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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Readings

We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror –

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Sarah Elliott

Why I Love Buffy – Even Though She’s Not Black!

Connection. Disconnection. Reconnection. These are themes that run through all of us. Yes,

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Andrew Knighton

Planning a Series: Notes from a Fantasycon Panel

Andrew Knighton was furiously scribbling notes during Fantasycon sessions; here, he shares insights

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Meet Dominic Miles

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: November 2024

In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agent, Laura Bennett of the Liverpool

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Marve Michael Anson

My First Fantasycon: Author Edition 

A month on from Chester, Marve Michael Anderson reflects on her first Fantasycon – especially as an

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BFS Reviews

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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The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey

Humans have been on Anjiin for so long that they have forgotten how they arrived there. They live a

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Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

Once a sitcom darling, Willow is now a fallen star, the latest victim of internet cancel culture;

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