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Ask an Expert: September 2025
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BFS Writing Retreat 2026
We are now ready to open expressions of interest for the 2026 BFS Writing Retreat! This year
Classic Genre Films: Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island (1961)
Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the
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The Armageddon Protocol by Dan Moren
ESCHATON. Abort all activities. Lose all trackable tech. Regroup at a safe location. Not a command
Anansi: New & Ancient African Tales by Ivana Akotowaa Ofori
Anansi is and always has been a trickster. He is cunning, playful, smart and anarchistic. Immortal.
The Last Star By Terry Grimwood
With 128 pages of twists and turns, this novella is a fine follow up to Interference. Set in the
A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett
In a time about a hundred years ago, Bea is a young wife married to a kind and bumbling jeweller,
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Eight-year-old Bela lives with Mommy, Daddo, and Other Mommy; only Other Mommy lives in
Greenteeth By Molly O’Neill
This was a pleasant surprise. Written from the perspective of Jenny Greenteeth, an ancient fae who