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
British Fantasy Awards Suggestions List
We are very pleased to open the suggestions list for this year’s British Fantasy Awards. The suggestions list is a crowd-sourced list of eligible materials – it is not a longlist and we do not consider anything on this list as a nomination. People are…
Ask an Expert: March 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative fiction. This month, artist Jenni Coutts tackles questions asked by BFS members in our dedicated Discord channel.
Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 3
For Women in Horror month, Stephanie Ellis has been in the research trenches talking to women over the age of 50 who write the scary stuff. She wondered if there is indeed life after 50 for the ladies of the dark, and found plenty of…
Latest reviews
Senseless by Ronald Malfi
As a teenager, Detective William Renney survived a snakebite, which gave him a healthy respect for the desert and its non-human inhabitants. Hot desert sun, and a dead body along the LA County line. Two suspects in handcuffs. Ambulance and police waiting for him. And…
Tea You At The Altar by Rebecca Thorne
Tea You At The Altar is the third and penultimate entry in Rebecca Thorne’s Tomes and Tea series. The last entry, A Pirate’s Life For Tea, was an enjoyable but somewhat muddled novel about Robin Hood-style pirates. This book shifts the focus back to central…
Dragonfire Issue 2
Serialized magazines aren’t dead! One of the best aspects of tabletop gaming is the fans, the gamers themselves. People have been creating content for their favourite TTRPGs for decades, and there is no sign of this changing. Dragonfire Magazine from Lunitar Productions is back with a second…