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 Stephen Oram
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Join us in the Big Smoke as we meet Stephen Oram, a writer of near-future and new weird tales who was inspired…
Is It Really Possible to Define Folk Horror?
More than just another trend, folk horror continues to gain momentum. But with plenty of creators jumping on the folk horror bandwagon, dark fiction author Stephanie Ellis interrogates what exactly makes something “folk horror”—as opposed to a dark story based in folklore.
From Pen to Print: Alethea Lyons on The Dreamwalker
It’s publication day for the third instalment in the Seer of York series! Author Alethea Lyons takes us through the genesis of this latest release, plus a bit more about the writing process.
Latest reviews
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
The sequel to the very funny How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, Wexler does not disappoint with the tricky second book in the Dark Lord Davi duology. It had been a good year or two since I’d read the first book, so…
Rose/House by Arkady Martine
There is a lot to like about this novella: intriguing characters, deep imagination, and a very engaging idea that blooms at the heart of the story. This is very much a piece that made me think, and I like that. It’s certainly what I want…
Pendragon RPG: The Sauvage King
It’s difficult to imagine Arthurian lore without the Questing Beast gallivanting around a dense wood, or perhaps sites like the Green Chapel that Sir Gawain visited. Of course, no fantasy adventure game would be complete without an enchanted forest. Chaosium’s The Sauvage King for Pendragon ensures players will have…