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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A Community for those who love Magical Creatures, Monsters and the Fantastic!
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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!
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Latest news on our blog
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Meet L.D. Colter
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Here we meet L.D. Colter, author of The Perilous Gods trilogy.
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A Folk Horror Childhood
As part of her ongoing series examining the elements of folk horror, Stephanie Ellis goes back to her own roots and asks what a folk horror childhood might look like.
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The TV That Made Us: The Singing Ringing Tree (1957/1964)
In his semi-regular column on the classic TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits an unusual East German folk tale.
Latest reviews
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ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE VOLUME 3 by Robin Hobb, Jody Houser
Well into the Red Ship War, King Shrewd and his son, Prince Verity, are in desperate need of magic users. Their ancestors foolishly allowed the Skill coteries to fall into disuse, and now they are reliant on Skillmaster Galen to find and train those open…
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REALMS OF THE ROUND TABLE compiled by John Matthews: illustrated by John Howe
The concept of the coffee-table book is a conceit aimed at promoting conversation. Today, the term often refers to a beautifully produced book that invites the observer to leaf through the pages and admire the contents. This volume is a coffee-table book. Realms of…
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The Forest of Lost Souls by Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz is an always reliable author, weaving tales with a mystical theme – often exploring spirituality, and many times with a protagonist who is a loner, an outsider who transcends their petty, human life. I first discovered his work over 30 years ago, and…