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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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Meet Willow Woods

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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Why Would A Horror Writer Join A Fantasy Society?

Despite the declaration that the BFS is here for all of speculative fiction, a lot of the horror

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Laura Bennett

Ask an Agent: October 2024

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

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Lyndsey Croal

10 Fearsome Foes from Scottish Folklore

Lyndsey Croal loves delving into Scottish myths and folklore to find the dark stuff. Here, she

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The 2025 BFS Writing Retreat

We are delighted to announce the 2025 BFS Writing Retreat will be taking place at Gladstones

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BFS Reviews

New Rock New Role by Richard Sparks

Within seconds of winning the RPG Grand Championship, Daxx and his friends, Grell and Qrystal, are

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THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND by William Hope Hodgson

While the majority of readers are happy to read new books without worrying about the influences

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Monstrum by Lottie Mills

Monstrum is a surreal collection of stories about humans and monsters and how they interact with

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Mood Swings by Dave Jeffery

From a master of delicate, emotional horror, Dave Jeffery presents his newest collection, MOOD

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Yoke of Stars by R.B. Lemberg

Yoke of Stars by R.B. Lemberg is a novella in the Birdsong universe, but it reads as a standalone.

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Hera by Jennifer Saint

The Titans have fallen, and battle is in the past. The Olympians rule and the earth heals. Hera,

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