The wonderful Catherynne M. Valente on embracing her true identity as a fantasy writer: · Excerpt · When I wrote my first novel, The Labyrinth, it honestly never occurred to me that I wasn’t a ... Continue reading →
Ariel’s song, with its dreamy allusions to water, flight, music, and affection, was taken as an open invitation to artists to depict this magical scene visually, especially among the pre-Raphaelites. Come unto these yellow ... Continue reading →
Earlier this month, a small artifact took center stage, bringing a great deal of notoriety to The Vyne, in Hampshire, England. Whilst Her Majesty was dubbed the newest Bond Girl, a gold ring that ... Continue reading →
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” A prankster’s boast for sure, but in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, it’s much more. When Fred and George Weasley demonstrate the Marauder’s ... Continue reading →
When an author creates characters that provoke rampant and sometimes heated discussion over motivations and histories, I’d warrant that the author has officially hit a Senior Echelon. When there is a magical, fantasy element ... Continue reading →
Country music superstar Taylor Swift might be the last person one would expect to find featured in the pages of the Fairy Room, but this portrait is just too exquisite to pass up. Legendary ... Continue reading →
Kim Harrison’s Ever After (Harper Voyager, 2013) releases tomorrow! This is the eleventh of The Hollows books, and between Goodreads and Amazon there are already nearly 100 reviews from fans who managed to get ... Continue reading →
NEW: THE DOG IN THE DARK, Book Two in the Noble Dead Saga, Series 3 by Barb & J. C. Hendee (Roc, 2012) This series has been called The-Lord-of-the-Rings-meets-Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer and we agree that’s a pretty good ... Continue reading →
NEW: THE UNREAL AND THE REAL, Volume One: Where on Earth by Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer Press, 2012) Winner of the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award several times each, Ursula Le Guin is ... Continue reading →
NEW: THE SIREN DEPTHS by Martha Wells (Night Shade Books, 2012) In The Siren Depths, Martha Wells brings her readers back to the Raksura, a race of shape-shifters able to transform into winged creatures. With this, ... Continue reading →