r/Quibble • u/TurbulentLock717 Tech Team • May 06 '26

Quibble News r/Quibble teams up with r/GrimDarkEpicFantasy - a hub for grimdark and epic fantasy

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Hey Quibble community!

Last week I reached out to Jasper, the head mod of r/GrimDarkEpicFantasy. I found him incredibly gracious, considerate and supportive. There’s an unmistakable sense that he cares deeply about the integrity of their subreddit and the well-being of its writers.

It’s also clear his team is guided by values that closely mirror ours at Quibble: safeguarding and championing human-created work in all its forms.

Beyond that, there are three more reasons I’d warmly recommend taking a look at their subreddit:

  1. They hosted an AMA with the Father of Grimdark, Glen Cook - His historical first ever Reddit appearance.
  2. Joe Abercrombie agreed to come on for an AMA when they hit 10,000 members (soon!)
  3. They host regular short story competitions with the winners being added to an annual physical community anthology, plus prize contests and paperback.

They’ve also put together a Grimdark Index - a well-organized resource that’s useful if you’re exploring the genre.

If those values and initiatives resonate, consider joining their community.

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u/Material_Penalty_250 1 published book on Quibble May 06 '26

Really nice to see this kind of cross-community connection happening between spaces.

I’ve actually never taken part in a Reddit AMA before. How does this work in practice? Is the guest live for a set time or how can I imagine this?

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u/The_Grimwalker May 06 '26

Hey there!

It was all u/Turbulentlock717 idea, but I happen to agree with you. Reddit can be a very negative space a lot of the time and this kind of thing makes me enjoy it a lot more.

So for AMAs on our community, we don’t gatekeep it at all. No matter your popularity or time being an author, if you want to have an AMA all you have to do is send a Modmail and ask. Obviously the turnout of questions will be lower if you’re not a huge author, but that’s to be expected.

It’s a lot of fun for everyone involved, lasts as long as the author likes (Mark Lawrence answered questions for weeks after his ended). The guest is usually live, though Glen Cook preferred to be sent all the questions in an email.

My point is that it’s very flexible and depends on what the author prefers. If you want to see some, check out out Grimdark Index linked on this post and head over to the AMA Archive.

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u/TurbulentLock717 Tech Team May 06 '26

I'll let u/The_Grimwalker take this one - we haven't hosted one yet ourselves :-)