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Archive for the category "Cliché"

D&D Again: Drow Musings and Originality

May 14, 2020

Review: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones (1996)

April 8, 2020

Rushing In Where The Tuatha Dé Danann Fear To Tread: A Reply to Naturally Orla

October 11, 2019

Of Bulwer-Lytton and Snoopy: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night

February 7, 2019

Features of fantasy that (in my opinion) need to die horribly – A Compendium

September 2, 2018

Now is the Time for Monsters: Re-inventing Vampires and Hammer Horror

June 19, 2018

Features of fantasy that (in my opinion) need to die horribly: Part VII. Or why I hate Jon Snow.

April 8, 2018

Of Apostrophes and Umlauts: Names in Fantasy

October 16, 2017

Mages as Main Characters: A Comment on a Reddit Post.

August 22, 2017

Terrible Writing Advice: Fantasy Races

January 14, 2017

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