Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

A strange girl speaks of being charged by an angel to battle monsters and claims she cannot do it alone. She needs Chance's help. Chance Matthews has suffered enough tragedies. The latest--her grandfather's death--has left her shaken, convinced that she will always be alone....

AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND is an epic collection of four of John C. Wright's brilliant forays into the dark fantasy world of William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel, The Night Land. Part novel, part anthology, the book consists of four related novellas, "Awake in...

Goblin Slayer has temporarily separated from his party for what is supposed to be a routine delivery job with Cow Girl. However, things take an unexpected turn when they're ambushed by a horde of goblins under the command of a mysterious, ghastly creature. It's...

Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when a mysterious nobleman, Lord Crevan, shows up on her doorstep and proposes marriage. Since commoners don't turn down lords--no matter how sinister they may seem--Rhea is forced to agree...

Every city has a story.Behind the veil of tourism, New Orleans drips with hunger, sorcery, and secrets. One of those is Honey Island Swamp, a powerful nexus of magic outside the city limits. Its blue-green water can make you ageless and manifest carnivals out...

Winner of the 2020 Aurora Award for Best Novel, this fantasy epic tells the tale of one mage who must stand against a Deathless Goddess who controls all magic. Only in Tananen do people worship a single deity: the Deathless Goddess. Only in this...

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...

"Campbell's writing is intimate, darkly funny, and deeply human, balancing edge-of-the-seat suspense with heartfelt character development. This delightfully unsettling sequel does not disappoint." -- Publishers Weekly Book 2 in the Three Births of Daoloth trilogy. 1985. Dominic Sheldrake is now a lecturer on cinema....

Not so very long ago, the Death began stalking the continent. The King of Time issued aproclamation: "Find the source of this Death and seal it away."The source: the Dungeon of the Dead. A fortress city that arose at the mouth of thedungeon serves...

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris is at her best in this alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this third installment of the Gunnie Rose series. Picking up right where...

For the Rangers, the best defense is always... more offense.As an overwhelming army of skeletons, wraiths, ghouls, and other dark creatures-all serving a powerful undead sorcerer-advance against Forward Operating Base Hawthorn, the Rangers must now do what they do best: go on the extreme...

From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the final installment of the Elric of Melnibone series, brought to vivid new life with stunning illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the...

The thrilling conclusion to the "deftly and originally executed" (Booklist) New York Times bestselling Raven's Shadow trilogy from the author of Blood Song and Tower Lord. After fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army...

"Whenever Molly Southbourne bled, a murderer was born. Deadly copies, drawn to destroy their creator, bound by a legacy of death. With the original Molly Southbourne gone, her remnants drew together, seeking safety and a chance for peace. The last Molly and her sisters...

"Pulls no punches (emotional or literal)." - Fantasy Book Critic War makes monsters and corpses of us all.For generations the blooded have ruled the Wilds, cultivating a lawless frontier and bleeding the good folk dry. The Black Thorn, once the most wanted outlaw the...

In a tumultuous world ruled by witches and warlocks who wear their power as jewels, one Queen's chance at redemption is the last hope for a desperate people in this novel set in the world of the Black Jewels... Theran Grayhaven is the last...

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...

Fear is not my master. I will never submit.A grave threat looms over the mortal world. The veil that separates the realms has weakened over time, and monsters-Undesirables-claw their way out of the Netherworld to torment the living. What once dwelled in whispered stories...

The succulence of blood, quenching an eternal thirst. Nourishing. Necessary.But Alana doesn't want this. Born of a vampire bloodline and doomed to seek out human flesh to feast from, she doesn't want to be this way.When the full moon rises and the scent of...

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one...

The main character discovers her own magic when she listens to her heart. Being guided by her inner voice she chooses her own path, recognizing her own beauty. Accompanied on her journey by her faithful little pup they encounter a delightful woodland person who...

A Sumerian child named Ningai survives the murder of her entire family and cries out to her people's gods, who answer her prayer in an unexpected way. Now, as the first of the Akhkharu, the living dead, Ningai embarks on a journey across the...

Tales of the sea, hidden cities, fierce pirates, and magical creatures...Join the authors of From The Deep as they plunge into the mysterious below to explore the wonders, horrors, and curiosities of the sea. Mermaids, ancient underwater cities, sea gods, creatures of legend, pirates,...

Return to a beautifully wrought and immersive world where intelligent magical creatures fight for their right to be free.Revolution.Riot.Enslaved magical creatures and an exiled, reluctant hero.Bella Kanto finds herself aboard a hostile ship bound for a frontier town. When she encounters an old lover...

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...

A tie-in to the Fat White Vampire Series; takes place between Bride of the Fat White Vampire and Fat White Vampire Otaku. An epic urban fantasy set in New Orleans. A confederation of trickster and bad luck spirits, each sprung from the fears and...

Secrets always seem to find their way out, no matter how deeply we bury them. I'm rarely in the right place at the right time. More often, the opposite is true. My mother disappeared when I was sixteen, leaving me to fend for myself....

