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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a greyscale decrepit corridor. In the middle is a shadowy figure. Around the image are blood spatters and bloody handprints. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): David Green, David Barnett, Lindz McLeod, Ayida Shonibar.

BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Creating Tension & Fear

Sometimes, you just need to put a book in the freezer, but what is it that creeps into our psyche

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a greyscale decrepit corridor. In the middle is a shadowy figure. Around the image are blood spatters and bloody handprints. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Lauren McMenemy, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Marko Hautala, Lorrain Wilson.

BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Dark Fantasy v Horror

SFFH fans are no strangers to genre bending, or arguments about what defines a genre. In this

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Meet Graeme Patrick

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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Ask an Expert: August 2025

In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative

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Corinne Pollard

Ghostlore: Top 5 Ghosts

As a horror writer and fan of the spooky stuff, Corinne Pollard has read and written her fair share

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Justin Lee Anderson

Art As Escapism – And A Metaphor for Modern Society

Justin Lee Anderson’s new book, The Damned King, is out this week. It’s being released into a world

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BFS Reviews

Echo of Worlds by M.R. Carey

The idea of parallel worlds is one that has been explored in a number of ways in fiction. In early

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Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley

At twelve years old, Violet Whitlock, or Liv as she is known, realised her sister hated her. In

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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Cyril Bagger is an American private in World War 1 and has survived so far by being as far away

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Shadowstitch By Cari Thomas

The second book in a series always has a certain amount of pressure and expectations associated

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Alchemy and A Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Alchemy and A Cup of Tea is the final installment in Rebecca Thorne’s Tomes and Tea series.

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Wiz Duos book 1 from Wizards Tower Press

Wizard’s Tower Press has resuscitated the old binary format for putting two novellas together and

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