Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

The fourth annual compilation of the best fantasy and horror, covering work produced by Australian and New Zealand writers in 2013. Over 150,000 words of fiction from some of the genre's best and most awarded writers. Together with an annual genre overview and recommended...

Everyone deserves a second chance at happiness... even a killer.Serendipity Fizzlestitch wants nothing more than to be left alone. In a small cabin a stone's throw from the house where her sisters and mother breathed their last, Serendipity toils away, making the dolls her...

A gemstone might destroy the world before I get the chance to do it myself. Interdimensional rifts are opening, spilling supernatural creatures into the world of the humans. Locating and closing the gateways takes two-an angel and a demon. It's the opportunity I've been...

Leo Sabov never imagined a day without his beloved wife Maria. Now he faces the rest of his life alone.After bringing Maria to rest in her native Transylvania, Leo only wants to escape the rumors and superstitions taking over the tiny mountain village.A former...

They call it Deadtown: the city's quarantined section for its inhuman and undead residents. Most humans stay far from its border--but Victory Vaughn, Boston's only professional demon slayer, isn't exactly human... A demon is stalking Vicky's dreams-just as several of Deadtown's zombies are viciously...

Author: B. M. ValdezISBN-10: 1959620460ISBN-13: 9781959620464Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/05/2024Pages: 354Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.79d

Author: P. S. WhytockISBN-13: 9798987134191Publisher: Phoenix WhytockLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2024Pages: 384Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.19d

Unveil the secrets of a vampire's hidden past in modern Dublin. Amid danger and desire, Amara's existence is challenged by a forbidden romance and dark forces. Immerse in an intoxicating tale of passion, peril, and betrayal in Starcrossed Nocturne.Amara Thornton, an eight-century-old vampire, is...

He's the prince of shadows, bound to do the will of his court. She's about to shatter the darkness.On Zara's twentieth birthday, she expected to be married to the love of her life, not stolen by the Shadow Prince and hurled into a world...

Breath of Life is a collection of the works of author and poet LH Moore, whose history- and Afrofuturism-inspired short stories, poetry, and essays move between and blur the lines between horror, science fiction, and fantasy. In the short story "Roots On Ya," a...

"Life sucks, then you die."At least, that's what Victor Rexford thought would happen after sacrificing his life to join the fight between the demon Azazel and the Angel of Death Azrael--Noira, as she is known by those closest to her. A sacrifice that ends...

Author: John Baltisberger, Charles R. Bernard, Ian ServaasISBN-10: 1955745706ISBN-13: 9781955745703Publisher: Madness Heart PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2024Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d

"The Bull Is Dead." Ariemme is a daughter of the Pasithea. But unlike her Mother, who can speak with bees and bulls, call the rains, and hear the cracking of the earth deep down, Ariemme barely understands the speech of birds and serpents. She...

Author: Natalia JasterISBN-10: 1957824107ISBN-13: 9781957824109Publisher: Natalia JasterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2024Pages: 580Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.29d

My entire life, I've feared the Darkwings.Shadow-wielding monsters with red eyes who flay the skin from the bones of any magical being that dare cross their path. A story Lightlace witches told to their children to ensure they didn't stray. Be good, or the...

In the exciting conclusion of the Moonlight Dragon Duology, the mystical realms of vampires and dragons collide in an epic tale of betrayal, loyalty, and destiny.A Princess BetrayedCelestina, the last moonlight dragon shifter, is searching for a way to escape the slave collar that...

At the age of seventeen, Simon watched the love of his life, Dominic, die in a tragic accident.Now, some five years later, Dominic's ghost is still hanging around, equal parts eternal companion and haunting reminder of the night that ended their childhoods.But Dominic is...

Flickers of fallen people haunt this death mage-kings, queens, and boys buried in the blue ocean. Years ago, she fled those figures, to a house isolated in the tundra. There, she rebuilds herself from the boy she used to be-between the blood of badly...

The enthralling and romantic sequel to Santana Saunders' enchanting A Curse of Blood and Bloom.Evanthe, a Stone Holder and Final Guardian, finds herself caught between two deities and two destines while the future of the human and Fae realms hang in the balance.After making...

She's cursed to forget.He remembers everything.Vega Caelum's life has always felt like a long string of bad luck. When she finally hits rock bottom, a stranger sits beside her in a rundown bar and changes the course of her life forever. There are memories,...

Bri is safely out of Kai's clutches-- at least for now-- but with Carma and Olin established as the first demon gods, the life in the realms is more dangerous and unpredictable than ever. Nowhere is this clearer than in the ranks of Bri's...

In "Foreign Soil, Volume II Klooo and his companions find themselves entangled in a web of suspicion and danger while traveling with a merchant caravan across the vast and treacherous plains of Mo'Pan'Sai. Klooo, a mysterious and formidable Night Lord, is accused of mind...

"Saved me? The Empire destroyed me."Artaxiad's obsession with Sulwyn has reached a fever pitch, forcing her to submit to his will. Now Queen, Sulwyn must decide: fight against the dark force behind the Empire's tyranny while suffocated by her position or escape and forge...

Rue Umberwick is a curious woman with a seemingly insatiable thirst for knowledge. When she lands her dream job as a personal librarian for the handsome yet aloof Duke of Penrith, she doesn't think her life can get much better. But the Duke's private...

banDakota Montgomery knew she should have steered clear of The Savage Wolves Brotherhood. Now with a promising start to her career, the vow she made twelve years ago to keep her distance remains stronger than ever. But when her best friend suspiciously disappears, and...

