A Community for those who love Magical Creatures, Monsters and the Fantastic!
What do we do here?
Community
We connect fantasy readers, writers, industry professionals. We offer many opportunities to gather, both in-person and online to share the love of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction writing!
Celebrate
Fantasycon and the British Fantasy Awards help our community enjoy, connect, network and get recognition. Join us for our annual events, or find out about past awards.
Support
Helping writers, publishers, agents, and fans (and anyone else interested in SFFH). Advice, moral support, ways to increase their reach and knowledge.
Promotion
We offer members fantastic opportunities and save on marketing campaigns. We also offer a publisher membership!
Publication
BFS Horizons magazine and BFS Journal are just two of the ways our members and others can find opportunities to get their writing out there!
Inform
Members receive exclusive news via our newsletter and Discord, and non-members get access to our blogs and social media too.
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Latest news on our blog
From Pen to Print: C. Spook Tatham on It Came From The Pothole
We’re continuing our Spooktober focus on the journey of horror’s latest and greatest with something a little different… Meet the writer who’s entirely in the mind of Benjamin Langley.
Meet Rick Danforth
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). We’re off to “the best Yorkshire” (cue the fights) to meet Rick Danforth, one of Escape Pod’s Associate Editors and champion Brazilian…
Ask an Expert: October 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative fiction and the wider ‘industry’. This month, for Halloween, we put your questions to bestselling dark fiction writer, horror publisher, and podcaster Daniel Willcocks.
Latest reviews
Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Travis Baldree found massive success with Legends and Lattes, which you’ll find on every recommendation list for the cosy fantasy genre. Brigands and Breadknives is a sequel to Legends and Lattes and brings back Fern from Bookshops and Bonedust. This gives plenty of familiarity to…
The Ragpicker King by Casandra Clare
There are some series of books that can be picked up and understood, wherever the readers starting point is, others deserve to be read from the beginning, not necessarily because it is needed to understand what is going on but to appreciate the complexities of…
The Damned King by Justin Lee Anderson
Aranok used the sunstone to close the gate and save Traverylyn from the Thakhati, but it took a toll on him. Physically and mentally exhausted, Aranok is still not quite himself in the aftermath of all of the betrayal he has suffered, and Allandria cannot…