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The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing – Writing as Activism

Examining social justice isn’t new for many writers, but what impact does this have? How can SFFH

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Best of 2025, According To The BFS’s Volunteers

We asked our committee, events organisers, reviewers, and other volunteers who help us keep the

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Meet Charlotte Langtree

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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The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing – Mirror Worlds

Fiction has always held up a mirror to reality, but how do you build a secondary world that

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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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BFS Reviews

Out of the Past, Tales of Haunting History edited by Aaron Worth

We have a fascination with the past. Life has the appearance of being simpler without the

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Witchborne by Rachel Grosvenor

Witchborne is set in the small town of Locklear, in a world that resembles medieval Western society

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Shattered Reality . Call of Cthulhu Scenario Anthology

Usually, esteemed publisher Chaosium is responsible for creating content for the iconic

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The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey

Something stalks the streets of New York, and all that remains of its victims are their bones and

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The Haunted Vintage Marjorie Bowen

Unless a book or author is randomly selected to be part of a school or exam curriculum, once they

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Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella

1745. War has come to the Scottish Highlands, and most of the men from Kilmartin, a small village,

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