Fantasy-Hive

“But for Balalrd it held a deeper meaning, a sense that reality was itself a stage set that could be dismantled at any moment. No matter how magnificent anything appeared, it could in a few moments be swept aside into the debris of the past. He began to believe that the ruined casino, like the city and the world beyond it, was now more real and meaningful than it had been wh...

Here at the fantasy-hive we don’t like numbers, or stars, or quantifiable ratings – although we do admit we have to give out numerical scores for all of the eventual finalists.

However, rather than put a score on each semifinalist each of our judges is going to rank them as we go through our reviews – inspired by the process used in the SPFBO Champion of Cha...

Born and raised in California, Amy Coombe is an award-winning writer, editor and publisher. She has lived all over the United States and is now based in London. She’s an avid reader, a licensed mudlarker, an enthusiastic fossil-hunter, a fledgling birder, and a font of useless trivia. Stay For A Spell is her first novel.

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That right, we’ve reached the end of another month, and now it’s time to share our Top Picks of the month!

Every month, we like to share with you our favourite reads of the month. We’ve rounded up our contributors and asked them each to recommend just one favourite read of the month.

A big ...

Here at the fantasy-hive we don’t like numbers, or stars, or quantifiable ratings – although we do admit we have to give out numerical scores for all of the eventual finalists.

However, rather than put a score on each semifinalist each of our judges is going to rank them as we go through our reviews – inspired by the process used in the SPFBO Champion of Cha...