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Meet Dan Satchwell

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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Fi Phillips

How a Change of Scenery Can Inspire You Out of a Writing Slump

Author of the futuristic fantasy series The Haven Chronicles, Fi Phillips shares her tips on

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Karin J. Robinson

How Shakespeare Invented Romantasy

When Karin J Robinson was researching her first novel, she noticed a few familiar things in a very

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British Fantasy Awards 2025: Shortlist Announced!

After a crowdsourced suggestion list for eligible works, and then a period of public voting, the

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Allen Ashley

Classic Genre Films: Them!

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

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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

Our Community’s Fave Uses of Folklore and Ritual in SFFH Properties

It’s the solstice, either the longest or shortest day of the year depending on your hemisphere.

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BFS Reviews

The Sorrow of the Sea by Stephen Aryan

Temujin has usurped his father as Khan of the Ilkhanate, but his work is not done. He is still at

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The Dagon Collection ed by Nate Pedersen

There is always a place for experimental writing or new approaches to literature, and genre fiction

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Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil is a character-driven sapphic vampire epic spanning from the

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Requiem by John Palisano

Eden is a moon-sized cemetery in space where Earth sends its dead. It is more than just a place to

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Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2 Edited by Roz Clarke & Joanne Hall

Funny things, anthologies. Were they ever as popular as they are right now? Arguably, the form has

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Living Space and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov

There are stories that stay with us, floating around our subconscious, half-remembered from

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