Monthly Short Story Winner: The City
Idlewilder
Every month in the Fantasy-Faction forums we have a themed writing contest. It’s run throughout each month, and voting on the winner takes place across the month thereafter. Anyone can…
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Fantasy Book Club – June 2013: Foundling by D. M. Cornish
Lisa Taylor
In June, we will be reading Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo #1) by D.M. Cornish. Foundling won the Aurealis Award for Young Adult Novel (2006). Meet Rossamünd a foundling, a boy…
Mom Doesn’t Get Dragons
Zachary A. Matzo
My mom doesn’t understand my reading habits. I believe the exact quote was, “I would think science fiction would be the last thing you’d be interested in.” The fact that…
Poison by Sarah Pinborough
Phil Norris
Snow White lives the idyllic life of a fairytale princess, she has the love of her father and of the people, she has the loyalty of the dwarves who toil…
The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Juan de Dios Dougnac
One of the things I most enjoy about fantasy is how versatile it is: despite the presence of some defining tropes, most of them can be simply kicked away in…
The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
The Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the pocket universe to New York has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze and the populace are demanding a return…
YA Science Fiction & Fantasy – Part Two: From Humble Origins to Lofty Heights
Leo Elijah Cristea
When addressing the origins of YA literature (we’re not talking SFF specific here for now, but bear with me) it all depends from which angle you decide to approach. I…
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
Mike Shackle
“The Age of Kings is dead. And I have killed it.” Field Marshal Tamas’s coup against his king sends corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brings bread to the starving.…
The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett
Rachel Riegel
So, this is one of the newest Young Adult titles to come out of Tor Teen this year. While perusing the bookstore on my birthday with my fiancé, I noticed…
The Braided Path by Chris Wooding
KJ Braxton
Chris Wooding’s first move into adult fiction could not have been more of a success. The books follow the life of Kaiku and her desperate struggle to avenge the death…
The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams
Alister Davison
Welcome to the first Classics Corner, where I’ll be reviewing fantasy novels from the mists of time. Well, not quite; more the books I’d missed out on reading when I’d…
The Art of Forgetting by Joanne Hall
Alex Shepherd
Gifted and cursed with a unique memory, the foundling son of a notorious traitor, Rhodri joins an elite cavalry unit. There, struggling with his own memories of his father, he…