BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Politics & Social Conventions
Anywhere you have people you have politics and society, so what system to choose? Monarchy or
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Meet Paul S. Edwards
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Waiting Mode, Submissions, and Moving On
Fantasy author David Green gets *real* about being an autistic writer on
BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Magic Systems
We see different types of magic in our fictional worlds, but which is best? Hard or soft? Should
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BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Faith & Religion
With an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide and a whole host of mythologies to choose
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Ask an Agent: February 2025
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agent, Laura Bennett of the Liverpool
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The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon
Paige Mahoney has always dreamed of escaping Scion and returning to the free world beyond, where
At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca
As my first longer piece of Eric LaRocca fiction, having only read 4 short stories of his
The Original’s Rage by David Watkins
For ten years, Captain Peter Knowles has been in the middle of a war between humans and werewolves,
The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen
Lord John Dalwood is a scholar studying ancient civilisations and is fascinated with Buddhism. When
A Pirate’s Life For Tea by Rebecca Thorne
This book is a sequel to Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, although a note in the cover
Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian
The National Museum of Scotland is still missing some of its rare artefacts, yet the authorities