Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
ChrisMB
So, after my previous Harry Potter review, I had another look at my copies of Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Yeah, turns out…
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Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Ben Galley
First, a word on the author. Catherine Fisher, unbeknownst to me before spying the glittery cover of Incarceron at my local bookstore, is a veritable factory of fiction. Her writing…
Worldbuilding for Fantasy Writers
Leo Elijah Cristea
Worldbuilding: that old mainstay of fantasy that is as much like Marmite as…well, Marmite. Some writers live for worldbuilding, for the meticulous crafting of worlds and settings which they subsequently…
Fantasy As Mythology
Let’s take a leaf from Tolkien’s book and consider the fantasy genre as a collection of mythologies representing a variety of fictional worlds. How do writers create these worlds and…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Evil Bad-Guys
Jennie Ivins
Welcome back writers and readers! I hope all of you had a lovely October and a wonderful Halloween! Some of you may not know this, but November is a very…
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
Nyki Blatchley
The King of Elfland’s Daughter tells of how Alveric, son of the Lord of Erl, armed with a magic sword given to him by the witch Ziroonderel, ventures into the…
The Measure of the Magic by Terry Brooks
Elloise Hopkins
Editor’s Note: This review contains some spoilers for the first book. If you haven’t finished the first book in the series, read with caution. The Measure of the Magic is…
Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment: The Caribbean
Paul Wiseall
Welcome back to the Fantasy-Faction World Tour of Wonderment where we aim to shine a spotlight on different parts of the world and their contributions to the fantasy genre. In…
Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
It’s amazing what you’ll find in your personal library when you look around, isn’t it? While perusing through my bookshelves for something to review, I came across a pair of…
The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Among my convention book haul was The Dragon’s Path. It looked interesting and promised to be a novel of journeys and politics and other things that I usually find interesting…
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
Overlord
The term ‘gritty’ is quickly becoming overused in fantasy and it’s all thanks to Joe Abercrombie. Certainly, if you look at who earned its first usage and to this day…
Why You Should Be Watching The Guild
David Carani
Felicia Day has long been a proponent of geek culture. The Guild, her original web series, is no exception. Currently in its fifth season, The Guild chronicles the (mis)adventures of…