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GdM presents the darker side of SFF.
GdM presents the darker side of SFF.
Bold, brutal, and maybe the best of an incredible canon.
REVIEW: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Play Nice is not just the best of Harrison, but it feels, in some ways, a further evolution; she’s come to play dirty and knocked it out of the park.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Bold, brutal, and maybe the best of an incredible canon.
Don’t mind me nursing the sweetest book hangover for the foreseeable future, cheers.
REVIEW: Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat
Kings Rising is one of those finales that left me staring blankly at a wall, trying to pretend all is fine while silently cursing (or thanking?) C.S. Pacat for delivering so many emotional gutpunches
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December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Don’t mind me nursing the sweetest book hangover for the foreseeable future, cheers.
The festive season fast approaches and with it comes the eternal struggle that is figuring out what to gift your loved ones and frenemies. Let us help.
Killing Them with Kindness: A Grimdark Gift Guide
Here at Grimdark Magazine we’ve put our heads together to come up with a few ideas for the holiday seasons.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The festive season fast approaches and with it comes the eternal struggle that is figuring out what to gift your loved ones and frenemies. Let us help.
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The news is out! The Broken Binding is producing a special edition of my novella Casthen Gain from @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social 💜
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December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The news is out! The Broken Binding is producing a special edition of my novella Casthen Gain from @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social 💜
* Signed
* Foil on Boards
* Digital Fore-Edge
* Block-Sprayed Top & Bottom
* Royal Hardback
£19.99 + P&P ~ Pre-order NOW:
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/cas...
* Signed
* Foil on Boards
* Digital Fore-Edge
* Block-Sprayed Top & Bottom
* Royal Hardback
£19.99 + P&P ~ Pre-order NOW:
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/cas...
The pulpy subgenre sword & sorcery still thrives.
REVIEW: New Edge Sword and Sorcery Issues 5-7
New Edge highlights talent from all sorts of backgrounds in an effort to celebrate the fun, exciting parts of S&S
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December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The pulpy subgenre sword & sorcery still thrives.
THE SCOUR by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social just hit 300 ratings! This brilliant novella is absolutely smashing it, and with The Broken Binding limited editions shipping soon, and the audiobook landing right before Xmas, no matter how you imbibe or admire your dark fantasy horror, we've got you.
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
THE SCOUR by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social just hit 300 ratings! This brilliant novella is absolutely smashing it, and with The Broken Binding limited editions shipping soon, and the audiobook landing right before Xmas, no matter how you imbibe or admire your dark fantasy horror, we've got you.
In 2023, Hexworks launched a new game called Lords of the Fallen. Technically a sequel to the 2015 game of the same name, this Lords of the Fallen also acted as a kind of reboot since the first one never hit its stride. Sadly, this second attempt also met mixed reviews … initially.
REVIEW: Lords of the Fallen
I wouldn’t call Lords of the Fallen one of my top-tier soulslikes, but I would call it close to top tier. I had a blast playing it.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In 2023, Hexworks launched a new game called Lords of the Fallen. Technically a sequel to the 2015 game of the same name, this Lords of the Fallen also acted as a kind of reboot since the first one never hit its stride. Sadly, this second attempt also met mixed reviews … initially.
Every character has teeth, every alliance has rot underneath, and every moment of tenderness feels like it was dragged through a battlefield.
REVIEW: Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat
Prince’s Gambit is a story where every character has teeth, every alliance has rot underneath, and every moment of tenderness feels like it was dragged through a battlefield.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Every character has teeth, every alliance has rot underneath, and every moment of tenderness feels like it was dragged through a battlefield.
Big, bold, visually mesmerising, sad, and stacked with grit in the face of hopelessness, Kill Lupercal showcases how good the 40k genre is on screen.
REVIEW: Kill Lupercal
Kill Lupercal is exactly what I signed up for when paying for Warhammer TV. Big, bold, visually mesmerising, sad, and stacked with grit in the face of hopelessness.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Big, bold, visually mesmerising, sad, and stacked with grit in the face of hopelessness, Kill Lupercal showcases how good the 40k genre is on screen.
THE SCOUR by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social is now available in audiobook thanks to narrator Philip Battley and the folks at Podium!
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
THE SCOUR by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social is now available in audiobook thanks to narrator Philip Battley and the folks at Podium!
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Was pumped when Beth & Adrian @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social asked me to write a story for their special cyberpunk issue. On top of that, somehow I got the cover art (look at the contributors to the issue - a truly stellar line-up). It's their first print edition, and I can't wait to get mine.
Grimdark Magazine Issue #45 is here and ready for pre-orders. This quarter we are going all in on cyberpunk and SF, featuring some of the best short fiction writers in the genre injecting gritty and horrifying futures to your very eyes. AND WE’RE DOING IT IN PRINT.
Grimdark Magazine Issue #45 cover reveal, pre-orders, and print subscriptions
Grimdark Magazine's first ever print issue is a cyberpunk special, with some of the best and brightest authors in the market headlining.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Was pumped when Beth & Adrian @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social asked me to write a story for their special cyberpunk issue. On top of that, somehow I got the cover art (look at the contributors to the issue - a truly stellar line-up). It's their first print edition, and I can't wait to get mine.
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@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social is now offering PRINT subscriptions!!! And look at the lineup!
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social is now offering PRINT subscriptions!!! And look at the lineup!
Recently, we talked with author Matthew Dawkins about his recent release in The World Below, a fantastic RPG setting in a vast underground kingdom.
INTERVIEW: with author Matthew Dawkins
Matthew Dawkins is an author who has been involved in the creation of numerous fantastic supplements. Recently, we talked with him about his recent release in The World Below, a fantastic RPG setting ...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Recently, we talked with author Matthew Dawkins about his recent release in The World Below, a fantastic RPG setting in a vast underground kingdom.
