Johannes Cabal the Necromancer: A Novel

For as long as we can remember, stories have wrestled with the idea of the Devil, a personage embodying of all our worst aspects. In fiction, Old Scratch has taken many forms, from great evil personified, to a demigod stuck with the worst job in creation, to the head of a monstrous bureaucracy. The mutable nature of fantasy means that all of these […]

Good news, everyone! George R.R. Martin has announced the very long awaited The Winds of Winter will be coming out this year! Maybe. Scott Lynch is pretty sure the fourth Gentleman Bastard book, The Thorn of Emberlain, will land in 2017. Patrick Rothfuss… Well, Patrick is making no such promises. Yet hope springs eternal for fans […]

There is a common practice in romance novels that I think science fiction and fantasy authors would do well to steal. Subsequent books in a romance series are often told from the point of view of someone who was a side character in the previous novel. The first book sets up the group—say, men who […]

Familiarity breeds contempt. It’s a truth borne out every vacation season by cross-country family road trips. But when it comes to family, contempt is complex: revulsion and loyalty, irritation and affection, all mixed together. Maybe that’s why the sibling fantasy quest proves so irresistible: it’s offers a little bit of everything—but mostly exasperation. Here’s a […]