Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

"Many monsters are made with the souls of dead men, Soolie Beetch. If you wish to stay free of their number, you would be advised to stay alive." A strange woman passing through the village of Hob Glen dies a sudden and violent death,...

"Knowledge in the absence of wisdom is a dangerous thing." Texas archaeology student Nicolas Murray has an ironic fear of the dead. A latent power connecting him to an ancient order of Necromancers floods his mind with impossible images of battle among hive-mind predators...

The past is written by the living; the future, by the dead.Nigel rises from a city dump in the early days of the plague. As he becomes acquainted with his surroundings he develops a wholly new perspective on the metropolis and a fresh understanding...

As a mad warlock pursues the power to enslave kingdoms, two monks seek an unholy alliance with a sorceress to stop him... Witch hunters Horskram and Adelko have foiled a wizards' plot to conquer their homeland, but the mastermind remains at large. Now they...

A new side novel set in the Ascend Online universe 'Book 1.5' Lazarus Cain is a member of the Grim Shadows, one of the Thieves Guilds in the city of Eberia. Unfortunately, Lazarus is having a bad day. Waking up in a torture chamber,...

As the invading army of a mad king ravages the land, Vyder seeks help from the one force that can stop them: the fierce Highland warriors of his home province. But Vyder finds he has enemies in the Highlands now -- can he stay...

Assassin-for-hire Vyder Ironstone is on a mission for the King of Wendurlund. While the pay's good, the odds are not, since the task requires him to travel deep into enemy territory. But first, there's the little problem of his death to overcome, not to...

When a child mysteriously disappears from a small town and even his mother seems indifferent, it's time for the new sheriff to step in. Meet Chris Baker, the new sheriff of the quiet Adirondack town of Clifton Heights. As one inexplicable case after another...

Small acts of mercy can have epic consequences...Draius is no trained spy. Despite that, her king and cousin Perinon sends her on a mission into Groyga to secretly retrieve a stolen Kaskea shard. Although successful, she attracts the attention of the power-hungry Lord Endigala,...

Readers' Favorite Bronze Winner, IAN Book of the Year Finalist, and BRAG Medallion Honoree!A woman torn between honor and survival...Raised in a realm where humans are no better than slaves, Rie Lhethannien has struggled for decades to earn a meager post in the High...

"Dunno what you're worried for, Stormy." Dan scratched his head. "No, sir. You're lookin' good. Real good. You're a fine lookin' dragon. For truth " But there was something off. Little Dan was only eight years old, but he'd been cleaning the Tarn's battle...

JOIN THE DEAD AND THE DAMNED "In the best tradition of pulp fiction, Edmund Glasby's storytelling is fast-paced, fantastical, escapist and with a large dollop of Grand Guignol horror" Eleven deathly tales of shapeshifters, vampires, hybrid creatures, ghouls, zombies, hauntings and mad scientists "A...

An outcast magician must risk his body and mind to save the world from horrifying demons in this "kick-in-the-nuts, edgy, and dark" epic fantasy adventure (New York Journal of Books) Tyrant magus Edrin Walker destroyed the monster sent by the Skallgrim, but not before...

One of the most gripping fantasies ever written, The Moon Pool embodies all the romanticism and poetic nostalgia characteristic of A. Merritt's writings. Set on the island of Ponape, full of ruins from ancient civilizations, the novel chronicles the adventures of a party of...

1720. Escaping the gallows, Anne Bonney, theinfamous pirate queen, sets sail in search of a fabulous treasure said to behiding in a lost city of bones somewhere in the heart of Africa. But what she finds is a destiny she never expected . ....

A mirror that feeds on human souls wreaks destruction on those around it in Mirror Image, the new novel from internationally bestselling author Michael Scott and Melanie Ruth Rose. In an auction house in London, there is a mirror no one will buy. Standing...

Ishmael Jones can't afford to be noticed. He's employed to search out secrets and shine a light in dark places. Sometimes he kills people. Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand...

Dinner at an ancient Cornish inn leads to one baffling disappearance after another in the latest intriguing Ishmael Jones mystery. "It's just a nice weekend, in a nice country inn. Nothing bad is going to happen ..." Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are...

As Skyy and her friends travel to New Orleans in search of the ever-elusive Jackson, they arrive in a city that looks like it would be the perfect place for a vampire to dwell. But they quickly discover a large community of vampires that...

The Dark King of Marie Coren's novels seems to be nothing more than a product of her imagination. But when unexplained deaths begin to stalk her life, it seems the Dark King and his minions have made the jump into the real world. Now...

Being born a hunter, Esmore has been raised with one purpose: to hunt and kill the vampire race that destroyed the world as it was known. At eighteen, Esmore's a Token Huntress in her Guild, surpassing her mentor's expectations of her, despite having no...

A dark-winged beacon of hope and a monstrous purveyor of death.The Phoenix and the Spider have haunted Theo's dreams for as long as she can remember. One evokes a feeling of warm comfort, the other unbridled fear. Yet their presence in her otherwise unremarkable...

The devil was thrown from the old world and, bypassing hell, he landed in Kaida. He dragged seven corrupted angels with him, and they rose as the embodiment of the deadly human sins. Beneath their rule the world was ravaged and reborn. The angels...

Sometimes it isn't only villains that crave the darkness.Sapphira Dawn had been lied to about her identity.Now the gods agree she should never have been created in the first place.Her very existence means that the gods aren't playing by the rules, and as they...

The Grim Reaper has gone on a killing rampage in the World of Mortals and needs to be stopped Two brave souls from the Immortal Realm have volunteered their services to hunt him down. Their courage comes from the fact that they've already died...