Frankenstein (2025) is a dark, beautiful and maudlin tale.
REVIEW: Frankenstein (2025)
The latest iteration of the Frankenstein story, as percolated through Guillermo del Toro’s darkly wonderful mind, is not a ‘monster movie’ and that’s a good thing.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Frankenstein (2025) is a dark, beautiful and maudlin tale.
Grimdark Magazine Issue #45 is here and ready for pre-orders. This quarter we are going all in on cyberpunk and SF, featuring some of the best short fiction writers in the genre injecting gritty and horrifying futures to your very eyes. AND WE’RE DOING IT IN PRINT.
Grimdark Magazine Issue #45 cover reveal, pre-orders, and print subscriptions
Grimdark Magazine's first ever print issue is a cyberpunk special, with some of the best and brightest authors in the market headlining.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Grimdark Magazine Issue #45 is here and ready for pre-orders. This quarter we are going all in on cyberpunk and SF, featuring some of the best short fiction writers in the genre injecting gritty and horrifying futures to your very eyes. AND WE’RE DOING IT IN PRINT.
A must-read if you like your fantasy sharp, morally compromised, politically loaded, and full of complicated characters who will sink their claws in you, whether you like it or not.
REVIEW: Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Don't let your biases get in the way, Captive Prince is a must-read if you like your fantasy sharp, morally compromised, politically loaded, and full of complicated characters who will sink their claw...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A must-read if you like your fantasy sharp, morally compromised, politically loaded, and full of complicated characters who will sink their claws in you, whether you like it or not.
Lesbians versus zombies on a steam-punk Titanic might sound glib, but there’s nothing superficial about this seriously addictive, dark, and bitingly well-written opener to a trilogy I am suddenly extremely excited about.
REVIEW: This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne felt like an all-you-can-eat-buffet without the food poisoning...this is addictive, compelling, witty, tense, creepy, full of twists; it is everything.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Lesbians versus zombies on a steam-punk Titanic might sound glib, but there’s nothing superficial about this seriously addictive, dark, and bitingly well-written opener to a trilogy I am suddenly extremely excited about.
I love the idea of competing groups of adventurers fighting over a vast underground hellscape like a Mad Max underground.
REVIEW: The World Below
The World Below is a self-contained dark fantasy tabletop roleplaying game. Many races inhabit a vast underground setting and they must fight for survival in a complicated network of caverns empowered...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I love the idea of competing groups of adventurers fighting over a vast underground hellscape like a Mad Max underground.
IN THE SHADOW OF THEIR DYING is part of The Broken Binding Black Friday sale! Get in and mop those last few copies up.
In the Shadow of Their Dying – Special | The Broken Binding SE
Collect In the Shadow of Their Dying in a deluxe hardback edition via The Broken Binding SE.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
IN THE SHADOW OF THEIR DYING is part of The Broken Binding Black Friday sale! Get in and mop those last few copies up.
With a compelling protagonist, a world that feels lived in, and some of the best fight dynamics out there today, Ghost of Yotei is an essential purchase.
REVIEW: Ghost of Yotei
With a compelling protagonist, a world that feels lived in, and some of the best fight dynamics out there today, Ghost of Yotei is an essential purchase.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
With a compelling protagonist, a world that feels lived in, and some of the best fight dynamics out there today, Ghost of Yotei is an essential purchase.
A dagger in a fantasy world shouldn’t exist just for aesthetics. Find out why, thanks to author Sarah Mughal Rana.
My Obsession with my Dagger Collection – and how that led me to Fantasy Storytelling
A dagger in a fantasy world shouldn’t exist just for aesthetics. Good writers use objects like these to build their worlds from the ground up, to reveal social and political realities.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A dagger in a fantasy world shouldn’t exist just for aesthetics. Find out why, thanks to author Sarah Mughal Rana.
Gorgeous imagery, great character work, and a world rife with religious and political tension.
REVIEW: A Graveyard for Heroes
A Graveyard for Heroes centers on the repercussions of the battles won and lost in The Price of Power.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Gorgeous imagery, great character work, and a world rife with religious and political tension.
A great novel if you’re looking for a near-future murder mystery with a likable protagonist in a dystopian but plausible future.
REVIEW: Murder in Retrograde by Greg Hickey
Murder in Retrograde by Greg Hickey is a science fiction thriller novel set in a dystopian future where the environment has collapsed but big corporations are still competing for who can win the publi...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A great novel if you’re looking for a near-future murder mystery with a likable protagonist in a dystopian but plausible future.
Horrifying, bleak, gloomy, and melancholic, Kingdoms of Death is a treat for sci-fi, Sun Eater, and grimdark fans alike.
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REVIEW: Kingdoms of Death by Christopher Ruocchio
Startlingly bleak, full of torture, and gorgeous prose interlining the book like silver thread, Kingdoms of Death moves beyond simple darkness and into the black, cold void of space.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Horrifying, bleak, gloomy, and melancholic, Kingdoms of Death is a treat for sci-fi, Sun Eater, and grimdark fans alike.
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This is another great tale by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social. And @longlukearnold.bsky.social narration is superb!
Can't wait to get my hands on the Scour!
Can't wait to get my hands on the Scour!
Actor and author @longlukearnold.bsky.social breathes vicious life into one of @richardswanauthor.bsky.social 's most terrifying characters in his reading of A Reputation for Prudence, a prequel short story to the New York Times best selling The Justice of Kings.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is another great tale by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social. And @longlukearnold.bsky.social narration is superb!
Can't wait to get my hands on the Scour!
Can't wait to get my hands on the Scour!