Happy Fourth of July, Fantasy Readers! What a great day to blog and win some beer (or hot chocolate…). Every week we offer up a bloggy prompt and invite you to discuss and debate the topic. The comments will close at 11:59PM Pacific time Saturday and, if we have at least 10 participants, […]

Movies

Gary Westfahl Is Ashamed to Admit It: Animated “WALL-E” Is Best SF Film in Years
Where New Superhero Flick “Hancock” Went Wrong, by io9
New Animated Feature “Fly Me to the Moon” Brings Insect Stowaways to Outer Space
io9 Details 10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper

Television

Joss Whedon Announces Air Dates for New Online Musical (Starring […]

“From the first page of Seaborn, you are immersed. Chris Howards navigates a wild ride through a brilliantly edgy and richly atmospheric alter-world. Here is a fresh, formidable spin on sf/f and Howard is a talent to watch out for. Seaborn will leave you spellbound.” –National Book Awards Finalist Adele Griffin

All Life began in the […]

Last week’s story, The Lodger at Wintertide, featured a hearing-impaired protagonist. It got me thinking about how I rarely see disabled/differently-abled characters in genre stories, much less fiction that handles disability well. I only knew of one author who often included disabled characters in his work: Gregory Bernard Banks.
Banks is a customer […]

Karen Miller’s Empress, the first in the Godspeaker trilogy, is a book of epic high fantasy that clocks in at a whopping 717 pages. The length makes it look like a bit of a chore, but Miller’s tight prose and interesting representations of religious fervor will keep readers riveted. Lush action scenes filled with gore […]

I realized that I wanted to examine the reason why people are drawn to stories about the coupling of gods and mortals. Of course, there are the originals from the myths — Zeus as a golden shower, a bull, or a swan, seducing mortal maidens. At the time I was writing this story, there had […]

The wedding went well until the bride caught fire.
Bridget’s pretty white dress went up in a whoosh, from train-length veil to taffeta skirt to rose-embroidered bodice and Juliet cap with ferronière of pearls. The fabric burned so hot and fast that it went up without igniting Bridget’s skin, leaving her naked, singed, embarrassed, and crying.
Of […]

It’s Fantasy Friday, that means another installment of Blog For A Beer! Every week we offer up a bloggy prompt and invite you to discuss and debate the topic. The comments will close at 11:59PM Pacific time Saturday and, if we have at least 10 participants, we’ll award $10 in beer (or sundae, if […]

Movies

Neil Gaiman, Fully Booked Present 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards
Guillermo Del Toro Wants Hobbit Movies to Be Just Like Books … Except for Being Movies
Stephen Spielberg to Direct Fantasy Film with Clues
James McAvoy Crosses Physical Boundaries in Wanted

Television

Heroes 3 Delves Into Backstory, Possibly to Forget Season 2 Suckage
Rose Is Back to Doctor Who, and io9 […]

“…a nice change from the usual tales of vampires and werewolves running around shrieking about mates and soulmates. It is also a fun-filled read that I find so enjoyable from the first page to last.” –Mrs Giggles
“…an exciting new addition to the urban fantasy/paranormal romance genre. It’s action packed, humorous and suspenseful.” –Spotlight Review

Megan promises […]