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Blog postIt’s no mystery that I enjoy the intricate worlds of high fantasy, and more specifically, dark fantasy where complex magic systems thrive and evil is prevalent within every character- yes, even the hero.
When considering complex characters in dark fantasy, one particular author comes to mind: Mark Lawrence. His masterful fantasy novels bring both entertainment and inspiration to his audience with every page of his work through complex politics and characters who struggle with th -
Blog postIf you’re like me, you enjoy a little drama and murder mixed into your fantasy novels. Fortunately for us, many authors share the same thirst for fantasy stories that aren’t just dungeons, dragons, and happily-ever-after. Nope. We like our fantasies with some real dark consequences and reminders of the shadier parts of society, and the world at large, even in a fictitious setting.
Dark fantasy is not like other fantasy subgenres. These books tackle the darker side of the fantastical w -
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What is Dark Fantasy as a genre?
Dark fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy fiction and is becoming increasingly popular within the reader and bookish communities. It is characterized by borderline horror aspects that are dark, gritty, and create a gloomy world and aesthetic. However, it is distinctive from horror in the sense that the main aim of the writing is not to scare the reader. In fact, dark and gory details become qui
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. was born on January 3, 1982, in South Africa to English parents. As a boy, he attended King Edward’s School located in Birmingham where he transcended modern and classical languages. In 1911, he studied Old English, Germanic, Classics, Finnish, and Welsh languages at Exeter College, Oxford. John’s natural yet shocking ability of understanding philology later resulted in his creating
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Blog postRaven Queen, Arise Preorder Big doings here at Monster HQ. Book one of the Temple of Vengeance series is in copy edits with the lovely and talented Shayla Raquel. The talented and gracious Janey Merry has joined the team to manage the looming Kickstarter in September for the limited edition hardcover of Raven Queen, Arise and other cool swag and merch. Plus, I think I was just introduced to the assistant of my dreams—we’ll see if she agrees when we talk next week.
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Blog postThis past week, I found the woman I think will be my editor for Raven Queen, Arise. After chatting for an hour or so, I think we’re on the same page with regards to what the book needs and how we’re going to go about it.
(Yes, I’m a Story Grid Certified Editor. Yes, I did edit my own work. Yes, I still need to hire a professional editor to edit my own books. You always need other eyeballs and brains to help.)
As a high Relator, I picked somebody that I’ve met in person at a wr -
Blog postFor the record, I have no idea how I got sucked into Carnival Row. It’s tone and aesthetic are about my speed, but…
I generally hate all things Victorian. I’m not really a fan of steampunk. I won’t even state for the record how I feel about fucking faeries. But…
The first season of this show was grim and terrible and beautiful. It was fascinating. It was amazing. Every bit of it. Well done, Orlando and crew. Well done.
They managed to intertwine some fabulous noir-type -
Blog post#affiliatelink The tragedy. The cautionary tale. The prescriptive tale. They’re all synonyms to me. They describe the importance of bad things happening in fiction. Sometimes to good people. Sometimes to bad people. Sometimes karmically due. Sometimes unfortunately raw and undeserved.
So it is with everything that happens in Jemisin’s The Fifth Season. I loved this book for all its tragedy and terror. And for the wonderful world building and spectacular weaving she did with the story -
Blog postHeroic agency in literature and in life is often discussed as a dual nature: light and shadow. The tension is typically drawn between a creative force and a destructive force. In this construction, a hero is a two-sided coin with a light side and a dark side.
There’s even a pop culture meme about a legend attributed to the Cherokee about two wolves living inside a person, one dark and one light. The metaphor goes that you should feed your light wolf and starve your dark wolf. And, of -
Blog postEvery monster is at least a little scary, but not every monster is ugly. I happen to think everyone is beautiful in their own way. Take me, for example. I’m an ogre with delusions of magi, and I’m cool with that package. I don’t even aspire to troll level handsome. I embrace my fire plug form and appearance.
But some monsters are gorgeous… Sometimes their beauty is part of their danger. Sometimes, it’s a byproduct or even a remnant of a monstrous transformation. Often, the destroyed b
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Wicked Temptations for Modernity (Fate Edition) B&W: Fight the Darkness by David Reed (2015-03-07)
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