• Announcement:

    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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Dominic Miles

Writing Respectfully About Colonial Horrors

A trip to Australia and an ominous street name sent Dominic Miles’s imagination aflutter. His

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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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BFS Reviews

The Last Bloodcarver

When Daltanny invaded the little island of Yarong, they found Heartsoothers, men and women who have

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The Festival of Hungry Ghosts

The Festival of Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Frame Champagne Book Group, kindle, £3.25 Reviewed by

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The front cover for Red River Seven by A. J. Ryan. The cover is red. There is a trail of black smoke weaving down the middle of the page, thin at the top and thick at the bottom. The title works are in white running down the middle of the page.

Red River Seven

RED RIVER SEVEN by A.J. Ryan RED RIVER SEVEN by A.J. Ryan. Orbit Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by

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