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The Long And Winding Querying Road: Tips From Our Community
It’s the bit of creative work we all dread: the judgement, the waiting, the rejections, the lows
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Voting Open for the British Fantasy Awards
We are delighted to open voting for this year’s British Fantasy Awards! To be eligible to
Meet Gary Couzens
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Achtung! Cthulhu: Operation Oberon
Agents must go through Axis-occupied China, collect intel, and get out. It would be easy if it
Call of Cthulhu: The Order of the Stone
Vile creatures, frighteningly devoted cultists, eldritch horrors ready to be set loose upon the
A Rose By Any Other Name by Mary McMyne
Rose is a young lady with magical heritage living in the countryside. The sudden death of her
A Tide Of Black Steel by Anthony Ryan
In the Outer Isles, in the village of Buht Hardta, Ruhlin the Quiet sees a ship approaching. He
The Blood Dimmed Tide by Stephen Aryan
Genghis Khan’s legacy of a united land is threatened by infighting among his sons, and if
The Trials Of Empire by Richard Swan
Helena Sedanka continues to learn under Justice Sir Konrad Vonvalt’s tutelage, although he