fantasy

7 min read 2022-07-01 13:00:00

Ink Stains 156: The Collector 26

The Collector 26: Summer, 1972Editor and publisher: Bill G. Wilson It’s no secret that one of my favorite all time fanzines was The Collector,

6 min read 2022-06-29 01:09:24

Are we all writing historical fiction, but the history is invented? When I was working as the Forgotten Realms novel line editor at Wizards of the

1 min read 2022-06-29 00:55:30

Through Monday, July 18 we present the GURPS 4E Fantasy Bundle, featuring fantasy supplements for the current edition of GURPS, the Generic

13 min read 2022-06-27 22:30:00

By Vivian Asimos Limpár, Ildikó (2021) The truths of monsters: coming of age with fantastic media. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company,

2 min read 2022-06-27 21:30:13

Can a snake save the world? Oli the cottonmouth snake spirit is determined to save at least his little patch of it in Darcie Little Badger’s YA

3 min read 2022-06-27 15:54:02

Miles Cameron’s brilliantly-titled Against All Gods kicks off his Age of Bronze cycle, a new historical fantasy series set (as the name suggests)

2 min read 2022-06-24 22:57:00

Any time you hear a story, it’s wise to consider who is telling it. “History is written by the victors” is the most obvious

2 min read 2022-06-23 22:36:58

Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. More Borges. While checking the details of yesterday’s post I discovered this oddity, an American SF magazine that

5 min read 2022-06-23 06:22:55

If you are a fan of the Lord of the Rings books or movies, you’re probably a fan of hobbits, those charming folks whose ladies wear very cute

3 min read 2022-06-22 22:34:56

“This City” (I thought) “is so horrible that its mere existence and perdurance, though in the midst of a secret desert, contaminates the past

5 min read 2022-06-22 00:58:10

If you follow me on GoodReads you’ll know that I set up a Reading Challenge every year, and for most of the past few years I’ve actually

3 min read 2022-06-21 00:55:28

Through Monday, July 11 we present the Heroic Maps Bundle, featuring full-color battlemats for any fantasy RPG. Since 2013 Joseph and Sarah Bilton at

2 min read 2022-06-20 22:40:31

I’ve finally found time to update the website a little so here are the last two book covers I was working on last year. In the Coils of the

3 min read 2022-06-16 09:18:00

This week I’ve finally been giving my garden some attention, so it seems a good time to share a bit of fantastical botany. I have

1 min read 2022-06-15 19:46:00

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