Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan
Jo Niederhoff
Unspoken made me fall in love with the most remarkable cast of characters I’d ever encountered in a young adult novel. Kami Glass, intrepid high school reporter (and girl who…
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Under the Empyrean Sky by Chuck Wendig
Dan Hanks
Chuck Wendig is a name most readers here will recognise. A stellar writing force on the internet, his opinions, arguments, sage advice and (often) sage profanity are well known and…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Religion
Xiagan
December. The darkest month with the longest night of the year. Harsh and cold days and mankind struggling in winter’s iron grip. Separated through walls of snow from others, one…
Robert A. Heinlein: More Fantasy than Meets the Eye
Raymond K. Rugg
Robert A. Heinlein is known as the dean of science fiction, and was the first Grand Master of the genre. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke are collectively known…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Joker Month
We had a lot great contest themes this year and I know that some people didn’t manage to finish their stories on time for some of the contests or didn’t…
Self-Published Fantasy Redux: Riyria. Revelation.
Zachary A. Matzo
My favorite fantasy books of 2015 have been self-published. For a guy that wrote “Self-Published Fantasy and Me” for this very website, that is quite an admission. And while I…
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…
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
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…