The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Eat The Ones You Love is such a great title. I expected plant-based horror akin to The Day of the
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
There is a long tradition of novels based around a ‘found’ manuscript. Often it is framed
The Dream Traveller: Dark Rising by John Nassari
I really enjoyed this fantasy novel, combining almost futuristic-leaning magic with intriguing and
The Memory Shades by David Watkins
Part creature feature, part sci-fi horror, part psychological terror, the latest from David Watkins
The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe
Reading The Night Ship calls to mind a number of other great SF horror tales: Stephen King’s The
The Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
The end of the previous book saw Rune sailing away from her homeland with uncertain allies. Her