I doubt that you've heard the story of the White Boar.Before the reign of the Meiziki, there was the Odoya Clan: regular samurai who'd subsisted off the trash of others. They stockpiled weapons left over from the Citadel's countless civil wars, which allowed them...

This is the story of the universe's most powerful assassin, a warrior cloaked in darkness and on a journey to find what it really means to be "strong." Strong, in a world that was long ago invaded by demons and subsequently destroyed in a...

LUCIFER WASN'T CAST OUT BECAUSE OF REBELLION. IT WAS HIS LOVE FOR THE CREATOR THAT DOOMED HIM."The Echoes of Fallen Stars is a creation that every fantasy lover must have in their collection. This epic weaves a rich tapestry of gods and mortals, sinners...

A woman with no memory of her past. Another unable to forget. Both haunted by a sinister creature of roses and shadow with an unquenchable thirst for royal blood. Return to the world of the Black Rose. ***Volume II in The Tales of the...

In the wake of her Mam's death, Krystal Monarain has turned to escapism, throwing herself into the fantastic stories she was told as a child and the strange, recurring dreams she has at night. But she never quite believed her Mam's tales that her...

Be sure you've read Book II of THE BURNINGSOUL SAGA!Rorke Burningsoul, Wanderer of Weltyr, is dead.Since Rorke Burningsoul escaped the Nightlands, his life has been adventure without rest. Why should he be surprised when the airship set to whisk him and his four lovely...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER - A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award Finalist! - An Indie Next Pick! - An October LibraryReads Pick! - 2022 RUSA Reading List: Horror Winner!Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted...

Pan offers you a very special promise.The new football league in town is driving people nuts--literally.Something has changed about your husband.A moonlit meadow hides a midnight secret. Immerse yourself in the horror, the macabre, and the chilling with this collection of six short stories....

Veronica wants nothing more than to find her brother, who sailed away years ago. But when Veronica's ship is captured by pirates, she's determined to save her own skin, while keeping her magic and her gender a secret. Disguised as male, she finagles a...

Midnight, the City of Night, is home to artists of all types, wanderers, vagabonds, criminals, madmen, poets, and thieves. Sometimes, it's hard to know which you are.Author: John UrbancikISBN-10: 1951522079ISBN-13: 9781951522070Publisher: DarkfluidityLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2021Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d

This volume contains five stories - some short, some long. Each that builds upon the heritage of the other. It starts with The Castle of Ontarato (1764) by Horace Walpole which is considered the first, "Gothic Novel"; Vathek, An Arabian Tale (1782) by William...

Conquering Fate Takes Sacrifice.Victoria of Ourtown believes two things: that the bright, wandering star in the heavens is an abandoned spacecraft which brought her ancestors to this world and that destiny and the will of gods are nonsense. Vic used to scoff at stories...

The unrelenting, destructive force that was Superstorm Sandy moved ashore near Seaside Heights, New Jersey early on October 29th, 2012. A long forgotten artifact, churned up by the storm, washed ashore: to be discovered by a fledgling cultist Jeremiah Allen. With the knowledge revealed...

A seemingly simple mission: eradicate a menace in a neighboring land, yet dark secrets strangle a truth that spells death to the unaware. Rathen, a former captain in King Delvant's army, has retired to a quiet backwater town after the Kingdom's forces were dissolved...

A man driven by revenge. Another world in peril. A long-forgotten deity determined to destroy all in its path to ultimate power. Rathen, ex-captain of the late king's army, pulls together a team to defeat the evil that threatens them all. The Book of...

Saber Alexiares is no ordinary vampire. He is like a cruel, fire-breathing dragon. Reared in the bowels of the colony by Dark Ones, he has no conscience, no compassion, and no saving grace. Captured by the enemy, he is sentenced to execution by sunlight...

Gods are real, and it's time for them to die. Astul, an infamous assassin with a woeful reputation, never believed in gods. As luck would have it, they're quite real. And if they have their way, Astul will be quite dead. A civil war...

Music, magic, demons... and love beyond hope. In a world where music is magic, Sarya dyr-Rusac can hear music no one else hears. Once a respected arranger of musical magic rituals, now she's in exile after a wedding ritual she wrote led to the...

The Sword Bear Oath: Protect Your Owner, No Matter What! Theo's number one goal is to ensure that his eight-year-old owner Grant lives a carefree life full of laughter.No boogie man. No evil toys. Just happy childhood.But not even Theo's knightly sword skills can...

Brotherhood. Honor. Duty.After surviving the initial horrors of the strange new world he finds himself in, Staff Sergeant Conor McCall and his Marine Recon platoon-or what's left of it-have come to a safe haven where they and their newfound allies recover from the most...

The afterlife isn't always what you think...A loving father of three children, Albert lived a life of few regrets. He served his country far from home. He outlived his soulmate. He died alone.However, his assumptions about a peaceful eternity, reunited with his wife, are...

Campbell has mastered the art of generating a sense of sustained unease. The Washington Post. A new masterpiece from the master of suspense. Fellstones takes its name from seven objects on the village green. It's where Paul Dunstan was adopted by the Staveleys after...

Rayden Valkyrie. She walks alone, serving no king, emperor, or master. Forged in the fires of tragedy, she has no place she truly calls home. A deadly warrior wielding both blade and axe, Rayden is the bane of the wicked and corrupt. To many...

Think you know evil magicians?The people of the Twelve Kingdoms do. Everyone agrees Tymon the Black is the absolute worst. He makes bad things happen to good people for no reason.Or so it seems. Haven't you ever wished the choices you have to make...

Just sign on the dotted line and your dreams come true ... for seven years, then Hell is in session Here are twisted "soulful" tales of terror and humor about those who seek fame, fortune and power the easy way -- but at the...