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Meet John Nassari

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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From Pen to Print: Amy De La Force on A Kiss of Hammer and Flame

With the release of the first instalment in her new romantasy series looming large, Amy de la Force

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Lauren McMenemy

SXSW Hits London’s Cinemas This Week With A Host of Eerie New SFFH Films

Renowned festival of creative groundbreakers, SXSW this week brings a feast of eerie cinema to the

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a mountainous landscape, mostly obscured by pinky-grey clouds. There are three narrow, rocky paths disappearing into the clouds and a few black birds in the sky. On the top left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Top right is the World Fantasy Convention logo, a white drawing of woman with long hair holding a sword aloft, bursting from a black background with stars. Photos: Suniti Namjoshi (top left); Sarah Pinborough (top right); Ramsey Campbell (bottom left).

BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – Guest Spotlights

Suniti Namjoshi, Sarah Pinborough and Ramsey Campbell get chatty in these guest

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a mountainous landscape, mostly obscured by pinky-grey clouds. There are three narrow, rocky paths disappearing into the clouds and a few black birds in the sky. On the top left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Top right is the World Fantasy Convention logo, a white drawing of woman with long hair holding a sword aloft, bursting from a black background with stars. Photos: Ramsey Campbell (top left); Debbie Bennett (top right); Allen Ashley (bottom left); Karen Fishwick (bottom right).

BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – 50 Years of Fantasycon and the British Fantasy Society

After its founding 1971, the BFS held its first Fantasycon in 1975. We take a look back at the

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a mountainous landscape, mostly obscured by pinky-grey clouds. There are three narrow, rocky paths disappearing into the clouds and a few black birds in the sky. On the top left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Top right is the World Fantasy Convention logo, a white drawing of woman with long hair holding a sword aloft, bursting from a black background with stars. Photos: Sarah Pinborough (top left); C.C. Adams (top right); Stephen Gallagher (bottom left); Allen Stroud (bottom right).

BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – 21st Century Horror

A quarter way through this century and it’s time for a review! How has horror changed since the

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Starling House by Alix E Harrow

The haunted house is a stock setting in gothic fiction, instantly familiar to readers in and

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The Outcast Mage by Annabel Campbell

In Amoria, the great glass city, Naila is a prospective mage of the Academy of Amoria. She passed

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Warlords of Wyrdwood by RJ Barker

Cahan du Nahere was Cowl-Rai, chosen as a god’s saviour, though he shunned that future and

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Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures (Beyond and Within) Editied By Francesco Verso

Fourteen short stories examining possible near and distant futures set in the aftermath of our

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The Half King by Melissa Landers

Like all second-born daughters, Cerise was given to the Temple at birth and trained for life as a

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The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher

After waiting for years, it is delightful to catch up with characters that have almost become

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