A Community for those who love Magical Creatures, Monsters and the Fantastic!
What do we do here?
Community
We connect fantasy readers, writers, industry professionals. We offer many opportunities to gather, both in-person and online to share the love of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction writing!
Celebrate
Fantasycon and the British Fantasy Awards help our community enjoy, connect, network and get recognition. Join us for our annual events, or find out about past awards.
Support
Helping writers, publishers, agents, and fans (and anyone else interested in SFFH). Advice, moral support, ways to increase their reach and knowledge.
Promotion
We offer members fantastic opportunities and save on marketing campaigns. We also offer a publisher membership!
Publication
BFS Horizons magazine and BFS Journal are just two of the ways our members and others can find opportunities to get their writing out there!
Inform
Members receive exclusive news via our newsletter and Discord, and non-members get access to our blogs and social media too.
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Latest news on our blog
Meet Zhui Ning Chang
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’re in London with Zhui Ning Chang, editor-in-chief at khōréō and the human behind Asian Pirate Musical.
World Fantasy Awards Shortlist Announced
Who’s made the shortlist for this year’s World Fantasy Awards? Find out here, then book your ticket for the event in Brighton to see the winners revealed.
Meet S. Naomi Scott
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’re headed to Sheffield to meet S. Naomi Scott, whose love of SFF started with Star Wars and The Hobbit…
Latest reviews
The Gryphon King by Sara Omer
When he was just fourteen, Bataar killed a gryphon, though the price he and his friends paid was high and none of them survived unscathed. Bataar should have died at birth, but somehow he survived and harboured a secret all his life – he can…
City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley
Jamie Pike and Esther Pike are cousins, and they both live in the city of Fairharbour, which appears to be situated in a fantasy world in which the technology is on a level with our own. But the cousins have no way of reaching each…
The Book that Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence
Anne Hoffman was minding her grandfather’s second-hand bookshop when a noise from within the many out-of-sight aisles captures her attention, for none had entered the bookshop. There is the sound of rain outside, and a falling book inside. Now a policeman arrives from outside, hostile,…