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Top FANTASY Books from Self Published Authors 2011-2024
What are the best self-published fantasy and science fiction novels of the last decade-plus? From The Martian and Wool to The Sword of Kaigen and Way…
10 months, 1 week ago
Does Mira Grant's Zombie Story FALL Flat?
Mira Grant’s Newsflesh Trilogy is one of the most brilliant zombie apocalypse series ever written… but what about Feedback (2016), the so-called “Boo…
10 months, 1 week ago
Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Horror’s Greatest Opening Lines | How Many Do You Know?
Some opening lines stay with you forever. From the mysterious, the chilling, and the downright legendary, these first words transport us into other w…
10 months, 1 week ago
Steven Erikson's Weirdness Unleashed in Bauchelain & Korbal Broach
Bauchelain and Korbal Broach are back—and things are as dark, grotesque, and hilarious as ever. In this episode, I review The Second Collected Tales …
10 months, 1 week ago
Most Heartbreaking Fantasy Deaths (That We Still Aren’t Over)
💔 Some characters die. Others take a piece of us with them.
In this gut-punch of an episode, Jim and Zach dig deep into the most devastating deaths in…
10 months, 1 week ago
Top 10 Sci-Fi Novels Critics Love But Fans Hate!
Not all “classics” are created equal. Some science fiction novels are hailed as visionary, genius, and even essential by critics… while regular reade…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
10 Fantasy Books Critics Loved But Fans Hated
Some fantasy novels win awards, earn glowing reviews, and get called “masterpieces” by critics… but when actual fans picked them up? They cried, “Bor…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mt Rushmore of Fantasy Authors: Only 4 Can Make It!
🗿 Only FOUR can be carved in stone. Who gets eternal glory… and who gets left in the rubble?
In this episode of Fantasy for the Ages, Jim and Zach fac…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Wildest Zombie Story You’ve Never Read | “Zombie Bake Off”
🍩🧟♂️ Wrestling rings, cooking contests, pothead antics, and… zombies? That’s the insane mash-up at the heart of Stephen Graham Jones’ Zombie Bake-Of…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Top Horror Novels of the 2020s (2020–2025 So Far)
The 2020s have already delivered some unforgettable horror. From the pandemic years through 2025, every year has given us stories that terrified, thr…
10 months, 2 weeks ago