REVIEW: Creepshow #3

In Creepshow #3, we have two fetching stories that will linger long under your skin (that itch, as story one, Eternity, Eternity, Eternity, reveals, may be a race of long...
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REVIEW: Creepshow #3

REVIEW: The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo

Atia is a killer. She is also a lost girl, one who has had to deal with grief and loss. Alexandra Christo’s The Night Hunt is high on the scale...
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REVIEW: The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo

REVIEW: My Brother’s Keeper by Tim Powers

My Brother's Keeper is the latest novel from World Fantasy Award-winning author Tim Powers. Powers may be familiar to readers with a career spanning decades and scores of books to his...
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REVIEW: My Brother’s Keeper by Tim Powers

REVIEW: Twilight of the Gods by Scott Oden

It is the year 1218, and deep in the wilds of Scandinavia there is a sense that Fimbulvetr, the final winter presaging Ragnarök, is at hand. While the Norse, Danes,...
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REVIEW: Twilight of the Gods by Scott Oden

REVIEW: Interview with the Vampire Season One 2022

I worked through AMC’s Interview with Vampire over a few days and really enjoyed it. I was literally open-mouthed at the finale
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REVIEW: Interview with the Vampire Season One 2022

REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #5 by Jim Zub (W) and Doug Braithwaite (A)

Conan the Barbarian #5 marks a promising start for the second story arc.
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REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #5 by Jim Zub (W) and Doug Braithwaite (A)

REVIEW: Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead by K. J. Parker

The plot is thoroughly unpredictable and the snarky main character Saevus really made the story for me. 
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REVIEW: Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead by K. J. Parker

An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss – Part 3

We are delighted to release the third and final installment of Grimdark Magazine’s exclusive three-hour interview with Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle, including the bestselling novels The Name of...
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An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss – Part 3

Fiction open submissions window 2024

It has been a while, authors. AI reared its ugly head causing widespread problems across the fiction industry for publishers, authors, artists, and competition runners, and because of that, we...
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Fiction open submissions window 2024

Baldur’s Gate Retrospective

Everyone has a book, movie, or video game that has a special place in their hearts. The actual medium doesn't matter but the story or characters tantalized you enough that...
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Baldur’s Gate Retrospective
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REVIEW: The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo REVIEW: The Night Hunt by Alexandra...
REVIEW: My Brother’s Keeper by Tim Powers REVIEW: My Brother’s Keeper by Tim Powers
REVIEW: Twilight of the Gods by Scott Oden REVIEW: Twilight of the Gods by...
REVIEW: Interview with the Vampire Season One 2022 REVIEW: Interview with the Vampire Season...
REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #5 by Jim Zub (W) and Doug Braithwaite (A) REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian #5 by...
REVIEW: Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead by K. J. Parker REVIEW: Saevus Corax Deals with the...
An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss – Part 3 An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss –...
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Writing About Firearms

Burke ripped his revolver from his holster, diving into cover as his prey opened fire. Rounds sent chips of concrete flying through the air. Ducking round his cover, he blazed away until the hammer...

The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs

Audio Review: The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs

Part alternate history, part western, but all fantasy, The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs is something different that jumps up and bites you like a rattlesnake you never saw coming. Our storyteller is Shoestring,...

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The Grimdark Magazine’s First Anniversary

With Issue 4 out, we’ve hit the end of our first year. We’ve had victories, failures (and a couple of epic fails, like Goodreads giving us the boot), laughs, and managed to get four...

GdM #4

Grimdark Magazine Issue 4 Out Now!

Grimdark Magazine Issue 4 is locked in, and have we got a cracking issue ready for you! Behind another brilliant piece of artwork on the cover, you’ll get short stories, an article, a review,...

Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher

Review: Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher

Beyond Redemption was provided to Grimdark Magazine as an advanced-reader copy by Harper Collins. The cornerstone philosophy of self-help literature is something I’m very familiar with – your beliefs create your reality. This idea...

Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan

Excerpt: Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan

We’re really excited to bring you an excerpt from Anthony Ryan’s Queen of Fire! It’s chapter 2. You can find chapter 1 on Anthony’s website. Alucius The Kuritai’s name was Twenty-Seven, though Alucius had yet...

The Testament of Tall Eagle by John R. Fultz

Excerpt: The Testament of Tall Eagle by John R. Fultz

We’re really excited to bring you the an excerpt from John R. Fultz’s newest novel, The Testament of Tall Eagle. Without any further ado, I hope you enjoy Chapter 4: On the Blood Trail. It’s an excellent...

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

Review: Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

I’ve read a bit of criticism out there about this being a pretty simple troped recreation of so many previous fantasy novels. To that, I say, yes, it’s a well-known set of ingredients: a group...

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Book Review: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

I have just been inside the imagination of a literary genius. Robin Hobb’s debut novel, Assassin’s Apprentice, is a thoroughly enjoyable story about a royal bastard named Fitz put to use by his family, and trying...

GdM #3

Grimdark Magazine Issue 3 Released Early!

Grimdark Magazine is out NOW! That’s right, you heard it here first. Grimdark Magazine Issue 3 is out early! No pre-order, no nuthin’, just straight into the guts of it. In this issue, you’ll...