Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Gods will beckon, as a prophecy unfolds...Policewoman. Orphan. Single...again. This is what Maya knew. But that's all about to change.For the first time in five years, Maya Cross returns to her family home, only to learn that her past is completely fictional. Not only...

*Paperback Edition*Ancient peoples knew there were lands given over to shadow and spirit. The world is full of haunted places that exact a terrible toll on trespassers. Our forebears paid a heavy price to earn the wisdom and the warning they bequeathed to future...

PASSE-PARTOUT is a story of two lives--two narratives centuries apart, both tasked with unraveling the mystery of a hidden, corrupted magic. In a different "Present" than our own, Paul Fischer is driven to decipher the cause of his father's death. A second man separated...

Cape Cove, Indiana, 1998. After the strange events of the summer of 1997, the members of 'The Crew' try to get back to some semblance of their normal lives lived before the arrival of the Liber Malficous, but the darkened corners of their strange...

Aside from the primary ongoing series of the Dark Titan Universe Saga and the heroes such as The Swordman, Taltus, Nano Man, Voltage, and much more, there are other stories to be told. From the early investigations of the Spirit-Seeker, to the mercenary tactics...

Young Bessie and Bryant enjoy everything an old New England family has to offer: hereditary wealth, an historical home on Long Island Sound, generations of connections, an all-but-assured successful future. They have the world in the their hands as they enjoy the warm, calm...

Jost is an unusual loner in Cartha. He wanders the stone maze that surrounds his city, where hideous creatures dwell and danger lurks. No one else dares set foot within the maze.On a day like any other, he discovers a gem in the walls,...

A horror story about removing the corrupt and abusive elite in modern society In mythology, the Oroborus is a snake that eats its own tail making a never ending circle that represents death, rebirth and therefore infinity. For a corrupt society it shows that...

Prince of Woe...Avaria Norrith is the adopted heir to the Ariathan throne. But that means little to a man who, for the better part of fifteen years, has sought and failed to earn his mother's love. Fueled by pride and envy, Avaria seeks the...

The Ballad of Black Tom--the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Award finalist and Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award-winning excavation of Lovecraftian mythos by Victor LaValle--is given new life in a brand-new hardcover edition. "Full of rage and passion."--The New York...

Inspired by the 1917 Russian revolution and the last months of the Romanov sisters, The Five Daughters of the Moon by Leena Likitalo is a beautifully crafted historical fantasy with elements of technology fueled by evil magic. The Crescent Empire teeters on the edge...

More than two decades strong, the Saint-Germain cycle is one of the most compelling works of dark fantasy and horror of our age. Historically accurate, often involving key events or figures from throughout world history, these deeply emotional novels have a devoted readership. Each...

In the early 1990s, Charles de Lint wrote and published three dark fantasy novels under the pen name "Samuel M. Key." Now, beginning with Angel of Darkness and From a Whisper to a Scream and concluding with I'll Be Watching You, Orb presents them...

The second book in The Song of the Shattered Sands series--an epic fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action. eda, now a Blade Maiden in service to the kings of Sharakhai, trains as one of their elite warriors, gleaning...

New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams' ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle - Volume One of The Last King of Osten Ard The Dragonbone Chair, the first volume of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, was published in hardcover in October,...

In this second installment of the Family Spies series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, the children of Heralds Mags and Amily must follow in their parents' footsteps to protect the realm. Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife, Amily, the King's...

A recognized master fantasist, Tanith Lee has won multiple awards for her craft, including the British Fantasy Award, the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror. The White Serpent returns to the world of Vis...

Magic, danger, and adventure abound for messenger Karigan G'ladheon in the fifth book in Kristen Britain's New York Times-bestselling Green Rider fantasy series Karigan G'ladheon is a Green Rider--a seasoned member of the elite messenger corps of King Zachary of Sacoridia. King Zachary sends...

The second book in The Song of the Shattered Sands series--an epic fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action. eda, now a Blade Maiden in service to the kings of Sharakhai, trains as one of their elite warriors, gleaning...

Lands Die. The Living Light Fades. An Ancient Darkness Awakens. The Living Light that sustains Arlethia is dwindling. The rebirthing of lands ceased decades ago, and the world of V leira is dying. Only Arlethia, the Western Province of the Realm, remains untainted by...

Welcome to the world of Crypto Bizarro, where all manner of ghosts and ghouls and things that go "bump" in the night come out to play. This fully-illustrated collection of horror includes short stories, poems, puzzles, cryptograms, secret messages, a choose-your-own-adventure tale, and more....

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop weaves a dazzling tale of romance, high adventure, and thrilling fantasy in the second novel in the Tir Alainn Trilogy... Ever since the slaughter of the witches, the Fae--who should be shielding their long-lost cousins from danger--have...

Classic novellas, never-before-published stories, essays on the history, literature, and films of Halloween, and real-life memories of October 31st-from today's best practitioners of fear: Dean Koontz * Peter Straub * Poppy Z. Brite * Rick Hautala * Steve Rasnic Tem * Elizabeth Engstrom *...

Brenawyn knows loss. Her mother, her father, her husband...that bastard. She can't let Alex die, too. With the Coven closing in, Alex flees with Brenawyn to Tir-Na-Nog, even though he knows he is setting her on a path of no return. Brenawyn must say...

Welcome to Blood Haven. Magic has returned, reshaping the modern world. Unfortunately, it's not all love potions and broomsticks. A thirst for power has awoken; only the strong will prevail. Killian is just trying to survive in this frightening new world, and it is...

