Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Historical details and supernatural monsters abound, but it is the odd couple of Wilde and Stoker, with their diametrically opposed personalities and interesting quirks, that drives this story. Pass this volume on to readers who are hungry for more historical stories with a supernatural...

Demon-hunting stuntwoman Lee Striga takes on the dangers of the Big Easy in this second Lilith urban fantasy full of "vivid settings, interesting characters, and action galore" (Charlaine Harris, New York Times-bestselling author). Having killed her last producer, stuntwoman Lee Striga's next film shoot...

Alex Locke is still searching for his missing young daughter. Transported through time to the dank streets of Victorian London, his only hope of finding her lies with the obsidian heart, the enigmatic object to which his fate seems inextricably bound. Desperately seeking the...

"You will not be able to run from your destiny, my dear." In the late nineteenth century, in the small seaside town of Partenit, Praskovia has fallen out of love with her husband, Tihon, and become involved in a torrid affair with another man....

In the aftermath of a devastating clash between gods and men, two unlikely allies--one immortal and one human--must band together to survive in the sequel to the epic fantasy debut The Song of All. The war between men and immortals that raged across the...

Emperor Cynead has usurped command of the Memoridons--Tower-controlled memory witches--and consolidated his reign over the Syldoonian Empire. After escaping the capital city of Sunwrack, Captain Braylar Killcoin and his Jackal company evade pursuit across Urglovia, tasked with reaching deposed emperor Thumarr and helping him...

The battle has been fought and won, and all have been transformed by the struggle. Imago of Lockwood has become Lord Mayor of the City Imperishable, though at a price beyond his wildest imagination. Bijaz the Dwarf has been imbued with a godlike power...

An ancient treaty hangs in the balance as monsters wreak havoc.Two realms at war only found peace after agreeing to send a tribute to each other every thousand years. This agreement served them well for eons... until the God of Ruin sends back a...

Forget what you've read. There is no Prince Charming in this fairy tale.Rapunzel spent her life as a willing prisoner locked inside a tower. Protected by magic and guarded by a witch, she believed Happily Ever Afters are the stuff of fables...Until Wren Kincaid...

My name is Sean Lockette. I am the Commander of the Security Force in the undersea kingdom of Marinea. Queen Tamara and I have just been married and are presently enroute to our surprise honeymoon destination-a gift from the Creator Being. At the conclusion...

Zira, a roguish explorer and treasure-hunter from a medieval world, is drawn into the multiverse-spanning machinations of a charming, amoral mystic. She finds herself exploring the between-space known as Qalidar and strange echoes of her own home world. While dealing with loss, she discovers...

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the eighth volume, The Myths of Midwinter. Beware the myths of Midwinter. Quillan Sullivan never got over losing his twin brother years ago, but he hasn't had to. Because Quillan can still see and speak with...

The House of Crimson & Clover continues in the seventh volume, Empire of Shadows, featuring an original song, Shadows, by Raven Quinn. An evolution written in the stars.A sacred vow once united the Farv rdig and the Quinlans. One race born of fire, the...

Sing O Muse, of the rage of Medusa, cursed by gods and feared by men...From the mists of time, and ages past, The muses have gathered; hear now their songs.A web of revenge spun 'neath the moon;A poet's wife who breaks her bonds;A warrior...

Zoe Simmons has been on the run for as long as she can remember, no fixed address, no real ID, working under the table and moving on the instant her instincts tell her to. Then a disturbing, magnetic blond stranger appears, saying he's her...

Braid is a dark and spellbinding reimagining of Rapunzel from the award-winning Kirstyn McDermott. Ideal for fans of Emma Donoghue, Kelly Link, and A.S. Byatt.Decades after escaping the tower, Zel makes her living as a healer and wise-woman, travelling the lands with her family...

Sitting side by side on the clifftop, he turns to her solemnly and says, 'The water witch is real.' She rolls her eyes and grins, teasing him. 'Sure. A psycho mermaid. Got it.' But now he's gone forever... will she find the truth beneath...

"The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six--guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of...

"Where we're from, you hear about war, but never about the people. You never hear about the ones you just stop seeing, the kids who never went to school again, the people who gave up. We're looking for people like you who have a...

Sword and sorcery savagery, weird west cyberpunk skin walkers and malevolent psychic pet dogs await you in the latest weird issue of The Bizarchives: Weird Tales of Monsters, Magic and Machines. Another odd array of strange fiction short stories reminiscent of the pulps of...

In the stunning conclusion to the Elements of Cadence duology, A Fire Endless finds the delicate balance between the human and faerie realm threatened by Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, whose defeat can only come through fire, song, and heart-rending sacrifice.East and...

As we made our way through the city to the center, where Belialz said would be the place to call for the Dark Lord, something inside me seemed to come alive.I ran to his side, and with my father's scimitar in hand, I saw...

Seafaring raiders pose a perilous threat to the continued existence of the Goddess Queen race in this fifth installment of the dark fantasy science fiction adventure series set in a world called Vulvar where females rule and males are enslaved. Join intrepid soldier of...

Zain is last of the Vampires...... the Death of the Undeath...... and now, he's finally decided to die.After 700 years, all his efforts and sacrifices meant nothing. He's killed his kind to save the world from their hunger, but all he's been left with...

The Demons are coming, and Hell's coming with them.A weird west alternate history horror novel set in Hell."...like Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy teaming up to reboot Dante's Inferno as a Western."-Michael PogachThe facts of Domino Bluepoint's afterlife are simple in this horror adventure:...

