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Forming the Perfect Fantasy Heist Crew

March 20, 2021March 17, 2021torforge2 Comments

A Summoning of Demons is finally out in the world and while we’re so sad that the Chimera series is over, we are also SO ready to reenter Cate Glass’ world of forbidden sorcery and a ragtag magical crew of ready for whatever espionage, heisting, or skullduggery the Shadow Lord has in store for them. To keep us going, we’re revisiting Cate Glass’ guide to forming the perfect fantasy heist crew! Join along and tell us in the comments which role you’d play in a heist.

Consensual Mayhem In a Chaotic World

August 22, 2019August 21, 2019torforge

Our summer of Magic X Mayhem continues with a post from S.L. Huang, author of Zero Sum Game and Null Set, exploring how we use mayhem to survive in an often terrible world. By S. L. Huang “May you live in interesting times” is often said to be an old Chinese curse. It is not,…

How to Procrastinate #MagicXMayhem Style

August 2, 2019June 26, 2019torforge

So we sat down our Magic X Mayhem authors (Actually we sent them emails–they may have been sitting?) and asked about their favorite distractions from writing and editing the work we love so much.

Enter the World of the Spin

July 22, 2019May 16, 2019torforge

We asked author Andrew Bannister to introduce us to the world of the spin, the setting of his interconnected series that begins with Creation Machine, and continues with this summer’s Iron Gods.

I’ve Been Lit on Fire Four Times. Three of Them Were on Purpose.

July 15, 2019June 12, 2019torforge

Is there anything that says mayhem more than being on fire? Magic X Mayhem author S.L. Huang, the mad genius behind Zero Sum Game and Null Set, tells us about her mayhem-filled days stabbing batteries, chasing storms, and setting accidental fires.

Would You Swipe Right for These SFF Characters?

July 12, 2019June 26, 2019torforge

Authors Sarah Gailey, Duncan Hamilton, Tamsyn Muir, Brian Naslund, S.L Huang, Saad Z. Hossain, and Cate Glass indulged us and wrote up Tinder profiles for a few Magic X Mayhem characters.

The Best and Worst SFF Worlds—According to Our MagicXMayhem Authors

June 28, 2019June 26, 2019torforge

Some fantasy worlds leave us aching for a passport to another world. Some futures seem worth skipping the present for. Others…not so much. We asked our Magic X Mayhem authors which SFF worlds they would most and least like to try out and—not to sound like a lousy clickbait article—some of their answers might surprise…

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