Kevin J. Anderson is one of the best-selling novelists working in the field today, but over the course of his long career he has produced a steady stream of short fiction, ranging from hard science fiction, to fantasy, to horror, dark fantasy, and humor....

Claire's life has been fraught with trauma and nightmares that she can't escape, no matter how hard she tries. Attempting to take back her confidence, she steps out of her comfort zone and has a one-night stand with a stranger she meets at the...

Old Moon Quarterly is a magazine of dark fantasy and weird sword-and-sorcery. In the tradition of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner, it contains stories of strange vistas, eldritch beings, and the bloody dispute thereof by swordsmen and swordswomen both. Issue...

Two lost sisters. A war that will define two worlds. A curse that demands a price.As outliers sweep through Katakin City killing those who oppose Warrick, the monsters are left bleeding and wounded, forced to hide away and prepare for the coming war in...

"Based on the bestselling role-playing game"--Cover.Author: Seanan McGuireISBN-10: 0765375303ISBN-13: 9780765375308Publisher: Tor BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2017Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 09/15/2017

Old Moon Quarterly is a magazine of dark fantasy and weird sword-and-sorcery. In the tradition of Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee and Karl Edward Wagner, it contains stories of strange vistas, eldritch beings, and the bloody dispute thereof by swordsmen and swordswomen both. Issue...

In a world of warring covens, Aurelia is a prisoner trapped between two worlds. She is the daughter of a defeated warlord and has been sent to live with a rival coven as a hostage. Raised as a daughter of the victorious coven, she...

My children are powerful. Dangerous. Deadly. And supposedly they're marked. Whatever the hell that means.Part III: MarkedTwo years ago, tragedy struck. Not once. Not twice. But three times. And we're still dealing with the aftermath. I hate the actions we had to take at...

The bestselling, award-winning Soul Savers series continues with the launch of Age of Angels, a mini-series of novellas about Alexis, Tristan, and family after the war.Part I: AwakenedThe first and last thing I remember about my entire life happened two seconds ago, when I...

Mina Sun needs to die. Despite being one of the undead already.Too bad she's a bit busy right now. Her best friend is missing. Her family is pestering her to visit. And she's struggling to fit in with the group of vampires that invited...

A demon attack... Reeling from a personal tragedy and abandoned by all she loves, the world's newest demon huntress, Gin Crawford, sinks into a deep despair. She's forced back to reality by news of a large number of people committing suicide, all on the...

Hell's been waiting, and now I'm knocking...Thrown into a twisted realm of magic and demons, I've finally accepted my Nephilim powers, leaving the world I once knew far behind. But the bastards never give up, do they?Just when I thought I'd sent that son...

All of our lives, we are on the death march to immortality. On the way, we live our lives, through others, or within a self-made prison. Sometimes life happens to most of us, like Jackson Marshell, in my tale, The Pooling of the Pollen....

Lilith is a fantasy novel written by Scottish writer George MacDonald and first published in 1895. Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. In the...

the blood is the life-Deut. 12:23In medieval France, two girls, as close as sisters, grow up together... but their paths could not have diverged more as they came of age.After Vivienne's father separates the girls before they reach adulthood, Alida takes solace in travel,...

IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE GODS, PRAY NOW. THEIR PROTECTION ENDS HERE. At Asrai's Academy For Orphans, Hyacinth stands at a crossroads. Torn between the safety of the only home she has ever known, and leaving it all behind for a chance at a...

A woman on the run. A summer storm. Lightning...and landslide. Fleeing a hellish marriage, Ariadne Millar stumbles from her wrecked car into the storm-torn woods-and finds herself stranded in a strange land, its language alien, its eerie beauty surpassed only by its sudden, breathtaking...

After a perfectly normal bird is captured by a perfectly deranged alchemist, and her soul is remade in torment, she rots in a cage, dreading her doom, awaiting the perfect moment ...Escape lies in the dark secrets of her new mind, as does a...

War has ignited. Taylor Renee Wolford must forge unlikely alliances as prophecy has failed them and she is no longer considered the savior foretold that would end centuries of strife. Battle lines are drawn as the net closes in with Duke Y'ollmjr usurping the...

The Necronomicon lies on the ocean floor, but there are other dangers, other hidden copies. In that loathsome tome lie ways to contact creatures as far above Cthulhu as Cthulhu is above human kind. Elder gods who could destroy all reality in the blink...

Buried deep in the shadows of the Dark Woods-nestled between the overgrown hemlocks-stands a humble cottage. A safe haven for the coven of witches that Aerie has learned to call her home. After escaping the horrific nightmare of her fae upbringing, the coven took...

Sophia can't stop thinking about the man calling to her in her dreams. She knows she's seen him before and knows somehow, he's connected to the death of her parents. With the suggestion of a friend, she heads out to Aura Springs to find...

After a perfectly normal bird is captured by a perfectly deranged alchemist, and her soul is remade in torment, she rots in a cage, dreading her doom, awaiting the perfect moment ...Escape lies in the dark secrets of her new mind, as does a...

Alexa never expected to stumble across a unicorn trapped in the women's bathroom, especially not one on the run from a monster. Totally freaked out but unable to leave the magical beast behind, Alexa offers the unicorn, Una, a refuge in her parent's backyard...

When a phantom moose nearly runs Theo's car off an icy Alaskan road, Theo succumbs to curiosity, following the moose's trail to a door hidden amongst the trees. Despite the threat of becoming the latest victim in a string of mysterious disappearances, Theo crosses...