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Ask an Expert: October 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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From Pen to Print: Kev Harrison on Pyres
We’re continuing our Spooktober focus on the journey of horror’s latest and greatest with Kev
Meet Carol Carman
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Peeking Behind the Masks of Occultism
London has always been home to secret societies, occult rituals, and cursed objects, but a new
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BFS News: All Change at the Top of BFS Horizons
After 6 issues and 3.5 years at the helm, Pete Sutton is stepping down as Editor of BFS
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These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology ed by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane
This anthology follows the earlier dark academia collection In These Hallowed Halls. Apart from
The Sword Triumphant by Gareth Hanrahan
Old Alf of Mulladale is regarded as a solid man. Dependable, reliable, strong, if a bit dim. But he
The Assassin’s Wrath by R.S. Moule
Disowned and blamed for his brother’s death at the hands of the vampyre Solis Deadhand,
The Gentleman and his Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide
The Gentleman and his Vowsmith is an interesting blend of genres. Primarily a historical gothic
Tor By Terry Grimwood
This is the third novel set in the universe he created in Interference, and we find out what
I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
When most people think of the kind of horror novel or film (slasher horror) the tend to think of a