The 2025 BFS Writing Retreat
We are delighted to announce the 2025 BFS Writing Retreat will be taking place at Gladstones
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What Lurks in That Fairytale Forest?
We all know that fairytales aren’t sweetness and light – but what if that darker side
The October Challenge: What We’re Learning From Writing A Short Horror Story Every Day
Writers Kit Whitfield and Charlotte Bond have taken an October artist prompt challenge and turned
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Win a Copy of Worlds & Realms, A Celebration of 50 Years of D&D!
It’s hard to believe we’ve hit the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, that icon
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Meet Marve Michael Anson
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
A Woman’s World (Not)
Folk horror writer and poet Stephanie Ellis asks where all the older women are in
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BFS Reviews
FORGED BY BLOOD by Ehigbor Okosun
When high fantasy began to be popular, it tended to model itself on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of
Any Human Power by Manda Scott
Alanna Penhaligon lies dying in a hospital bed. She has spent her life preparing for this moment.
Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin
Xue is tired of her secluded life in the entertainment house. Playing her quin is the one thing
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
THE TRAITOR by Anthony Ryan
Alwyn Scribe remains at Evadine’s side, his feelings for her burning brightly even as he
Fyneshade by Kate Griffin
Writing a novel with a distinctly unlikeable main protagonist can be a bit of a tightrope: make