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Vicky Brewster

Writing for LARP: The Sandbox Approach

You enjoy the experience, the dressing up, the improvisation—but what exactly goes into

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Meet Natalie Milne

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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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Places people should not go

In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for

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M F Alfrey

Disturbing body horror creatures and how to spawn them

M F Alfrey—known for his creepy crawlies and body horror terror—looks at what makes a

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Meet Robin Riback

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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­Xueting C. Ni

On Chinese Horror Storytelling

This Qingming—the day when Chinese families clean gravesites and make ritual offerings to

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Lord of the Empty Isles by Jules Arbeaux

Remy Canta arrives home to discover that Tirani is not alone. She was not expecintg any more

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The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk

The Bell Witches marks a turn to a new genre by Lindsey Kelk, who is well known for her

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Thunder City by Philip Reeve

I’m delighted that Philip Reeve has produced another MORTAL ENGINES novel. This one is

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Seaborn by Michael Livingston

When she was young, Bela became Belakané, Hero of the Harbour. The windborn had come with flying

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Les Vacances by Phil Sloman

Elizabeth and Frank have a familiar life. They have lived in the same house for their whole married

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Those Beyond The Wall by Micaiah Johnson

The blurb on the back cover of Those Beyond The Wall doesn’t do it justice. Reading it might

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