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
From Pen to Print: Stewart Hotston on Project Hanuman
Celebrating the release of his latest SF opus, the space opera Project Hanuman – out now through Angry Robot – author (and BFS treasurer!) Stewart Hotston walks us through the genesis of the book.
From Pen to Print: Shona Kinsella on Daughters of Nicnevin
Celebrating the release of her latest historical fantasy witchlit novel, Daughters of Nicnevin – out today through Flame Tree Publishing – BFS Chair Shona Kinsella walks us through the genesis of the book.
The TV That Made Us: Tom’s Midnight Garden (1974 & 1989)
In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Tom’s Midnight Garden, a Carnegie Medal-winning novel that’s had multiple adaptations
Latest reviews
The Mad Butterfly’s Ball Ed by Preston Grassm & Chris Kelso
There are a number of creatures that provoke terror in more people than any others. At the top of that list are spiders and snakes, followed closely by dogs and insects. It is not surprising then that horror stories have been woven about such creatures…
House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
It was only two days ago that Alma met her father, Lord Zander Avera, vessel of a god. An illegitimate child, Alma grew up in her mother’s care in the slums of Merey, only now her mother is sick, and her father seems to be…
Born of an Iron Storm by Anthony Ryan
With two of the Sister Queens she serves dead, and Ascarlia under threat, Thera Speldrenda, the Blackspear, has succeeded in seeking support from those of the Outer Isles. It has come at a cost, though. Injured, dragged back on board the ship, Thera must recover…