Ask an Expert: March 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 3
For Women in Horror month, Stephanie Ellis has been in the research trenches talking to women over
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Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 2
For Women in Horror month, here’s part two of Stephanie Ellis’s conversations with women over the
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Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror?
For Women in Horror month, Stephanie Ellis has been in the research trenches talking to women over
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Meet Heather Ivatt
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
What Exactly is “Cosy” Speculative Fiction?
What exactly do readers mean when they talk about “cosy” fiction? We asked our members, and they
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Achtung! Cthulhu: Operation Oberon
Agents must go through Axis-occupied China, collect intel, and get out. It would be easy if it
Call of Cthulhu: The Order of the Stone
Vile creatures, frighteningly devoted cultists, eldritch horrors ready to be set loose upon the
A Rose By Any Other Name by Mary McMyne
Rose is a young lady with magical heritage living in the countryside. The sudden death of her
A Tide Of Black Steel by Anthony Ryan
In the Outer Isles, in the village of Buht Hardta, Ruhlin the Quiet sees a ship approaching. He
The Blood Dimmed Tide by Stephen Aryan
Genghis Khan’s legacy of a united land is threatened by infighting among his sons, and if
The Trials Of Empire by Richard Swan
Helena Sedanka continues to learn under Justice Sir Konrad Vonvalt’s tutelage, although he