{"id":14873,"date":"2025-07-03T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=14873"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:32:58","slug":"short-story-in-grimdark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/short-story-in-grimdark\/","title":{"rendered":"Short story in Grimdark Magazine #43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My cosmic horror\/detective noir short story &#8220;Death Beneath the Dread Sleeper&#8221; appears in the latest edition of <em>Grimdark Magazine<\/em>, which you can find at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grimdarkmagazine.com\/product\/grimdark-magazine-43\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their website<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4lvFPHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My story is a sequel to an earlier tale that a lot of folks enjoyed, &#8220;The Kind Detective&#8221;, which is available in my collection <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44LR74E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Halloween Season<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full Table of Contents for this issue:<\/p>\n<p>Fiction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Bravery<\/i>\u00a0by Michael R. Fletcher<\/li>\n<li><i>The Blacksmith of Lothar\u2019s Cross<\/i>\u00a0by R.S. Ford<\/li>\n<li><i>Death Beneath the Dread Sleeper<\/i>\u00a0by Lucy A. Snyder<\/li>\n<li><i>The Name<\/i>\u00a0by Abhishek Sengupta<\/li>\n<li><i>We are Vignettes<\/i>\u00a0by Tlotlo Tsamaase<\/li>\n<li><i>When the Skies Cried Crimson Rain<\/i>\u00a0by Ryan Cahill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Non-fiction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Interview with Martina and Hansi from Nerdforge<\/li>\n<li>Review:\u00a0<i>Liminal Monster\u00a0<\/i>by Luke Tarzian<\/li>\n<li><i>Originality and the Importance of Passion in Storytelling<\/i>\u00a0by Aaron S. Jones<\/li>\n<li>An Interview with Jackson Dickert by Beth Tabler<\/li>\n<li>An interview with Editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene and anthology contributors by Beth Tabler<\/li>\n<li>Review:\u00a0<i>The Gryphon King<\/i>\u00a0by Sara Omer<\/li>\n<li><i>Project Starship: Thinner, Stronger, Smarter: The Two-Dimensional Future of Starship Design<\/i> by Meghan Leger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/short-story-in-grimdark\/grimdarkcover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkcover.webp\" data-orig-size=\"800,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"grimdarkcover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Grimdark Magazine #43 cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkcover-768x1024.webp\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkcover.webp\" alt=\"Grimdark Magazine #43 cover\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkcover.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkcover-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkcover-768x1024.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>My cosmic horror\/detective noir short story &#8220;Death Beneath the Dread Sleeper&#8221; appears in the latest edition of Grimdark Magazine, which you can find at their <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/short-story-in-grimdark\/\" title=\"Short story in Grimdark Magazine #43\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[139,192],"class_list":["post-14873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-advice","tag-cosmic-horror","tag-short-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/grimdarkheader.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-3RT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1436,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/whats-weird-fiction\/","url_meta":{"origin":14873,"position":0},"title":"What&#8217;s Weird Fiction?","author":"Lucy A. 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