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BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Creating Tension & Fear
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BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Dark Fantasy v Horror
SFFH fans are no strangers to genre bending, or arguments about what defines a genre. In this
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Meet Graeme Patrick
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Ask an Expert: August 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Ghostlore: Top 5 Ghosts
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Art As Escapism – And A Metaphor for Modern Society
Justin Lee Anderson’s new book, The Damned King, is out this week. It’s being released into a world
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Ninth Life by Stark Holborn
An evocative dystopian novel that will stay in your mind for some time afterwards. The book is
Apostles of Mercy by Lindsay Ellis
This is an absorbing slow burner, but once it gets going, thrilling and compelling. Cora Sabino has
Flight from the Dark by Joe Dever
You are the sole survivor of the Kai, the protectors of Sommerlund; all your comrades and teachers
Discontinue If Death Ensues edited by Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska
This collection of feminist horror stories is beautifully presented in a metallic hardback with
Achtung! Cthulhu: Operation Oberon
Agents must go through Axis-occupied China, collect intel, and get out. It would be easy if it
Call of Cthulhu: The Order of the Stone
Vile creatures, frighteningly devoted cultists, eldritch horrors ready to be set loose upon the