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Gary Couzens

The TV That Made Us: The Changes (1975)

In this first of a semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits The

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Russell A Smith

BFS Retreat: It’s Not All About Chasing Word Counts!

About a dozen brave souls gathered at Gladstone’s Library over the first weekend in March to bask

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Dan Hanly

BFS Retreat 2025: Creativity in Companionship Gets the Job Done

About a dozen brave souls gathered at Gladstone’s Library over the first weekend in March to bask

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Get Into The Minds of Our Competition Judges…

To help us get the year started right, we’re highlighting some of the amazing work done by our

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Meet Geoff Holder

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 mountainous landscape, seen through clouds. In the middle is an old book with the pages open and a river spilling out. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Susan Maxwell (top left); Reitha Pattison (top right); Stephen Oram (middle left); Amal Singh (middle right); Elizabeth Broadbent (bottom left); M V Melcer (bottom right).

BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Readings

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

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The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter

In the coastal town of St Sinwin’s, in the great house his money purchased, Violet is at her

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Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim

The Empire killed her family and only one thing drives Loran now: the desire for vengeance. In

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Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner

From killing gods and plotting the downfall of the king, Kissen and Elo must now work with these

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Summoned to the Séance ed by Emily Vincent

Séances. A way of speaking with the dead through a medium and their spirit guide or an elaborate

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Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekha A. Afzal

Advice often given to beginning authors is to write about what you know. For those wishing to

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The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

Binsa, who was just an ordinary girl before the testing, now sits the Scarlet Throne as Rakhti, and

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