• 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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Geoff Holder

Strange SFFH Music: The Space Lady

In this first of a new series looking at the weird and wonderful of speculative-leaning music,

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David Green

Searching For People Like Me

A question at Eastercon had David Green pondering why the neurodivergent creatives seek out other

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Meet Bronte Rowan

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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Voting Opens For This Year’s British Fantasy Awards!

The time has come: voting is now open for this year’s British Fantasy Awards! Here’s what you need

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Stephanie Ellis

Folk Horror: Into the Woods

As part of her ongoing series examining the elements of folk horror, Stephanie Ellis has us talking

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Gabriel Elvery

Why Study Fantasy? A Character Creator

Dr Gabriel Elvery, recently awarded their PhD, provides this character sheet for the types of

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BFS Reviews

Five Mini-Adventures – PDF (Shadowdark RPG)

The OSR movement trudges ever onward, and mixed in the fray is the game, Shadowdark, from

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Cursed Scroll Zine, Vol. 1: Diablerie! RPG Zine

One of the great aspects of tabletop role-playing games is how open-ended they are. This

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Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff

The remaining heads of the vampire clans are descending upon the Empress Margot, demanding the

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The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim

This excellent novel is set in contemporary Korea, but with a twist. It’s a world that is

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Citadel of the Moon by Mike Chinn

After ‘Hail the New Age’ at the end of last year, Mike Chinn returns us to the cold-hearted

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Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher

There is a fashion for rewriting and reinterpreting fairy tales. Some readers find this comforting

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