Rogue One – Book and Movie Review
Zachary A. Matzo
Note: This review covers both the film Rogue One and the prequel novel Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel. Small “spoilers” abound but I’ll say without reservation that there is no…
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Heidi Heilig Interview – The Girl From Everywhere
Leo Elijah Cristea
Heidi Heilig grew up in Hawaii where she rode horses and raised peacocks. Then she moved to New York City and grew up even more, as one tends to do.…
The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French – SPFBO Review
Laura M. Hughes
Mr. French, the pacing of your novel is truly brilliant. Starting with a *bang* and then racing from conflicts and schemes to plot twists and battles, Bastards is what one…
Slipping by Lauren Beukes
Eric Christensen
Slipping by Lauren Beukes is a collection of previously published short stories and nonfiction. Having read—and loved—two of her novels, The Shining Girls and Broken Monsters, I jumped at the…
Holidays In Fantasy Fiction
Aaron Miles
With the arrival of the Christmas season I’ve been thinking about the effects of holidays on our lives. The influence of Christmas is incredibly far reaching; I doubt most people…
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
‘On the second day of Hogswatch I . . . sent my true love back, A nasty little letter, hah, yes indeed, and a partridge in a pear tree—’ Of…
The Shadow Soul by Kaitlyn Davis – SPFBO Review
Geoff Matthews
The Shadow Soul is one of ten novels in the final round of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) 2016. Updates on the contest’s progress can be found here. When…
Outpost by F. T. McKinstry – SPFBO Review
Outpost is one of ten novels in the final round of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) 2016. Updates on the contest’s progress can be found here. “Nine thousand suns…
Shy Knives by Sam Sykes
Paizo is killing it these days. A deal with Tor for their Pathfinder Tales series, a new sci-fi campaign setting—Starfinder—in the offing. One video game in the can and another…
Does Patrick Rothfuss Hate His Fans?
Overlord
Not too long ago, Patrick Rothfuss wrote this: Just when I was growing fairly certain my readers were clever people who actually have the ability to read and comprehend text,…
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu
Jonathan Thornton
“History is the long shadow cast by the past upon the future.” “Killing the emperor was easy. Building a world that is more just and persuading those in power to…
Fionn: Defence of Ráth Bládhma by Brian O’Sullivan – SPFBO Review
Fionn: Defence of Ráth Bládhma is one of ten novels in the final round of Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) 2016. Updates on the contest’s progress can be found…