REVIEW: Death Rider by Zamil Akhtar
Death Rider is a prequel novella for the Gunmetal Gods series by Zamil Akhtar, which is a Middle Eastern inspired grimdark fantasy with heavy eldritch overtones. We see the world from Darya’s point of...
REVIEW: The Sin of America by Cathrynne M. Valente
What is the sin of America? “There’s a woman outside of Sheridan and she is eating the sin of America.” That is the question of The Sin of America by Cathrynne M. Valente, and...
REVIEW: The Demon by Douglas Nicholas
I heard from another reader that this story was quite short, although it also sounded quite compelling. After reading it I wrongly assumed (due to it being so short) that it must have been...
Review: Road Brothers: Tales from the Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence
“Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord.” Road Brothers: Tales from the Broken Empire is a short (124 “pages”, e-book only) short story collection by Mark Lawrence. It contains ten short stories, five of which have...
Review: Art of War edited by Petros Triantafyllou
In February 2018, Petros Triantafyllou of Booknest.eu is going to drop one of the coolest anthologies of the year, Art of War–and its message and content is going to blow your socks off. Art of...
Reviews: Three Books to Get You Stuck into Warhammer 40,000
The Warhammer 40,000 universe is grim, dark, and brutally picturesque – the perfect sprawling sci-fi playground for those who prefer their fiction with a heavy dose of grit. The future of the galaxy forty...
Short Reviews for Short Fiction
Every now and then I feel a bit bogged down with reading doorstopper after doorstopper and reviewing at a rate of about one book every two months. I get an intense need to get...
Evil is a Matter of Perspective Author: Matthew Ward
Matthew Ward’s works have appeared in GdM #4 and GdM #8, so it’s safe to say we’re pretty big fans of his short stories. Check out what he has to say about jumping on...
Excerpt: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Joe Abercrombie
I don’t know about you, but I’m deadset chomping at the bit to get my hands on the next foray into Joe Abercrombie’s First Law world, the short-story collection, Sharp Ends. Full of reprints and new short...
Review: Black Tea and Other Tales by Samuel Marolla
Black Tea and Other Tales by Samuel Marolla is compared to ‘A box of lovely dark chocolates’ in a foreword by Gene O’Neill. Gene’s recommendation had me ready to devour the three dark and...