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
The BFS Interviews: Michael Stevens of BBC Audiobooks
Michael Stevens, Senior Content Producer at BBC Audiobooks and Demon Records, speaks with Chris Hawton, BFS member and co-host of the All-New Adventures of the Doctor Who Book Club Podcast, about his approach to the Doctor Who audiobook slate, and more.
Meet Nicole Eigener
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 head to Southern California to meet an Anglophile and Francophile who writes queer gothic vampire romance, and who claims…
The Legacy of Discworld
Fresh(ish) from a panel at World Fantasycon discussing all things Discworld, Rick Danforth reflects on the legacy of Sir Terry Pratchett’s most famous works, and why fans are still discovering new things in well-worn paperback copies.
Latest reviews
Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake
‘Girl Dinner’ is internet shorthand for a simple meal thrown together quickly. ‘Girl’ has been prefixed to a few other words as well, usually meaning making something so easy it’s almost stupid. I know it’s meant to be funny, but it makes my inner feminist…
The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi
From the moment she hatched, it was clear that Demelza was different from her sisters. She didn’t have wings, and her singing voice, although powerful as a truth spell, sounded absolutely terrible. One by one, her sisters are sent out into the world to seduce…
Out of the Past, Tales of Haunting History edited by Aaron Worth
We have a fascination with the past. Life has the appearance of being simpler without the intrusions of modern technology, and we tend to forget the privations that life held for the majority of people. For writers of horror and ghost stories, there is scope…