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David Green

Cover Reveal: Magic, Maps, and Mischief by David Green

Exciting times as the BFS can reveal the latest work to come from multi-award-nominated fantasy

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Meet David Cartwright

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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Meet Hero Owen

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: September 2025

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

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A graphic with swirly green background, an open book in the lower left corner and a pen in the lower right corner. Text reads: The 2026 BFS Writing Retreat, February 27th - March 2nd 2026, The Queen at Chester Hotel, Chester

BFS Writing Retreat 2026

We are now ready to open expressions of interest for the 2026 BFS Writing Retreat! This year

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Allen Ashley

Classic Genre Films: Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island (1961)

Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the

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BFS Reviews

The Last Song of Penelope By Claire North

This is the last book in North’s ‘Songs of Penelope’ series, telling the

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The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin

Evocative. Eerie. Mythic. Down-right weird. I could say all these things, and more, about The

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The Witch of Wol Sin Lake by Lena Jeong

As long as the Netherking inhabits her brother’s body, Mirae cannot strike the final blow

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Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

It has taken long and arduous research, but Professor Emily Wilde thinks she has finally found a

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Senseless by Ronald Malfi

As a teenager, Detective William Renney survived a snakebite, which gave him a healthy respect for

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Tea You At The Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Tea You At The Altar is the third and penultimate entry in Rebecca Thorne’s Tomes and Tea

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