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A Wind from the Wilderness by Suzannah Rowntree [SPFBO]

Add to Goodreads Hunted by demons. Lost in time. Welcome to the First Crusade. Syria, 636: As heretic invaders circle Jerusalem, young Lukas Bessarion vows to defend his people. Instead, disaster strikes. His family is ripped apart. His allies are slaughtered. And Lukas is hurled across the centuries to a future where his worst nightmares […]

An Arrow Against the Wind Special Deal

An Arrow Against the Wind is now on Kindle Countdown until 4/19/21. Take advantage of it’s discounted price and continue reading The Bow of Hart Saga. Below is a bit more about the book including a commentary and an excerpt. You don’t want to miss this discount on this book which was named Fantasia Reviews […]

The Mysterious Allure of Mars

Tim Major’s new novella Universal Language is out now from NewCon Press and is set on Mars. In a short post, he discusses the influences on his depiction of the planet Ray Bradbury made clear that this New World was simply an attempt to recreate the Old World afresh, and that no amount of distance […]

Thunder Force! Superhero spoof with heart @ThunderForce @Netflix (no spoilers)

The superhero comedy Thunder Force has just arrived on Netflix! It’s a spoof with plenty of laugh out loud moments. My favourite riff was the star-crossed romance between the bad-guy Crab (Jason Bateman is a half-creant (not a half-Korean!) with the arms of a crab) and the Melissa McCarthy character – they go on a […]

STORMLAND by John Shirley (BOOK REVIEW)

“You haven’t been here that long. Just wait. I don’t go for it either, but who’s in charge of Stormland, really? The perpetual storm system is! We crawl around under it hoping it doesn’t stomp us. These people feel like they’ve got to appease it. Easy to get superstitious in all that. Desperate people can […]

Episode 80: Gabriela Houston Interview

Travis interviews author Gabriela Houston about her debut novel, The Second Bell. This standalone fantasy novel from Angry Robot follows a young striga fighting to harness the power of her second heart, while her mother sacrifices everything to stop her. Gabriela and Travis discuss Slavic folklore, the portrayal of women in fantasy, and how to […]

THE FALL OF ERLON by Robert H. Fleming (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. If you’re following SPFBO 6, let us know about any entries that have caught your fancy! Join the discussion on social media (there’s a Facebook group here) and weigh in on […]

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: How to Mars by David Ebenbach

Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars—in exchange for a lifetime of research—was […]

Spotlight: Torren’an (Chronicles of Dystota Book 1) by Molly Leasure

Amazon|Goodreads Like all Torrens, Heirath Halis was born as two entities: a human and a symbiote. Now he just wants to be left alone—left human. He—like all those that meet a Torren for the first time—believes in one simple assertion: All Torrens are monsters. Natia Grey has heard this statement repeated by her nation since […]

Driving Fantasy with a Message with Mark Alvarez on the Books and Authors Podcast

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 164 with Mark Alvarez. Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This podcast is exactly what the title says it is, a show focused on […]