The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Meet Nicolette M Ward
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Turning Stranger Things Upside Down
Rick Danforth has re-watched all of Netflix’s supernatural flagship and now returns from the Upside
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From Pen to Print: Nicki Pary on A Teller’s Tale
Bedridden due to chronic illness, Nicki Pary imagined escaping into another world. Those daydreams
Tags: author journey, debut, Fantasy, Pen to Print, Titan Books
Classic Genre Films: Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the
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Meet Mark Kielty
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Ask an Expert: May 2026
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The future is green. Humanity’s old cities have been replaced by eco, bio diverse cities where
Nightmare from the Depths
Tragedy and madness collide in a new campaign for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu. Via the Miskatonic
The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein
This book is a collection of short stories – all set around the fictional Renfield County. An
Seek The Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth
Elegy lives in fear of the Fever. Fever is a disease which kills 50% of everyone it infects and
Watto’s Wisdom by by Ian Watson
Once upon a time, SF conventions were smaller and there were less of them. It was possible to know,
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Die by Greer Stothers
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Dieis billed as a ‘hilariously gay fantasy romance’ and it