reason May always gets…
An Incomplete List of Women Writing in SFF
*Disclaimer* This is, as the title says, an incomplete list. I have tried to put each author in every subgenre they write in. It is very probable there are glaring…
SFF Books by Authors of Color: An Incomplete List of Suggestions
People who know me know I love making book lists. And here is one full of fantasy and science fiction authors of color! When we started lockdown here in Germany,…
Recommendations for SFF Authors of Various Identities
L. A. Young
Today’s society claims to be “woke” when it comes to the need for diversity, except we all know that isn’t true. The prejudice and bigotry presented on the news and…
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Podcast Celebrating Women in Genre
Lucy Hounsom
This month, I’d like to officially introduce Fantasy-Faction readers to Breaking the Glass Slipper. The brainchild of Megan Leigh over at Pop Verse, it’s a bi-monthly podcast focusing on women…
Diverse Fantasy Is Better Fantasy
Eric Christensen
I recently I submitted a story to my writing group for critique. It was a secondary-world fantasy set in a pre-industrial port city. Of all the comments I received, the…
Women Dominate Graphic Novels in 2015
Overlord
Looking at the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2015, of the top 8 Graphic Novels, 7 of them have women on their covers. It’s also worth noting that Attack on Titan,…