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The 2023 Free Comic Book Day issue of Conan the Barbarian is set deep within the grim, hilled land of Cimmeria, Conan's homeland.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1333922/stephen-king-it-once-adapted-52-episode-tv-series-india-woh/
You might know Stephen King's It from the novel, the 1990 miniseries, or the recent movie adaptations - but have you see Woh?
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-boys-in-the-valley-by-philip-fracassi/
Boys in the Valley immerses the reader in the harsh, prison-like environs of St. Vincent’s Orphanage, deep in the hills of rural Pennsylvania, 1905. Here Peter Barlow and 31 other boys spend monotonous days working the fields and participating in church services under the watchful gaze of a handful of Catholic priests. Any perceived infraction or impiety is met with withheld meals, corporal punishment, or a trip to the dreaded “hole”: a subterranean cell dug into the grounds outside the dormitory. The boys’ already grueling situation goes from bad to worse with the midnight arrival of the local sheriff and his deputies with a grievously wounded suspect in tow. The injured man is combative and raving, with the sheriff evasive about the circumstances of his arrest. Former military medic Father Poole attempts to provide treatment, but what begins as first aid soon devolves into a harrowing exorcism that the wounded man does not survive. After the man’s death and interment in the orphanage grounds Peter notices an unsettling change come over a number of his fellows, beginning with one just returning from an overnight stay in the hole. Formerly cheerful boys have become inexplicably malicious and conspiratorial. They huddle together,...
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/the-best-dark-sff-of-2023-so-far/
It’s that time of the year. Apologise to your TBR piles in advance because the Grimdark Magazine review team is about to make it rain new books at your house! 2023 had had some brilliant dark SFF drop so far, and there is a bit of something for everyone in our list with city-sized AI robots, dragons, necromancy, empires overthrown, dreams crushed and hope clawed for. If you’re looking for something new to read, we’ve got you covered! Babel by R.F. Kuang Andrew Jaden There are books you devour. And then there are books you nibble at in small chunks, books you need to savour because they are revelatory in so many different ways. And Babel by R.F. Kuang is one of the latter. Subtitled , or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution, it is made clear from the beginning that this isn’t your average dark academia themed fantasy novel. Read the full review here. About the book The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in...
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-the-vessel-by-adam-nevill/
The Vessel is a taut little exercise in folk horror. Reader’s familiar with Nevill’s other work will find his strengths on display.
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-the-vessel-by-adam-nevill/
The Vessel is a taut little exercise in folk horror. Reader’s familiar with Nevill’s other work will find his strengths on display.
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