Long Story Short: The Official Podcast of The British Fantasy Society

Welcome to BFS Shortcuts, Episode #2! Dark Fantasy author Dan Hanly faces our ten-question (really quite cosy) inquisition. This will be Shortcuts' usual 2-weekly release slot, with Long Story Short returning next week (somehow…)!

https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/

Dan's website: https://danhanly.com

Interviewed by Robin CM Duncan: https://robincmduncan.com/

Dan was reading: GALAXY IN FLAME, by Ben Counter (The Horus Heresy series, #3) (2006)

Dan’s desert island disc, TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN, by Sleep Token (2023)

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A whole new cast! Welcome to BFS Shortcuts; not replacing Long Story Short, but filling those empty weeks in which silence reigns. No longer! Ten set questions introduce authors you may not have read, but should. Found on the same channel as Long Story Short; a short episode every week, alternating with our original format. Kicking us off tomorrow, Alexandra Beaumont faces the questions!

https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/

Alex's website: https://www.folklorefantasybooks.com/

Alex's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/abeaumontwriter/

Interviewed by Robin CM Duncan: https://robincmduncan.com/

Alex was reading: WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST, by Lorraine Wilson

Alex was listening to: ONCE WE WERE KINGS, performed by the cast of "Billy Elliot"

David and Robin are schooled in the art of filmmaking by Zoe Cunningham, star and producer of looping SF conundrum VOIDANCE (2026) and also of BREAKING INFINITY (2023). Ideas, honesty and hard work are the names of the game.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/

Are you a member of the British Fantasy Society yet? Join us here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/become-a-member/

Find out more about Zoe here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6147111/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Or here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/meet-zoe-cunningham/

Visit David’s website: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/

And Robin’s: https://robincmduncan.com/

 

Time stamps

01:55 - Eastercon screening / the Cosmo factor

06:50 - storynomics: film vs print / a question of cons

11:50 - a journey in film

23:17 - sitting in the dark / oops, continuity

26:10 - supersoldiers!! / the height of nonesense

28:35 - hair today… / script is king / Sever-aint-sense

32:20 - Katie Bruce reviews THE SALT ORACLE, by Lorraine Wilson

34:17 - Sever-aint-sense (cntd.) / cup half full

39:25 - watching the detectives / trusting the director

43:25 - make or break / A.I. (not the movie)

51:52 - audience homework

54:05 - what’s next?

Robin is joined by Lex Croucher to discuss, among others, their dark academia fantasy novel THE UNMAGICAL LIFE OF BRIAR JONES. We also answer important questions like ‘What type of armour is best worn to a book signing?’

https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/

Are you a member of the British Fantasy Society yet? Join us here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/become-a-member/

Find out more about Lex here: https://www.lexcroucher.co.uk

Visit David’s website: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/

And Robin’s: https://robincmduncan.com/

 

Time stamps

02:00 - Lex’s work / a change in direction?

06:30 - A Tale of Two Schools / research / burn the rich

13:30 - Marve’s bit - 1st Ten Pages promo

14:35 - the worst of both worlds / winging it, for fun

21:00 - Shona’s bit

21:32 - a question of magic / well, that’s disappointing

27:15 - ‘classy’ inspirations

30:35 - Katie Bruce reviews THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED, by Ian Green

32:40 - ‘classy’ inspirations (cntd.) / ‘being’ Tamsyn Muir

35:40 - an unplanned sequel / a planned stand-alone

41:55 - Lauren’s bit

42:45 - keeping up appearances / signing your line away

46:25 - dressing up / crossing the convention streams

51:30 - what’s next?

Robin speaks to Rym Kechacha about her latest novel, THE APPLE AND THE PEARL. We also get into spinning plots, tricksters of the world, when corvids attack, a reading taskforce, and a good deal more.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/

Are you a member of the British Fantasy Society yet? Join us here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/become-a-member/

Our 1st Ten Pages programme is here: https://british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome

Find out more about Rym here: https://rymkechacha.squarespace.com

Visit David’s website: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/

And Robin’s: https://robincmduncan.com/

 

Time stamps

00:57 - Rym introduces THE APPLE AND THE PEARL

06:00 - Losing the plot / spinning the web

13:02 - character building

17:15 - No MC / connections to the ‘real’ world

22:05 - tricksters! / when crows attack

26:40 - auto-fiction / get with the programme

32:25 - Katie Bruce reviews THE FOX AND THE DEVIL, by Kiersten White

34:20 - Rym’s earlier novels

40:00 - stand-alone (with series potential?)

46:20 - BFS 1st Ten Pages

47:25 - Mission: in publishing / promoting reading