The Empire of Quur and Its Eight Dominions
Introducing the Empire of Quur, the fantastical world created by Jenn Lyons for The Ruin of Kings!
Tag: Tor Guest Post
Rules vs. Guidelines in Fantasy
The Goblin Emperor author Katherine Addison talks about the rules of fantasy.
Forming the Perfect Fantasy Heist Crew
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?
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
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
“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
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.
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?
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
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…