We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
A. M. Justice
I originally read We Ride the Storm when it was a finalist in the fourth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO), and I could immediately see why it fared so well in…
fantasy
Author Spotlight: Elizabeth Haydon and The Symphony of Ages Series
S. H. Paulus
Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Symphony of Ages series. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the books. The Prophecy of the Three The Three…
6th Annual Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off: An Introduction to the SPFBO
Fantasy-Faction has been part of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)—a fantasy fiction competition sponsored by Mark Lawrence—from the beginning, and as the sixth round of the competition kicks off, we’re…
A Tale of Stars and Shadow by Lisa Cassidy – Spoiler Free Review
Pippa
A Tale of Stars & Shadow is the first book in the series of the same name by Australian author Lisa Cassidy. It is a dual perspective story following Talyn…
Out of Body by Jeffrey Ford
Jonathan Thornton
“There’s so much going on at night, in the shadows, that people who spend most of their waking time in the sunlight have no idea about. Neon and spotlights and…
A Walk Among the Trees: A Look at Forests in Myth and Media
Richard Marpole
Forests have always been places of enchantment, haunted by outlaws, gods, angry ghosts and ferocious monsters. Walk a while with me. The wind sings through the leaves. Birds squabble in…
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
In a gorgeously painted world, humans and arcanics exist in an uneasy truce. The war between them isn’t over, merely on hold. And since the humans have a habit of…
Of Honey and Wildfires by Sarah Chorn
Sarah Chorn’s western-inspired fantasy Of Honey and Wildfires digs deep into the soul and taps a well of emotion in a layered tale that examines artifice, reality, and the costs…
Fortune’s Fool by Angela Boord – SPFBO #5 Finals Review
Geoff Matthews
Two reviews… on the same day? Yes indeed. These are the final two reviews for this year’s SPFBO. The fifth—that’s five years of SPFBO goodness and some truly awesome books.…
Beggar’s Rebellion by Levi Jacobs – SPFBO #5 Finals Review
Tai Kulga lost the rebellion and his best friend on the same day, stripping him of his will to live even as a strange power flooded his bones. When the…
Spark City by Robert J. Power – SPFBO #5 Finals Review
SPFBO review of Spark City by Robert J Power
Blades Edge by Virginia McClain – SPFBO #5 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Writing and reading are subjective arts. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK—normal people dislike it intensely, but…