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
Fantasycon 2026 Guest of Honour – Peter F. Hamilton
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to FEAR Magazine in 1988. His first novel, a near-future thriller set in Rutland, Mindstar Rising, featuring the psychic detective Greg Mandel was published in 1993.…
Meet Zoe Cunningham
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week we’re going all Hollywood: we meet film and TV actor Zoe Cunningham, whose last feature, Breaking Infinity, is available now…
Fantasycon 2026 Guest of Honour – V Castro
V. Castro is a two time Bram Stoker award nominated writer born in San Antonio, Texas, to Mexican American parents. She’s been writing horror stories since she was a child, always fascinated by Mexican folklore and the urban legends of Texas. Castro now lives in…
Latest reviews
Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
There is a fashion for rewriting and reinterpreting fairy tales. Some readers find this comforting as they have an idea as to the progression of the plot, and although there may be twists along the way, the ending is likely to be as expected. This…
Thirsty by Lucy Lehane
Thirsty is a quirky supernatural romance inspired by hit film and later sitcom What We Do in the Shadows. It’s charming and very readable, despite following the expected romantic beats. Protagonist Charlie is a failing advice columnist who has moved back to his hometown Brooksville…
Solodark RPG
Solo play is a natural evolution of tabletop role-playing games. Sometimes people can’t get together, and that’s OK. Solo rules exist for this, and Solodark from the Arcane Library is a free download for fans of the OSR game, Shadowdark. The whole product, including all necessary rules, is…