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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

How To Make The Most of Your BFS Membership: by the community!

We asked our members for tips about making the most of your BFS membership. Here’s what they said.

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Andrew Knighton

Writing From Arthurian Legends

Andrew Knighton takes his mind back to Fantasycon 2024, consults his notes, and brings us this

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The BFS Book Club is Reading: The Outcast Mage

Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction reads,

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Meet Luna Profir

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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Helen Rose Thwaite

What the Heck is SFF Romance?!

Ahead of the international day of commercial lurve, we asked our resident mistress of paranormal

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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Psychological Horror

In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies

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BFS Reviews

A Pirate’s Life For Tea by Rebecca Thorne

This book is a sequel to Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, although a note in the cover states you

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Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian

The National Museum of Scotland is still missing some of its rare artefacts, yet the authorities

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The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long

Looking for a fantasy book set in a ‘What If?’ version of 16th century Antwerp? What

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Machine Vendetta by Alistair Reynolds

Prefect Tom Dreyfus works for Panoply, a small police force whose sole focus is maintaining the

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The Prince without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara

Prince Ashoka Maura is the second son of Emperor Adil and differs from his father in every way. He

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The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

Though the title might suggest a narrative which leans heavily into low fantasy, the stories inside

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