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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) 3.59 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 1, October 2014 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 194 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 — 155 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) 3.93 avg rating — 105 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 — 98 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) 4.14 avg rating — 86 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) 3.97 avg rating — 63 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 — 62 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 6, January 2016 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael R. Fletcher (Goodreads Author), Peter Orullian (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 50 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
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 10, January 2017 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anthony Ryan (Goodreads Author), Jesse Bullington (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2017 — 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

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Adrian Collins and 63 other people liked Mark Lawrence's review of The Soft Touch: " This is described as a novella - whether it's technically a novella (fewer than 40,000 words) or just a short book, I don't know. I feel it must be nearly a book... Anyway, I was a big fan of the Low Town trilogy. I think you could read this on its o" Read more of this review »
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Adrian Collins and 4 other people liked Jamedi's review of The Soft Touch: "The Soft Touch is a new novella set in the Low Town universe created by Daniel Polansky, published by Grimdark Magazine. A story that takes us a few decades after the end of the trilogy (but it can be enjoyed as a standalone), showing us the return o" Read more of this review »
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Adrian Collins and 2 other people liked Kaustubh Dudhane's review of The Soft Touch: " *"Profanity is for those lacking the wit to attempt originality. Much like violence."* I would like to thank Adrian Collins and his team at Grimdark Magazine for an e-ARC. Although I had Low Town series in my TBR, I didn't know much about the world a" Read more of this review »
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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

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Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

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Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell

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The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark

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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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