Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. Goblin Slayer and his party have arrived at the royal capital, which is buzzing with excitement over a jousting tournament. Among the participants are Rhea Fighter and Wizard Boy, who continue to grow by leaps and...

First full collection from the award-winning author of innovative science fiction and off-kilter fantasy.Fifteen stories selected by the author from more than two decades' worth of work; includes the BSFA Award-winning "Liberty Bird", a Hidden Empire story, and a new tale, "Sin of Omission",...

Princess Amirah's world is turned upside down on the eve of her reluctant marriage to Prince Bradrick. Nithe, the Dark Duke's son, is a sorcerer seeking revenge for a blood-stained past. Irreparably transformed and confronted with long-held secrets when their paths cross, Amirah is...

Book 3 in the Reclaimed Earth series, praised by Analog SF, Compelling Science Fiction, Cemetery Dance and more Earth is mostly depopulated in the wake of a massive supervolcano, but civilization and culture are preserved in vast orbiting ringstations, as well as in a...

All Caitlin Kelley wanted was a vacation in New Orleans. See the sights, check out the voodoo shops, drink a hurricane at Pat O'Brien's, eat beignets at Cafe du Monde, the whole deal. Rest, relaxation, and...well, there isn't a good word that starts with...

Henry James (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer who traveled Europe for much of his younger life. Born to a wealthy family that emphasized education, James was tutored by teachers from all over Europe during his adolescence and briefly...

The last of his kind, Arik must do what it takes to survive... His academy razed to the ground, Arik barely survives a deathly fall out of a cliffside window and a vicious attack by winged wolves. Imprisoned by slave traders, battered and bruised,...

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! Welcome to Ozzies Kebab Shop! Kebab Shops... the last bastion of a great night out. Everyone knows that if you don't get lucky, then the humble doner kebab is the next best thing. Loads of salad, loads of onions,...

Frost sprites dance at the windowpane, a snow-dwelling spider grants wishes and elusive spectral beings convey a message in this magical collection! Journey from a Japanese blizzard to a magical Arctic village, from the snow-covered forests of Kajanaland to a waterfall in Iceland. A...

"You were planning on leaving without even giving me a kiss?"Taryn shrugged and let a coy smile develop on her lips. "That was the plan," she teased."Well, I guess I'm just going to have to keep surprising you when you try to leave. I...

For fans of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes a fast-paced, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series featuring two wise-cracking protagonists straight out of the golden age of epic fantasy.Once the most daring--some would say reckless--grave robbers around, Egil and Nix...

Untried OriginsIn the underworld, the ultimate way to be bound is by blood.Kaisera, the demon princess party girl, and Madis, the demon army's finest warrior, are an unlikely pair of friends forced to make a choice to be tied together forever.Not everything is as...

Loneliness and queer desire haunt these stories, and as often as there is despair, there is hope. Gods, dragon keepers, death witches, seekers, and lovers reach for intimacy and find startling answers.In "On Lore," a woman tries to save her girlfriend from the allure...

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don't Die and Horseman. Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's not...

Nyro lives in Acedrex, a city ruled by two vampires: the White Queen and the Black King.No one can leave or enter Acedrex and, for the majority of people, that is fine. It's a safe place, far better than the outside world.Unless you're a...

The true evil behind the fall of the continent has been revealed: the whisper. Now this dark magic has found a home inside of Hider, and the destruction he brings is greater than anything Titheu has wrought.As the world crumbles around them, Jost and...

A compelling gothic fairytale by bruja and award-winning writer Maria DeBlassie.The women of Sue, New Mexico don't know how to live a life without sorrows. That's La Llorona's doing. She roams the waterways looking for the next generation of girls to baptize, filling them...

A Sunday drive in the country for Macky and Millie turns into a rain-drenched detour into the town of Arkham. When a giant spider jumps in front of the coupe, Macky steers the car into a ditch, leaving them stranded. Arkham isn't what it...

From the author of the viral hit Man, F*ck This House comes a horrifying new vision of love, desperation, and the occult."Hearts break. But they don't just break, they explode.Destroying everything around them."Michael Mallory's living the dream as the lead singer of a hot,...

A maiden of the stars. A monster from the shadows. A collision that rewrites their worlds.Princess Laila Rose is a fallen star in human form. A beloved guardian to humanity. Yet in spite of these fantastical origins, she has never much believed in prophecies....

Danny is a struggling singer willing to do almost anything to get a little exposure and keep food on the table, so she doesn't think twice about traveling to the middle of nowhere to perform a gig. When she's stranded at an abandoned airport,...

Wren Crivelli was born with a truly astonishing mind. As a hysteresis user, Wren is able to alter the world around her by focusing her mind on a single solitary thought. This ability is limited to areas in which the user has acquired sufficient...

Misanthropy. Monstrosity. Morons. The end of the world came suddenly and without warning, ruining an otherwise pleasant day off for billions of people. An incomprehensible, voracious evil has invaded the aisles of Duke's Flea Market, spelling doom for the whole of humanity. But, as...

"Twice upon a time--for that is how some stories should continue..."Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident--a body without a spirit. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud the fairy stories Phoebe loves in the hope...

