Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

The breakout debut from Thistleman Thistlemaster, Forged in Fire, weaves a complex and morally-gray tale of an ancient Demon Lord hybrid, a magicless daughter of a Duke, and the contract they make with each other to stay alive. In an epic fantasy world, Sendrien...

Some say I was driven to madness.Others say I'm a stone-cold killer.The truth is . . . I'm just ridding this world of its most depraved souls, one surgery at a time.Banished from Wonderland as a child, I have searched for years to find...

Author: Charlotte PlattISBN-10: 1960534130ISBN-13: 9781960534132Publisher: Grendel PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2024Pages: 502Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.12d

The cautionary tales we heard as children were only the beginning. In The World Outside, Elad Haber's debut collection, you will find stories slippery and surreal, fables full of fantasy and fury, and apocalyptic parables that braid the future with strands of our past....

Creatures of mystery, fascination, and imagination -- dragons! Within this volume are tales to astonish, captivate, even frighten. Dragon furnaces, stage dragons, captured dragons, dragon combat... Just about anything can be told about dragons, but all of it appeals to our sense of adventure....

You can't say we weren't warned... Growing up, pack elders drilled it into us to prepare for the worst. But nothing bad ever happens, so we all just stay focused on finding our fated mate when we turn 21 and our pack status. As...

There are many worlds in the cosmos. Many of them have rules and laws that are utterly alien to the world that we know. Most never leave the world they were born into, never even know or suspect that other worlds even exist. Their...

Synopsis: Johnathan "John" Miller's life has been an unending struggle against shadows-both those of his past and the ones that loom in his mind. Battling Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) from an abusive childhood and compounded by the trauma of a life-altering accident, John's...

What kind of siding do you need to protect your house from werewolves?Would you kill someone to prevent them from committing suicide?What would you say to him if you met Dr. Frankenstein?Imagine building a clockwork god... that truly is God.How many times can you...

The exciting conclusion to the Valkyrie Bestiary Series! Critter wrangler rule #24: When the gods come knocking, don't answer the door. Kyra has been charged with a sacred duty-to wipe every filthy, blood-sucking vampire off the face of Terra's earth. Starting a war with...

Murder Breeds MagicAll power comes with a price. In a world where magic is transferred by the act of killing another, Myddrin stands above the rest. Having accidentally killed the most powerful mage in all of existence, Myddrin now lives a peaceful life in...

She's the stuff of Cape Code legends. But she's alive. And hungry. She knows she can't continue feeding from the same trough for over a hundred years. She needs fresh blood. Fresh energy. And she needs protection. Can the last living descendant of the...

Dark Miracles. Black Comedies. In an astonishing debut collection of short stories, Eric Schaller invites you to unlock the gates of horn, ascend the bridge of sighs, and meet him in the middle of the air. There, you'll encounter Edgar Allan Poe cavorting with...

Vancouver is falling down-crumbling into sand. To save it, Astrid O'Brien boards a bus to a parallel dimension, there to confront the demons of the city, and to answer the question: Are we who we're told we are, or who we decide to be?Author:...

"From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel trilogy comes the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Raven, a sensual novel set in Florence featuring the dangerously intoxicating coupling of Raven and William... Raven Wood's vampyre prince has returned, pledging his love and...

Jake Stone is the Wanderer, a man gifted with the ability to oppose the forces of evil in the world. He is supported by a clandestine council of Native Americans and given the mission of traveling the country to remove the evil influences that...

The Shape of Water meets Mexican Gothic in this sapphic monster romance novella wrapped in gothic fantasy trappings The old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House⁠--Anatema, an enormous humanoid spider...

To trust him would be foolish--but to betray him would be deadly, in a decadent and dark fantasy romance between a tyrant and his captive for fans of Raven Kennedy, LJ Andrews, and Elise Kova. Unwillingly transported to the magical realm of Avalon, Gwen...

Love. Heartbreak. Death.Is it possible to come back from terrible decisions? Rosalyn rises from the ashes of her choices and finds her strength. The men in her life will have to earn back her respect.The mission is imminent, and to be successful, they must...

The dead come from the sea, at night. They merely arrive and are discovered in the morning on the wharves, lying in great heaps. It has been the immemorial custom for people to take them into their homes, to find places for them, to...

The demon took my city. Now I'll give them war.We've won skirmishes, even some major battles. But nothing matters except what comes next.Toulouse is a war zone. The secret world of the Talented teeters on the edge of exposure, and the entire world may...

When the abhorrent rose from the waters of the Rio Grande River and began its inexorable March through Texas no one could have foreseen the horrors that would engulf the world. Abhorrent Siren followed those who faced the mutagenic terror of the Abhorrence as...

Vancouver is falling down-crumbling into sand. To save it, Astrid O'Brien boards a bus to a parallel dimension, there to confront the demons of the city, and to answer the question: Are we who we're told we are, or who we decide to be?Author:...

The Calavera Warrior born under a morning star's gloom, Roves the path of obsidian doom.A twin monstrous lifeblood, The mestizo wars with anger and blood.Upon the eighth hour of the night, all will become undone, And the Mountainheart will sway aloft, for this weird...

Argus knocks on the captain's door three times and turns the handle upon hearing the word, "Enter." He has been summoned by the captain to answer one question, "Antrim, are you going to reenlist in my beloved Corps?" Argus respectfully declines. This decision will...

