The Best Creatures in SFFH, Folklore & Myth
With one of the year’s best and most successful movies centring around vampires, and Halloween gear
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Classic Genre Films: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the
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Meet John Berkeley
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Ask an Expert: July 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Meet David H. McTaggart
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From Pen to Print: Daniel Willcocks on Twisted Tales: Jack
Indie horror author Daniel Willcocks looks back at the creation of Jack, the first novel in his new
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The Original’s Rage by David Watkins
For ten years, Captain Peter Knowles has been in the middle of a war between humans and werewolves,
The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen
Lord John Dalwood is a scholar studying ancient civilisations and is fascinated with Buddhism. When
A Pirate’s Life For Tea by Rebecca Thorne
This book is a sequel to Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, although a note in the cover
Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian
The National Museum of Scotland is still missing some of its rare artefacts, yet the authorities
The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long
Looking for a fantasy book set in a ‘What If?’ version of 16th century Antwerp? What
Machine Vendetta by Alistair Reynolds
Prefect Tom Dreyfus works for Panoply, a small police force whose sole focus is maintaining the