BFS Online: Inspiration – History & Current Affairs
Does life imitate art or is it the other way around? How do historical events and the world we live in influence the stories we tell?
Find out more about our panel.
Does life imitate art or is it the other way around? How do historical events and the world we live in influence the stories we tell?
Find out more about our panel.
TRIAL OF THE SUN QUEEN by Nisha J. Tull. Orbit Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Lor has been imprisoned in Nostraza for 12 years and, after all that time, still has no idea why the Aurora King decided to send her and her siblings there. Her brother, Tristan,… Read More »Trial of the Sun Queen
THE DARKNESS BEFORE THEM by Matthew Ward. Orbit Books. p/b. £10.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. In the Kingdom of Khalad, Katija Arvish is a talented thief with one aim – to clear the debts left by her father. Debts that plunged her family into ruin. One big job should do… Read More »The Darkness Before
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, we meet Nottingham-based fan of all things supernatural and vampire, the fabulous Sarah Elliott.
THE LOST CAUSE By Cory Doctorow HeadOfZeus, hb, £18.40 Reviewed Christine Downie I looked forward to reading this book and was certainly not disappointed. Set thirty years in the future, the world is in the terrifying grip of extreme climate change, and society has become polarised into factions. Some are… Read More »The lost cause
In this second edition of her new regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies—takes us on a dive into the world of Sword & Sorcery.
EDENVILLE by Sam Rebelein Titan Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Cam and Quinn live in an apartment that is allegedly haunted, though the two of them have seen little evidence of that so far, which is not helping Cam to get his horror novel written. No words are… Read More »Edenville
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, it’s one of the BFS review crew, Stephen Frame.
A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL by Hailey Piper. Titan Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Chapel Hill. A scream, or did she imagine it? 18-year-old Olivia Abraham is on her way to work – the drive-through movie theatre – but arranged to stop on the way and pick up Sunflower,… Read More »A Light Most Hateful
HOLY GHOSTS: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny edited by Fiona Snailham British Library Tales of the Weird p/b £9.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson This collection of short stories about the supernatural edited by Fiona Snailham is mistitled. The subtitle is more appropriate. Entities traditionally described as ghosts rarely… Read More »Holy Ghosts