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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a greyscale decrepit corridor. In the middle is a shadowy figure. Around the image are blood spatters and bloody handprints. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Lauren McMenemy, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Marko Hautala, Lorrain Wilson.

BFS Online: Something Monstrous, Dark Fantasy v Horror

SFFH fans are no strangers to genre bending, or arguments about what defines a genre. In this

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Meet Graeme Patrick

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 Expert: August 2025

In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative

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Corinne Pollard

Ghostlore: Top 5 Ghosts

As a horror writer and fan of the spooky stuff, Corinne Pollard has read and written her fair share

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Justin Lee Anderson

Art As Escapism – And A Metaphor for Modern Society

Justin Lee Anderson’s new book, The Damned King, is out this week. It’s being released into a world

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Meet Jon Cronshaw

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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BFS Reviews

The Book that Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence

Anne Hoffman was minding her grandfather’s second-hand bookshop when a noise from within the many

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Diathesis by Ishmael A Soledad

Set roughly 100 years in the future, Diathesis focuses on a selection of seemingly unconnected

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Awakened by Laura Elliott

Post-apocalyptic UK. Microchips in people’s brains, designed to help them function better

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Pendragon: Gamemaster’s Handbook

Chivalry, glory, romance, and adventure. What more could someone expect from the Arthurian tabletop

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Dragonfire Issue 4

Lunitar Productions has published a fourth offering of its free magazine, DragonFire. There

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Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

This is the second book in the series, following up to the successful Assistant to The Villain.

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