Lately I've been thinking that there are so many fantasy stories (in multiple media) that revolve around dragons, be they the protagonists or mounts for humans... and in a lot of cases, they're the only mythical creatures in the setting. (eg: Dragonriders of Pern, How to Train Your Dragon, Wings of Fire...) There's nothing wrong with that, but I like variety.

Can you think of any books that revolve around (non-humanoid) mythical creatures other than dragons? Off the top of my head...

• Gryphon Insurrection (obvious)
• Of Flame and Fury (phoenixes)
• Impossible Creatures (a lot; the first book has a dragon on the cover, but she isn't important)

As someone who is a massive consumer of the Star Wars novels and comics that bridge both modern canon and Legends, as well as many of the World of Warcraft novels, I am always curious what could be done for other games or shows or movies that have such immersive universes and stories to tell but that sometimes got the ax due to corporate bleh or just fell into obscurity and the minutiae of pop culture. I wanted to share a couple of these that I feel like could and should live on in novelizations, comic book series, or both, and see if maybe the rest of you had some pieces of media you think deserve more love.

1. Thundercats 2010. I doubt I am the only one out there who thought that Thundercats 2010 was one of the coolest things ever when it was on Cartoon Network. I know that there is a lot of frustration surrounding its cancellation, especially considering that a large part of it had to do with LEGO's Legends of Chima theme that started coming out. Whatever the case may be, the series ended on a note that left me itching for more - not only about Lion-O's story, but about this universe that Thundera and Second Earth existed in. This show I feel like would be perfect to bring back to life in a comic book series, or even as a short novel one.

2. WildStar. This is a bit of a niche one, but an MMO that shaped a huge amount of how I view genre and worldbuilding in my writing. WildStar was such a wild time, starting off as a paid subscription but then going FTP the last years? of its existence in an attempt to pull in more players from the other juggernauts. Sadly, that didn't happen, but it was such a colossal world to explore - literally, the maps for each region took a significant chunk of time to cover - with this delicious mishmash blend of sci-fi and fantasy. The factions were exciting, the species and class options super fun, and just overall it was such an immersive world that would lend perfectly to like pulp style novels, I think.

3. War for and Fall of Cybertron. How there have not been more Transformers universe media I don't know - I do need to read more of the various Transformers comics from across the different eras, but these two games which - sadly, unless you have physical copies - you can't get anymore were such a beautiful and brutal exploration of the Cybertronian Civil War. Top notch gameplay, stunning visuals, and exciting story chapters just made these two so frigging good. A war journal style novel from EITHER side, something along the lines of All Quiet On The Western Front or The Things They Carried would be beautiful and haunting to read.

These are just a few that instantly come to mind, and like I said, I would be curious to see what you all think: do any of you have a piece of media you believe deserves some long form fiction to explore its world more, or a limited comic series, or both? Feel free to share!

I was browsing through quests earlier and noticed I couldn't find any centred around comics. Did I not look hard enough, or is there an open niche?

I haven't seen many people talk about video games on this site, so I thought I'd start a conversation. Lately I've been in the mood for city builders, mainly Kingdoms Reborn.