Blue Eye Samurai – Netflix Series Review
JC Kang
I enjoyed the Blue Eye Samurai much as I enjoyed Solo. Both tell engrossing stories, with complex plots, luscious visuals, and compelling characters; but suffer for being part of an…
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Pawn’s Gambit by Rob J. Hayes
“Yokai Scavenger Hunt-Heist-Military Fantasy” Yes, that tagline is a convoluted mouthful, that Rob J. Hayes manages to pull off, just as he did in book one of the Mortal Techniques…
Red Winter by Annette Marie: Japanese Urban Fantasy
As a lover of Asian-themed fantasy, and always a judge of a book by its cover, I had wanted to read Annette Marie’s Japanese urban fantasy, Red Winter, for quite…
Stormdancer: What Could Have Been – A Review and Breakdown
In April of last year, the Twitterverse erupted with charges of cultural appropriation in Jay Kristoff’s debut, Stormdancer. I took the accusations with a grain of salt, since the term…
Spirits of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes
Richard Marpole
Spirits of Vengeance is an epic, martial arts, horror fantasy. It follows an ensemble cast of aging martial artists and mischievous spirits as they wander the sundered empire of Ipia,…
SFF Authors of Asian and Pacific Islander Descent: An Incomplete List
Jennie Ivins
Good day Factioners! It’s June! I’m sure most of you know this already. I however thought I still had a week of May left. For some reason May always gets…
Mythological Creatures: A List Without Dragons
Kellie Doherty
Fantasy has a longstanding relationship with dragons, reaching as far back as ancient Mesopotamian art and literature and as recent as Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa and House…
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien
Mean Girls meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon…on ice! (or I, Tonya meets Jin Yong) As an wuxia film aficionado, and the parent of two competitive ice skaters (word of caution…
Nightblade’s Vengeance by Ryan Kirk with Live Interview!
Shogun meets the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. With over a thousand reviews on Amazon, Ryan Kirk’s Nightblade trilogy is perhaps the most popular Asian fantasy, with the exception of Will…
House Spirits to Keep You Company
Well, friends, there’s no sugarcoating this; we’re in the middle of a pandemic. COVID-19 has ripped through the world and has overturned how we live. Some of us cling to…
Blades Edge by Virginia McClain – SPFBO #5 Finals Review
Geoff Matthews
*Disclaimer* Writing and reading are subjective arts. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK—normal people dislike it intensely, but…
Asian Fantasy: SPFBO Edition
With Lunar New Year around the corner, I joined a group chat with SFPBO past and present finalists Rob J. Hayes (Never Die, 2019), Virginia McClain (Blade’s Edge, 2019), M.…