There is rumoured to be a noble dragon, an almost mythical beast, long thought to be extinct in Torea - terrorising a village in the north, at the foot of the Sky Cleaver Mountains. Saul Karza, Emissary to the Empress and licensed magic user,...

This prequel to the novel CHILD OF FIRE (which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2009) tells the story of the first meeting of Ray Lilly and his boss, Annalise Powliss, how they began to work together, how he betrayed her, and how...

In the last novel of The Devil's West trilogy, Isobel, the Devil's Left Hand, and Gabriel ride through the magical land of the Territory to root out evil by the way of mad magicians, ghosts, and twisted animal spirits. As Isobel and Gabriel travel...

This early work by E. T. A. Hoffmann was originally published in 1816. Born in K nigsberg, East Prussia in 1776, Hoffmann's family were all jurists, and during his youth he was initially encouraged to pursue a career in law. However, in his late...

"A delightful, dark, and entertaining romp . . . Molly Tanzer is at the top of her form in this beautifully constructed novel." -- Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach trilogyVictorian London is a place of fluid social roles, vibrant arts culture,...

Horror lies in the old, decrepit New England town of Dunwich. Outsiders visit Dunwich as seldom as possible, and since a certain season of horror all the signboards pointing towards it have been taken down. The scenery, judged by an ordinary aesthetic canon, is...

From the dark depths of the past, comes the tale of the first wizard of Illeniel. Daniel Tennick lived simply, a young shepherd with few troubles and little to occupy his mind, until the warden appeared. Daniel's power awakens, and he finds himself hunted...

Includes 'How to Become a Witch Queen' shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award.Brand-new stories of witches and witchcraft written by popular female fantasy authors, including Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon writing in their own bestselling universes! These are tales of witches, wickedness,...

"Shea's latest exemplifies the best of the genre. Booklist Starred Review Five years after Ashley King survived the infamous Resort Massacre, she's found hanging in her basement by her fianc , Todd Matthews. She left behind clues as to what really happened that night,...

Shortlisted for the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer at the Gemmell Awards 2017 Pulled from a frozen sea, pierced by arrows and close to death, Knot has no memory of who he was. But his dreams are dark, filled with violence and unknown...

"There are no vampires in Japan. That is the position of the Emperor. The Emperor is wrong..." In 1899 Genevi ve Dieudonn travels to Japan with a group of vampires exiled from Great Britain by Prince Dracula. They are allowed to settle in Yōkai...

Shanna Bosarge's breakout novel introduces Sterling Rin'Ovana -- a complex, beautiful, and dangerous woman who forges toward a powerful future despite her unknown past.Resentful of the silver eyes inherited from a mother she never knew, Sterling must learn to put aside the wayward glances...

Blog on author website and connect this website to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and GoodreadsPost personal interviews already conducted with successful authors (Andy Weir, Christopher Paolini, Michael Sullivan, etc.) to website to draw viewersComplete at least fifty interviews with book clubs, book bloggers, etc.StokerCon 2020Events...

The Rats in the Walls is perhaps Lovecraft's most powerful tales. The story follows Delapore as he discovers his heritage and begins a slow, terrifying descent into madness. When he reclaims his familial home which is in ruins and decides to restore it, he...

From Grandmaster of Horror, Brian Keene, comes a pandemic tale of survival and terror.When a freak storm hits, time is the enemy as a government-created super virus gets loose and spreads through the quiet little town of Godfrey, Illinois. But the virus isn't the...

World Fantasy Award WinnerShirley Jackson Award Winner Harrison was the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he's in his mid-thirties and spends most of his time popping pills and not sleeping. Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals. Barbara is...

The sequel to Hugo Award-winning author Kameron Hurley's acclaimed debut God's War continues the story of Nyx, a former assassin caught up in civil war on a bizarre far-future alien planet. The only thing worse than war is revolution. Especially when you're already losing...

Death and pleasure. Freud's Todestrieb, his statement that "libido has the task of making the destroying instinct innocuous, and it fulfills the task by diverting that instinct to a great extent outwards.... The instinct is then called the destructive instinct, the instinct for mastery,...

A clash of magical-girl titans Snow White, a.k.a. the Magical-Girl Hunter, is searching for her dear friend Ripple when she's summoned by one of the Three Sages, the Magical Kingdom's highest authority. The Sage asks Snow White to locate a missing magical girl-a simple...

Gemini, Book 1 Camille Ellis is the Earthen Conclave's golden girl. Her peculiar talent solves cases with a touch. She isn't afraid of getting her hands dirty, but every bright star casts a shadow, and her deepest scars lurk just beneath the skin. A...

Adara has no idea who she is.What she is.That doesn't stop danger from stalking her.It also does nothing to stem the nightmares.Caught in her dreams of darkness, Adara attracts the attention of a werewolf and a vampire and wonders if she's losing her mind....

What makes a magical girl special? Sakura Kagami is just an ordinary girl, and her magical-girl persona, Prism Cherry, is just as ordinary, too. After the same old tired routine of saving people with her boring magic in a peaceful town, Sakura learns that...

When two Holy Order knights return from a failed crusade, they find themselves dragged into a new war against an even deadlier foe. When two Holy Order knights return from a failed crusade, they find themselves dragged into a new war against an even...

I'm stuck with Reilly and figuring out how to control my power, which is starting to feel more like a curse. I never expected to be working with JHAPI. I'm still not sure I can trust them, particularly Zachary's longtime co-worker who won't stop...

That Which Grows Wild collects sixteen dark and masterful short fiction stories by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard. Equal parts of whimsy and weird, horror and heartbreak, this debut collection traverses the darker side of the fantastic through vibrant and harrowing tales that encounter...