REVIEW: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig - Grimdark Magazine
One Dark Window is the debut fantasy novel from Rachel Gillig. From Orbit Books, it is the first novel in a duology with gothic elements and some romance.| Grimdark Magazine
One Dark Window is the debut fantasy novel from Rachel Gillig. From Orbit Books, it is the first novel in a duology with gothic elements and some romance.| Grimdark Magazine
I know that for some of us, epic fantasy has never left, but The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham might suggest that, for traditional publishing, epic fantasy is back. I’ve shoved the cover of this under lots of people’s noses, and everyone has oohed and aahed. It reminds me of the fantasy covers of […] The post REVIEW: The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
Bring Her Back is the Philippou Brothers’ directorial follow up to their hit debut, Talk to Me (2022), which was one of my favourites from that year. Like their debut, Bring Her Back is a contemporary supernatural horror flick set in Australia. Where the earlier Talk to Me had teenagers using a cursed hand to […] The post REVIEW: Bring Her Back (2025) appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
When I tell you that To Touch a Silent Fury had me in an absolute chokehold, I mean that I burned through 300+ pages in a single day, stayed up too late to finish it, and then (lovingly) cursed R.A. Sandpiper for the brutal emotional rollercoaster that she just put me through. This is just […] The post REVIEW: To Touch a Silent Fury by R. A. Sandpiper appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
R.F. Kuang first teased readers back in 2023 with the announcement of her first love story. Come 2025, it has reached the top of countless anticipated reads lists (including ours here at Grimdark Magazine), and has received an immense amount of acclaim already. Katabasis is the story of two PhD students who travel to hell […] The post REVIEW: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
Lies of P by Neowiz, Round8 Studios, and Rough is a Souls-like game in the vein (no pun intended) of Bloodborne. The premise is an odd one that immediately caught my attention: what if Pinocchio was a steampunk dark fantasy? It’s such an out-there premise that I didn’t initially check the game out, which proved […] The post REVIEW: Lies of P appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk is, in Broadbent’s own words, ‘a big, epic, wild ride’, and I think that pretty much sums it up. On paper, this conclusion to The Shadowborn Duet features all the high stakes action, cutthroat intrigue, delicious angst, brutal sacrifices, and intense emotional turmoil that you’d expect from a […] The post REVIEW: The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
The town of Burnt Sparrow, setting for a new trilogy from Eric LaRocca and starting with We are Always Tender with our Dead, is a cursed place that doesn’t let go. Much like the townsfolk stuck there, you’ll find yourself returning to Burnt Sparrow long after you’ve put down the book. This is a queer, […] The post REVIEW: We Are Always Tender with Our Dead by Eric LaRocca appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
From creator Ugo Bienvenu for Titan Comics, System Preference is a dystopian sci-fi tale in a bright but difficult future for humanity. With data storage at a premium in a world filled with an obsession for social media, historical treasures are being deleted to create space for holiday photos. One man takes it upon himself […] The post REVIEW: System Preference by Ugo Bienvenu appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
It’s been a while since I’ve read a horror book, but when I saw that Joey Batey–the brilliant actor behind Jasker in Netflix’s The Witcher–was the author, I knew I had to give it a go. It’s Not a Cult is a morose, cold, at-times darkly funny, brutal commentary on when fandom goes too far. […] The post REVIEW: It’s Not a Cult by Joey Batey appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
The Knight and the Moth, the latest dark fantasy from Rachel Gillig, has been everywhere I look on bookish social media for months.| Grimdark Magazine
In Squid Game, the latest piece of brilliant South-East Asian games-based deadly horror TV translated to English by Netflix, a group of people up to their eyeballs in debt join a deadly game to win riches.| Grimdark Magazine
Nophek Gloss is a story that pushes the boundlessness of the reader's imagination. It is science fiction at its best.| Grimdark Magazine
Set in an empty Tokyo, Alice in Borderland, a crazy Japanese sci-fi murder-fest is a brilliant romp well worth investing your time in| Grimdark Magazine
We were very excited to be able to catch up with author Essa Hansen and chat about her new novella Casthen Gain, the world of The Graven, and what she's getting up to next.| Grimdark Magazine
The home of Grimdark fantasy, sci-fi, and horror reviews. Discover new books, comics, movies, TV shows and more!| Grimdark Magazine
Red Sonja is one of the archetypical fantasy characters and a fountain for which hundreds of copycats have been created.| Grimdark Magazine
It's been quite a number of years since Joe Abercrombie first published what would be the start of The First Law trilogy, The Blade Itself.| Grimdark Magazine
Sometime Lofty Towers by David C. Smith is a grimdark, sword and sorcery novel that asks a simple question: what is the best way to live?| Grimdark Magazine
Attack on Titan, the finest TV show I’ve ever seen marches on with a harrowed look in its eyes and the weight of triumph on its shoulders.| Grimdark Magazine
Vicious. Bleak. Blood and loss... Attack on Titan is not only a grimdark masterpiece, it’s the finest written T.V. show I’ve ever seen.| Grimdark Magazine
The writing in Gardens of the Moon is well-crafted and paints an excellent introductory view of the vastness and complicatedness of the Malazan Universe.| Grimdark Magazine
If how Grimdark a book is was solely rated by the levels of violence and tragedy then Deadhouse Gates would feature highly on such a scale. Lots of awful things happen| Grimdark Magazine
Of Blood and Fire from Ryan Cahill is the start of The Bound and the Broken series, its proving to be a break-out favourite in the fantasy community.| Grimdark Magazine
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison is many things; a novel about elves and goblins, a story with mages and magic, and a book with a steampunk aesthetic. Yet, these belie what the novel is at its heart: a coming-of-age story filled with political intrigue.| Grimdark Magazine
