Cold West by Clayton W. Snyder – SPFBO #9 Finals Review
Jennie Ivins
Today we are reviewing Cold West, which was Before We Go Blog’s pick for this year’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. You can read their review here. And you can see the…
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Haunted West by Chris Spivey – Role-Playing Game Review
Richard Marpole
Creative Director and Development: Chris Spivey System Design: Chris Spivey, Rose Bailey, Neall Raemonn Price, and Adam Alexander Powered by the Apocalypse Hack: Amr Ammourazz Written by: Chris Spivey, Angel…
Glass Rhapsody by Sarah Chorn
A. M. Justice
There are words you know and use all the time, but you’ve never thought about their actual dictionary definitions. Rhapsody was one of those words for me. I frequently waxed…
Oh, That Shotgun Sky by Sarah Chorn
The other night I caught the Cohen Brothers’ remake of True Grit. When I saw it in the theater, I thought it a profound meditation on the price of freedom—that…
Of Honey and Wildfires by Sarah Chorn
Sarah Chorn’s western-inspired fantasy Of Honey and Wildfires digs deep into the soul and taps a well of emotion in a layered tale that examines artifice, reality, and the costs…
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:…
Firefly: A Traveler’s Companion to the ‘Verse
Kellie Doherty
I am a huge Firefly nerd. Like, seriously huge. I’ve watched the show and the movie many times. I took a movie criticism class in college and compared Star Wars…
Malice of Crows by Lila Bowen
Eric Christensen
Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for earlier books in the series, but nothing beyond what you’d see on the back covers of the books. Malice of Crows, book three…
Devil’s Call by J. Danielle Dorn
Charlie Hopkins
“On a dark night in the summer of 1859, three men enter the home of Dr Matthew Callahan and shoot him dead in front of his pregnant wife. Unbeknownst to…
The Cold Eye by Laura Anne Gilman
The Cold Eye by Laura Anne Gilman is the sequel to Silver on the Road. Isobel, along with her mentor Gabriel, rides the Territory as the Devil’s Left Hand, serving…
Conspiracy of Ravens by Lila Bowen
Spoiler Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for Wake of Vultures. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. Conspiracy of Ravens, by Lila Bowen…
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Simply put, I loved Six-Gun Snow White. Although many have adapted fairy tales across a variety of media, very few have done it this well. This isn’t a simple retelling…