The Fates have a habit of imprisoning gods too powerful to puppeteer...But now a god has escaped. Imprisoned by the Fates since his youth, one lost god is completely unaware of his divinity and his foretold destiny. Trapped as both a wish-granting Jinni and...

Return to the Weald, the world Stephanie Ellis introduced us to in The Five Turns of the Wheel.Reborn is the story of Cernunnos, the Father of all, who has risen. Born of blood offerings, he travels to the Layerings-one of those places, like Umbra,...

Traumatized and touch-averse, Ruelle has become the morally-gray princess she must be to survive her family and their evil kingdom. When a young enemy Captain is brought into her father's dungeon, she's ordered to interrogate him. But she sees him as a way to...

Threatened with a marriage she doesn't want, Lady Marian strikes a deal with Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Spy on the dastardly bandit Robin Hood and his band, learn their secrets and find their hiding places, and then turn them in to...

Dark academia meets forbidden paranormal romance in this new mashup of Crave and Gothikana.Preston Academy Book 2 Welcome back to Preston Academy-feeding on your classmates is strictly prohibited and being cursed isn't a reason to stay away from class. In a world where death...

Only One Can Survive The ReckoningErin Radkey has always known the day would come when she would have to personally confront the Triad leader of the power-hungry Emporium. But she never thought it would be with a snake in her head that feeds on...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: George MacDonaldISBN-10: 1443704075ISBN-13: 9781443704076Publisher: Parker...

Whether in an old weathered mine shaft, somewhere off the beaten path, out in the woods, or right here in the middle of this ghost town, danger awaits. We're going to take you way back, drop you right smack dab in the middle of...

From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were Here Before Us, a novella written in pieces, designed to be consumed as a single, thematically cohesive work.The only thing more brutal than nature is love....

On the run from a life of prostitution and poverty, exotic dancer Cece Dulac agrees to become the main attraction at an erotic s饌nce hosted by an enigmatic mesmerist, Monsieur Rossignol. As the s饌nce descends into depravity, Cece falls prey to Rossignol's hypnotic power...

Amazing Offer! is a charity fantasy and horror anthology benefiting the International Rescue Committee (IRC).Inspired by vintage ads, the stories and poems will remind readers of the ads that once appeared in magazines, newspapers, and comic books, from face cream to man eating plants.This...

George Haint is an unusual ghost story. It's spooky and surprising, and will chill you to the bone. This short story is set Virginia City of Nevada, during the Comstock gold and silver rush of the 1850's, and full of color of the area,...

With complex characters, political intrigue and shocking twists, this gender-bent Hades & Persephone re-imagining will keep you guessing until the very end. Three rulers.Two sides.One plot for revenge.Welcome to the Kingdom of Lavdia. In a village all but forgotten by the country's rulers, Finn...

Desperate to discover a cure for the cyclical 48-year-fever, known as Trailmen's fever, Dr. Randall Forth persuades a colleague, Dr. Jay Allison, to undergo hypnosis. He calls forth a secondary personality, Jason Allison, is gregarious and an experienced mountain climber, while Dr. Jay Allison...

A dark Celtic fae romance featuring a tortured soul, a magical healer, and a bond forged with patience, love, and trust . . . Brennon Roarke is cursed. Stolen from his family at the age of sixteen and forced to use his glamour in...

While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism."I have a presentiment that we shall find in the valley of Biban...

Ryan is reunited with her mentor only to discover that Victor has fallen ill, an impossibility for One who is both invulnerable and immortal! While her human companion, Dr. Susan Ryerson, continues her examination of their unique anatomies with the hope of discovering what...

Selected for 'Indie Books We Love' by LoveReading, UK'An impressive work of fantasy...world building is immense and captivating...it turns LA on its head ...very unique' -- Writer's Digest 'This fast-paced, deep delve into the underbelly of our humanness and other realms is a powerful...

Caspian's immortal curse can only be cured by another who holds the secret in her ancient memories. Problem is, she dies and is reborn forgetting all about her past lives. After 2,000 years of failure, Caspian finally finds her as a child and tells...

The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and vanished. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world's most inhospitable rainforest--a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified, and mere hours from death, who went in with...

A #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice! Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good...

"Here in the Just City you will become your best selves. You will learn and grow and strive to be excellent." Created as an experiment by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, the Just City is a planned community, populated by over ten thousand children...

“Readers new to the work of Christopher Moore will want to know two things immediately. First: Where has this guy been hiding? (Answer: In plain sight, since he has a cult following.)...[H]e writes laid back fables straight out of Margaritaville, on the cusp of...

Imaro is a rousing adventure... a tale of a young man's continuing struggle to gain acceptance amongst his people, and to break the cycle of alienation and violence that plagues his life. Imaro is heroic fantasy like it's never been done before. Based on...

"Here in the Just City you will become your best selves. You will learn and grow and strive to be excellent." Created as an experiment by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, the Just City is a planned community, populated by over ten thousand children...

"Sometimes at night I can feel them, the pictures, like ants, crawling on my skin. Then I know they're doing what they have to do . . . " Fantasy master Ray Bradbury weaves a narrative spanning fromthe depths of humankind's fears to the...