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Matthew Palmer

How Dungeons and Dragons Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected

With the 50th anniversary of D&D upon us, Matthew Palmer contemplates the impact that 35 years of

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Meet Paul A. Green

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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Carl Bayley

My First Fantasycon: Why I’m So Glad I Went!

Scotland-based fantasy writer Carl Bayley let his curiosity get the better of him and grabbed a

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Announcing the BFS Book Club!

Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction reads,

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Alexandra Beaumont

Beasts of Moor and Mine: Folklore and Folk Horror in the Cornish wilds

Ahead of her appearance leading a panel of folkloric fantasy writers in a London book store,

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Will McCloughlin

D&D, Writing and My Favourite Word: Verisimilitude

Will McCloughlin has a whole lotta love for Dungeons & Dragons – and he’ll be leading four fantasy

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BFS Reviews

THE GAUNTLET AND THE BROKEN CHAIN by Ian Green

The immortal mage, Tullen One-Eye, the one they call Deathless, is back. Lothal, the god-wolf, is

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Medea by Rosie Hewlett

Medea is a prisoner in her father’s house, Aeetes, King of Colchis. Where once he reviled her

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The striking and seductive Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada is the secretive heroine of this beautifully

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The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness by Matt Ottley

The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness follows a boy through a journey with mental illness.

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The Dark Side of the Sky

THE DARK SIDE OF THE SKY by Francesco Dimitri. Titan Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise

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The Fireborne Blade

Once the King’s favourite, Maddileh is now a knight disgraced, searching for an opportunity

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