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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

How To Make The Most of Your BFS Membership: by the community!

We asked our members for tips about making the most of your BFS membership. Here’s what they said.

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Andrew Knighton

Writing From Arthurian Legends

Andrew Knighton takes his mind back to Fantasycon 2024, consults his notes, and brings us this

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The BFS Book Club is Reading: The Outcast Mage

Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction reads,

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Meet Luna Profir

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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Helen Rose Thwaite

What the Heck is SFF Romance?!

Ahead of the international day of commercial lurve, we asked our resident mistress of paranormal

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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Psychological Horror

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

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BFS Reviews

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

The Caldonnae tribe has long been dwindling. Now, Thomil and the few survivors have no choice but

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The Barricade by Stephanie Ellis

Perhaps best known for her speculative poetry, short stories and the Five Turns of the Wheel folk

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Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives By Tim Major

The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is well known. Dr Henry Jekyll creates a potion that transforms

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Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

This lyrical novel by Vaishnavi Patel begins with a fall from grace.  The Goddess Ganga is

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The Origin of the Wolf by Danny Beeson

The Origin of the Wolf starts in solid fantasy territory: an injured man is washed ashore on a

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Conditions Are Different After Dark By Owen W. Knight

You won’t be far wrong if you take a look at the cover of Conditions Are Different After

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