Hugo Award-winning author Kameron Hurley's blood-soaked, inventive sci-fi/fantasy mash-up. "If you like rough, battle-scarred women who know how to regulate, you're going to love Nyx... makes Han Solo look like a boy scout." --io9 Nyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or...

Vampire. Incubus. Demigod. Weapon. Matthew has many names, but none as distressing as pet. A slave to incubus High King Malarath, Matthew is tired. Tired of fighting. Tired of losing those he loves. Tired of the torture. And, in his despair, his body begins...

Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are the creations of a twentieth-century French writer whose works were staged by the legendary Th蛯tre du Grand-Guignol of Paris. The precursors of modern thrillers and slasher films, these...

The Black Jewels Trilogy established Anne Bishop as an author whose "sublime skill...blend s] the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity"(SF Site). Now, the saga continues in this collection that includes four more adventures of Jaenelle and her kindred... Jaenelle is the most powerful...

Since the beginning of time, the angelic forces of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in the Eternal Conflict for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now spilled over into Sanctuary -- the world...

A murdered movie star reaches out to an unlikely fan. An orchard is bewitched with poison apples and would-be princesses. A pair of outcasts fail a questionnaire that measures who in their neighborhood will vanish next. Two sisters keep a grotesque secret hidden in...

"An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King's greatest literary achievement" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series. A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces readers to one of Stephen...

A stoneFallen from space and forgotten by those who broke it, found by the ones who will mend itA riftGrowing between brothers as ghosts from their past resurface and test the bonds of familyA wandererLost to all, including himself, until destiny finds him on...

The past is never far behind. If we do not leave it, if we insist on carrying it with us to the end...that end is a monster.This stunning debut collection of dark, literary fiction drowns the reader in its themes of grief, regret, love,...

The mist is rising so lock your doors and stay inside, for the monsters have returned.On a dark and ominous night, at the edge of the Abyss, Agathe rescues a baby from a monster that should have been extinct. Gravely injured in the process,...

A Ranger is Forged.The next chapter in the war against S皦 the Undying and the Nether Sorcerer unfolds against the backdrop of what it takes to become a U.S. Army Ranger.The Rangers' next objective takes them on an odyssey of desperate survival and relentless...

Fear is not my master. I will never submit.A grave threat looms over the mortal world. The veil that separates the realms has weakened over time, and monsters-Undesirables-claw their way out of the Netherworld to torment the living. What once dwelled in whispered stories...

From the shadows, an inferno rises ...To save Prometheus, Pandora ventures into the infernal realm of Tartarus. There she faces perils unlike anything she has ever imagined.If she can overcome them, if she can free Prometheus, they might together return and at last claim...

"Strange to say, that in a world of gods and monsters, the greatest danger lies within you."The dead lay gone but not forgotten. War has sparked in the demonic realm of Sha'Demoni, ignited by the wrath of a vengeful goddess seeking recompense for her...

Oscar Tundale is not a hero. Anxious, indecisive, and awkward, he can barely get through a normal day. Now he's about to find out monsters are real. Oscar's friends: brave, stubborn Zara, and hyperactive, paranoid Marcus, might help discover what hunts him, and unravel...

After the failure in Straken, Otto is forced to accept that as long as Garenland's enemies can send reinforcements through the portals, the Northern Army has no hope of taking Marduke. But Otto has a plan. Seize control of the portals and turn the...

Author: S. D. SimperISBN-10: 1952349133ISBN-13: 9781952349133Publisher: Endless Night PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2020Pages: 710Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.56d

A bedtime story has unspeakable consequences. A walk in the woods introduces a father to his daughter's horrifying new friends. A bit of trash in the shower drain leads to a surreal fight for survival. In this collection that ranges from magical fantasy to...

For her entire life, Nuawa has made herself a weapon to assassinate the Winter Queen. She failed. Her secrets are laid bare and she has lost everything.The queen keeps Nuawa as a tool, and soon a sacrifice as she brings her ultimate goal to...

To save the world, first you have to survive it.The battle for freedom has left Emaneska reeling and desolated. Both Scalussen and Arka are scattered to the winds. With the Blazing Throne now empty and the Arka Empire for the taking, the race to...

A vampire, a mage, and a monster hunter try to save a town from an evil fae queen. And try not to fall in love. A polyamorous, paranormal horror/romance story!Wilderwood is a haven for those who have been cast out of "proper" society: academics,...

The treacherous, magical, seductive world of Kingdom of the White Sea, introduced by USA Today bestselling fantasy author Sarah M. Cradit in The Kingless Crown, continues in this thrilling sequel, The Broken Realm.The crown demanded everything. The kingdom will answer.Chaos paints the White Kingdom....

In a war-scarred world where horrible Creatures ("Creats") roam wild, the future of humanity rests upon the shoulders of Lash and Ander, two brothers who failed to fulfill their prophecy once before.Liv cut her teeth on war, famine, death, and despair. When her brother...