Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Jake came to Japan because he had a feeling it was where he was supposed to be in life. But the daily routine lacked any real satisfaction. His only source of excitement was Salsa dancing. That was, until he met Kenneth.Kenneth, a pixie operating...

Widow of the Amputation & Other Weird Crimes is a collection of four novellas that explore the madness of murder through the warped lenses of urban noir, science fiction, horror, and experimental fantasy.In Decay in Amber, a convicted rapist and murderer wakes up one...

A REBEL AGAINST ROME Simon of Gitta, an escaped slave turned magician, roves the Roman Empire battling dark magic and demons, all the while pursued by Caesar's soldiers. Join Simon as he flees across the ancient world evading cultists and Legionaries, outwitting sorcerers and...

In true The Da Vinci Code fashion, a taut thriller filled with rival factions vying for control of the truth in a giant global conspiracy. There were giants on the earth in those days--at least that's what the Bible says. But, where are they?...

Underworld Dreams is Daniel Braum's third short story collection of genre transcending, strange stories full of tension between the supernatural and psychological. Within the pages Braum's multi-dimensional characters face dark underworlds and strange experiences that illuminate the human condition and world (we think) we...

Hidden in the mountains, hills, forests, cities, and waterways of West Virginia, numerous monsters and creatures lurk. Discover the Mountain State's cryptids, alien visitors, folk beasts, paranormal entities, and beings of superstition; learn about their daily lives, habitats, diets, family life, anatomy, and more....

An ambitious tale of magic, war, and parallel worlds that pushes the boundaries of epic fantasy--from a two-time Hugo Award winner On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to...

Follow the law and you'll stay safe. But what if the law is wrong? Tashué's faith in the law is beginning to crack. Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué's...

In the court of Staria, mercy is rarely a blessing...Sabre de Valois is the last of his line. Saved from the gallows while his family hangs for treason, Sabre is given the chance to pay off their debt and clear his family name. To...

Follow the law and you'll stay safe. But what if the law is wrong? Tashué's faith in the law is beginning to crack. Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué's...

A rebellious queen. A dying king. Etta once thought she wanted Alexandre. Now, she will do anything to save him. She never wanted to be a queen, never thought of restoring her long-dead kingdom. Bela is in ruins, destroyed by years of abandonment and...

Badriya has a debt to pay. The beautiful oasis city of Aran lies at the center of the Lost, a desert haunted by ghosts, demons, and Witches of the Lost who prey on unwary souls. Badriya and her mother, having been exiled from their...

Cygna, cursed with a swan's wing in place of one arm, is all that stands between her home and ruination. It is a quest her step-mother hopes she won't survive.The kingdom is withering into a wasteland and a monster from the Underworld is making...

Mechanised monkeys, betrayed brides, irritable gorgons, harpists playing instruments of bone, acts of vengeance, and furies eager to feast. Red New Day and Other Microfictions is a collection of vignettes from World Fantasy Award winner Angela Slatter, collected together for the very first time....

They possess no pulse, nor a heartbeat. Their lungs have long since discarded the need to regulate oxygen. Logical thought escapes them, as does such common emotional states as happiness, sadness, or depression. The age-old weaknesses of man, such as lust, greed, or envy,...

Two brothers who get along about as well as cats and dogs will come to face romance, darkness and a mystery. These events lead an unexpected turn which will scar them for therest of their lives.Hailey House is a college student who is a...

VOLUME SIX OF THE WOLF SAGA!Sickened of the excesses of civilisation, Llorc crosses the Great Desert and plunges into the jungles of the south. He finds peace for a time among the Adabulu, but a warrior's past is never far behind. The arrival of...

Mourning Thrax's death, Ankhesenamun tries to find peace again. But as she resumes her normal life, her world is upended by another death - this time, that of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. As Ankhesenamun tries to keep control of her throne and her country, the chief...

She knows she's going to kill the man she loves. She just doesn't know why yet. Ankhesenamun needs to produce an heir to the throne -- quickly. Pharaoh Tutankhamun is young and weak. His chief advisors are planning his quiet removal and Ankhesenamun hopes...

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. Welcome to the world of the Black Rose. ***Six hundred years ago, Mara, the immortal...

A psychopathic wizard. An immortal mage. An epic battle of wills.Nikolai doesn't want much out of life: sex, immortality, and the power to disembowel anyone who crosses him. But with dark magic forbidden, his only option is Medea-a mage so deadly even the Enforcers...

Due to a fortuitous combination of luck, caution and common sense, Lucy makes it to fourteen without seeing the Mist-carnivorous, ravenous, rolling in through the forest from the sea every few years.Then her mother sends her to the forest for potion ingredients. Determined to...

The Eye of Horus is almost within Ankhesenamun's grasp. She now knows it definitely exists and she even knows where it was hidden just a few years ago. But when she reaches her destination, what awaits her there is nothing like she had expected....

A realm aside from our own is the center of the realities, home to every spectrum of magic. From the beautiful to the terrible, it was all held in delicate balance by the Eternal Emperor and his immortal children.For 10,000 years, the empire was...

Where he walks, death follows. He was once known as Prince Bernard, ruler of his people and the man who led them in the Fey War against creatures out of myth and legend, beings out of nightmare. A man renowned for his strength, a...

To battle the creatures of darkness, one must first leave the light behind.Aaron and his companions return from Baresh with the truth of what the alliance faces, yet such knowledge is little comfort. Throughout the city, men and women whisper of demons, of monsters....

