Introducing “Long Story Short”: the official podcast of the British Fantasy Society
Yes, we’re launching a podcast! Robin C.M. Duncan, who co-hosts alongside David Green, lets us in
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Ask an Expert: May 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Cover reveal: Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella
Get your first peek at the next novel from Shona Kinsella, coming from Flame Tree in
Meet Karina Andrusiak
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
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Summer Reads Recommendations From Our Community
Given the sun’s been out, our minds have been turning to summer reads. So we asked the BFS members
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The TV That Made Us: Escape Into Night (1972)
In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Escape Into
Meet Catherine Cavendish
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
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The Coven by Harper L Woods
The back cover pitches this as “…your next fantasy romance obsession”. That’s a strong
That Which Stands Outside by Mark Morris
There is a tradition of horror novels isolating a community or group of people and having nasty
A Crow Named Torment by Silas A. Bischoff
Torment was once a regular crow, carrying messages from the Baroness around The One City; secrets,
The Raven Scholar by Antonina Hodgson
Yana Valit, descendant of Yasthala the Great, the last Raven Empress, has just turned sixteen,
Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
Sometimes it is difficult to know where the boundaries between genres lie. While the intelligent
A Betrayal of Storms by Ben Alderson
Woken by a dagger at the throat, Robin Vale knows better than to panic. As a half-fey, his father