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The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing – Mirror Worlds
Fiction has always held up a mirror to reality, but how do you build a secondary world that
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Ask an Expert: December 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing – Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative
Solarpunk is the space where the speculative meets real-world activism from a hopeful perspective,
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Meet Laura Langrish
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The BFS Interviews: Michael Stevens of BBC Audiobooks
Michael Stevens, Senior Content Producer at BBC Audiobooks and Demon Records, speaks with Chris
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The Haunted Vintage Marjorie Bowen
Unless a book or author is randomly selected to be part of a school or exam curriculum, once they
Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella
1745. War has come to the Scottish Highlands, and most of the men from Kilmartin, a small village,
Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
‘Oh, the horror!’ wails a student damned to the first circle of R. F. Kuang’s hell. ‘Oh, to
Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins
Her mother and father were both there when Piper Screed had that seizure. After that, when she was
The Mad Butterfly’s Ball Ed by Preston Grassm & Chris Kelso
There are a number of creatures that provoke terror in more people than any others. At the top of
House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
It was only two days ago that Alma met her father, Lord Zander Avera, vessel of a god. An