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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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Shown is a graphic that has a background of blue mountains over a calm lake with a low sun shining. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. At the bottom left and right is a silhouette of a person with balled up pieces of paper rising up from the head. Photos: PS Livingstone (top left); Gretchen Felker-Martin (top right); Virginia McClain (bottom left); Scott J. Moses (bottom right).

BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Writing Grief, Sex & Violence

Grief, sex and violence are a part of the human experience, for good or for ill. As a writer, how

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of blue mountains over a calm lake with a low sun shining. Surrounding the names in the middle is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. At the bottom left and right is a silhouette of a person with balled up pieces of paper rising up from the head. Photos: Shona Kinsella (left); Dave Jeffery (right).

BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Interview with Dave Jeffery

BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews bestselling author and mental health champion Dave

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BFS Reviews

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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The Waking of Angantyr by Marie Brennan

The Waking of Angantyr has everything going for it: Vikings, berserkers, blood magic, Norse gods,

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Among the Living by Tim Lebbon

Among the Living is a fast-paced thriller set in the Deep North. Climate change is altering our

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Freakslaw by Jane Flett

It’s summer in Pitlaw, a Scottish mining town where horizons and options are limited. Into

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