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Matthew Palmer

How Dungeons and Dragons Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected

With the 50th anniversary of D&D upon us, Matthew Palmer contemplates the impact that 35 years of

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Meet Paul A. Green

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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Carl Bayley

My First Fantasycon: Why I’m So Glad I Went!

Scotland-based fantasy writer Carl Bayley let his curiosity get the better of him and grabbed a

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Announcing the BFS Book Club!

Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction reads,

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Alexandra Beaumont

Beasts of Moor and Mine: Folklore and Folk Horror in the Cornish wilds

Ahead of her appearance leading a panel of folkloric fantasy writers in a London book store,

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Will McCloughlin

D&D, Writing and My Favourite Word: Verisimilitude

Will McCloughlin has a whole lotta love for Dungeons & Dragons – and he’ll be leading four fantasy

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

Wren is on the run from her father, discovering that behind the scenes, he has been manipulating

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 THE LAST SHIELD by Cameron Johnston

The Last Shield is one of those rare books that is utterly satisfying and, when finished, leaves a

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