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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a greyscale decrepit corridor. In the middle is a shadowy figure. Around the image are blood spatters and bloody handprints. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Eleanor Pender; M F Alfrey; Sarah Maria Griffin; Catherine Yu.

BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Monster Building

Monsters come in all shapes, sizes and forms, but how do you build the perfect one? What

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BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Author Interview

BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews New York Times bestselling author Scarlett St

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Keith B Walters

A Gathering of the Angels: Celebrating David Lynch, Live

Renowned Lynch enthusiast Keith B Walters chats with Lindsey Bowden, the creative director of A

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Meet Mark Stay

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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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a greyscale decrepit corridor. In the middle is a shadowy figure. Around the image are blood spatters and bloody handprints. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Paul Dalton; M F Alfrey; Wayne Goodchild; Joseph Elliott-Coleman; Alethea Lyons; Sandhya Jain-Patel; Susie Williamson.

BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Readings

We have seven readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to help

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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

When the Dark Hits the Daylight: Fave Summer-Set Dark Fiction

The scary stuff doesn’t *have* to happen in the shadows—sometimes, the daylight can heighten the

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BFS Reviews

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moss

A virus has developed in animals that is deadly to humans. One scratch is enough to kill someone,

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Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack

‘Out of the Window, Into the Dark’ is Marian Womack’s denouement for 2024 at

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Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

Konstantin Duhovny, Kostya to his family, Bones to his best friend, and Stan, to a girl he is yet

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The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

With the TV series of the Wheel of Time completing its third season, I thought now would be a good

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Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

Luce Léon is the daughter of an eighteenth-century Breton ship-owner who one day rescues a

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A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames

A Harvest of Hearts is set in a fantastical kingdom where magic is fuelled by people’s

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