SPFBO Finalist Review: Wolf of Withervale by Joaquín Baldwin
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
This year's finalists are all big on their worldbuilding but the stand out so far has been The Wolf of Withervale. The author has obviously spent a huge amount of…
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Fourth Semifinalist Review for SPFBO #10
There are so many unique and fascinating aspects to this story including a kind of raw honesty that I really appreciate – admitting to feelings, emotions, and senses that are…
A List of LGBTQIA+ SFF Authors for Pride
Jennie Ivins
June is Pride Month! And we at Fantasy-Faction are celebrating our favorite LGBTQIA+ authors in SFF! I’ve grouped them by genre, and we hope you can find your next favorite…
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
L. A. Young
Fans and readers of epic fantasy are familiar with the trope of one or more protagonists embarking on a quest to save the world, the empire, the country, etc. Historical…
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
JC Kang
Like much of the fantasy book world, I was surprised to find out that audiobook narrator extraordinaire Travis Baldree would be releasing a fantasy novel he wrote himself. I’d loved…
Mermicide by Mina Rose
Richard Marpole
Elevator Pitch: Mermicide is the story of a queer romance between an innocent, psychologically damaged young woman, and a seemingly ageless, predatory mermaid. Also featuring wicked science, brutal violence, and…
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Mulan meets Swordsman 2. As a mostly-audiobook consumer with little time to actually read, it had taken me two weeks to finish Nghi Vo’s short novella, Empress of Salt and…
Big List of Julia’s Favourite Women Writing SFF
Some years back, I was prompted to look closely at my SFF shelves. Always preferring little to no romance, aside from very few exceptions, I found the ratio was quite…
An Incomplete List of Women Writing in SFF
*Disclaimer* This is, as the title says, an incomplete list. I have tried to put each author in every subgenre they write in. It is very probable there are glaring…
The Worth of Hair by A. A. Freeman
A. M. Justice
In their original forms, fairy stories were often bloody and almost always filled with grim suffering. The grimmest of all were not the folk tales captured by the famous brothers…
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Reviewer’s Note: Upon finishing this novella, which took six days the first time around, I immediately wrote an initial review where I rated it 6/10 stars. Then, I re-read it,…
The Worth of Hair by A. A. Freeman – Cover Reveal & Interview
Good day Factioners! We have a treat for you! A cover made by one of my favorite artists, who also did the cover for the Fantasy-Faction Anthology! But I’m getting…