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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

  • Launching the BFS Mentorship Programme

    The British Fantasy Society is delighted to launch our new mentorship programme, pairing writers with industry mentors who can help them develop the skills they need to move their careers forward.

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  • Promoting Yourself With your BFS Membership

    To help us get the year started right, we’re highlighting some of the amazing work done by our BFS volunteers and the great opportunities our members can seize. Today, the overwhelmed human who runs this blog shows how you can use the BFS to get…

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  • The Publications at the Heart of the BFS

    To help us get the year started right, we’re highlighting some of the amazing work done by our BFS volunteers and the great opportunities our members can seize. Today, we chat with the editors of BFS Horizons and the BFS Journal, and hear from our…

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Latest reviews

  • The Original’s Rage by David Watkins

    For ten years, Captain Peter Knowles has been in the middle of a war between humans and werewolves, hunting down and executing werewolves. The job is dirty and bloody, but it is keeping people safe. However, a botched mission allows some wolves to escape and…

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  • The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen

    Lord John Dalwood is a scholar studying ancient civilisations and is fascinated with Buddhism. When his studies uncover a branch of Buddhism known as the Black Helmets, Dalwood becomes obsessed, taking a position in the India Services to continue his studies in the local temples.…

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