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
Voting Opens For This Year’s British Fantasy Awards!
The time has come: voting is now open for this year’s British Fantasy Awards! Here’s what you need to know before opening up the form…
Folk Horror: Into the Woods
As part of her ongoing series examining the elements of folk horror, Stephanie Ellis has us talking to trees. What is hiding in the sacred groves, and where might it be leading you?
Why Study Fantasy? A Character Creator
Dr Gabriel Elvery, recently awarded their PhD, provides this character sheet for the types of people who study fantasy—and what they might get out of it.
Latest reviews
When the Moon Hits your Eye by John Scalzi
Imagine the challenge – a group of students in the pub or a gang of fans in the bar – who can come up with the craziest idea for a novel. Then the next challenge is how to change that idea into a novel. The…
Let A Sleeping Witch Lie by Elizabeth Walter
Beginning writers are often told to ‘write about what you know’. It equally applies to writing about where you know, and knowledge can also include local tales and legends. Elizabeth Walter is best known for her supernatural stories, which can still hold their own amongst…
The Spice Gate by Prashanth Srivatsa
The Spice Gate is set in a secondary world consisting of six of what are essentially islands, which are separated, however, not by sea but by the impenetrable Outerlands. Each island is associated with a spice: Raluha with saffron, Halmora with turmeric, Jhanak with cinnamon,…