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There appears to be a resurgence of fantasy that includes macabre themes and taps the human desire for frightening stories that began with the original Brothers Grimm stories, and now includes more recent work like the Song of Ice and Fire, Broken Empire and Penny Dreadful. Where might some of the more influential dark fantasy or grimdark works lead the fantasy genre overall?