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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The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing – Mirror Worlds
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Ask an Expert: December 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing – Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative
Solarpunk is the space where the speculative meets real-world activism from a hopeful perspective,
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Michael Stevens, Senior Content Producer at BBC Audiobooks and Demon Records, speaks with Chris
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Diathesis by Ishmael A Soledad
Set roughly 100 years in the future, Diathesis focuses on a selection of seemingly unconnected
Awakened by Laura Elliott
Post-apocalyptic UK. Microchips in people’s brains, designed to help them function better
Pendragon: Gamemaster’s Handbook
Chivalry, glory, romance, and adventure. What more could someone expect from the Arthurian tabletop
Dragonfire Issue 4
Lunitar Productions has published a fourth offering of its free magazine, DragonFire. There
Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
This is the second book in the series, following up to the successful Assistant to The Villain.
The Sorrow of the Sea by Stephen Aryan
Temujin has usurped his father as Khan of the Ilkhanate, but his work is not done. He is still at