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Meet Carol Carman

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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Lauren McMenemy

Peeking Behind the Masks of Occultism

London has always been home to secret societies, occult rituals, and cursed objects, but a new

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BFS News: All Change at the Top of BFS Horizons

After 6 issues and 3.5 years at the helm, Pete Sutton is stepping down as Editor of BFS

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Book News: Angry Robot Acquires New Juliet E. McKenna Novel

The Riven Kingdom is described as a “fresh and gripping fantasy” that “blends politics, religion,

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From Pen to Print: Nuzo Onoh on Futility

The Queen of African horror tells us about the genesis of her new novel, Futility, which hits

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Allen Ashley

Classic Genre Films: The Time Machine (1960)

Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the

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BFS Reviews

These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology ed by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane

This anthology follows the earlier dark academia collection In These Hallowed Halls. Apart from

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The Sword Triumphant by Gareth Hanrahan

Old Alf of Mulladale is regarded as a solid man. Dependable, reliable, strong, if a bit dim. But he

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The Assassin’s Wrath by R.S. Moule

Disowned and blamed for his brother’s death at the hands of the vampyre Solis Deadhand,

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The Gentleman and his Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide

The Gentleman and his Vowsmith is an interesting blend of genres. Primarily a historical gothic

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Tor By Terry Grimwood

This is the third novel set in the universe he created in Interference, and we find out what

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I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

When most people think of the kind of horror novel or film (slasher horror) the tend to think of a

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