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ASK THE WIZARD – Fireball Spangled Banner
Greetings to you my dear agonised mortals, it is I, Ulesorin the Green, returned to you once more. Returned so that again your consciousnesses ... -
Author Spotlight: Michelle Kenney (BOOK OF FIRE)
Michelle is a firm believer in magic, and that ancient doorways to other worlds can still be found if we look hard enough. She ... -
DARKNESS FORGED by Matt Larkin (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
Phase 2 of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off is drawing to a close at the end of this month! Keep track of the finalists’ scoreboard here. ... -
FLIGHT BEHAVIOR by Barbara Kingsolver – UNSEEN ACADEMIC
This is an occasional series of posts drawing on my excursion into the academic side of creative writing. Having taken a career break from ... -
DAUGHTER OF THE SUN by Effie Calvin (BOOK REVIEW)
Daughter of the Sun is the second book in the Tales of Inthya series, but it works perfectly as a standalone (though it did ... -
Interview with Bruce Sterling (ROBOT ARTISTS AND BLACK SWANS)
Bruce Sterling helped to define cyberpunk when he edited the anthology Mirrorshades in 1986, and wrote some of the genres defining texts such as ... -
BLACK STONE HEART by Michael R. Fletcher (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
Phase 2 of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off is drawing to a close at the end of this month! Keep track of the finalists’ scoreboard here. ... -
Tough Travelling: Jewellery
Welcome intrepid adventurers to Tough Travelling with the Tough Guide to Fantasyland! That’s right, we’ve dusted it down and brought back this feature (created by ... -
THE COMBAT CODES by Alexander Darwin (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
Phase 2 of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off is drawing to a close at the end of this month! Keep track of the finalists’ scoreboard here. ... -
ROBOT ARTISTS & BLACK SWANS: THE ITALIAN FANTASCIENZA STORIES by Bruce Sterling (BOOK REVIEW)
“Ideas changed the world. Thoughts changed the world – and thoughts could be written down. I had forgotten that writing could have such urgency, ...
