Planning a Series: Notes from a Fantasycon Panel
Andrew Knighton was furiously scribbling notes during Fantasycon sessions; here, he shares insights
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Meet Dominic Miles
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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Ask an Agent: November 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agent, Laura Bennett of the Liverpool
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My First Fantasycon: Author EditionÂ
A month on from Chester, Marve Michael Anderson reflects on her first Fantasycon – especially as an
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The BFS Book Club is Reading: The Silverblood Promise
Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction reads,
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What Are Your Comfort Reads?
Our members share their comfort reads, those books and properties they turn to when they need a
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Freakslaw by Jane Flett
It’s summer in Pitlaw, a Scottish mining town where horizons and options are limited. Into
Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
1995: Camp Resolution. Seven queer children are snatched from their lives and deposited at a
The Singularity by Dino Buzzati, translated by Anne Milano Appel
Professor Ermanno Ismani is offered a two-year contract with the Ministry of Defense. What is the
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Robot stories are one of the pillars of science fiction, and with the recent developments in
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
A Botanical Daughter takes cues from classic botanic horror stories such asThe Flowering of the
Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis
Paris in the 1860’s is the setting for Spitting Gold, a story of two sisters, Sylvie and