Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
L. A. Young
Seven Blades in Black is the first book in The Grave of Empires series. The central theme is the contest for power between mages—those with any magical or superhuman ability—and…
Sam Sykes
Shy Knives by Sam Sykes
Zachary A. Matzo
Paizo is killing it these days. A deal with Tor for their Pathfinder Tales series, a new sci-fi campaign setting—Starfinder—in the offing. One video game in the can and another…
‘I actually started worldbuilding…’ by Sam Sykes
Sam Sykes
Today we are delighted to welcome one of our favourite authors Sam Sykes (also known as Samus Sykesimus on the Roman Gladiator circuit) to Fantasy-Faction. I don’t really need to…
The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
Overlord
If you’ve read Tome of the Undergates you will know roughly what to expect when you pick up a book by Sam Sykes. You take a step away from today’s…
Sam Sykes lands new novel deal…
Fantasy-Faction are big fans of Sam Sykes. His books are like playing video games: non-stop, chaotic and oh so fun. Fantasy is a genre where an author should feel free…
Dear Grimdark… Guest Post by Sam Sykes
As most of you know, Sam Sykes has a new book out this week, The City Stained Red. We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on a copy and…
Sam Sykes Finally Gets an Awesome Cover
I’ve been saying for years that Sam Sykes’s books need some awesome covers. Don’t get me wrong, Sam’s covers for his original series weren’t ‘terrible’, but I did feel that…
A Town Called Pandemonium edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin
Dominic Stevens
A Town Called Pandemonium is the latest short story collection from Anne and Jared at the always excellent geek blog pornokitsch.com. They have even made the introduction to their collection…
The Craft – Part Five: Criticism
Adrian Faulkner
This is the last in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can read the previous posts here: Part One: Breaking In Part Two: The…
The Craft – Part Four: Revision
This is the forth in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can read the previous posts here: Part One: Breaking In Part Two: The…
The Craft – Part Three: Careers
This is the third in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can read part one here and part two here. There’s an old saying…
The Craft – Part Two: The Business
This is the second in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can see last week’s article, Breaking In, here. Being a published writer these…