A dark fairy tale in a modern Norwegian setting. Ida, a young girl grieving the loss of her mother, is wandering in the snowy wilderness when she meets the mysterious Maja - a huldra from myth and legend. Taking comfort in Maja's kind arms,...

This collection of short stories is for readers of Cat Rector's The Goddess of Nothing At All and Epilogues for Lost Gods. Each story delves a little deeper into the lives of Sigyn, Loki, and the people closest to them. In Winter Comes for...

This collection of short stories is for readers of Cat Rector's The Goddess of Nothing At All and Epilogues for Lost Gods. Each story delves a little deeper into the lives of Sigyn, Loki, and the people closest to them. In Winter Comes for...

When a witch is under a spell, just what is she to do?"So she thinks she can just kill my brother Kane and get away with it, huh? I'll show her! It's okay she'll never see me coming! I'll come at her with everything...

"Do you know what lurks inside a witch's heart? I do.""I'm Astrid, raven turned man companion of formidable witch, Lady Isra. I will do anything to protect her. I've cloaked our home so not a soul can find it.""Then there's the girl, Contessia. She's...

"They say once you go dark, you don't go back. That remains true for me." "I'm Lady Isra, the most ferocious villain in the land or so I hear. The people say a lot about me. They say I am heartless, cold and wicked....

Lady Isra has attained her title "Lady Isra of The Dark" as prophesied by "on high" many years ago. Not only that, but Wretchenheart has a new queen. Some might say it was fate. Others would argue it was going to commence because of...

Isra has come of age at nineteen. Astrid has been banished from Shambre Fell and is destined to remain as a raven for all eternity, but little do the light folk know he's still keeping a close eye on Isra. Isra meets the enchanting...

Isra now walks in the shadows since giving her heart up to the darkness. She finds herself gloating when Everilda shows up but Everilda has her own journey of darkness unbeknownst to Isra when the demonic sorceress Rhiannon reveals a secret that could tear...

With Dac staying behind in Noxwwod and Nikolai being wounded, Harper must reckon with the vampire she has become and all the havoc she had caused when she was hell-bent on getting revenge. Facing herself in the mirror, she only sees herself as a...

A family of three leave their home to start a new life in a town called "Skank Hill Nevada." Only this town wasn't exactly what they always dreamed of. Dealing with their crooked Landlord and their own personal family issues, they then finally meet...

John Ajvide Lindqvist's international bestseller Let the Right One In is "a brilliant take on the vampire myth, and a roaring good story" (New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong), the basis for the multi-film festival award-winning Swedish film, the U.S. adaptation Let Me...

On a return flight from a dream vacation at the Sundial Inn located in the outskirts of New Orleans, Tim and Sara find themselves covered in bruises with no memory of the past three days. The mystery deepens once they learn the inn had...

Short. Readable. Disturbing. The stories in Kaleidoscopes in the Dark paint the more sinister elements of the psyche in technicolour. The collection writhes with black humour, remnants of fairytales and gothic themes.A child carefully crawls through a world of plastic waste in search of...

Loss of Two for the Prince of FireElder Souleymane's treachery may have been justified all along. Conveying an offer of peace from the Dark Queen, he seeks salvation in this strange land. Nearing Chesnue by night, however, he makes a fatal mistake.Meanwhile, Healer Dalila...

Good afternoon, Monsieur Le Bon. A good day to you, too, Monsieur Joly. How long has the patient been in a persistent vegetative state? I think since the mid eighties. And the patient is still alive? Yes, Maurice, the brain is still wholly intact,...

A dark fairy tale in a modern Polish setting. A grandmother cares for an ailing dragon... but her compassion puts her own grandchildren in danger.Set on the outskirts of modern Krakow, an elderly woman named Truda feels a sense of duty to look after...

A dark fairy tale in a modern Welsh setting. The lives of a diver and a reclusive mermaid collide. Will one be the death of the other?When Erin comes to the aid of a sea creature caught in fishing nets, she is shocked to...

Someone is killing reporters and journalist Valerie Pierce fears she is next. When no one will believe her, not even the police, Valerie sets out to catch the killer herself. But her plan involves teaming up with her arch nemesis - TV actor Adam...

Leo has cut a deal with the duplicitous Merlot to learn the presumably impossible art of bringing someone back from the dead in exchange for his blood. Ollie and Avery discover where the answer to restoring spiritual balance lies, while Mitch abandons the coven...

Hereditary witch Tamsin Chaney didn't ask to be the Keeper. But you don't mess with centuries of tradition. Even though she'll do everything in her power to keep the Witch Finders of the Dark Faction from gaining possession of the Book of Darkness, she's...

Award-winning author Anna Burke delivers the shivers in this daring queer dark fantasy romance teeming with sensuous vampires, dark academia, plant horrors, and terrifying fungal fae.When Clara Eden is offered a job as an archivist working for eccentric estate owner Agatha Montague, she thinks...

In a world of magical power, merciless evil, and eternal darkness, the only light worth fighting for is the light you can never let die . . . In Underland, hope has nearly been extinguished. There is no sky, only endless stone above. All...

New York Times bestselling author Drew Karpyshyn has long thrilled readers with his kinetic, fast-paced storytelling style. Now he returns with The Scorched Earth, the second novel in his acclaimed series about four young people who will either save the world or bring about...

During the carnage of World War One, James Asher joins forces with the vampires of Europe to counter an even deadlier threat. The vampires call them 'The Others'. Neither living nor dead, the revenants are mindless and unstoppable - and in the carnage of...