The British Fantasy Society is thrilled to announce the first Guest of Honour for Fantasycon 2024, award winning fantasy novelist, Stephen Aryan. Stephen Aryan was born in Iran in 1977 and raised in Whitley Bay, on the north east coast of the UK. He has been reading fantasy since a… Read More »Fantasycon 2024 Guest of Honour
The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan from @angryrobotbooks #BookReview #Fantasy #History The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan Angry Robot Books, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Hulagu Khan, the grandson of the great Genghis Khan, has one purpose: to continue his grandfather’s dream of building a single Mongolian empire covering… Read More »The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan
Whatever subgenre of speculative fiction you’re working in, it’s likely to involve some worldbuilding, whether that’s creating a brand new word, or tweaking the one we have. We’ve invited four wonderful writers to talk to us about the ways they approach this element of their craft. Stephen Aryan is the… Read More »February Event – Approaches to Worldbuilding