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Adrian Tchaikovsky

Ask an Expert: April 2025

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

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Vicky Brewster

Writing for LARP: The Sandbox Approach

You enjoy the experience, the dressing up, the improvisation—but what exactly goes into

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Meet Natalie Milne

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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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Places people should not go

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

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M F Alfrey

Disturbing body horror creatures and how to spawn them

M F Alfrey—known for his creepy crawlies and body horror terror—looks at what makes a

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Meet Robin Riback

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 Resort

The beauty industry is always ripe for satire. There’s something particularly satisfying

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The Well of All Fear

Victorian England is synonymous with prudish people hiding their vices in whatever closet they

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A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon

In less than a year Talasyn has gone from an orphaned soldier of the hurricane wars with a tenuous

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The Redemption of Morgan Bright By Chris Panatier

One of the reasons why books are written, particularly in the SF/fantasy/horror genre, is as a dire

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The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter

In the coastal town of St Sinwin’s, in the great house his money purchased, Violet is at her

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Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim

The Empire killed her family and only one thing drives Loran now: the desire for vengeance. In

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