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From Pen to Print: Daniel Willcocks on Slay
With the latest entry in the Twisted Tales series about to be unleashed, Daniel Willcocks returns
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A Somewhat Festive Geeky Gift-Giving Guide
As much as we’d like to run and hide from this fact, ’tis now the season for thinking gifts. So for
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Meet Eric Huang
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Ask an Expert: November 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Meet Valeriya Salt
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
From Pen to Print: Dan Howarth on Lionhearts
With his latest novel unleashed tomorrow, 21 November, on his own Northern Republic Press, Dan
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Shattered Reality . Call of Cthulhu Scenario Anthology
Usually, esteemed publisher Chaosium is responsible for creating content for the iconic
The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey
Something stalks the streets of New York, and all that remains of its victims are their bones and
The Haunted Vintage Marjorie Bowen
Unless a book or author is randomly selected to be part of a school or exam curriculum, once they
Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella
1745. War has come to the Scottish Highlands, and most of the men from Kilmartin, a small village,
Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
‘Oh, the horror!’ wails a student damned to the first circle of R. F. Kuang’s hell. ‘Oh, to
Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins
Her mother and father were both there when Piper Screed had that seizure. After that, when she was