REVIEW: Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 by James Tynion IV (W) and Martin Simmonds (A)
Mother of God. Mother of God. Reading Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 is like mainlining your illicit drug of choice straight into your temporal lobe. And then doing it again, and again, and yet again,...
REVIEW: A Fortress of Grey Ice by J.V. Jones
A Fortress of Grey Ice is the second entry in J.V. Jones’ Sword of Shadows series. The novel is another impressive character-driven epic fantasy, continuing the action that was introduced with A Cavern of...
REVIEW: A War to End All by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton Snyder
Eight years after the publishing world gifted us with the magnificent Beyond Redemption and six years after The Mirror’s Truth, we finally have Michael R Fletcher’s conclusion to the Manifest Delusions trilogy. A War...
REVIEW: Stimulant
Stimulant is a 2023 Canadian science fiction/cyberpunk movie. It has strong vibes like the Channel 4/AMC show Humans as well as David Cage video game Detroit: Become Human. Basically, it has elements of Blade...
REVIEW: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
I first read Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson eight years ago. This was a few years before I started reviewing books and I was in a very different mental headspace to the...
REVIEW: Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker
Caroline Hardaker’s Mothtown is haunting, atmospheric and wonderfully uncanny. It is a novel unlike any other, tiptoeing that fine line between obsession and the supernatural with great skill, leaving the reader feeling uneasy until...
REVIEW: Tronick by Rosie Record
Tronick by Rosie Record is a cyberpunk novel that attracted me by its cover. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover but I feel like the Claire Redfield-esque biker girl picture...
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Buzzard’s Bowl by John Palladino
Today we have a special treat for Grimdark Magazine readers: an exclusive cover reveal for Buzzard’s Bowl by John Palladino, the second book in his Tragedy of Cedain series and the follow-up to his...
REVIEW: You Know Her by Meagan Jennett
Meagan Jennett’s You Know Her is a gem of a debut. A tense, psychological thriller that makes you root for the murderer rather than for the victims or those chasing her, it is smart...
REVIEW: Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs
Shield Maiden is the debut novel from Sharon Emmerichs and published by Ad Astra, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Head of Zeus. It is a richly detailed historical fantasy set in the Middle...