The search for the third Sister of Power takes Viktor Brandewyne to Mexico and the Devil's daughter. She sends him to find devil's hoof but doesn't explain exactly what it is. All Viktor knows is that she will use it to try to enslave...

Travel to a Secret London When May, a carefree twentysomething computer security worker at a Shoreditch web hosting company, evades two kidnapping attempts, she finds herself dragged into a long-simmering secret war between rival magical factions. Now she's drafted to put her talents to...

A Phader is chosen to serve the people who live in isolation at the cathedral. As the days turn into the months, his mind falters from his involvement with the supernatural. Even in his circumstances, he finds a book containing strange riddles that can...

GODS NEVER FEEL LONELINESSEnter the mysterious and fantastic universe of the Godsland.Twenty-four-year-old Aurora was supposed to blend in and live a life of normalcy with other people in a small town in Vermont. Surviving her traumatic past and seeking something since the day her...

A DESPERATE SEARCH, A DEADLY GAME Regina Blake races into unknown territory to save her mother from the clutches of the blood sorcerers who have claimed her. But with every step, she enters further into the benighted world of the undead. Her only guides...

How was I meant to know I was dancing with a vampire's familiar?My name is Ava Monroe, failing student at Kinwich University, and what started as a scheme to make my ex jealous has turned into a nightmare.I have a choice: join a coven...

Hunter always found his stepsister, Gemma, annoying, but when his father abandoned her in the Endless Forest, Hunter went after her. Lost in the woods, they came upon a witch and her two sons. And in that moment, their lives changed forever.Fifteen years after...

Guard your throne, guard your heart. Lest they be stolen. "Once upon a time..." The old goblin began, spinning stories like a crawling spider did webs, knitting together strands of words like they were nothing more than netting. "There was a sly fox with...

A creepy and atmospheric slice of small town horror from the Bram Stoker award finalist and bestselling author of Come With Me. Perfect for readers of Christopher Golden and fans of Mike Flanagan. In the aftermath of a terrible storm, the town of Stillwater,...

Death, the void, the abyss...one man embodies it beyond anything ever witnessed in man's history. When he finds himself at war with the world, he waters the soil with his victims' blood. Gods, demons, Magi...all falter against his iron will...though some speculate that he's...

It is the Aeon of Chaos. The gods are dead and the great demons gnaw at their bones.Aeon of Chaos: Volume 1 collects all the Aeon of Chaos short stories and novellas published from the start of 2020 to the end of 2022, including:...

Rander Belmorn is far from home. He searches tirelessly for the one man who might be able to cure his dying son, but time is running out. The road has led to a frozen waste at the very edge of the world. But what...

Hassa is a healer, a priestess, and a sorceress. She is also irrevocably happy where she is, in the highlands of Iris Sanctuary. But when wars outside the sanctuary's safe walls threaten her people, she's sent on a quest to ask for aid. Soon...

Author: Eric KercherISBN-13: 9798330218080Publisher: Paper and Sword, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2024Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d

Love is villainy.Ava-MarieI escaped the Institute with my partners in crime, and now we're going to make the world pay.We've never had more fun than when we're out on the streets, committing crimes and robbing banks. My husband and I have sworn to become...

The Harvest is coming and soon eleven of us will be dead...For over a century, Azkiel, the God of Death, has remained in the shadows, cursed to kill any living thing he touches, and unable recall what happened in the mortal world that left...

War wasn't what Fylan had anticipated. Every war veteran Fylan had met had seemed excited for the start of the war yet seemed to hate it. Fylan hadn't understood it then, but he did now.The fires of war burned bright and burned all whom...

The rule of the empire is ever expanding, swallowing up the whole of Valael and its occupants. While many fight back, the will of the empire and its heartless emperor ensures that all resistance is crushed. To fight this ravenous evil, a group of...

Faced with a choice between love and safety, what can she decide? Hallie has been in love with her best friend, Freya forever. Hallie may be one of the most powerful witches of their generation, but she's also introverted and afraid to offend anyone....

In a parallel universe where humanity's destiny is shaped by two enigmatic ancient texts, the very fabric of society is woven through the intricate threads of these scriptures. One book, steeped in mystique, bequeaths godlike dominion to a chosen leader, conferring upon them the...

In a parallel universe where humanity's destiny is shaped by two enigmatic ancient texts, the very fabric of society is woven through the intricate threads of these scriptures. One book, steeped in mystique, bequeaths godlike dominion to a chosen leader, conferring upon them the...

Posideon himself, these merpeople are more than they appear. The tides welcome you back for tales of revenge, love, and more.Songs of the Deep volume 2 brings tales from talented authors: D.C. GomezMK MancosJC Brown & Lena LaneBrigit Ros?Nicole ZoltakLexi OstrowWhitney GayleFeral ThorneCasia PickeringLauren...

A tool does not feel guilt. Tarias is a soul seeker: a trained assassin at the disposal of the Koroark of Teruk. He is to do as he is ordered without protest, and never did he feel the need to dissent until he murdered...

The Big Bad Wolf has a new mission-protect the princess-even if it costs him everything.Following the assassination of the king of Abendrot, Niklaus embarks on a critical mission: hunting down the elusive Hawk. With Princess Stasya liberated from her father's control, Niklaus must suppress...

The Big Bad Wolf never killed for fun-he was on a mission.Niklaus von Brandt is leading a double life. Some days he wields cleavers in his stepfather's butcher shop, and others, he transforms into a lethal instrument-a skilled assassin, prowling the kingdom's darkest corners.Abendrot...