Fantasy & SpecFic Watch #9


Gene Wolfe has passed (1931-2019). C. S. E. Cooney offers a touching remembrance and Niel Gaiman’s How to Read Gene Wolfe at F&SF Another passing of sorts: Apex Magazine going on extended hiatus but book and anthology projects to continue – Apex Missed this earlier: The Best New Fantasy Fiction Retells Ancient Stories with Complex […]

Fantasy & SpecFic Watch #8


This week we travel to the days of book burning (April 2019) and there’s Patrick Rothfuss news. Interview with Anna Kashina, author of Shadowblade – Shadows, Swordplay, and Ballroom Dancing – Clarkesworld Hugo Finalists at Locus Harry Potter Book Burning – The Guardian Fairy Tale Facts and Faux Pas – BookRiot Patrick Rothfus Kingkiller Chronicles […]

Fantasy and SpecFic Watch #7


Interview with Sarah Pinsker at Clarkesworld We heartily agree: 7 Reasons Why You’ll Love Carmilla More Than You Love Dracula – BookRiot and yes, go buy Carmen Maria Machado’s edited version now. Official statements regarding the Fantasy community “Missing Stairs” controversy. Fantasy Inn and here, and also here. 9 Badass Swordswomen of Fantasy BookRiot Posthumously […]