Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Eleven years ago, atheist Malcolm Romero met a god. Now he's a demon-hunting voodoo priest armed with a holy machete named Hounacier.After the murder of his mentor, he returns to New Orleans to catch the killer. But more is at stake when Malcolm finds...

"Run, Star Girl." Bryony Adams is destined to be murdered, but fortunately Fate has terrible marksmanship. In order to survive, she must run as far and as fast as she can. After arriving in Seattle, Bryony befriends a tortured musician, a market fish-thrower, and...

"This volume holds the first three books in the bestselling Nightblade Epic, and also contains dozens of pages of extra background materials about the world of Underrealm. Loren has grown up in the forests of the kingdom of Selvan, raised by cruel parents who...

" Viscera] is dark, weird, and wonderfully human, and I cannot recommend it enough. It's far and away the weirdest, most original thing you will read this year, and Gabriel Squailia gives it heart that matches its entrails beat-for-beat."--B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog The...

"The world is a stage, life is a play, and we are the puppets. It's better not to ask who pulls the strings." How lucky do you feel? That question echoed through the world's underground, scrawled on bathroom walls, spray-painted across subway tunnel exits,...

We are the Night Vigil.The run-down convenience store, the all-night diner, the last-ditch shelter, or seedy motel, the redneck bar and the emergency room, and all the other places open on the graveyard shift--they're Hell's hunting grounds, full of easy marks and desperate souls,...

When zombies rise in Charleston cemeteries, dead men fall from the sky and the whole city succumbs to the "grouch flu," Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren suspect a vengeful dark witch who is gunning for Teag and planning to unleash an ancient horror.Author: Gail Z....

Part sword and sorcery, part extreme horror, King of the Bastards is wild adventure across seas, beaches, and mountains full of horrifying monstrosities, dark magic, and demonic entities. Rogan has been many things in his life as an adventurer -- a barbarian, a thief,...

Claire McMullen is just an ordinary woman -- until you look at her long, beautiful bright-red hair. She has a job she hates, a roommate she tolerates, and she spends her weekend nights bar-hopping, looking for her "Mr. Right." One cold, rainy night she...

JIMBO "We dance with phantoms and with shadows play. . ." Jimbo is a very imaginative boy, and together with his brothers and sisters, they make up a lot of games around an old building on their father's property that they call The Empty...

In the heart of the Great Forest, nothing is as it should be. Sir Vladisal and her Knights of Boska are lost and far from home. The son of their Duchess has been kidnapped, spirited away to a nameless place within these dark and...

In Orcs: Tales Of Maras-Dantia, Stan Nicholls delivers an action-packed prequel to his international best-selling Orcs series. Join Stryke, Haskeer, Coilla and the rest of the Wolverines - the toughest, meanest mercenary band around - as they face their most dangerous missions yet in...

Rachaela has never known her father - he was a taboo subject as far as her mother was concerned. All Rachaela's mother had ever said was 'Keep away from the Scarabae', her father's tribe. Were they bad people, or simply disapproving of the woman...

In 2012 NewCon Press launched our Imaginings series with Cold Grey Stones by Tanith Lee: eleven wonderful and rich-textured stories, all previously uncollected, five of which appeared for the first time anywhere and all of which deserved to be treasured. Available only as a...

Jessica lived with her father, mother, and brother. Her sister was away making a living as an artist. Jessica was devastated when her mother left to pursue a career. Lonely, she found comfort in the old mansion nearby, where the ancient dolls seemed to...

What would you do if your past sins came back to haunt you? Hide? Fight them head on? Or scheme and stab them in the back? After barely surviving last year's lethal power struggle, the smart-mouthed thief known as the Oncoming Storm has solidified...

I have no interest in being a demon's plaything.I shouldn't even be in the Fallen City of Elisium, but all it took was one Nephilim jerk proclaiming me to be tainted and that's exactly where I wind up.The demons in this dark metropolis are...

What would you do for love? Would you give up everything you have? Everyone you love?Athena is a girl who is a descendant of the Malachite family. The Malachites are the head of the most elite vampire slaying organization in the world and it...

Sometimes not even love is stronger than hate. Sometimes sacrifices must be made.Hua Minglan is trapped, presumed dead, and back where it all started.Home. A place that once brought peace to her mind, a place she'd abandoned in order to seek her revenge. But...

Jack Harper is a dangerous woman, capable of death and resurrection. Raised and utilized by Cyrus, the leader of a mystical religion, she was once a fearless and brilliant weapon against all who blasphemed. Now, having destroyed Cyrus, Jack is free to be more....

"...Spader has created a realm that feels just uncharted enough for surprises to be lurking behind every tree."- Kirkus Reviews782 AD War rages for the heart of Europe and the soul of a warrior.Christians bargain with the Devil to ensure their domination. Pagans invoke...

t's 1920's Baltimore. Prohibition. Those who sell and distribute liquor can become rich -- or dead if the mob doesn't get their cut. The gangsters have taken over, and in organized crime the one weapon valued more than a Tommy gun is a mage....

True honor is endless. 1935. Norfolk. War is looming in Great Britain and the sprawling country estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Alderberen's newest resident, Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall's elite society, which has...

The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night. Humanity fearfully called him the Devil.Now that Sorin has finally trapped his...

Mourning Thrax's death, Ankhesenamun tries to find peace again. But as she resumes her normal life, her world is upended by another death - this time, that of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. As Ankhesenamun tries to keep control of her throne and her country, the chief...

