After Death by Dean Koontz Thomas & Mercer, pb, £6.99 Reviewed by John Dodd I’ve never read Dean Koontz before, and given the volume of work he’s put out there over the years, that always seemed like a massive oversight. After Death begins with Michael Mace walking into the offices… Read More »After Death
Art has long been a key feature of speculative fiction, whether it’s gorgeous maps in your epic fantasy book, illustrations of fantastical creatures, or book covers to drool over, we love it all. So this year, we are very excited to launch the BFS Art Competition. Running alongside the Short… Read More »Introducing the BFS Art Competition
Eversion by Alastair Reynolds Gollancz, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Silas Coade is the doctor on the Demeter, a sail ship searching the Norwegian fjords for a rumoured passageway to an unexplored lagoon. All the men on board could make their fortune with this discovery. But something is wrong… Read More »Eversion
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro Titan Books, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Alejandra is all things to all people but nothing to herself. She tries to be the perfect wife and the perfect mother but feels she fails at both, and in her despair, Alejandra is tormented… Read More »The Haunting of Alejandra
Al-Azif Unearthed: The Unraveling – A Classic-era Scenario for Call of Cthulhu, by John Crowdis, C2023 , Price: £7.89, Website Review by Seth Stauffer Tragedy is perhaps a perfect theme for Lovecraftian horror, and that is the undercurrent through a mission that begins in a warzone, includes a mysterious artifact with… Read More »Al-Azif Unearthed: The Unraveling. RPG Review
THE TEN PERCENT THIEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan from Rebellion Publishing #BookReview #SciFi #Dystopia #Dystopian THE TEN PERCENT THIEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan. Rebellion. h/b. £16.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Apex City, where Bell Corporation governs through a system of meritocracy. The Twenty Percent is what John is aiming for. He has… Read More »THE TEN PERCENT THIEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan.
The first weekend of March saw the inaugural BFS Writing Retreat at Gladstones Library in Flintshire, and it couldn’t have been better. We arrived on Friday afternoon, and after checking in and putting our luggage away, we met in the gorgeous Gladstone Room, a spacious yet comfortable common room filled… Read More »BFS Retreat Roundup
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten Orbit Books, HB, £14.45 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Lore is a drug dealer’s runner. She spends her time avoiding the law both because of her dubious occupation and affinity with the outlawed death magic. When a job goes… Read More »The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
What would speculative fiction be without it’s fantastical creatures? From Dragons to imps, werewolves to Tatterskins, we love them all. Our final panel of Saturday’s Building Worlds event discusses fantastical creatures in all their glory. Why do we love them so much? What do they bring to our tales? How… Read More »February Event – The Bestiary: Writing Fantastical Creatures
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Maureen Kincaid Speller on Sunday evening. Maureen Speller was an active member of the genre community since around 1980 and was someone whom others could always look to for advice and support. She often worked in the background, helping others… Read More »Maureen Speller (1959-2022)