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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The British Fantasy Society
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.
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We offer members fantastic opportunities and save on marketing campaigns. We also offer a publisher membership!
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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!
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Latest news on our blog
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Meet Nicolette M Ward
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 Mancunian Nicolette M Ward, who’s drawn to dark character-driven stories that explore transformation, identity and power, primarily those that…
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Turning Stranger Things Upside Down
Rick Danforth has re-watched all of Netflix’s supernatural flagship and now returns from the Upside Down to tell us about the good, the bad, and that ending…
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From Pen to Print: Nicki Pary on A Teller’s Tale
Bedridden due to chronic illness, Nicki Pary imagined escaping into another world. Those daydreams formed the basis of her first novel, A Teller’s Tale, which is out now through The Book Guild. She tells us more about what she calls a meta-novel about fantasy storytelling.
Latest reviews
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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…
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Entwined by H.M. Long
Miss Ottilie Fleet knows him to be a smuggler, but she also recognises him to be a mage, from the silver tattoos that adorn his throat, visible in the moonlight. He is dressed in old clothes though, and shows no sign of a Guild ring.…
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RETURN OF THE ANCIENTS: Unruly Tales of the Mythological Weird edited by Katy Soar
Whatever your religious beliefs, myths and legends tend to hold a fascination. Although in some cultures tales of these elder Gods and Goddesses are taken seriously, for most, they are exciting fantasy tales, often filled with heroic deeds. Most of the stories of the higher…