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	Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Mark Alder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.58 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 1, October 2014 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King Must Fall by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Sarah Chorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knee-Deep in Grit: Two Bloody Years of Grimdark Fiction by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 2, January 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeremy Szal (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Richard K. Morgan (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 3, April 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), R. Scott Bakker, Luke Scull (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 4, July 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard S. Ford (Goodreads Author), Matthew Ward (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 5, October 2015 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Myers (Editor), Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 10, January 2017 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author), Jesse Bullington (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 6, January 2016 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author), Peter Orullian (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Soraya Bouazzaoui’s debut Aicha reclaims and rewrites the fable of the same name, a mythological succubus in Moroccan lore. Set against the backdrop of Portuguese-occupied Morocco, we follow the origin story of Aicha, and her family of freedom fighters. A creature simmers in Aicha’s soul, since before she can even remember, and it is angry. With the invasion of her land, the creature’s fury is rea

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Adrian Collins and 118 other people liked Mark Lawrence's review of The Scour (Empire of the Wolf, #0.5): "My first Richard Swan read and it was a very good one. It's a novella so the constricted space available naturally imposes some constraints. This is a murder mystery with a haunting and some necromancy thrown in for good measure. The focus is on the m" Read more of this review »
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Adrian Collins and 1 other person liked Kaustubh Dudhane's review of Grimdark Magazine Issue #44: " *"Ah. The small talk. Unlike the laws of physics, the laws that govern small talk are constant everywhere in the universe."* Another good set of collection of stories and non-fiction pieces but there had been better in some of the earlier issues. Ho" Read more of this review »
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Adrian Collins liked Casey's review of The Scour (Empire of the Wolf, #0.5): "Devoured this in one sitting and wished I had more! Better get to rereading! "
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Adrian Collins made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please create a series for Grimdark Magazine (quarterly) topic " Hi team, Could you please create a series for Grimdark Magazine, a quarterly ongoing publication. There are 40 issues, and I have linked them below: GdM ...more "
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“There was no black and white viewpoint, just seven billion shades of grey in between.”
― Adrian Collins, Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists

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July/August '17 Group Read

Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists edited by Adrian Collins

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Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

5 votes, 29.4%

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

3 votes, 17.6%

Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell

2 votes, 11.8%

The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark

1 vote, 5.9%

Age of Iron by Angus Watson

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The Grim Company by Luke Scull

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The Mountains Rise by Michael G. Manning

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