Grimdark Magazine 9 Now Available
Over at Tangent Online, reviewer Kevin P Hallett demonstrates a knack for producing tantalizing three-sentence descriptions for each of the original pieces in the latest issue of Grimdark magazine.
“The Law of the Harvest” by Tim Waggoner
This horror fantasy short story is set in a world where the new power has expelled the old gods from the Dominion. Torvan is a harrower, sworn to find and kill any of these fallen gods that still live. He enters a poor village, where one of the Fallen is living off the people who scratch out a life there…
“The Bed of the Crimson King” by Filip Wiltgren
The Crimson King rose from a simple farm boy to become the hero who defeated the witches in this short fantasy. Now, in his elder years, he yearns for the simpler life of his youth. But a surviving witch is planning her revenge…
“Pre-emptive Revenge” by Rob J. Hayes
“Pre-emptive Revenge” is a short fantasy set in a medieval land. Betrim’s wife will rule this land; but first, all the members of the ruling Jogaren clan must die. Betrim has laid siege to a city and trapped a Jogaren family inside…
The issue also has fiction by Peter Orullian and Teresa Frohock.
The latest issue went on sale October 1. Here’s the complete Table of Contents.
Short Stories
“Pre-emptive Revenge” by Rob J. Hayes
“The Law of the Harvest” by Tim Waggoner
“Naked the Night Sings” by Teresa Frohock
“A Length of Cherrywood” by Peter Orullian
“The Bed of the Crimson King” by Filip Wiltgren
Review
Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs (review by Malrubius)
Interviews
John Hornor Jacobs
Tim Waggoner
Article
How Thomas Covenant Changed Fantasy by Durand Welsh
We previously covered Grimdark with issue #8.
Grimdark Magazine is edited by Adrian Collins and Mike Myers, and published quarterly in Mobi, epub, and PDF format; issues are also for sale through Amazon. Individual issues are $2.99, a bundle of their first four issues is just $9.99.
See all the details on issue #9 here.
See our late November Fantasy Magazine Rack here, and all of our recent magazine coverage here.
GDM is a great mag John. I’m glad that you give it good shelf space. The bundle deal is the way to go. This mag led me onto a few good reads as well. They put chapter hooks in their mags and they are hard to resist.
Hey Ape,
Good to know! Any idea if they’re going to do a second bundle for issues 5-8?
That has been their pattern. I can’t confirm for sure. They are very responsive on social media. I’ll ask and find out.
Thanks!
John, I’ve been locked out of Twitter for inactivity. They are taking their sweet time. Sorry to disappoint you.
Ah well… thanks for trying Ape!