#Fantasy Novels

[atomic-chronoscaph]

A Scattering of Jades - art by Guillaume Sorel (2006)

#guillaume sorel #fantasy art #horror art #cover art #alexander c. irvine #mystery novels #fantasy novels #le soleil du nouveau monde #fleuve noir #2000s #2006

[thefugitivesaint]

Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891-1980), ''The Princess and Curdie'' by George MacDonald, 1946 Source

#Dorothy P. Lathrop #Dorothy Pulis Lathrop #american artists #george macdonald #vintage illustration #fantasy novels

[gollancz]

Here it is! Our gorgeous cover for A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE! It's out on the 12th October 2023, with a brand new introduction from @neil-gaiman (which got me all teary-eyed while I was proofing it, ngl). Obsessed with the sunset colours, obsessed with the stunning lineart by Borg, obsessed with how this is going to sit so perfectly next to our editions of THE LAST UNICORN and THE WAY HOME.

#A Fine and Private Place #Peter S. Beagle #Cover Reveals #Independent Artists #Neil Gaiman #Fantasy novels

[oldschoolfrp]

Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer novels by James Silke, Tor Books

Prisoner of the Horned Helmet (1988)

Lords of Destruction (1989)

Tooth and Claw (1989)

Plague of Knives (1990)

#Frazetta #Frank Frazetta #Death Dealer #James Silke #fantasy #fantasy art #1980s #Tor Books #@torbooks #fantasy novels #horned helmet #battle axe #sword & sorcery #Prisoner of the Horned Helmet #Lords of Destruction #Tooth and Claw #Plague of Knives

[johnbierce]

Fantasy short story anthology time!

My new book, The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories: A Mage Errant Anthology, is out now on Amazon and Audible!

I absolutely love writing short stories. They push me as an author in ways that novels don't, and each one presents me with a unique, fascinating challenge. And, with this anthology, they allow me to explore parts of Anastis, the world of Mage Errant, in ways I couldn't in the main series. I get to travel to out-of-the-way corners, visit ordinary people to see how they get by in a world of giant monsters and ruthless archmages battling for control of petty territories, to explore secret conspiracies and legendary historical figures, and to flesh out Anastis' ecology, culture, and history.

If you haven't read Mage Errant yet, the first three ebooks are free for the next few days, and books four through six are on sale for $0.99 in the US and UK! Mage Errant is a completed, seven book magic school progression fantasy series, following the adventures of Hugh of Emblin as he goes from being a shy, neurodiversefailure of a student mage who struggles with anxiety and depression to being a shy, neurodiverse terrifying archmage who struggles with anxiety, depression, giant monsters, and magical superweapons. It features found family, giant monsters, a science-inspired hard magic system where you're as liable to run into hair or bismuth mages as fire mages, giant monsters, lots of queer characters, giant monsters (some of whom are also queer characters), kaijucratic systems of government, and sapient living cities. (Did I mention the giant monsters?)

The stories in the Gorgon Incident are written to be legible even to people who haven't read Mage Errant yet- though I think most people will get more out of them after reading the main series. The twenty-four stories, all originally published on my Patreon, span five centuries of history, from the last years of the Ithonian Empire up to the events of the series itself, even visiting another of Anastis' continents for the first time.

I also leaned hard into the science-inspired aspects of the setting with many of the stories, building what I like to call science puzzle stories, where the plot of the story revolves around the real-life behavior of various materials and natural processes, through a magical lens. (I had a lot of fun doing it, and it even let me include a whole additional appendix filled with notes on the science of the short stories- I love appendices.)

(Art by Aaron McConnell and Lee Moyer.)

A fugitive child finds shelter with a monster of legend. A mind-blind scholar outwits the mages who disdain him. A gold mage must secure a bank vault from a monster capable of obliterating entire cities. An aging basketweaver wakes up one morning to find a brand new river in front of her house. A palace-sized octopus seeks to defend his city from a living fortress of bone— if he can get his arms to cooperate.

In these twenty-four short stories set in the world of Mage Errant, John Bierce explores the murky depths of history, forgotten corners of Ithos and beyond, and the strangest reaches of magic itself.

