Symphony of the Wind by Steven McKinnon – SPFBO #4 Finals Review
Jessica Juby
*Disclaimer* Writing and reading is a subjective art. What some folks will absolutely love, others will dislike. It is a bit like Marmite in the UK—normal people dislike it intensely,…
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Monthly Flash Fiction Winner: Fire
Xiagan
This month we asked our entrants to write about fire. The beauty of fire is its ambivalence. On the one hand we need it to survive (cooking our food, keeping…
The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft – Review + Fan Theories!
Richard Marpole
Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t read books one and two in The Books of Babel series then go and read them now, and/or check out Fantasy-Faction’s reviews of both books…
The Coilhunter Chronicles by Dean F. Wilson – Spoiler Free Series Review
JC Kang
Steampunk Batman meets A Fistful of Dollars (and later, the Borg). Despite Fantasy-Faction originally being a British website, I am pretty sure that everyone knows Americans romanticize the Wild West:…
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Eric Christensen
Robert Jackson Bennett’s Foundryside combines the action scenes and snarky banter of a summer blockbuster with the complex characters and keen-eyed societal critique of an Oscar-winner. What begins as a…
Urskuul’s Reading Circle: The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
Dan Sutcliffe
Everyone likes libraries, don’t they? They’re normally fair-sized buildings which are chock-full of books. And the main rule that guides most libraries? Other than the normal ones. You know like:…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Find the Story in the Picture
This month our entrants got three pictures to choose from. Every picture a frozen moment from an unknown story. They convey atmosphere and (part of) a setting. The rest is…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Regret and Redemption
Your main character (MC) did something, planned or by accident, and it went terribly wrong. Life is now constant regret. Do they want to correct it? Is it even possible?…
The Queen of All Crows by Rod Duncan – Cover Reveal and Giveaway
Jennie Ivins
I know Halloween is over, but I bet all you Factioners out there would still love to see another sweet, sweet Angry Robot cover. And I’m positive you would also…
Darkhaven by A.F.E. Smith – Series Review
Laura M. Hughes
You could be forgiven for assuming A.F.E. Smith’s debut is a tame, fluffy tale about a magical unicorn. I assumed the same. But trust me when I say that there’s…
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Jonathan Thornton
“The settlers of Everfair had come here naively at best, arrogantly at worst. Due to the orders of the king they had found the country seemingly empty. In the fight…
Metronome by Oliver Langmead
Lucy Hounsom
Metronome is an engaging high concept fantasy, incredibly readable and beautifully written. Its unusual hero is William Manderlay, an old sailor who lives in a care home, crippled by arthritis…