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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

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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THE TRAITOR by Anthony Ryan

Alwyn Scribe remains at Evadine’s side, his feelings for her burning brightly even as he

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Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

Writing a novel with a distinctly unlikeable main protagonist can be a bit of a tightrope: make

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WARRIOR OF THE WIND by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

For too many years, the idea of fantasy was to follow the Tolkeinesk route. While there might be

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X-Men ‘97

It seems hard to imagine that back in 1992, ‘The X-Men’ were a pretty obscure

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The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

Harry is a lifelong horror film fan, so when she gets a job cleaning for renowned horror director

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