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Audio Drama Review – Dredge Runners by Alec Worley

This review contains mild, general spoilers for the audio drama.  Reviewing an audio drama is a tricky thing. Unlike a full novel or even short story, there is very little content that can be discussed without essentially retelling the entire...

Book Review: Anathemas

Short story anthologies have been a firm feature of the Warhammer Horror imprint since its implementation (and judging by the recent open submissions call, we're due another at least one more). The imprint launched with Maledictions, followed by Invocations, and,...

Book Review: Bloodlines by Chris Wraight

This review contains minor spoilers for Bloodlines. Way back in 2018, Games Workshop announced a new imprint for Black Library - Warhammer Horror. The idea here was fairly simple - take the existing Warhammer universes and the horror elements that...

Book Review: Dawn of Fire: Avenging Son by Guy Haley

Reviewing this book is tricky. Real tricky. Avenging Son is a book with enormous pressure and responsibility for the future of Warhammer 40,000 fiction and that requires a slightly different review than what we would normally post for a Black Library...

An Interview With Aaron Dembski-Bowden

A quick foreword: I would just like to say my deepest thanks to Edwin Moriarty and James M Hewitt for helping this come together and to Aaron for not only agreeing to be interviewed but writing the level of depth that...

GW Online Preview, Part 2: The Goonhammer Round Table, Part 2

Following the first ever online Warhammer Preview two weeks ago, Games Workshop and the Warhammer Community Team put on a second online preview this past Saturday, featuring more of the reveals they had planned for Adepticon and other conventions. If...

Book Review: Saturnine – Limited Edition Hardback

This review does NOT contain spoilers for Saturnine. That wouldn't be nice.  "There is work to be done,' he announced. 'I'm aware.' said Abbadon. 'My beloved lord,' said Eidolon, 'grows--' 'Many more supple breasts every day?' asked Aximand. The Mournival...

Hot Take: Valerian and Aleya. Also an extremely mild rant about Black Library!

Hello Reader! It's a day chock-full of Hot Takes! And I know what you're thinking -- "When will they get to the important updates that matter?" WELL GOOD NEWS, the Hot Take you've been waiting for is here! GW released two...

Book Review: Spear of the Emperor by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

  This review contains spoilers for Spear of the Emperor. SKAVAKH UHL ZARUN! Redden the earth, redden the earth, redden the earth! Rarely does a single phrase manage to capture the spirit of a whole Space Marine Chapter so well as the...

Book Review: Rites of Passage by Mike Brooks

Note: I listened to the audiobook, performed by Helen Keeley. A widowed Navigator attempts to claim control of her influential house; a chaos cultist murders in service of a depraved, world-ending, chaotic ritual. These are the two primary strings that...