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Alexandra Beaumont

Live Action Role Play and writing believable fantasy characters, conflict and combat scenes

How can fantasy writers get first-hand experience of worlds and periods either long gone—or

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Meet Andy Hodges

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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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Evil Children

In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for

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Katie Bruce

The Bog of Eternal Stench, The Pit of Despair & The Nothing: How Man & Witch helped heal the lack of queer representation in my childhood

For this last day of Pride month 2024, Katie Bruce reflects on how a recent cinema experience

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Meet Rebecca Kaur 

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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Laura Bennett

Ask an Agent: June 2024

In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agents to answer those questions

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BFS Reviews

THE GAUNTLET AND THE BROKEN CHAIN by Ian Green

The immortal mage, Tullen One-Eye, the one they call Deathless, is back. Lothal, the god-wolf, is

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Medea by Rosie Hewlett

Medea is a prisoner in her father’s house, Aeetes, King of Colchis. Where once he reviled her

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The striking and seductive Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada is the secretive heroine of this beautifully

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The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness by Matt Ottley

The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness follows a boy through a journey with mental illness.

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The Dark Side of the Sky

THE DARK SIDE OF THE SKY by Francesco Dimitri. Titan Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise

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The Fireborne Blade

Once the King’s favourite, Maddileh is now a knight disgraced, searching for an opportunity

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