Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

From the award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen series comes a dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast. In a ruined, devastated world, where the earth is poisoned and beings of nightmares roam the land... A woman, betrayed, terrified, sold into indenture...

Since the early years of the twenty-first century, Matt Cardin has distinguished himself by writing weird fiction with a distinctively cosmic and spiritual focus, publishing two short story collections that have now become rare collector's items. In this substantial volume, Cardin gathers the totality...

On a grand canvas reminiscent of Guillermo del Torro and Justin Cronin, acclaimed author Craig DiLouie presents "a terrifying novel filled with impossible decisions [and] a stark, brutal, and chilling vision of the end of days" (David Moody, author of Hater).SO MANY MOUTHS TO...

From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now the mesmerizing saga concludes. . . . As a devastating...

Control can either be lost or taken.Ara finds herself locked in the prince's rooms and she wants answers. All of them. But when she doesn't like what she hears, she storms out and begins another journey. Only this time, she's got a prince and...

In a near future where citizens are subject to the mandatory blood draw, government phlebotomist Willa Wallace witnesses an event that makes her question her whole world... To recover from a cataclysmic war, the Harvest was instituted to pass blood to those affected by...

Here is the best of the best horror--from Laird Barron, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and many more For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger...

For centuries, the people of Tennebrum have been plagued by demons that crawl from the shadows of their very homes. Yet to Kyran, these demons and the hunters that fight them are naught but Isleish fireside tales, until one night in Tennebrum, Kyran wakes...

THE BEGINNING OF END ​When a sickly boy succumbs t illness only to awaken as a lowly undead named End, his initial reaction is not horror but joy. No longer weak and bedridden, he is eager to experience the freedom of a properly functioning...

Featured in Library Journal's Top 20 Horror Bestseller List "An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that" - Guillermo del Toro Book 1 in the Three Births of Daoloth trilogy. 1952. On a school trip to France teenager Dominic...

Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Michael Knost brings you an exciting collection of short stories from an extraordinary group of writers who were challenged to write speculative fiction tales from their hearts within a specific set of guidelines. No themes or particular genres to adhere...

Title - Lycus: The Prophecy of AnnihilationGenre: Dark FantasyLycan fated mates-divided by beliefs, united by desire, at the mercy of a culling-are the only hope of turning the tides of a genocidal war Prophecy and destiny plunged the Lycan race into war and devastation....

Love twisted into horrific shapes, nightmares driven by cruel music, and a world where what little light remains fractures the sky into midnight rainbows in stories tracing the dark veins of queer horror, isolation, and the monstrous feminine.Author: Hailey PiperISBN-10: 1990082017ISBN-13: 9781990082016Publisher: Seventh TerraceLanguage:...

She'll win back her freedom, even if she has to steal it.Nimona Weston has a debt to pay. Her father's dealings with the dark society known as the Trust cost Nim her freedom. There's one way out of the contract on her life and...

An urgent council meeting has been convened at the royal capital, and the archbishop of the Supreme God, Sword Maiden, requests that Goblin Slayer and his party escort her there. Rumor has it that packs of wolf-mounted goblin riders prowl the route, and no...

After High Elf Archer received an invitation to a wedding back in her home village, the party sets out for the forest of the elves-and joining them on their trip are Cow Girl and Guild Girl Goblin Slayer and crew are long overdue for...

During the winter of 1927-28 officials of the Federal government made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth. The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed...

New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey's Herald Spy series, set in the beloved fantasy world of Valdemar Herald Mags, Valdemar's first official Herald Spy, is well on his way to establishing a coterie of young informants, not only on the streets of Haven, but...

In the astonishing conclusion of Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy, the Dark Court has been formed and the end--for some--draws exceedingly near... Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen--protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her...

Robert has been an imaginary twin brother to Lillian for over eighteen years.After the sudden and deliberate death of their older sister, Robert is forced to confront the inevitability of his own death as an imagined being.Interspersed between Robert's grappling with the logistics of...

Prepare yourself for macabre spectacle and contes cruel, crawling things and loathsome gods, predators from deep inside the mind of man and from far outside angled space, all brought to you by the incomparable Frank Belknap Long! Included are: AT THE HOME OF POE...

Angela Slatter's No Good Deed is a dark fantasy tale of magic, ghosts, and marriage set in her World Fantasy Award-winning Sourdough universe.Isobel assumed her wedding would be the grandest day of her life, but when she wakes in a ghost-filled tomb still wearing...

The fourth book in The Song of Shattered Sands series--an epic fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action. When a battle to eradicate the Thirteenth Tribe goes awry, the kingdoms bordering the desert metropolis of Sharakhai see the city...

The fifth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts. The Los Angeles Firestorm killed over a hundred thousand people, set in revenge against necromancer Eric Carter for...

The direct tie-in to Diablo III, the fastest-selling gaming series of all time--starring the sole survivor of an ancient order who holds the fate of the mortal world in his hands. Deckard Cain is the last of the Horadrim, the sole surviving member of...

The first book of the Maradaine Constabulary series blends high fantasy, murder mystery, and gritty urban magic... Marking the debut of the second series set amid the bustling streets and crime-ridden districts of the exotic city called Maradaine, A Murder of Mages introduces us...

Tomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series. People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become--until they...

