Why Is Fantasy So Popular In 2012?
Eric Christensen
The past few years have been very good for fans of fantasy. We can find more books, movies, and TV shows catering to our interests than possibly ever before. It’s…
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Happy You Day – Individual Centered Celebrations
Laura Graham
Throughout our lives and cultures we come across all sorts of celebrations and event focused on the individual; birthdays, coming-of-age ceremonies, funerals, all about that certain person. How that person…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Poetry
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back writers and readers! How was your May? I hope you enjoyed some lovely spring days, because it looks like summer has come early this year, at least in…
Balticon 2012 Review
On Friday May 25th, I pulled up to the Baltimore Marriott, ready to begin my first vacation in almost six years. But even the excitement of being ‘kidless’ for three…
Peter Orullian Interview
Leo Elijah Cristea
Peter Orullian is an American SFF author whose Morningstar shortlisted début, The Unremembered, is published by Tor. A frequenter of SFF conventions and speaker at panels alongside fantasy giants Pat…
Fantasy Book Club – June 2012 – Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Overlord
With a mere touch of your skin Miriam Black can tell when and how you will die. She’s seen old age take its toll, car crashes and heart attacks. Watching…
Brandon Sanderson’s Self-Publishing & Small Press Releases
I woke up this morning to find an interesting post on the Fantasy-Faction Forums. It was by a gentleman who was going to be self-publishing a number of titles and…
Empire of the Saviours by A. J. Dalton
Elloise Hopkins
The world of Empire of the Saviours is a place where the people live under the control of the saints and, in turn, the saints work under the command of…
King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
This review contains spoilers for book one. If you haven’t read Prince of Thorns yet, then read this review with caution. You can read Fantasy-Faction’s review of Prince of Thorns…
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls is a book that I would never have picked up. It was only because it won The Kitschies Red Tentacle Award for Best Novel that I’d even…
The Double-Edged Sword by Sarah Silverwood
Sarah Silverwood is actually a pseudonym; the author of The Double-Edged Sword’s real name is Sarah Pinborough. For anyone who hasn’t heard of Sarah Pinborough before, let me begin by…
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Nyki Blatchley
Fantasy authors who want to get away from familiar contemporary or historical surroundings have various broad types of setting to choose from. They can create a fictional prehistory, as both…