The Best Creatures in SFFH, Folklore & Myth
With one of the year’s best and most successful movies centring around vampires, and Halloween gear
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Classic Genre Films: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the
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Meet John Berkeley
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Ask an Expert: July 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Meet David H. McTaggart
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: Daniel Willcocks on Twisted Tales: Jack
Indie horror author Daniel Willcocks looks back at the creation of Jack, the first novel in his new
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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
The Armageddon Protocol by Dan Moren
ESCHATON. Abort all activities. Lose all trackable tech. Regroup at a safe location. Not a command