Ask an Agent: September 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agents to answer those questions
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Top Tips For Great Author Headshots
Photographer Tom Pepperdine will be at this year’s Fantasycon in Chester offering headshots to
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Representing Weird Fiction: A Q&A with the Innsmouth Literary Festival
With the second Innsmouth Literary Festival set to take place in Bedford next weekend, we chatted
A Thank You to Fantasycon Contributors
A big thank you to all those who’ve contributed to the Fantasycon book bags and raffle. We’re so
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The Welsh Countryside and Folk Horror: A Match Made in Heaven, or At Least Some Pre-Christian Pagan Equivalent?
Ahead of the release of his second novel, Don’t Let ‘Em Take the Children, next weekend, Welsh
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Meet Stephen McGowan
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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FORGED BY BLOOD by Ehigbor Okosun
When high fantasy began to be popular, it tended to model itself on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of
Any Human Power by Manda Scott
Alanna Penhaligon lies dying in a hospital bed. She has spent her life preparing for this moment.
Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin
Xue is tired of her secluded life in the entertainment house. Playing her quin is the one thing
Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love, edited by Joanne Ella Parsons
This collection of doomed romances contains stories by well-known authors such as Mary Shelley and
THE TRAITOR by Anthony Ryan
Alwyn Scribe remains at Evadine’s side, his feelings for her burning brightly even as he
Fyneshade by Kate Griffin
Writing a novel with a distinctly unlikeable main protagonist can be a bit of a tightrope: make