The 2025 BFS Writing Retreat
We are delighted to announce the 2025 BFS Writing Retreat will be taking place at Gladstones
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What Lurks in That Fairytale Forest?
We all know that fairytales aren’t sweetness and light – but what if that darker side
The October Challenge: What We’re Learning From Writing A Short Horror Story Every Day
Writers Kit Whitfield and Charlotte Bond have taken an October artist prompt challenge and turned
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Win a Copy of Worlds & Realms, A Celebration of 50 Years of D&D!
It’s hard to believe we’ve hit the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, that icon
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Meet Marve Michael Anson
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
A Woman’s World (Not)
Folk horror writer and poet Stephanie Ellis asks where all the older women are in
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BFS Reviews
The Sword Unbound by Gareth Hanrahan
In the final pages of The Sword Defiant, Alf, hero of the Nine and friend to the elves, discovers
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
A gargantuan spider once lived on the moon in a vast network of caves under a forest that covers
Creatures of the Night: Vicious Vampire Tales by Kevin J. Kennedy, Gord Rollo and Simon Clark
Creatures of the Night: Vicious Vampire Tales is a collection of three long short stories about
Daughters of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope
Jane Edwards is a competent young woman who lives in the all-Black town of Awenasa sometime in the
Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto
Wren is on the run from her father, discovering that behind the scenes, he has been manipulating
 THE LAST SHIELD by Cameron Johnston
The Last Shield is one of those rare books that is utterly satisfying and, when finished, leaves a