Editor of the quarterly issues of Grimdark Magazine and owner of Before We Go Blog.
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Another Simone Tametta dark fantasy artwork from the pages of Grimdark Magazine Issue 46 (April '26). This time depicting an eerie scene from the short story See That My Grave is Kept Clean by @joshrountree.bsky.social Direction by @bethtabler.bsky.social
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BEFORE WE GO BLOG is pleased to help reveal
the cover for
THE RILL LORD
Book 6 (Finale) TRIEMPERY REVELATIONS
by @triempery.bsky.social !
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Review - CHAMPION OF THE FALLEN
Book 2 RIVENWORLD by the awesome
M.L. SPENCER!
Does the long anticipated sequel to one of the most hyped Indie SFF books in DRAGON MAGE, live up to the lofty expectations?
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I love that line: "I met Sylvain Neuvel’s writing through The Test in 2019, and it made a simple promise: no wasted motion, no soft landings, big questions delivered with the economy of a blade." Via @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social
I don’t think it’s fully sunk in that a character I created is being read and now seen through such glorious art yet, but it’s making me feel some kind of way🥹
Miles Cameron’s SOULSTEALER: magic studied like science, gunpowder made from souls, factory children, vampires, spies, arcanists, war heroes, and revolution brewing in the gutters. Also, the F
https://beforewegoblog.com/cover-reveal-soulstealer-the-soulflake-conspiracies-volume-one-by-miles-cameron/
“Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me.” Rage Against the Machine shouted it. John Twelve Hawks makes a quieter, no less pointed statement to his readers.
If you are voting, we would love your consideration.
Interviewer @bethtabler.bsky.social asked @trnapper.bsky.social and @yudhanjaya.bsky.social how they build futures, how technology shapes identity in their work, and where the human heart fits in when everything is wired, monitored, corporatized, and monetized.
My review of RAGE OF ARES
Book #6 THE LONG WAR
by the fantastic
@phokion.bsky.social !
"Cameron knows a doru from a kopis, no doubt about it."
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In this interview with John Twelve Hawks, we talk about the leash of convenience, the cost of being seen, and why demanding privacy now might be the most punk thing a person can do.
Sylvain Neuvel’s writing makes a simple promise: no wasted motion, no soft landings, and big questions delivered with the economy of a blade.
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In this interview, TR Napper and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, two of the sharpest minds working in the future tense today, chat not only with me but also with each other.
🍄 ART REVEAL 🍄🟫
And the final interior illustration for The Book of Spores by @jennicoutts.bsky.social iiiiiiiis “Fia, Infected”! This creepy, bittersweet piece needs no explanation—just bask in its beauty!
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We released a stack of fiction and non-fiction eligible for the Hugos this year. If you’ve yet to cast a vote (or GdM gives you an irresistible urge to turn your coat) then this is what we put out there and the relevant categories (check the following Tweets):
BEFORE WE GO BLOG IS PLEASED TO HELP REVEAL THE COVER FOR THE RILL LORD Book #6 (FINALE) THE TRIEMPERY REVELATIONS By L.L. STEPHENS! The release day for T
