Witches: Wicked, Wild and Wonderful edited by Paula Guran
Aleksandra Kesek
“Don’t get in a witch’s path. Especially if you are the weaker witch. If you do, be prepared to face her.” – “Bloodlines” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Witches are represented in…
horror
Alan Baxter Interview
Dan Hanks
From humble (but rather excellent) self-published beginnings, British/Australian author Alan Baxter has established himself as a widely respected writer—and excitingly has a new series coming out from Harper Voyager in…
MageSign by Alan Baxter
Last month I reviewed the excellent RealmShift by Alan Baxter, an author in Australia who we’ll be seeing a whole lot more of in the future, after he recently signed…
Fantasy Book Club – May 2014: Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
Lisa Taylor
For May, our members voted to read Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough. I’ve seen some great reviews for this one, including on here on Fantasy-Faction where it earned a 10 star…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: What it Means to be a Female Hero
Steff Humm
It’s been nearly eleven years since the end of the cult TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer but after all this time it remains a significant contributor to fantasy history.…
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
So in my latest attempt to further break Goodread’s recommendation algorithm, I decided to read Annihilation, partially because it doesn’t fit particularly neatly into any category, but also because I…
RealmShift by Alan Baxter
I’ve been following British/Australian author Alan Baxter online for a while now. He’s one of a group of very passionate and talented writers in the land down under doing great…
The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
A. E. Marling
If you’ve always wanted your zombie hordes flavored with fungus, then The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey was written for you. Those who devour science articles will…
Low Fantasy Subgenres
Marsha A. Moore
In my last article, I compared and contrasted two very popular low fantasy subgenres, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. In this article, I’ll continue with an overview of other major…
Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome edited by Stephen Jones
Reading fairy tales can be more thrilling than visiting haunted houses and dungeon attractions. So how scary are fairy tales? Fairy tales and legends had a very long oral history…
Balancing the Scales – Read More Female Authors in 2014
Leo Elijah Cristea
It still astounds me sometimes that the literary world is not equal, that people are necessarily inclined to undertake a specific effort in reading more books by female authors, that…
When YOU Were The Hero – An Adventure In Gamebooks
Gamebooks aren’t something you see much of these days but back in the 80s and 90s they were doing a roaring trade all over the world as readers embraced the…