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Wren James

Creating ‘The Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook’

Meet the writer and mission behind The Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook, and consider this guest

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Meet Dan Satchwell

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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Fi Phillips

How a Change of Scenery Can Inspire You Out of a Writing Slump

Author of the futuristic fantasy series The Haven Chronicles, Fi Phillips shares her tips on

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Karin J. Robinson

How Shakespeare Invented Romantasy

When Karin J Robinson was researching her first novel, she noticed a few familiar things in a very

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British Fantasy Awards 2025: Shortlist Announced!

After a crowdsourced suggestion list for eligible works, and then a period of public voting, the

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Allen Ashley

Classic Genre Films: Them!

Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the

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A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett

In a time about a hundred years ago, Bea is a young wife married to a kind and bumbling jeweller,

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Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Eight-year-old Bela lives with Mommy, Daddo, and Other Mommy; only Other Mommy lives in

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Greenteeth By Molly O’Neill

This was a pleasant surprise. Written from the perspective of Jenny Greenteeth, an ancient fae who

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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moss

A virus has developed in animals that is deadly to humans. One scratch is enough to kill someone,

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Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack

‘Out of the Window, Into the Dark’ is Marian Womack’s denouement for 2024 at

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Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

Konstantin Duhovny, Kostya to his family, Bones to his best friend, and Stan, to a girl he is yet

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