I dislike putting up news post without at least one image, so since there wasn’t any new book covers (that I saw), I went hunting for a few new fantasy images. I love it when I go looking because I always tend to find someone really hot. This time around it is Yuehui Tang. Check this out….isn’t it awesome? And he has more, which I’ll be adding throughout the post.

Katiebabs has an excellent post on what authors should expect from book review blogs. The article came about because an author requested a review site to no longer mention their book. I’m not sure I understand the author’s reasoning since I thought it was better for a book to be talked about, whether it’s good or bad, then not at all. Check out the article; it has some really good points in it.

Marjorie Liu is giving readers the chance to pick what Long Nu, a beloved character from Tiger Eye, will look like in the new RPG game Tiger Eye. There are four drawings by four different artists and the winning concept will be transferred to the game. In more Liu news, Orbit has released the UK covers for the first three Hunters Kiss novels. The covers look hot!

Every so often, I come across an artist that I simply must share. It’s been awhile since I’ve done an artist spotlight, but when I came across Agnieszka Szuba, I knew I had to do one. I probably would have completely missed her if Richelle Mead hadn’t said she was the one behind the covers of her German Succubus novels. I mean, check out these covers…are they not hot?

I’m reading Gerry Bartlett’s Real Vampires Live Large when she begins to talk about Edvard Munch’s Love and Pain.  I know of Munch’s The Scream, but I wasn’t overly familiar with this one.  So for others like me, here it is.

When I was looking for a few Halloween prints for yesterday’s post, I came across PumpkinRot and instantly knew he needed his own post. And on today of all days. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone go this far for Halloween.  This is awesome.  I know I would be a little timid walking up to his front door.  Apparently, he’s been doing this for a few years and some of the shots he’s taken, he’s done an amazing job.  So for a Halloween Artist Spotlight, I’m …

Today’s artist spotlight comes from Elfwood and is John Girouard. The featured print is titled The Copper Forest Fairy. A lot of his artwork consists of digitally hand drawn masterpieces with a splash of 3D. The majority of his work starts out as hand drawn sketches that he later transfers to the digital world.

Circlet Press is interviewing Catherine Lundoff who is the editor of the fantasy and horror anthology Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories, plus the author of Night’s Kiss and the 2008 Goldie Award winner Crave: Tales of Lust, Love and Longing.