Four years have passed since Lidan's world was ripped apart, and time is running out to change her father's mind about the succession before the bargain with her mother expires. Torn between what she wants and what she knows is right, she is faced...

Let sleeping dogs lie...Don't stir up the past.Especially when that past is an ancient, feral vampire sleeping at the bottom of an aged cobblestone well, one who is famished for blood, determined to claim you, and haunted by mystical shadows...remnants from the past.Long ago,...

The bloodsoaked conclusion to Kameron Hurley's epic fantasy masterpiece - the Worldbreaker Saga - is unleashed. The Dhai nation has broken apart under the onslaught of the Tai Kao, invaders from a parallel world. With the Dhai in retreat, Kirana, leader of the Tai...

In the third in the epic fantasy series, War of the Archons, the war of the gods continues to threaten all existence. Perfect for fans for Brandon Sanderson, Michael J. Sullivan and Brian Staveley. As its neighbours muster for war, the city state of...

The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six--guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of...

An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-acclaimed viral sensation from Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six--now newly revised and edited with additional content. - The tag #theatlassix has millions of views on...

"Exquisitely written with compelling characters and romance . . . I was swept away by the enchanting and magical world Rebecca Ross crafted, and loved every moment of it." -- Sue Lynn Tan, bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon GoddessEnter the isle of...

An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-acclaimed viral sensation from Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six--now newly revised and edited with additional content. - The tag #theatlassix has millions of views on...

An Instant USA Today BestsellerThree Powerfully Alluring Vampire Men and One Queen to Rule Them All. All Mina ever wanted was to escape her father's control. Half human, half vampire, she lived eternally torn between two worlds, never fully experiencing the pleasures of either--until...

A prequel to the blockbuster Attack on Titan series, Before the Fall is a three volume young adult fiction fantasy novel series set years before the events that transpire with Eren and Mikasa. Together, the second and third volumes of Before the Fall are...

LOST GIRLS tells of the times and spaces in between the plot points, through the eyes and ears of the saga's toughest--but more taciturn--heroines. What they thought, and felt, and did on and off stage come to the fore via a medium distinctly suited...

A collection of original horror and dark fantasy from the world's best writers, including Stephen King and John Ajvide Lindqvist Many of us grew up on The Pan Book of Horror Stories and its later incarnations, Dark Voices and Dark Terrors (The Gollancz Book...

Sameerixis, or Sam for those who actually know him, isn't what you'd call normal.He's a door-to-door salesman, of sorts. One that peddles wares, wishes, and whims to anyone willing to pay his prices.Prices that usually involve a few years of your life, maybe a...

Their world is broken and so are they. Arianna is an outcast. Her affinity for darkness terrifies those around her. Haunted by dreams of another time, she doubts if she even belongs among her people. Rather than dwell on fragments of a forgotten past,...

Talon Pike lives life by a few simple parameters: get the girl, kill the baddies, save the entire planet. As an Enforcer of the Enclave, a mystical clandestine organization in Georgia, these parameters are easy to achieve. His job: keep unwitting humans and supernatural...

Eleven tales of the queer fantastic by award-winning author Catherine Lundoff. Journey to distant planets, encounter angry ghosts, go on a quest for the Norns and meet Shakespeare's sister, Judith on your way to finding joy. Vampires, swordswomen, witches, the Queen of the Fay...

Heroic Fantasy Novel #5 in the Sacred Band Series Join Tempus and Niko on the triple shores of land, sea, and eternity . . . Where a young girl trembles between love and sorcerous obsession . . . Where a prince's refusal to admit...

**FINALIST 2017 Mark Lawrence SPFBO Competition**As a kingdom teeters on the brink of war, two witch hunters fight to stop a warlock before he unleashes an ancient evil... For centuries, the Argolian Order has protected the mortal vale from the dark forces of the...

A century since the departure of the Gods, the Three Nations are now united beneath the Tsar. Magic has been outlawed, its power too dangerous to remain unchecked. All Magickers must surrender themselves to the crown, or face imprisonment and death. Alana's mundane life...

Adelei was a master in her field, one of the feared Order of Amaska. Those who were a danger to the Little Dozen Kingdoms wound up dead by her hand. The Order sends her deep into the Kingdom of Alexander, away from her home...

A murky past. A forbidden love. A deathly power. When the river spits Umbra onto its bank, naked and shivering, the only clue to her identity is the arcane brand seared into her skin. A brand hunted by both a murderous necromancer and a...

A young prince, an evil wizard, and a city that no longer seems to care.Cast out from the palace, Nellie survives in the streets of Saardam with the poor and destitute and a dragon whose behaviour she can't control, but is the key to...

A collection of short stories and novellas by respected Belgian horror writer Eddy C. Bertin. In a writing career spanning over forty years, his stories have been published in such prestigious books and magazines as The Pan Book of Horror Stories, The Year's Best...

A city threatened by unimaginable horrors must trust their most hated outcast--or lose everything--in this sword and sorcery debut with a grimdark twist. "Epic fantasy meets hardboiled noir, with a foul-mouthed, seen-it-all narrator you won't soon forget." --Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog...

The Sisters of the Crescent Empress is the second book in Leena Likitalo's Waning Moon Duology, a fabulous historical fantasy based on the lives of the Romanov sisters. We all think we know how the story ends... With the Crescent Empress dead, a civil...