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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Meet Dave Jeffery
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Tags: Dystopia, horror, Members, mental health, profile
Reviews: All About The Book-Tempting?
Matt Cavanagh– better known to most as Womble from Run Along the Shelves – tells us
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Celebrating George MacDonald for BFS Journal #25
New editor of the BFS Journal Dr Kevan Manwaring reflects on his first issue, and his plans for a
Tags: academia, BFS Journal, Fantasy, non-fiction
Writing Respectfully About Colonial Horrors
A trip to Australia and an ominous street name sent Dominic Miles’s imagination aflutter. His
Tags: Colonialism, horror, Supernatural
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
Tags: D&D, Dungeons and dragons, RPG
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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Medea by Rosie Hewlett
Medea is a prisoner in her father’s house, Aeetes, King of Colchis. Where once he reviled her
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
The striking and seductive Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada is the secretive heroine of this beautifully
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.
The Dark Side of the Sky
THE DARK SIDE OF THE SKY by Francesco Dimitri. Titan Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise
The Fireborne Blade
Once the King’s favourite, Maddileh is now a knight disgraced, searching for an opportunity
Burn the Negative
Okay, I’m hooked before we even start, as I have to admit I’m a sucker for horror