• Announcement:

    The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.

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Han Noss

How Authenticity Reading Can Benefit Fantasy Writers

Even a totally imagined secondary-world fantasy can end up with insensitive portrayals.

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Geoff Holder

Strange SFFH Music: The Space Lady

In this first of a new series looking at the weird and wonderful of speculative-leaning music,

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David Green

Searching For People Like Me

A question at Eastercon had David Green pondering why the neurodivergent creatives seek out other

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Meet Bronte Rowan

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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Voting Opens For This Year’s British Fantasy Awards!

The time has come: voting is now open for this year’s British Fantasy Awards! Here’s what you need

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Stephanie Ellis

Folk Horror: Into the Woods

As part of her ongoing series examining the elements of folk horror, Stephanie Ellis has us talking

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BFS Reviews

The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi

From the moment she hatched, it was clear that Demelza was different from her sisters. She didn’t

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Out of the Past, Tales of Haunting History edited by Aaron Worth

We have a fascination with the past. Life has the appearance of being simpler without the

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Witchborne by Rachel Grosvenor

Witchborne is set in the small town of Locklear, in a world that resembles medieval Western society

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Shattered Reality . Call of Cthulhu Scenario Anthology

Usually, esteemed publisher Chaosium is responsible for creating content for the iconic

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The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey

Something stalks the streets of New York, and all that remains of its victims are their bones and

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The Haunted Vintage Marjorie Bowen

Unless a book or author is randomly selected to be part of a school or exam curriculum, once they

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