Ask an Expert: March 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 3
For Women in Horror month, Stephanie Ellis has been in the research trenches talking to women over
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Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror? Part 2
For Women in Horror month, here’s part two of Stephanie Ellis’s conversations with women over the
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Is it Downhill After 50 for Women in Horror?
For Women in Horror month, Stephanie Ellis has been in the research trenches talking to women over
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Meet Heather Ivatt
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
What Exactly is “Cosy” Speculative Fiction?
What exactly do readers mean when they talk about “cosy” fiction? We asked our members, and they
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The Resort
The beauty industry is always ripe for satire. There’s something particularly satisfying about
The Well of All Fear
Victorian England is synonymous with prudish people hiding their vices in whatever closet they
A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
In less than a year Talasyn has gone from an orphaned soldier of the hurricane wars with a tenuous
The Redemption of Morgan Bright By Chris Panatier
One of the reasons why books are written, particularly in the SF/fantasy/horror genre, is as a dire
The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter
In the coastal town of St Sinwin’s, in the great house his money purchased, Violet is at her
Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim
The Empire killed her family and only one thing drives Loran now: the desire for vengeance. In