Grimdark Magazine

Grimdark Magazine, established in 2016, is an award-winning publisher that has received recognition such as the Stabby Award, a nomination for the BSFA in 2018, and a win at the Aurealis Awards in 2021. Our team consists of passionate fans of grimdark science fiction and fantasy. We are inspired by works like the Horus Heresy and the First Law series, which truly ignite our enthusiasm. Recognizing the immense talent within this sub-genre and the need for a dedicated ezine to explore the darker, more complex aspects of characters in both futuristic and fantasy worlds, we felt driven to launch this publication.

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REVIEW: Burn to Shine by Jonathan Maberry

Nov 30, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

Last Updated on December 1, 2024Joe Ledger returns in Burn to Shine, the fourth installment in author Jonathan Maberry’s Rogue Team International series. Never a stranger to bioterrorism, Joe Ledger takes on an all-new adventure to combat a mysterious organization infiltrating top-secret biological weapons research facilities around the globe. The stakes have never been higher for Joe Ledger and company, but will they be able to unravel this conspiracy before it’s too late?
REVIEW: A Quiet Place: Day One

Nov 7, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | Emma Davis

Third in the series and acting as a kind of prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One, directed by Michael Sarnoski, offers something thematically different to the previous films. Taking place on the first day of the alien invasion, this morphs from a muted, pessimistic mediation on what it means to live with terminal illness to a loud, high-energy action horror, to a life-affirming commentary on friendship and community.
REVIEW: The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence

Nov 3, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

The feeling of emotional devastation lingers long after closing the back cover of Mark Lawrence’s The Book That Held Her Heart, the final volume of his mind-bending Library Trilogy, which began with the highly acclaimed The Book That Wouldn’t Burn and continued with its sequel, The Book That Broke the World. I will keep this review completely spoiler-free for readers who have not yet started the series.
REVIEW: The Narrows by Ronald Malfi

Nov 2, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

Ronald Malfi delivers vampiric horror without vampires in The Narrows, an Appalachian Gothic thriller originally published in 2012. The novel has just been re-released as an Author’s Preferred Edition, including a brand-new introduction from the author and a prologue that had never been included in any print version of the book until now.
Putting the Fangs into Fantasy: Why I Wrote my Book

Oct 31, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | Ed Crocker

In just three months as I write this, Lightfall, the first book in my epic fantasy trilogy The Everlands, will be loosed onto the world—I hope you like terrible jokes in your chapter headings, fantasy fans—and a question I’m sometimes asked is the following: why vampires and werewolves in fantasy?
REVIEW: The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (Volume 5) by Paula Guran

Oct 25, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

One of the highlights of October’s spooky season is the release of Paula Guran’s annual short story anthology, The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror. With over fifty short story anthologies and a slew of awards to her credit, Paula Guran is an undisputed queen of her craft.
Project Starship: Materials Engineering Challenges in Science Fiction

Oct 6, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

Part of the delight in reading science fiction is seeing how real science can be extrapolated to envision future technologies, whether here on Earth or in extraterrestrial environments. Starships are a ubiquitous presence in science fiction and a prototypical example of technology that can stimulate the imagination of future scientists and engineers.
REVIEW: Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

Oct 4, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

Absolution is the surprise fourth volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, which began with Annihilation and continued with Authority and Acceptance. The original trilogy was published in rapid succession ten years ago, all three volumes appearing in 2014, the same year that Adrian Collins founded Grimdark Magazine. It is thus a special treat to review this fourth volume of VanderMeer’s erstwhile trilogy in our tenth anniversary issue of Grimdark Magazine.
REVIEW: Deep Black by Miles Cameron

Sep 28, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | John Mauro

Miles Cameron ratchets up the space opera adventure in Deep Black, the sequel to his highly acclaimed sci-fi debut, Artifact Space, and the second volume in his Arcana Imperii duology. The Arcana Imperii Universe teems with trade, and the most precious commodity is xenoglas, a seemingly supernatural material that originates from an alien race known as the Starfish. Of course, the desire for xenoglas brings out the worst among some people.
REVIEW: Those About to Die

Sep 20, 2024 | grimdarkmagazine.com | Aaron Jones

With a big-time director and screenwriter like Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla, Stargate) and mega-stars like Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs, Thor) and Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones, Misfits) attached, Those About to Die was billed as Game of Thrones with togas and had an audience waiting to be thrilled. Set during a period of political intrigue in the Roman Empire, could the expensive TV series live up to its own hype?