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Dr Kevan Manwaring

Celebrating George MacDonald for BFS Journal #25

New editor of the BFS Journal Dr Kevan Manwaring reflects on his first issue, and his plans for a

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Dominic Miles

Writing Respectfully About Colonial Horrors

A trip to Australia and an ominous street name sent Dominic Miles’s imagination aflutter. His

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Matthew Palmer

How Dungeons and Dragons Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected

With the 50th anniversary of D&D upon us, Matthew Palmer contemplates the impact that 35 years of

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Meet Paul A. Green

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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Carl Bayley

My First Fantasycon: Why I’m So Glad I Went!

Scotland-based fantasy writer Carl Bayley let his curiosity get the better of him and grabbed a

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Announcing the BFS Book Club!

Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction reads,

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BFS Reviews

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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The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

The Bishop-Clairmont family have fallen into a perfect routine of bliss, spreading their time

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