Is anybody still writing “Grimdark”? That’s fantasy that’s, well, grim and dark and appeals to sophisticated morons.
But never mind–make way for Glumdark!
Inspired by Hallmark TV specials about really charming cool people dying of incurable diseases, every character in a Glumdark fantasy is… sad! And if it really works, the reader will be sorry, too!
Just don’t think for one minute that I’m gonna write it.
Good, glad you are not going to go there. We have more than enough to depress us, and we have to fight it every waking moment.
Hallmark has a new career just waiting for you. Their stuff has gone way bad, to the side of melodrama.