Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Lucy Hounsom
A word of warning before we begin: As soon as I finished this book, it went straight into my top five all-time favourites, so be prepared for raving. I’ve reviewed…
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Rogue Legacy – Video Game Review
Victoria Hooper
When I started this game I thought it would be a fun distraction for a Sunday afternoon, a cute little game that would remind me of the old games I…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Abandoned Places
Xiagan
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
The Many Nations of Elves
D. M. Almond
For many of us the words elf and fantasy are as intertwined in our minds as peanut butter and jelly. What self-respecting lover of fantasy among us has not spent…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Lew Kelly
A curiously told tale, not driven by words but by pictures; a unique selling point, and probably the reason why Ransom Rigg’s debut novel dominated the New York Times Bestseller…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Fantasy Clichés
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
Second Olympus by K. A. Stewart
Nicole Singer
Dozens of authors have tried their hands at variations on Greek gods-themed storylines over the years—so much so that these stories often start to feel a bit stale—which is why…
The Soundtrack to Starborn
So this post is slightly embarrassing, as I’m about to reveal to you some of the music I enjoy listening to. There are lots of elements to cover in Starborn,…
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
James Davies
Wizard and Glass is a reflection novel (no pun intended). We have now reached what could tentatively be referred to as the middle volume in this seven-book long series, and…
Does Size Really Matter? – Fantasy Shorts
We are used to fantasy being big – epicly big in many cases – running in countless volumes of increasing size, or the kind of thick tomes that take up…
Elvenquest Radio Comedy
Geoff Matthews
In the third age of Lower Earth, called by some the Silver Age because it was not quite golden and platinum was too expensive, the questors sought the Sword of…
The Month Ahead: Fantasy Book Releases in May
Overlord
You know when you’re sat on a train or wandering around the park and you walk past someone reading ‘that book’ you’ve been really excited about? You do a double-take…