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Stephanie Ellis

Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror?

For Women in Horror month, Stephanie Ellis has been in the research trenches talking to women over

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Meet Heather Ivatt

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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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

What Exactly is “Cosy” Speculative Fiction?

What exactly do readers mean when they talk about “cosy” fiction? We asked our members, and they

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From Pen to Print: Paul S Edwards on The Triton Run

Celebrating this week’s release of his novel The Triton Run – out on Thursday through Northodox

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Meet Jason Whittle

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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Gary Couzens

The TV That Made Us: The Changes (1975)

In this first of a semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits The

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BFS Reviews

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,

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The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen

Lord John Dalwood is a scholar studying ancient civilisations and is fascinated with Buddhism. When

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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

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Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian

The National Museum of Scotland is still missing some of its rare artefacts, yet the authorities

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The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long

Looking for a fantasy book set in a ‘What If?’ version of 16th century Antwerp? What

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Machine Vendetta by Alistair Reynolds

Prefect Tom Dreyfus works for Panoply, a small police force whose sole focus is maintaining the

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