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
Meet Eric Huang
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 dipping into the world of Chinese legends this week with Eric Huang, whose children’s books are inspired by the bedtime stories…
Ask an Expert: November 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, we’ve got Georgia Cook and Fio Trethewey in the hot seat talking about crowdfunding for creative projects. (They also answer some…
Meet Valeriya Salt
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Here’s Belarus-born, Sheffield-based sci-fi writer Valeriya Salt, who finds inspiration for her Earth-bound SF in gardens and parks.
Latest reviews
Shattered Reality . Call of Cthulhu Scenario Anthology
Usually, esteemed publisher Chaosium is responsible for creating content for the iconic game Call of Cthulhu. Things have changed. Via the Miskatonic Repository (an initiative allowing people to create content for the classic horror RPG), publisher Yellow Hand has stepped up with a collection of one-shots…
The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey
Something stalks the streets of New York, and all that remains of its victims are their bones and gristle. The police are stumped, which means there is only one explanation: the culprit is supernatural, so there is only one group of people anyone can turn…
The Haunted Vintage Marjorie Bowen
Unless a book or author is randomly selected to be part of a school or exam curriculum, once they die, knowledge of their work tends to fade into obscurity. They may live again if makers of historical films or TV series discover it and find…