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Meet Otto Redman

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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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Interview with R.S.A. Garcia

BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews Nebula and Sturgeon Award winning author R.S.A. Garcia

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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Heroes and Villains

Stories are driven by conflict, by the battle between good and evil, and fought in the morally

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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Supporting Cast

You know who your protagonist and antagonist are, but what about the rest? How do you create

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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Animals & Environments as Characters

How do you build a character that isn’t human – or humanoid? What if they don’t even have a

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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Readings

We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to help

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A Tide Of Black Steel by Anthony Ryan

In the Outer Isles, in the village of Buht Hardta, Ruhlin the Quiet sees a ship approaching. He

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The Blood Dimmed Tide by Stephen Aryan

Genghis Khan’s legacy of a united land is threatened by infighting among his sons, and if war

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The Trials Of Empire by Richard Swan

Helena Sedanka continues to learn under Justice Sir Konrad Vonvalt’s tutelage, although he is

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Bringer of Dust by J. M. Miro

Bringer of Dust is the second installment of J. M. Miro’s The Talents trilogy and picks up

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Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

The Caldonnae tribe has long been dwindling. Now, Thomil and the few survivors have no choice but

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The Barricade by Stephanie Ellis

Perhaps best known for her speculative poetry, short stories and the Five Turns of the Wheel folk

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