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Another nice issue of this short story anthology. The gem in this to me was "The Knife of Many Hands Part 2" by R. Scott Bakker. Nice to get to experience new and different writers. Recommended
Retroactive Review (12 Sep 2021): Please see my review of the magazine here under the first issue.
Grimdark Magazine is an ezine I very much enjoy. I'm a big fan of grimdark storytelling and I think this magazine is contributing a lot to getting the term to become more accepted as a code for dark, gritty fantasy fiction. I don't think grimdark is going to replace terms like low fantasy, sword and sorcery, or even dark fantasy as terminology but it sounds good as well as gives a hint to the reader that no punches are going to be pulled. One thing I'd also like to mention about this magazine i
Interesting magazine. The first number that I read and a good one for sure.The stories:All the Lovely Brides by Kelly Sandoval - Not bad. Short, intense, with a grimm twist in the end. 2 & 1/2 StarsA Recipe for Corpse Oil by Siobhan Gallagher - The best one in my opinion. We have a thief performing a special mission for special reward. The writing it`s cool, very entertaining. 4 StarsThe King Beneath the Waves by Peter Fugazzotto - Another good one. It has a wiking influence to it and usually I`...
3.5
Really liked this edition. I wish my original review hadn't been deleted. Feels wrong. I had honest things to say that I no longer recall....
Loved all the short stories, Fugazzotto most, plus the Scull fragment. Did not read Bakker, being part 2 of a story I did not like in the previous issue
