I just finished a novel that fits so perfectly into cozy fantasy I can’t believe it took me this long to discover it. At Amberleaf Fair by Phyllis Ann Karr is a short novel published by Ace in the mid-eighties. As far as I know, it hasn’t been reprinted, but it doesn’t cost too much … More A Forgotten Cozy: “At Amberleaf Fair”
Our intrepid EiC Nathaniel Webb recently became a member of the SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Association, the professional association for SFF authors). One of the benefits of membership is voting in the Nebula Awards, and one of the benefits of that is getting free copies of some of the books and stories nominated … More Cozy Li’l Nebulae
In the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master’s Guide, first published in 1979, D&D co-creator Gary Gygax included a number of appendices. One of these was Appendix N: jammed between “Summoned Monsters” and “Encumbrance of Standard Items” lay an innocuous-seeming list of sword & sorcery and other fantasy tales that inspired Gygax’s work on D&D. … More Appendix C (for Cozy!)
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