What Lurks in That Fairytale Forest?
We all know that fairytales aren’t sweetness and light – but what if that darker side
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The October Challenge: What We’re Learning From Writing A Short Horror Story Every Day
Writers Kit Whitfield and Charlotte Bond have taken an October artist prompt challenge and turned
Tags: flash fiction, halloween, horror
Win a Copy of Worlds & Realms, A Celebration of 50 Years of D&D!
It’s hard to believe we’ve hit the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, that icon of fantasy
Tags: competition, D&D, Fantasy, Giveaway, TTRPG
Meet Marve Michael Anson
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
A Woman’s World (Not)
Folk horror writer and poet Stephanie Ellis asks where all the older women are in
Tags: ageism, crone, horror, women in horror
Subgenre deep dive: Possessed, Haunted, and Cursed Objects
In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies
Tags: cursed objects, horror, possession, subgenre, subgenres
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BFS Reviews
The Servants and Other Strange Stories By John O’Donoghue
Strange, certainly. Compelling, utterly. An excellently written set of short stories that draw you
A Fire in the Sky by Sophie Jordan
Tamsyn is the royal whipping girl. An orphan, she was brought up with the princesses of Penterra,
Tariq and the Drowning City by Sarwat Chadda
Absolutely cracking tale. Squarely aimed at pre-teens, this is enjoyable for all ages, especially
THE WEAVERS OF ALAMAXA by Hadeer Elsbai
Giorgina Shukry is now a fugitive wanted for the use of magic and, as of two days ago, a prison
PJ AND THE PARANORMAL PURSUERS: THE PHANTOMS OF PITTENWEEM By Jacqui Dempster
The second book in a young adult series sees PJ and his friends (the titular Paranormal Pursuers)
THE SPICE GATE by Prashanth Srivatsa
Amir was born with the spicemark on his neck, condemning him to a life as a bowler of Raluha, a