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British Fantasy Awards Suggestions List

We are very pleased to open the suggestions list for this year’s British Fantasy Awards. The

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Jenni Coutts

Ask an Expert: March 2025

In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative

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Stephanie Ellis

Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 3

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

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Stephanie Ellis

Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 2

For Women in Horror month, here’s part two of Stephanie Ellis’s conversations with women over the

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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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BFS Reviews

The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

Though the title might suggest a narrative which leans heavily into low fantasy, the stories inside

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The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart

Andrea Stewart’s debut, The Bone Shard Daughter, was one of the standout releases of 2020.

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Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa

In a cottage on the coast, Cyril waits for the world to end. The sky has turned black. His

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The Escher Man by T.R. Napper 

Endel ‘Endgame’ Ebbinghaus is head of security for vicious Macau mob boss, Mister

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House of Odysseus By Claire North

Odysseus is missing – lost at sea, assumed by many to be dead. His wife, Penelope remains in

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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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