A Contest to Watch — SPFBO
From SRP author Taylen Carver: There are many grand prix awards for fantasy writers, including the Aurealis Awards, the Australian […]
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Fallout from World War I
From SRP author Taylen Carver: Atlas Obscura recently reported that some of the WWI battlegrounds in France, particularly around Verdun,
The Original Modern Fantasies.
Read them right now, for free. From SRP author Taylen Carver. Most casual readers of fantasy presume that J.R.R. Tolkien
Unveiling the Tapestry
Real-World History’s Impact on Fantasy Worldbuilding From SRP Author Taylen Carver: I’m a history nut. I don’t know if every
New Contemporary Fantasy from Taylen Carver!
SRP Author Taylen Carver has released the last book in their contemporary fantasy series, Magorian and Jones: The old gods
The Duality of Magic Systems in Fantasy: Hard vs. Soft Magic
Magic systems in fantasy often fall into two distinct categories: hard magic and soft magic. Each offers unique storytelling opportunities,
Top 13 Fantasy Magazines I Follow
From SRP Author Taylen Carver: Fantasy as a genre tends to run long. One hundred thousand words (400 pages) for
It’s Just a Job: Fairies
From SRP author Tracy Cooper-Posey: Fairies, or the Fae, have multiple sources within mythology, and come in a vast range
Tolkien’s Sources…
From SRP Author Taylen Carver: Authors can go to extraordinary lengths to build their fictional worlds. They have travelled the
It’s Just A Job–Wood Elves (2024)
From SRP Author Tracy Cooper-Posey Elves as they appear in modern fantasy fiction were plucked from Norse mythology, where there