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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.

What’s in a Teixcalaanli Name?

February 15, 2021February 9, 2021torforge8 Comments

Arkady Martine’s brilliant space opera A Memory Called Empire came out today, and we’ve been waiting to share some of our many feelings. And our Teixcalaanli names.

Balancing Murder and Family Life

September 25, 2019October 2, 2019torforge4 Comments

Can you have it all? K.A. Doore, author of The Perfect Assassin and The Impossible Contract (coming in November!), has the advice you need to balance murder and family life.

Hope Is the Hardest Story to Tell

August 19, 2019February 12, 2020torforge

“Hope is a narrow, moonlit pathway through the thorns.” The Future of Another Timeline author Annalee Newitz talks writing hope.

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.

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…

The Ultimate Magic X Mayhem Playlist

June 19, 2019June 26, 2019torforge

We asked the authors of Magic X Mayhem to pick theme songs for their main characters. And the resulting playlist is definitely full of mayhem.

The Best Chaotic Duos in SFF

June 18, 2019June 12, 2019torforge1 Comment

Our year of Magic X Mayhem continues with a list of chaotic pairings from The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday author Saad Z. Hossain.