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Fantasycon 2024: Interview with Guest of Honour Bella Pagan

It’s exactly one month until we gather for Fantasycon in Chester, and to celebrate the summoning of

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SJ Vivant

Using Tech Headlines To Inspire Fiction: What Will Be The True Impact of Life Extension?

With their debut novel, To Live or Let Live, hitting shelves in just a few weeks, SJ Vivant (who

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Meet J J Vason

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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Eric Huang

What’s Behind the Rise in East & South-East Asian Speculative Fiction?

Ahead of Imaginarium: A Celebration of ESEA Speculative Fiction—happening virtually on 22

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Meet Laurence Nix

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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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

Fantasycon is Coming: We Asked Members How You Can Make The Most of It

BFS members give their tips for making the most of Fantasycon – because, yep, it’s getting

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BFS Reviews

Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

1995: Camp Resolution. Seven queer children are snatched from their lives and deposited at a

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The Singularity by Dino Buzzati, translated by Anne Milano Appel

Professor Ermanno Ismani is offered a two-year contract with the Ministry of Defense. What is the

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Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Robot stories are one of the pillars of science fiction, and with the recent developments in

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A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

A Botanical Daughter takes cues from classic botanic horror stories such asThe Flowering of the

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Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

Paris in the 1860’s is the setting for Spitting Gold, a story of two sisters, Sylvie and

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THE DRAGONS OF DEEPWOOD FEN by Bradley P. Beaulieu

All indications were that a sinkhole would soon appear, and Master Korvus, the alchymist, was

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