Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.
We chat with Rebecca Lucash, assistant editor at Harper Voyager, the science fiction / fantasy imprint of big five publisher HarperCollins. As we continue to highlight professionals from all areas of the publishing industry, Rebecca joins us to chat ab...
We’re joined by New York Times bestselling author Richard A. Knaak! Richard drops by to talk about his latest novel BLACK CITY SAINT, an urban fantasy noir set in 1920’s Chicago. We’ll discuss Richard’s prolific career writing novels and short stories se...
In this episode we conclude our chat with Joe Abercrombie, wherein we discuss his thoughts on planning out a series, the use of curse words in his fiction, his thoughts on self-publishing, the possibility of a First Law video game, and a special round o...
It’s the 50th episode of The Grim Tidings Podcast, and we’re celebrating in style with a special two part interview with Lord Grimdark himself, Mr. Joe Abercrombie! Joe drops by to talk about his new short story collection SHARP ENDS, a set of 13 previo...
We're joined by Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman from Redhook Studios, creators of the Lovecraftian gothic turn-based RPG known as DARKEST DUNGEON! We'll find out how the game nearly quadrupled it's Kickstarter funding goal at over $300K! A game where the...
On this episode of The Writer’s Pit, we’re joined by UK based fantasy author Graham Austin-King! We discuss his fantasy trilogy The Riven Wyrde Saga, his journey through indie and small press publishing, how he got over 37K downloads from a BookBub promo...
We’re back with a new Grim Panel, this time we’re talking EXTREME HORROR! Rob and Phil are joined by extreme horror author and head verifier of the Bram Stoker Awards C.W. LaSart, and Travis Tarpley, cofounder and managing editor of Sinister Grin Press, ...
Sword & Sorcery author Jon Sprunk drops by to talk about his latest novel in THE BOOK OF THE BLACK EARTH series, STORM AND STEEL! We dive into Jon’s writing background, fantasy plotting and worldbuilding, managing a writing career with a full time job, g...
Belfast author Jo Zebedee drops by The Writer's Pit to talk about her grimdark space opera series ABENDAU'S HEIR and scifi invasion novel INISH CARRAIG. We talk a wee bit about hybrid publishing, how she knocked The Force Awakens off the Amazon top selle...
Authors, agents, publishers, and editors, oh my! We're joined by Hugo nominated editor and author of science fiction Bryan Thomas Schmidt! During our chat we talk Bryan's latest anthology from Baen, titled MISSION: TOMORROW. We discover how Bryan got int...