Grimdark Magazine Issue #47

by Beth Tabler (Editor), Sarah Chorn (Editor), Miles Cameron

Grimdark Magazine presents the darker, grittier side of fantasy and science fiction. Each quarterly issue features established and new authors to take you through their hard-bitten worlds alongside articles, reviews and interviews. Our stories are grim, our worlds are dark and our morally grey protagonists and anti-heroes light the way with bloody stories of war, betrayal and action.

FICTION

Of Beasts and Bindings by Ken McEwen
The Path to Kahinae by R.R. Virdi
Cold Comforts by Matthew Ward
A Hunter in Arin-Qin by Daniel Abraham
That When I Waked I Cried to Dream Again by Ken Scholes
Black Hearts and Bloody Murder by Josh Roundtree
Reconnaissance Notes Episode IV. Scarper by Miles Cameron and Emma Burnett
NON-FICTION

The Pebble That Starts the Landslide: Richard Swan on The Infinite State. Interview by Adrian Collins
REVIEW: Infinite State by Richard Swan (by Adrian Collins)
REVIEW: Killswitch Protocol by M.J. Kuhn (by Krystle Matar)
The Art of the Framed Narrative by Z.B. Steele
REVIEW: The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon (by Pete Barnable)
The Art of Awe: Jeff Brown on Fantasy Covers, Dragons, and Epic Scale. Interview by William MccLelland
REVIEW: Dust of the Dead by Michael R. Fletcher (by Z.B. Steele)
Hope Is the Teeth: Daniel Abraham on Compromise, Power, and Dark Fiction. Interview by Beth Tabler
REVIEW: The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley (by Fiona Denton)

Genres: Science Fiction

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 30, 2026

About the author

Beth Tabler, editor of the quarterly issues of Grimdark Magazine and resident cat-herder/jello-nailer for the Before We Go Blog, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where she takes long-bubble baths while planning her next move to conquer the fantasy and sci-fi review world.

She enjoys whiskey and sticking up for the marginalized with deadly precision. She is on her third SPFBO, and can't wait for more. You will find her with a coffee in one hand and her iPad in the other