Gorgon Incident US link Gorgon Incident UK link Gorgon Incident CA link Gorgon Incident AU link

Gorgon Incident Audible US link Gorgon Incident Audible UK link Gorgon Incident Audible CA link Gorgon Incident Audible AU link

Amazon US series page Amazon UK series page Amazon CA series page Amazon AU series page

#progression fantasy #fantasy books #fantasy novels #mage errant #book sales

[ninawolv3rina]

✨Books✨

The beginning of a trilogy about a god of death and the world who has to put up with him

Book 1: A disaster bisexual convicted of stabbing a politician gets chosen to be Prophet of Death. The priesthood is… not thrilled. Get it here

Book 2: A retired assassin gets hired to find a cure for a young lord’s poisoned daughter. Along the way he meets a nonbinary bard with the power to change people’s emotions by touching them. Maybe they fall in love? :3 Get it here

You can read them out of order, as long as you read both before book 3 (which will come out 2025)!

Read the reviews here

Trigger warnings are listed in amazon descriptions.

#queer fantasy #dark fantasy #fantasy novels #indie author #author #indie #self published #independent author #queer author #the unwanted prophet #the forgotten lyric #my characters #my shit #the creed of gethin #books #booklr #book #small author #writer #fantasy series

[justsimpleaestetic]

#the wicked king #cruel prince #queen of nothing #the folk of the air #jude x cardan #cardanandjude #jude duarte #cardan #high king cardan #prince cardan #fantasy book #book #books #reading #fantasy novels #romance #fantasy romance

[writeblrfantasy]

Do you want to read a winter aesthetic fantasy novel about a spy falling in love with his arranged husband months before its release?

Look no further!

ORDER OF THE SUN advanced reader copies are now available! Get the book for free, early, in exchange for a review! The link is good until June!

boosts welcome!

orderverse taglist (lmk to be added/removed) @willowiswriting @ninazeniks @magic-is-something-we-create @ren-c-leyn @justwriteyoudummy @47crayons @yejidoesthings @ettawritesnstudies @faithfire-writes @a-forgotten-dusk @talesfromaurea @ashen-crest@thelaughingstag

GENERAL TAGLIST: @worldbuildng @muddshadow @nikkywrites @47crayons @directionoftime @chayscribbles @magic-is-something-we-create @rodentwrites @notwritinganyflufftoday

#order of the sun #writing #writeblr #fiction #indie books #indie authors #fantasy novels #romantasy

[shiraglassman]

Ok so who else's favorite character from Legends and Lattes was Thimble because everything about him makes me freaking tear up 🤗

🐀🥧

#legends and lattes #rats #chefs #thimble #chef characters #fantasy novels #travis baldree #ratfolk

[arijensineink]

The Problem With Writing Ancient Deities and Characters

We all love a good solid scary ancient deity right?

In my main WIP, there are creatures known as the Deis who influence the course of the story. Throughout history the Deis have been worshipped on/off as deities but in reality they're not gods, but rather a primordial species of semi-corporeal inter-dimensional sapient creatures, but even so.

Their ancient-ness makes them a great challenge to write (in my opinion.)

I have two in particular, both antagonists, one who features quite a bit in the story, the other who shows up more at the beginning and end.

Basically, I'm really struggling with this aspect of getting into their headspace and actually making them feel this old and believable, as well as pinning their motives down.

So, anyone else have something similar? What are the ways you've made these characters feel more impactful? How do you make them feel old, ancient, and on a different level of consciousness than your human characters?

Please share your experiences and thoughts!

✨click me✨

#writerblr #writing community #writers of tumblr #creative writing #fiction #fiction writing #fiction stories #novel writing #fantasy novels #characters #character development #original characters #ocs #oc #ancient deities #writing gods #worldbuilding #fantasy worldbuilding #modern fantasy #fantasy writing #fantasy writer

[owlrageousjones]

I am once again promoting my web novel, Aspirations of a Future Househusband as we reach the end of Vol 1.

Links here for RoyalRoad and here for ScribbleHub!

SYNOPSIS:

To be a Cultivator is to defy the Heavens - to seek to change your fate and rise up to become Divine. For many, it is a chance and opportunity to become powerful, crush their enemies and be showered in glory - but it is only a chance, as many who walk the path fall, and only a few reach the coveted Heavens and ascend as Immortals.

For Hei Lian, one who lacks in talent and can only be considered 'below average' at best, his goals are much less lofty. A nice home, a loving partner, and a stress free, peaceful life shouldn't be out of reach for him.

Right?

WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT:

Because I asked very nicely. Pretty please?

But it's a story of found family, M/M slowburn (I'm talking 'we're starting from childhood'), what it means to choose to be Good even when it's hard and painful (and everyone around you kind of sucks), and choices in general really.

The family you choose, the love you choose, the hurt you choose, the life you choose.

Also Hei Lian is adorably chubby. Look at that smile. It sure would be a shame if anything happened to him on his quest to live a peaceful life.

(art by the wonderful @kf-tea)

#penkind writes #aspirations of a future househusband #xianxia #writing #xianxia novel #bl novel #gay novels #fantasy novels #original writing #creative writing #writeblr #self promotion #penkind promotes himself

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Elminster in Myth Drannor - art by Ciruelo Cabral (1998)

#ciruelo cabral #dungeons & dragons #90s fantasy art #d&d art #elminster in myth drannor #forgotten realms #ed greenwood #fantasy novels #cover art #1990s #1998

[tc-doherty]

Dragon's Daughter Book 1

Synopsis:

In a ruined castle deep in the wilderness, there lived a beautiful princess guarded by a ferocious dragon. Except for the fact that the maiden in the tower was no princess at all, but the dragon’s daughter. Rescued against her will, she is carried off to human lands and given the name Lady Patrice Drake. Caught between culture shock and grief, she must find a way to navigate her strange new surroundings lest she be drowned under human machinations and politics. Who among these people are enemies? Who among them are allies? And most importantly, who is she without her mother’s guidance and protection?

Age range: 16+

Type: Fantasy, medieval, F/F

Warnings for: occasional, non-graphic violence

Tag List: @bloodlessheirbyjacques @magefaery @did-i-do-this-write @marrowwife @rainbow-snow-writes @muddshadow @full-on-sam @bluberimufim @unclear-contributions @talesfromtheunknowable @guessillcallitart @flowerprose

I am going to begin publishing free text only updates of Dragon's Daughter on this blog and a few other places soon, I'm going to use this post as the index for all of those. Please let me know if you'd like to be added or removed from the tag list!

Index:

Chapter 01

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Chapter 04

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Chapter 05

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Chapter 06

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Chapter 08

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Chapter 09

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 11

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Chapter 12

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Chapter 13

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Chapter 14

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Chapter 15

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Chapter 16

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Chapter 17

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Chapter 18

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Chapter 19

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Chapter 20

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Chapter 26

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#writeblr #writing #TC's Writing #Dragon's Daughter #femslash #queer fantasy #fantasy novels

[gollancz]

Brandon's only gone and done it again! Another Sunday Times bestseller, this time for THE SUNLIT MAN!

At this stage it's almost showing off.

#The Sunlit Man #Brandon Sanderson #Super secret project 4 #Fantasy novels #Bestsellers #Oh god my god don't search Show Off in the Tumblr gifs #My eyes my eyes! #The pornbots have got in there

[nyxshadowhawk]

The land is all too shallow It is painted on the sky And trembles like the wind-shook rain When the Raven King goes by.

The Raven King, by BohemianWeasel

#the raven king #john uskglass #jonathan strange and mr norrell #susanna clarke #literature #fantasy #fantasy novels #fantasy literature #magician #king #fantasy art #men in fantasy art #jsamn

[onlycosmere]

Brandon Sanderson's and Dan Wells's lists of top 5 living fantasy authors

## Honorable mentions:

- Terry Brooks

- Philip Pullman

- Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

- Seanan McGuire

- Holly Black

- Robin Hobb

- Charlie N. Holmberg

- Brent Weeks

- Brian McClellan

- Leigh Bardugo

- Jim Butcher

- Patrick Rothfuss

- Sarah J Maas

- Andrzej Sapkowski

- Lois McMaster Bujold

- Samantha Shannon

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## Dan's picks:

- #5 Neil Gaiman

- #4 Matt Ruff

- #3 G Willow Wilson

- #2 Robin Mckinley

- #1 Fonda Lee

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## Brandon's picks: (based on a point system that involved impact on the genre, quality of writing, versatility, and impact on pop culture)

- #5 Guy Gavriel Kay

- #4 Neil Gaiman

- #3 NK Jemisin

- #2 Jane Yolen

- #1 George RR Martin

#fantasy #brandon sanderson #fantasy novels #dan wells #wob #kind of #long post #cfsbf #root #branderson