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
Ask an Expert: January 2026
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 asked the multi-talented Alasdair Stuart to field your questions about tabletop gaming and working with existing intellectual properties. This one…
Sorry Not Sorry: Apologies in SFF
Why do apology scenes in SFF suck so much? Rick Danforth has a few ideas—and a few examples of the writers who actually did it well. (Image: Mulyadi on Unsplash) Putting the Psychology to the SFF Now, one and two are very clearly and easily managed. They are…
How To Make Your Fantasies A Reality: Opening A Fantasy Bookshop
Cheshire-based fantasy writer Matthew Palmer was rather excited when a new fantasy-focused bookshop opened nearby. Just before Christmas, he met with the owner, Abby Munro, about opening Paper+Word.
Latest reviews
Dancer’s Lament by Ian C. Esselmont
Prequels are always an interesting proposition. There’s a line to walk between what readers of the original work expect from the characters and writing an original story that is worth reading for a new audience, and those already invested. I was a big fan of…
The Legacy of Arniston House by T.L. Huchu
Here is Book 4 of the planned five-book series and, as would be expected, the author cranks the action and the stakes right up; the brakes are off and the direction of rattling, jolting, careening travel is very much down into the depths of future…
Elemental Forces edited by Mark Morris
Once upon a time, anthologies might be restricted to genres, such as SF, fantasy or horror, but within them there was a wide range of material, similar to that found in magazines. The criteria were that the story should be of a high quality and…