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
A New Meet-Cute For Indie Authors & Reviewers
Author and editor Justin Lee Anderson is launching a new service to bring indie authors with books to launch into the orbit of those “bookfluencers” who can help spread the word.
The TV That Made Us: The Stranger (1964-65)
In his semi-regular column on the classic TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits The Stranger, the first SF dramatic series made for Australian television, and which first aired in the mid-1960s.
From Pen to Print: Philip Reeve on Bridge of Storms
More than two decades since Mortal Engines was published, Philip Reeve revisits that world with his new release, Bridge of Storms. But how did he get here? And why does he keep going back to that world?
Latest reviews
The Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
The end of the previous book saw Rune sailing away from her homeland with uncertain allies. Her secret identity, as both a witch and as the Crimson Moth, is in tatters, and she’s running out of people she can trust: Alex is dead, Gideon has…
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
The sequel to the very funny How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, Wexler does not disappoint with the tricky second book in the Dark Lord Davi duology. It had been a good year or two since I’d read the first book, so…
Rose/House by Arkady Martine
There is a lot to like about this novella: intriguing characters, deep imagination, and a very engaging idea that blooms at the heart of the story. This is very much a piece that made me think, and I like that. It’s certainly what I want…