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Lovecraft Ezine #14 – special women’s issue – out now
Lovecraft Ezine #14 – special women’s issue – out now(0)

Issue 14 of the Lovecraft Ezine is now online. This is a special issue with the emphasis on women’s Lovecraftian fiction and artwork, and female characters in Lovecraft-inspired tales. Contents are: A Beer and Tentacles by Holliann Kim Now She Preys Through Endless Days by Jenna M. Pitman Fiesta of Our Lady by Ann K.

New Terry Grimwood novel available now from Blood Moon Press
New Terry Grimwood novel available now from Blood Moon Press(0)

A new novel by Terry Grimwood, Axe, is now available from Blood Moon Press in paperback and ebook formats. About the book: “Middle-aged teenager and rough diamond, Steve Turner, plays part-time rock and roll and dreams of the success that he knows has passed him by. Until a scrap of yellowing paper covered in handwritten

Solaris acquires mass market rights to Lavie Tidhar’s Osama
Solaris acquires mass market rights to Lavie Tidhar’s Osama(0)

Solaris has acquired world English mass market rights to Lavie Tidhar’s highly-praised and BSFA Award-nominated novel Osama. Lauded as one of the most significant genre books of the year, the mass market version of Osama will be released in October 2012. The most exciting, daring and sensitive fictional engagement with the post-9/11 era, Osama is

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Bloomsbury to publish urban fantasy series by Oxford undergraduate, Samantha Shannon
Bloomsbury to publish urban fantasy series by Oxford undergraduate, Samantha Shannon(0)

Bloomsbury has pre-empted world English rights in The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon in a major three book deal and will publish the first of the seven book series in print and ebook globally on 12 September 2013, after the author graduates from Oxford University. Bloomsbury Editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle moved to acquire the series from

Horror author Michael Louis Calvillo dies aged 37
Horror author Michael Louis Calvillo dies aged 37(0)

SFScope announces the death of horror author Michael Louis Calvillo on 30 April 2012 following his battle with cancer. He was 37. A Bram Stoker finalist twice, with his 2007 novel I Will Rise and this year with his novella 7 Brains, his other books include Death & Desires in the Age of Women, Blood

Octavia E. Butler SF classics to be released as ebooks by Open Road
Octavia E. Butler SF classics to be released as ebooks by Open Road(0)

SFScope reports that a number of Octavia E. Butler‘s acclaimed and award-winning SF novels will be published in electronic format for the first time by Open Road Integrated Media. These include the Nebula Award-winning Parable of the Talents and the Xenogenesis trilogy. Butler, who died in 2006, was the first African-American woman to come to

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Chomu Press publishing schedule for 2012
Chomu Press publishing schedule for 2012(0)

Dadaoism, the first anthology from Chomu Press, is now available. From the website: “Editors Justin Isis and Quentin S. Crisp have selected twenty-six novellas, short stories and poems setting out an aesthetic manifesto of rich and stimulating prose style, explosively unhindered imagination and anarchic experimentation.” As we have come to expect from Chomu, this is

Screaming Dreams starts to release Kindle editions of its back catalogue
Screaming Dreams starts to release Kindle editions of its back catalogue(0)

Screaming Dreams has started to release Kindle editions of some of its books. Not all of the existing print titles will be released for Kindle through Screaming Dreams because of contracts some authors have signed with other publishers. But, whenever possible, Screaming Dreams will now release both print and Kindle versions of past and future

Winners of the Where Are We Going? postcard competition at BFS Open Night
Winners of the Where Are We Going? postcard competition at BFS Open Night(0)

The most recent BFS London Open Night saw the launch of Where Are We Going? from Eibonvale Press, edited by Allen Ashley. The publisher ran a “Write a Postcard” competition which was judged on the night by Allen Ashley. The winners were: Martin Roberts, Tina Rath and John Forth, and each won an Eibonvale prize.

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Reviewsshow all reviews

Dead World By Shaun Jeffrey. ebook review
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DEAD WORLD By Shaun Jeffrey, Published by Deshca Press 2012, £0.97 Kindle edition Reviewed by David A. Riley Shaun Jeffrey

The Spook And The Spirit In The Stone by Jilly Paddock. Ebook review
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THE SPOOK AND THE SPIRIT IN THE STONE by Jilly Paddock, Cathaven Press, Ebook, £0.77, http://tabbycat.wordpress.com/about/the-spook-and-the-spirit-in-the-stone/ Reviewed by Stewart Horn

The Songs Of Phera Main by Simon Yates. Book review
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THE SONGS OF PHERA MAIN by Simon Yates, Matador (self-published), 232pp p/back, £6.99 Reviewed by R A Bardy (@mangozoid) Set

Horror For Good: A Charitable Anthology edited by Mark C. Scioneaux, R.J. Cavender, Robert S. Wilson. Book review
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HORROR FOR GOOD: A Charitable Anthology edited by Mark C. Scioneaux, R.J. Cavender, Robert S. Wilson, Cutting Block Press, p/b,

Death Metal by Armand Rosamilia. Ebook Review
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DEATH METAL by Armand Rosamilia, Rymfire Books, kindle, £1.92/$2.99, http://rymfirebooks.wordpress.com/rymfire-horror/ Reviewed by David Brzeski Armand Rosamilia usually writes violent zombie

Rifts:Path of the Storm by Matthew Clements. RPG supplement review
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RIFTS: PATH OF THE STORM by Matthew Clements, Palladium Books p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Steve Dean Something different from Palladium

Dark Aeons: The Atlantean Chronicles by Brian-Joseph Baker et al. Roleplaying Game Review
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DARK AEONS: THE ATLANTEAN CHRONICLES by Brian-Joseph Baker, Joshua D. Brice, Dillon Langlands & John Bromley, Stardust Publications PDF –

The Female of the Species & Other Terror Tales By Richard Davis. Book review
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THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES & OTHER TERROR TALES By Richard Davis, (“Writers from the Shadows #1″), Shadow Publishing 2012,

Paradox Lost by Adrian L. Youseman. Book review
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PARADOX LOST by Adrian L. Youseman, Matador (self-published), £8.99 Reviewed by R A Bardy (@mangozoid) This book infuriated me. What

Queen Rat. Book Review
Queen Rat. Book Review(0)

QUEEN RAT by Kim Lakin-Smith. Murkee. £4.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins Princess Ratiana Clementine Saint John of the submersible Victoriana

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BFS Committee announcement
BFS Committee announcement(0)

The BFS committee is pleased to announce that Neil Ford has joined as Webmaster for the society. Neil has over

Lists of members’ recommendations for British Fantasy Awards
Lists of members’ recommendations for British Fantasy Awards(2)

Following announcement of the shortlist for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards, the long lists from which the shortlisted works/candidates were

Download your digital copy of the BFS Journal and Shelflings
Download your digital copy of the BFS Journal and Shelflings(0)

BFS members should have received their email detailing how to download their digital copy of the Spring BFS Journal. From

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Lists of members’ recommendations for British Fantasy Awards
Lists of members’ recommendations for British Fantasy Awards(2)

Following announcement of the shortlist for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards, the long lists from which the shortlisted works/candidates were

Ramsey Campbell first confirmed GoH at the Stoker Awards 2013
Ramsey Campbell first confirmed GoH at the Stoker Awards 2013(0)

The Horror Writers Association has announced BFS President Ramsey Campbell as their first Guest of Honour for the Bram Stoker

2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalists announced
2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalists announced(0)

The finalists have been announced for the 2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel. They are: Ready

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