Conan the Destroyed: the Good, the Bad, and The Reboot
Conan the Barbarian was once a household name. Back when I was very young, the character was at the height of his popularity, and you might have seen his grim visage and muscular physique...
Best SFF books of 2020 so far: picked by the GdM team
There have been some magnificent books released this year. We asked the GdM team what they thought the best SFF books of 2020 so far were, with each member of our reviewer team putting...
Another Ten Indie Grimdark Novel Recommendations
The indie fantasy market is something that has been very good to grimdark authors. It provides a global audience for those who want to tell stories that might not be right for traditional publishers....
5 Plague-Related Video Games To Play
Most of the world remains locked down due to the coronavirus, even if some of our nations have started to open up our shops and restaurants again. Plague is something that a lot of...
12 SF must reads for grimdark fans
Coming off the back of finishing the brilliant SF romp Woken Furies by Richard K. Morgan I asked the Grimdark Magazine reviewer team what they thought were the must read SF books for grimdark...
5 Grimdark Books that Won’t Suspend Your Idea of Truth, Reality, or Science
Scientists are human beings too, and like all humans we want to add narratives to our data and experiments. Despite the temptation to influence, such desires must be resisted. Even if the human condition...
14 Female Fantasy Author Recommendations
On the Fantasy-Faction – Fantasy Book Discussion Facebook page today a gentleman asked for recommendations on what people regarded as the best fantasy written by female authors. Since I started reading fantasy in 2012...
MUSIC REVIEW: Dreaming City by Glass Hammer
It wasn’t long ago that I was listening to some of my classic rock bands and I found myself wishing that there was something out there today that had a similar feel. Sure, there...
3 freelance editors worth every red cent
When you aren’t assigned an editor by a publishing house, parsing through and selecting the right freelance editor for you can be incredibly difficult. Some are qualified, some are not; some have swish marketing...
A Post-Pandemic World: The Ultimate Cyberpunk Primer
Want to understand the surveillance-state dystopia our world has descended into? Need a primer on our cyberpunk present? Desperate to know what comes after the plague? Well friends, you’ve come to the right place....
