His Dark Materials – Season One Review
L. A. Young
Back in 1999, it was announced that both The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were becoming film franchises. There was both excitement and apprehension. Excitement because fans were…
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A Sea of Broken Glass by Sonya M. Black – SPFBO #5 Finals Review
Geoff Matthews
*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…
2019’s Best New Genre TV Shows
Rakib Ahmad Khan
I still remember my childhood, when I wasn’t much interested in TV shows due to their being a pointed lack of sci-fi and fantasy adaptations. But these days not a…
G. R. Matthews Interview – Six Kingdoms
S. H. Paulus
G. R. Matthews is a self-published writer with eleven books under his belt. He is also head mod on the Fantasy-Faction Facebook Group and the official Bureau Chief of Fantasy-Faction…
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Richard Marpole
Zachary Ezra Rawlins, the son of a fortune-teller, is studying for his Masters in Emerging Media (video games). His peaceful, semi-solitary, existence is thrown off course when he checks an…
Talk Like A Man by Nisi Shawl
Jonathan Thornton
“She would have to do something. Something else besides living. Something more.” PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series, edited by Terry Bisson, is part of the radical indie press’s politically engaged…
Asian Fantasy: SPFBO Edition
JC Kang
With Lunar New Year around the corner, I joined a group chat with SFPBO past and present finalists Rob J. Hayes (Never Die, 2019), Virginia McClain (Blade’s Edge, 2019), M.…
Books to Read in Fantasy: A Look at Lists
Recently a question was asked in the Fantasy-Faction Facebook Group. This is that question and some of the reasons why its answer looks the same, every time the question is…
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Books of 2019
Jennie Ivins
Hello Factioners! I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season full of family, friends, food, and fantasy books! We spent a lot longer working on our Best Of…
The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence – Cover Reveal
Overlord
I first got my hands on work from Mark Lawrence back in 2011. He was pitched as the next George R.R. Martin (most authors are!). What I read wasn’t that.…
Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke – SPFBO Review
Lidan Tolak is the fiercest of her father’s daughters; more than capable of one day leading her clan. But caught between her warring parents, Lidan’s world begins to unravel when…
Scarred Lands Player’s Guide – Role-playing Game Review
Kellie Doherty
The Scarred Lands, Player’s Guide was originally created at White Wolf before Onyx Path Publishing and Nocturnal Media took it over. In a 2016 Kickstarter campaign, Onyx and Nocturnal successfully…