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 E.L. Williams
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Today we’re getting witchy with E.L. Williams: she names Joanne Harris as her genre hero, which is logical when you hear how…
British Fantasy Awards 2025: And The Winners Are…
Who won this year’s British Fantasy Awards? Let’s find out…
Meet Carmelo Rafala
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Today we meet Carmelo Rafala, a child of Sicilian immigrants who is fascinated by the way myth and memory shape personal and…
Latest reviews
House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
It was only two days ago that Alma met her father, Lord Zander Avera, vessel of a god. An illegitimate child, Alma grew up in her mother’s care in the slums of Merey, only now her mother is sick, and her father seems to be…
Born of an Iron Storm by Anthony Ryan
With two of the Sister Queens she serves dead, and Ascarlia under threat, Thera Speldrenda, the Blackspear, has succeeded in seeking support from those of the Outer Isles. It has come at a cost, though. Injured, dragged back on board the ship, Thera must recover…
Call of Cthulhu: The Sutra of Pale Leaves 2 – Carcosa Manifest
The King in Yellow returns for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu, with a collection of modules called The Sutra of Pale Leaves 2 – Carcosa Manifest. Investigators will face off with the secretive cult, the Association of Pale Leaves, just as with the previous book, The Sutra of Pale Leaves…