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The British Fantasy Society

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.

Find out more by using our main menu’s About or Get in Touch options, or see it all at a glance with our sitemap

Latest news on our blog


Latest reviews

  • Cthulhu by Gaslight: Investigators’ Guide
    Cthulhu by Gaslight: Investigators’ Guide

    Eldritch horrors existed before the 20th century, and have lurked in the dark recesses of the planet and the psyche as long as anyone has cared to acknowledge them. Victorian England would have been no exception. Chaosium’s Cthulhu by Gaslight is a two-volume game set, situating gamers…

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  • Call of Cthulhu – No Time to Scream
    Call of Cthulhu – No Time to Scream

    Gaming is fun, but to newcomers, it can be intimidating. Everyone who has ever played a tabletop roleplaying game started at one point. They saw a core rulebook and asked themselves, “How many pages of rules do I need to know?” That first turn running…

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  • The Sirens by Emilia Hart

    The Sirens is a lushly written novel set across two time periods. We follow two sets of sisters – Jess and Lucy in 2019 and Mary and Eliza in 1800. Mary and Eliza have been condemned to sail from Ireland to New South Wales on…

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