Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Capasta is a kingdom of chaos, possessing three strains of majic bestowed upon them by their Gods- the Stars. Alisha, a cynical, reckless Capastian prostitute, has been tormented by being 'Blessed by the Stars;' an exceptionally rare person born with golden eyes and set...

Dive into a captivating dark fantasy novella described as dark fantasy meets 'Oliver Twist.' Join Malachi as he uncovers the hidden underground world of Thaumoria and struggles to find the balance between knowledge and ignorance.In the City of Kinetics, people are seen as cogs...

Note from the Author: This is a 1.5 Novella in The Forgotten Goddess Series. It is highly recommended you read The Forgotten Goddess, book 1 first for a richer experience and to avoid spoiling the ending of book 1. And with that.... please enjoy....

Mondirra is a city on the brink of destruction. While magic wanes and science leaps forward, the church and the university are about to come to blows, and the veil of progress hides deep cracks in the foundation of the world. Isabel is a...

Discover the original macabre stories of your most beloved classics in this collection of disturbingly dark fairy tales. 'Story-telling is one of the most ancient and universal of arts.' - Laura F. Kready, A Study of Fairy Tales, 1916 'The instruments of darkness tell...

When your kingdom is built on lies, it is destined to burn.In a kingdom where legends of dragonriders conquering the lands are taught as history and libraries were burned by past kings, the truth will be just as dangerous as any sword.That is, if...

For lovers of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Berserk, and the Mistborn series.The world of Eriand prospers at the dusk of an age. Rig, a young man from the snowy northern country of Nordfold is freshly released from his conscription to the...

Certainly, Magnum Tenebrosum! Here's a more detailed description for "Lost Echoes" ---**Embark on a Terrifying Odyssey into Cosmic Horror**In "Lost Echoes," Magnum Tenebrosum invites readers to traverse the chilling landscapes of Lovecraftian horror in a narrative that defies the boundaries of the known. As...

Discover the original macabre stories of your most beloved classics in this collection of disturbingly dark fairy tales. 'Story-telling is one of the most ancient and universal of arts.' - Laura F. Kready, A Study of Fairy Tales, 1916 'The instruments of darkness tell...

Demetrius Raske strikes a deal with the Devil to stop a monster stalking the city, but he may have unleashed another villain entirely...The Capital of the United League of Nations glitters like jewels on a dame's neck-a city of wicked splendor and possibility. The...

In "Eldritch Reverberations: Verses of Cosmic Horror," Magnum Tenebrosum, the virtuoso of the unknown, crafts an otherworldly experience where the boundaries between reality and cosmic horror blur into an intricate dance of fear and fascination. Through the rhythmic verses of eldritch prose, readers are...

A past erased from my memory . . .A protector I never wanted . . . An enemy (or two) determined to strike me down . . .One day I'm raiding tombs and trying to buy my freedom from the man who has controlled...

Crossing the street to get his mail, Jake Mild is run over by some idiot in a tricked-out truck and wakes up standing in an open grave. Figuring he must have died, he hurries back to his apartment to keep his ex-wife from cleaning...

Charity Blake became a nightmare. But there are far more dangerous monsters out there than her.Train-wreck antihero Charity Blake thrives at being a winged avenger, but exacting vengeance takes as much from her as it gives. To retain the humanity she's fought tooth and...

Shipwrecks, pirates, bounty hunters, and monsters - good thing Timid Stormwind knows his fair share of scary stories, because this sure feels like one. And if the stories about this place are true, he's in the one corner of the Shrieking Isle that nobody...

Large Print EditionAislinn Lenear lost her anthropologist father high in the Bolivian Andes. Her mother, crazy with grief that muted her magic, was marched into a radioactive vortex by dark creatures and killed. Three years later, stripped of every illusion that ever comforted her,...

Lilith is a fantasy novel written by Scottish writer George MacDonald .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. Some believe that MacDonald is arguing for...

Trapped in the corporate hive as an insurance cost accountant, Barney Berry has his tedious life disrupted when he jumps between his world and a scary Waspoid world where he battles a Hive of human-like insects that want him for bug food.Author: Richard W....

Smoke is back on the loose and someone is going to pay. With John Smoke now free from prison, Sidney Shaw's life doesn't get any easier. No longer an FBI agent and with the bills stacking up, she takes up the Bounty Hunter business....

Book Six in the bestselling, award-winning BEYOND series. For years, Jared has existed on the fringes of both Eden society and Dallas O'Kane's Sector Four gang. He travels between these worlds, protected by his money and power--money he earned selling his body, and power...

Weirdbook returns after a 20-year hiatus under the editorship of Douglas Draa Here are great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre... Chivaine, by John R. Fultz Give Me the Daggers, by Adrian Cole The Music of Bleak Entrainment,...

When I invoked the Trials to save the vampires, I never expected this.My mother is dead, and my father stands beside the new Queen. She wants it all - the throne, my death, and all the dark magic the vampires once wielded. I'd settle...

Tales From Between is a fantasy & horror literary journal. We highlight the best writers working today, from the new to the award-winning. ISSUE TWO SHOWCASES: SHORT STORIESPage Sixty-Seven by Belicia RheaGlass Cabbage by Ivy GrimesLilies by Elin OlaussonIf All Your Friends Jumped Off...

They took his family. What will he sacrifice to get them back?Charlie Haynes is out of his depth. Magic is real. Demons are real. And he has the scars to prove it.Three months after a harrowing demonic battle that almost cost him his life,...

