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Fantasycon 2024: Meet The Dealers!

We asked the dealers at this year’s Fantasycon to tell us who they are and what they’re selling. In

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Helen Thwaite

Fantasycon is Even More Inclusive Thanks to the Generosity of Members

We’re entering the home straight: Fantasycon looms in the near-future! To get us ready, we

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Olivie Blake

EXCLUSIVE: Short Story From Olivie Blake’s New Collection, Januaries

We’re excited to present an exclusive extract from Olivie Blake’s new collection of stories of

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E.D.E. Bell

Finding A Voice and Backing Important Speculative Works Through Crowdfunding

E.D.E. Bell of Atthis Arts – a small independent publisher based out of Detroit, USA and new BFS

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Alethea Lyons

Ignore Whatever Anxiety Is Telling You: Fantasycon Is Welcoming

We’re entering the home straight: Fantasycon looms in the near-future! To get us ready, we

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Meet Steve Morgan

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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BFS Reviews

A FEATHER SO BLACK by Lyra Selene

The day Fia Ní Mainnín appeared in the High Queen’s home, her daughter Eala, Princess

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A Poisoner’s Tale by Cathryn Kemp

Rome 1656: Two sicknesses are stalking the streets of Rome; the Plague and a clear liquid, four

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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

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Any Human Power by Manda Scott

Alanna Penhaligon lies dying in a hospital bed. She has spent her life preparing for this moment.

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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

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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

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