Konta and his tribe live in a world where changing seasons bring forth increasingly dangerous creatures. Uttering as much as a sound can mean the difference between life and death.Even in the direst circumstances, his people forge onward, determined to survive. From the calm...

A girl wakes up on a beach with no memory. She ends up finding out she is a Lightning Element and learns her powers again. Along the way, she meets other elements of earth, air, water, and fire. They are the four core, but...

There is darkness in magic and we have given life to that darkness.Dark Magic is a collection of over two hundred bite-size drabbles of dark fantasy and horror.Enter a world of curses and creatures, the hideous and the hexed, where love is cruel and...

Two centuries after the Godfell War, Ilahna knows that the only way to survive in Clearwall is to be faster and smarter than everyone else. She stays on her toes, steals what she needs... and never EVER mentions magic. Because magic is the way...

With so many questions left to answer, there are two things I'm sure of: 1. A supernatural war at Tompkin's Academy is inevitable.2. Kain is a real pain in my side.Just when I need my twin brother the most, he decides to bail on...

Be sure you've read Book I of THE BURNINGSOUL SAGA!Rorke Burningsoul, Paladin of Weltyr, is free. Free, and able to pursue the adventurers who left him for dead in the harrowing realm of the Nightlands. When one of those treacherous adventurers falls right into...

A reporter investigating rumours behind the construction of a new dam discovers something truly monstrous. In search of the mysterious Aqrabuamelu, a woman faces the harsh desert only to find even more dangerous truths. A hieroglyphic stone carrying a deadly threat finds its way...

We are bound by ink. He is supposed to kill me. In a world where stories are forbidden, Elle has a dangerous power: Creation. That's why tattooed soldier Jay is sent by the gods to kill her. But when Elle is faced with the...

Every story. Every tale has a history. A background that differs from the narrative that has been shared with the world. But every story has some basis in truth created from the mind of someone with a purpose-a motive. Many millennia ago, the Wellington...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop presents the stunning conclusion to the Tir Alainn trilogy, where the world will be tested in an epic war... It began as a witch hunt. But the Master Inquisitor's plans to eliminate all traces of female power...

From critically acclaimed author Laura Bickle (Dark Alchemy) comes the first novel in the Wildlands series, NINE OF STARS. Longmire meets Patricia Brigg's Mercy Thompson in this exciting new series that shows how weird and wonderful the West can truly be.Winter has always been...

After their journey to the Twin Cities in search of the Neithisis to find out the truth behind the murders, Princess Sivrehya Rithloren and Prince Ivar Thaegan have uncovered a centuries-old plot and a long-thought destroyed enemy. The chaos mages of Vylara are stepping...

Dim Shores Presents is an anthology series spotlighting some of the best new writing in speculative fiction. Weird horror, strange science fiction, and dark fantasy rub shoulders with each other here, weaving a tapestry of uncanny beauty and fearful wonder.In this volume: J.W. Donley...

The Guardians, who hide in the shadows of children's stories, manipulated history by creating events to avert the world's eyes. They search for a worthy bloodline to decipher their signs. Will the ones they find use this truth for good or evil? When their...

The cycle of fate turns on.In the capital of Sontair, still reeling from the recent assassination, Daemi, Frankle, and Heather are helping as best they can to retain some semblance of order and control. With them is Wilt, trapped now in cat form, but...

The Dying Fetus that started it all is back with a vengeance!True Fiction is an ongoing collection of short fiction and novellas. Volume One consists of three novellas that make up one crazy story. It begins with "Dying Fetus," a simple tale of a...

SCHOOL IS NOW IN SESSION! With only fifteen students in total, and all girls at that, Umemizaki Junior High's class 2-F is a bit peculiar. In fact, "peculiar" doesn't even cut it--this is a special class that the Magical Kingdom created to raise the...

Their lives are linked.Mila's power has been stolen. Taken by a villain she can't escape, her secrets all revealed. Held in thrall by an enemy she hates, she is consumed by the man whose mark circles her throat. Her wrists...Her every action subject to...

It waits in dark corners. In your closet. Under your bed.It hides in the cellar. Waiting, waiting until you least expect- Mick Winters spent three summers as a child with his aunt in a small, rural town, where everyone is your neighbor. He hasn't...

Some evil wants to live forever.Ten years ago a witch sacrificed Britta Orchid's family and turned her into a werewolf. Selena Stone's spell failed, and she was never seen again. Until now.Officer Aaron Labaye has discovered Selena's remains in the house where Britta's family...

The Riven Wyrde Saga Continues... The Wyrde is dead and gone, its protection passed into the ether. The fae have been loosed upon the world as they begin their wild hunt, a nightmare from fables and legend made flesh. At Hesk, in the heart...

A refugee flees a crumbling civilization and finds a new life among a forest of mysteries. A pilot fires up his protojet, eager to teach the onboard A.I. how to understand humans. At the edge of the new world, a storyteller finds rest at...

Brother's Ruin is the first in a new gaslamp fantasy series by Emma Newman. "Newman reworks the familiar idea of magical schools, breathing some new life into the premise by exploring the darker corners of London and their murky morality." -- Publishers Weekly The...

John Wayne Cleaver hunts demons: they've killed his neighbors, his family, and the girl he loves, but in the end he's always won. Now he works for a secret government kill team, using his gift to hunt and kill as many monsters as he...