"I am a daughter of Reaper and Earth, born from the soil and raised in the shadow of death. I do not fear you." With the kingdoms embroiled in a political war that threatens to exile all ungifted, twenty-year-old Bellamy must manifest, or everything...

Time is an ouroboros Fate has long tortured Pandora and her kin. After years of travails she will soon reach a final decision. If she cannot cut through the Tapestry of Fate, she will instead cut down its weavers.Meanwhile, Kirke finds herself enslaved by...

The thrilling third entry in the high fantasy saga that started with BookTok sensation A Broken Blade."It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it." A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in...

Cursed & Creepy- 12 Dark Short Tales It's the hour of the evening when you want to curl up with a book of scary short stories. Tales inspired by the Twilight Zone. But not too scary... because you want to sleep, right? Stories that...

The End of the World is coming!In a broken future governed by the oppressive Technocrats and their parasitic technology, enslaved warrior Animkii's mind is a battleground for control. After an act of sabotage shatters her bondage, she faces a dire mission: ridding herself of...

Journey into the heart of darkness and light with "The Seven Sins," a compelling anthology that delves deep into the timeless allure of humanity's most ancient transgressions.Each tale is a dedicated exploration, offering readers a window into the souls of individuals ensnared by Lust's...

King Xalton is ruler of Straltonia, the mightiest empire to ever exist among the kingdoms of the Westermarck. His wealth is limitless, his power unrivalled, and his reputation for satisfying the world's most beautiful women legendary. Now his life hangs by a thread. A...

Ishmael Jones is faced with a dead body and a missing mummy in this highly entertaining, genre-blending mystery. Death shall come on swift wings to whoever desecrates this tomb ... Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home...

NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH Cid pays a visit to the Sacred Land, where he finds himself getting roped into the Goddess's Trial. It's a ritual event that summons warriors from the past to engage with only the most worthy from the...

Not all heroes are saints. Not all villains are monsters.Arix Sable is a free-spirit. She roves through the cities of Ruur, slipping nimble-footed into ornate halls, and nimble-fingered into the pockets of those who cross her path. Her self-taught talent and luck has kept...

The Patternist novels detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.Author: Octavia E. ButlerISBN-10: 0446698903ISBN-13: 9780446698900Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2007Pages: 784Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 8.04h x 6.34w x 1.25d

"Family is in the small moments.The ties that bind us. Threads that connect.Family is in the intention to protect."In the wake of the Elders' betrayal, Neysa searches for her missing mate, Cadeyrn, who has been forced to shift into his inner beast and flee...

A villainous, bloodthirsty heroine finds herself plunged into the dangerous world of power, politics and murder in the court of the vampire king in this dark romantic fantasy debut. Fate is a cruel mistress. The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan...

Justina Robson is one of the most original writers of genre fiction working today. Her work has been variously shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the John W. Campbell Award.This is the...

He left to save her from herself... But who will save him from her? When Lady Seliah Phel wakes from a drugged sleep to find herself abandoned by her newly bonded wizard, she vows revenge--and to hunt him down. Tracking him through the familiar...

When Hearts ForgetOne is three, and three are one.She is one, and one is five.When five are one, and five meet thee, We'll become one, and one is three. Forced into the Underworld after his untimely demise, Jeph faces his forgotten past-and the heartless...

"Source of the Sunken City" by Magnum Tenebrosum delves into cosmic horror as Dr. Olivia Hartley and her team unleash ancient terrors in R'lyeh. Illusions shatter, and Cthulhu's gaze looms, pushing the team to the brink of madness. Reality unravels, and eldritch forces shape...

Life as a college student is hard. It's even harder for Victor Rexford when a cult brings about the end of days via a botched summoning, and he happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fortunately-or maybe unfortunately-Victor catches the...

The Critters Readers Poll recently listed Tony-Paul de Vissage in their Top 5 list for authors of supernatural fiction.To save the woman he loves, nobleman Damien LaCroix seeks out the help of a vampire, but the price he pays is far higher than he...

This book contains dark topics. Please look through the content warning before reading. Found in the beginning of the book or on dakotamonroe.com/contentwarningsNell Harper tumbles from the world of the humans into the veiled domain of the fae after struggling through her life for...

"Void's Web: Chronicles of Eldritch Descent"Immerse yourself in the cosmic horror labyrinth where eldritch nightmares meet artificial intelligence. "Void's Web" weaves a tapestry of chilling tales, challenging the boundaries of human understanding. Join Emory Massie on October 28, 2023, as they praise it as...

As the princess of the Kingdom of Pyrus, Asteria was expected to be a future leader and a Queen. She knew this was her duty, and she had never questioned it. Until her father, the King, informed her that she was to be betrothed...

In Dragon Heart, Cecelia Holland, America's most distinguished historical novelist steps fully into the realm of fantasy and makes it her own. Where the Cape of the Winds juts into the endless sea, there is Castle Ocean, and therein dwells the royal family that...

There is no aspect of life that magic does not touch, including death.Raised to follow in her mother's footsteps, groomed to be a proper hedgewitch, Macaria longs to blossom and bloom both into womanhood and her magic. But deep inside, doubts have begun to...

The shadows are talking and they won't take no for an answer. Victory has returned safely to present-day Limani, sure that nothing so strange as time travel can ever happen to her again. Until the shadows begin speaking to her. And it turns out...

Welcome to a Different Sort of FantasyNo story begins at the beginning. The past sculpts the present with fingers too long and delicate to trace, working according to a plan beyond the knowledge of any who still draw breath. But when those ancient talons...