The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Latest news on our blog
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Meet G. J. Dunn
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). It’s too hot for anything serious, so we’re in the vicinity of Preston with SFF-comedy writer G. J. Dunn, who says he’s…
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Exploring Queer Horror: Virginia Woolf’s Orlando
In his new essay series on queer horror, Bronte Rowan—gothic scholar and co-chair of the Horror Writers Association’s UK chapter—dives into Virginia Woolf’s 1928 text Orlando, and discovers sexuality, gender and time are fluid—and so are we!
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From Pen to Print: David Green on Charms, Charts and Conspiracies
Following the amazing success of the British Fantasy Award-nominated first instalment in his neurodivergent-affirming series about Greton’s Marvellous Maps, David Green is set to unleash part 2 on an unsuspecting world…
Latest reviews
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Old Gods by AV Wilkes
Critically-acclaimed horror author Ally Wilkes releases her second micro-collection of previously published short stories—and with Old Gods, she’s showing there’s more in her cargo than historic polar exploration. First published places like Nightmare Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly and Cloisterfox, along with Wilkes’ entries from FOUND:…
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The Black Fox by Gerald Heard
Canon Throcton aspires to become Archdeacon, but when another canon is promoted instead, jealousy and resentment settle over Cathedral Close. Convinced that his studies of Hebrew and Arabic texts have counted against him, Throcton seeks revenge by invoking a minor curse from one of his…
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Call of Cthulhu: Campfire Tales
What happens when the adults are kidnapped, succumb to madness, or even worse? Who steps in to solve the mysteries? Well, the local kids, of course! This new supplement offers a variety of ideas and rules for playing as children in Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game.…