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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British Fantasy Awards Suggestions List
We are very pleased to open the suggestions list for this year’s British Fantasy Awards. The
Writing for LARP: The Sandbox Approach
You enjoy the experience, the dressing up, the improvisation—but what exactly goes into making it
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Meet Natalie Milne
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Subgenre deep dive: Places people should not go
In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies
Disturbing body horror creatures and how to spawn them
M F Alfrey—known for his creepy crawlies and body horror terror—looks at what makes a creature
Meet Robin Riback
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
On Chinese Horror Storytelling
This Qingming—the day when Chinese families clean gravesites and make ritual offerings to
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A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames
A Harvest of Hearts is set in a fantastical kingdom where magic is fuelled by people’s hearts.
Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race
Six Wild Crowns transposes infamous Tudor king Henry VIII and his six wives into a fantasy world
Marginal by Tom Carlisle
In many ways, it’s hard to imagine a world which hadn’t experienced John W. Campbell’s
The Last Song of Penelope By Claire North
This is the last book in North’s ‘Songs of Penelope’ series, telling the previously mostly
The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin
Evocative. Eerie. Mythic. Down-right weird. I could say all these things, and more, about The
The Witch of Wol Sin Lake by Lena Jeong
As long as the Netherking inhabits her brother’s body, Mirae cannot strike the final blow against