After the apocalypse, society is divided into three endlessly warring factions. The Professors and Soldiers maintain what is left of civilization while the superstitious Barbarians constantly attack them. The Barbarians are in turn attacked by the deformed and diseased Out People, who struggle to...

"National Velvet with monsters and a big helping of palace intrigue, Race the Sands is monstrous (literally), heartwarming, and empowering in equal measure. An incredibly fun and inspiring read." - Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the NightingaleIn this...

"A superior epic fantasy, driven by strong characterization and a sense of utter desperation." -Booklife Reviews Editor's Pick."A Cracking page-turner with an unlikely group of misfits." - PrairieS Book Review"Hunt exemplifies how to make heroes shine within the large cast of a sprawling saga."...

The Curtain of Darkness FallsTime draws short. All armies, both enemy and ally, converge on the beleaguered kingdom of Delranan. All unwittingly approaching the seminal moment in the future of the world. The ruins of Arlevon Gale are ripe with activity as the vile...

Saint Sebastian Stone Roses is the third book in The Lonely Tower Series, an epic adventure that takes the reader into a new world full of surprises. A dark fantasy that meets coming of age, combined with complex story that draws the reader into...

Katrina just wants the perfect dress for her wedding day. But the dress shop makes error after error. Desperation sets in. But even Katrina underestimates the consequences of the dress shop's mistakes... A short horror tale about the dangers of agreeing to bargains without...

With the powerful cities of Seran and Loreen having fallen to elves, and the dark flame escaping its bonds, Prince Vasili Caville's plight has never been more desperate. But for the first time in his lifetime, he's not alone. With the formidable Nikolas Yazdan...

Delphi Fabrice's Flowers of Ether, originally appearing as a serial in the "literary supplement" of the daily newspaper La Lanterne, and here rediscovered and translated by Brian Stableford, is, without question, one of the most outrageous entries into the canon of the Decadent Movement....

War calls the elves of Urlas to battle. But Kealin, a young half-elf training to be a Sacred Blade, is forbidden to go. He is not ready, or so he's told. But Kealin's lineage has a dark secret and the High Council of Urlas...

Now in paperback, the second book in the acclaimed Carter Archives noir fantasy series returns to the gritty town of Titanshade, where danger lurks around every corner. The city of Titanshade pulses with nervous energy. The discovery of new riches beneath its snowfields has...

A darkly imaginative writer in the tradition of Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Neil Gaiman conjures a gritty mind-bending fantasy, set in a world where delusion becomes reality . . . and the fulfillment of humanity's desires may well prove to be its...

Taylor Renee Wolford has returned to the city of her birth. Accompanied by the villainous Ari, daughter to the Arbiter, Taylor is set to exchange herself for answers about her past and in so doing get a chance to reunite with the family she...

Death has many ways to take you. But what happens afterwards? Will you fall further into darkness or finally see the light?Death Has Its Ways is a collection of ten stories of everyday people who make ill-fated decisions causing death to take them away....

"This forest was home to thousands, millions of life forms, a colony, a vaulted, green, cathedral-like, city. Surely she knew all this, and yet, she'd never thought of it before, never really noticed. The woods and forests were just somewhere pleasant to walk, to...

Ankhesenamun finally has the Eye of Horus although she has given up almost everything to secure it. She returns to Egypt to reclaim her throne and restore a more humane monarchy. But she underestimates the power of the Eye. It won't be content with...

In New Dis, Purgatory, there is no rest for the dead. Sprouting from the rim of Hell's depths, not even this bohemian city of the afterlife-full of mercantile enterprises, engineering innovations, and political intrigue-is immune to the tragedies filtering down into it as war...

The epic fantasy adventure begun in Sunshield races to its thrilling conclusion in this imaginative finale in which the fate of four extraordinary young people--and their nations--will be decided.When their hopes for ending Moquoia's brutal system of bondage are crushed, unlikely allies Lark and...

"A must have for Kitty Norville fans, but also an excellent standalone for readers new to Vaughn's worlds." --Kelley Armstrong, author of Bitten From the author of the beloved Kitty Norville werewolf DJ host series, the last full tale in the series: the vampire...

Dan Wells introduced us to John Wayne Cleaver in the chilling novels I Am Not a Serial Killer and Mr. Monster. In I Don't Want to Kill You, Cleaver faces his toughest challenge yet. John Wayne Cleaver has called a demon---literally called it on...

Matthew Callahan has spent seven years struggling against the insatiable hunger for blood consuming him. Unable to stop the vampire inside from preying on humans, he keeps himself confined to a lonely existence. Everything changes the night he is lured into a trap and...

Here are seventeen of the author's favorite stories, including the Bram Stoker Award-winning novella "Five Days in April," along with the preceding Watchers story "Ten Days in July" and a story published here for the first time, "These are the Moments I Live For."...

To end the murders, she must live with the beast of the forest.After surviving years with a debilitating illness that leaves her weak, Princess Gisela must prove that she is more than her ailment. She discovers her father, King Werner, has been growing desperate...

"Series fans will be delighted to revisit Marr's colorful cast" (Publisher's Weekly on Cursed By Death). Return to the world of Graveminder, Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Horror Novel in this stand-alone Graveminder novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "equally quirky."Amity Blue has begun to...