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Allen Ashley

Afternoon into Evelyn

Allen Ashley reviews “Painted Dreams; The Art of Evelyn De Morgan”, an in-person

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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

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David Green

Waiting Mode, Submissions, and Moving On

Fantasy author David Green gets *real* about being an autistic writer on

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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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BFS Reviews

Starling House by Alix E Harrow

The haunted house is a stock setting in gothic fiction, instantly familiar to readers in and

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The Outcast Mage by Annabel Campbell

In Amoria, the great glass city, Naila is a prospective mage of the Academy of Amoria. She passed

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Warlords of Wyrdwood by RJ Barker

Cahan du Nahere was Cowl-Rai, chosen as a god’s saviour, though he shunned that future and

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Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures (Beyond and Within) Editied By Francesco Verso

Fourteen short stories examining possible near and distant futures set in the aftermath of our

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The Half King by Melissa Landers

Like all second-born daughters, Cerise was given to the Temple at birth and trained for life as a

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The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher

After waiting for years, it is delightful to catch up with characters that have almost become

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