A story that can still grab you by the throat and leave you breathless.

Translators are an often overlooked but vital part of grimdark literature. Today’s interview is with the translator Sarah Moses, whose work has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award.

UK Ebook-ites attend - Blood Song (Book One of the Raven's Shadow trilogy) is currently on sale in ebook at £0.99. Not sure how long this will last, so act now if you want to snag it. #BookSky Where-to-buy links here: anthonyryan.net/blood-song/

Another cinematic wonder that brings depth and thought to the genre.

While its breathlessness means some of the supporting characters’ deaths do not quite have the emotional impact they would in a less compressed story, the stage has been set for exciting and turbulent times ahead.

The guardian of our book collection.

It’s bloody, brutal, funny as hell, and unexpectedly tender when it hurts the most, and I have a feeling this has the potential to fill a First Law-sized hole in all of our grimdark loving hearts.

The future is a scalpel.

Daughter of Crows is saturated with venom, vengeance, and violence, while also serving as a deeply emotional commentary on age, guilt, memory, and survival.

An excellent adventure.

I am not going to lie, I went into Death Show Colossus by Bill Adams with a healthy dose of side eye.

Science fiction explores what it means to be human while realizing that it is not just a question for the future, but one that resonates with us today.

A return to the more grounded stories of the earlier books.

Hard, necessary, addictive, slap-to-the-face horror.

A rage-soaked reclamation of a young woman erased by history and punished for the crimes of the powerful.

This was such a fun read. Definitely recommend grabbing yourself a copy!

Interviewer @bethtabler.bsky.social asked @trnapper.bsky.social and @yudhanjaya.bsky.social how they build futures, how technology shapes identity in their work, and where the human heart fits in when everything is wired, monitored, corporatized, and monetized.

Author copy mail is the best type of mail. Grimdark Magazine #45 turned up today. Their first physical edition genuinely looks excellent (and love the cover art for my short story). @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social

While it doesn’t lose its comedy, it is a lot more morally ambiguous and full of its protagonists doing unforgivable things.

Let’s talk about the awesome things animated production companies are doing right now—because it’s pretty fucking rad.

A deep and philosophical fantasy novel that shows off some delightful lore and world-building, a multitude of magics, and a cast that will charm and anger you in exactly the right ways.

Excellent review of my short story 'The Long Sleep' in Tangent. The tale appears in the latest issue of Grimdark #45 (a great magazine), which is also their first foray into print. Check it out here: www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grim... @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social

Something to pick up when you want a break from endless warfare and unrelenting violence, but still crave shadows, rot, emotionally tangled characters, and a forest that never forgets.

Well worth a watch for those who enjoy gritty mysteries with potential supernatural angles.

one of the few works that manages to tell a satisfying cosmic horror experience without feeling like it has wasted the interactive medium of video games.

ICYMI: massive news out of our camp, with @essahansen.bsky.social ‘s brilliant Battle Royale novella shortlisted for the BSFAs!

The Running Man is both entertaining and engaging, giving you something to think about as this dystopia seems far too close for comfort, and perhaps wonder if Stephen King is secretly a time-traveller.

The Bone Season is dark, immersive, brutal, emotionally grounded, and just endlessly compelling, and it absolutely deserves all the hype.

Sharp, punchy and raw with enough neon light to last a lifetime.

Pluribus might seem an odd choice for Grimdark Magazine to review; it is a show that teeters between broad comedy and science fiction horror.

The latest in our YouTube short story project is a reading of legendary sci-fi and fantasy author @aptshadow.bsky.social ’s The Face of the King. Al Barclay (Slow Horses, Deep Cover, The Crown) breathes new creative life into this brilliant dark fantasy story.

An enjoyable introduction to a new Hamilton universe.

As a longtime reader and fan since Blood Rites, @bethtabler.bsky.social is thrilled to speak with Jim Butcher about the legacy and longevity of the Dresden Files and his newest novel, 12 Months.

You’re all just going to have to put up with me constantly pointing and shouting “ANOTHER ONE!!!” because I just can’t be live we’re finally here and these are arriving at people’s reading nooks!!!

A great addition to any grimdark library.

A must for the reader who is a fan of occult detective fiction or the Cthulhu Mythos.

What if society was already almost as bad as the apocalypse that followed it?

Richard Swan (Empire of the Wolf, The Great Silence, Decurion Saga) returns to Sova, with a second Vonvalt and Bressinger novella releasing in 2026! Set six years after The Scour, this brutal story sends our heroes into the guts of a plague town to solve a murder. Link below:

The GdM team and I are so proud to shout from the battlements that Grimdark Magazine Issue #45 goes live today! If you bought a print copy from GdM direct or a non-bolt-on copy from The Broken Binding, they go in the mail this Friday (we had to replace the postage parcels).

We’re partnering with Podium Audio and narrator Zac Aleman to bring Casthen Gain by Essa Hansen to your ears!

Day 3 of showing you the awesome artwork laid out in the pages of our very first print issue. Today @oldragingbarbarian.bsky.social brings Love's Mirror by @kyliu99.bsky.social to life.

A worthy ending to the chunky The Common trilogy.

Another art piece from our first print issue, this time @shogunkamyu.bsky.social depicts Tears Cost Extra by @yudhanjaya.bsky.social GdM#45 drops on 15th Jan, and there not many print copies left. You can pick one of the remaining copies up from our webstore or from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social

Grimdark science-fiction at its most hectic and brutal.

Perhaps the best single issue of the Titan Comics incarnation to date.

The first print issue of GdM gave us a massive opportunity to invest in more art. Carlos Diaz and @oldragingbarbarian.bsky.social created 1-2 art pieces per original and reprint story. Simone Tammetta's first piece is of @phokion.bsky.social and @slashnburnett.bsky.social Reconnaissance Notes E2.

It: Welcome to Derry was a work I was decidedly suspicious of.

After nine years, 2025 brings us season 5, the conclusion to this unusual epic that has seen the main characters grow from awkward preteen nerds into heroes fighting for the very world. Still nerds, though, thankfully.

Artificial Truth should be on the TBR of anyone who loves the dark, near-world discomfort of Black Mirror and the philosophical questions laid out by Ex Machina.

Shen Tao’s debut is slicing and heart wrenching, and now holds a standard for fantasy standalones that few other books could reach.