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Gary Couzens

The TV That Made Us: Object Z (1965)

In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Object Z—an

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From Pen to Print: Daniel Willcocks on Slay

With the latest entry in the Twisted Tales series about to be unleashed, Daniel Willcocks returns

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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

A Somewhat Festive Geeky Gift-Giving Guide

As much as we’d like to run and hide from this fact, ’tis now the season for thinking gifts. So for

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Meet Eric Huang

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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Ask an Expert: November 2025

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

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Meet Valeriya Salt

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 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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Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

‘Oh, the horror!’ wails a student damned to the first circle of R. F. Kuang’s hell. ‘Oh, to

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Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins

Her mother and father were both there when Piper Screed had that seizure. After that, when she was

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The Mad Butterfly’s Ball Ed by Preston Grassm & Chris Kelso

There are a number of creatures that provoke terror in more people than any others. At the top of

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House of the Beast by Michelle Wong

It was only two days ago that Alma met her father, Lord Zander Avera, vessel of a god. An

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