Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Betrayed to save a kingdom.Consumed by wrath.Which will burn hotter, love or vengeance?Prince Callen Shadow left Innesvale with one goal: Bring the Fire Singer home, no matter the cost. Seduction and lies were easy for him - until her. Now Cal is realizing the...

A fantastically original horror that tells the tale of an undead man, dragged through a prophecy as the world around him falls. What seems like a quick and easy messenger job, descends into a race to change the very fabric of existence. In a...

What if the power to create worlds was in the worst possible hands?Alpha and Lucifer, together with their band of brothers find themselves in a wondrous paradise. Wanting for nothing, they live a complacent life in a perfect world. But when Alpha unlocks his...

Walk into the woods. Dive into the water. Make a wish. Meet your fate. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sarah Read returns with a new collection of cautions and disturbances across 18 grim tales. Prepare to inherit stories of fossil-haunted houses, of doorways to the...

Stories and SecretsIn this land where stories are as much a currency as gold or silver, secrets-the stories you don't tell--also have their price. Nivvy the thief keeps many secrets, having left his home for the Thieves Guild, then having left the Thieves Guild-involuntarily-for...

Ireland 1841. As her parents sleep, an infant girl is snatched away by the hands of the creatures from the Deep Dens in the western ocean-the fomori. Years later, she is mysteriously saved from them, and surfaces near the shores of Kilkee. New to...

My name used to be Lysandra Smith, but that changed as I went on a field trip. I had to survive in the wild with monsters lurking in the shadows at every turn. Do you want to know something about my family? Well, we...

A female who can't be told what to do has a soul who also refuses to listen and obey orders.Princess Rosabelle O'Connor is the only viela known in existence. With the entire species being massacred eons before her birth, it makes her a target...

There's something off about Ryon. Everyone at school thinks he has a crush on his stepsister and his father, Joseph, finds his behavior too intimate. Ryon tries to protect Mia, who is bullied daily, but is powerless at home where his father abuses them....

She fled in the dead of night, Where will she run?No stone left unturned, Who will feel my wrath?A few steps behind her every move, How many more will suffer?Her punishment will be severe, When will she be aware?With each swing of her scythe,...

Would you become a monster to save those you love?Evanar Hostric dreams of being a Guardian, but his magic is not like the others at the Temple. It is darker, hungrier, and comes at a terrible cost.His comfortable life is upended by a group...

Enslaved and forced to fight cruel gods is going to make the Sellsword feel one thing: RAGE.The Sellsword Gathelaus, is shipwrecked off a mythic continent brimming with strange beasts and foul sorcery. Here he is forced into their gladiatorial games to quench the insatiable...

Step into the shadows with the first of a series that blends deduction with suspense... and blood. Dru is not a commonplace vampire - he's The Inquisitor, chosen by the elders of a most sanguine and secret society. His role is to investigate sedition...

A seemingly random attack exposes Kimie and her best friend to a part of the world the girls never knew existed. A world where vampires and shape shifters not only exist, but are people they know. However, when another attack nearly kills Kimie, her...

Somzoas Megini has never been normal a single day in his life. He was born with purple eyes, and there's a dragonfly detective that lives inside of his imagination that communicates with him. When Somzoas thinks he's embarking on a regular New Year's vacation...

The final battle has come.To be denied at the threshold of victory can be crushing. Max and his friends have sacrificed much to achieve their goal and restore the dark. They are battered and bruised, yet now they find another legion of powerful enemies...

"Bloodcurdling Tales of the Undead: A Collection of Vampire Horror Short Stories" is a collection of ten spine-chilling short stories that will take you on a journey into the dark and seductive world of vampires. Each story features unique and unforgettable characters, each with...

The escape is what I lived forthe mixture of pleasure and painDope and booze gave me a way outThey have kept their promise to meI thought I was fineI was fine until I met himHe has become my new addiction, my obsessionThere is nothing...

Dark Cottagecore Coloring Book: Immerse Yourself in an Enchanting JourneyDiscover the allure of the dark side of Cottagecore with our captivating coloring book. Dive into a world where haunting beauty and eerie charm intertwine, waiting for your artistic touch to bring it to life....

The Guardians Series 2: Book 2 The Days of Prophecy are coming, they say.Scarlett's murderous half brother has stolen the prophecy. He intends to use it to find the powerful Book of Heaven and if he does, he will destroy paradise, already on the...

"Fae were creatures of chaos and mates were the worst of them all." The fae live in harmony of light and dark, life and death, sun and moon. Their magic is separated through the balance of the universe, chosen at random by the gods,...

Of Twisted Thorn is a dark retelling of a fairy tale favorite. Briar Hart's quiet village life is turned upside down. Betrayed and forced to leave her home she stumbles upon a safe haven. Discovering a world of magic, curses and possibly... true love....

Will love be strong enough to overcome a string of secrets? In the village of Neverwood, magic is banned. For Ivy, a young fae brought up to keep her magic a secret, this was never a problem...until the unspeakable happens. After losing control and...

"It's your job. You kill who I tell you, when I tell you."The Belladonna is a shadow; an assassin who leaves purple-black berries on the bodies of her victims. No one knows her name, or her face.Piper is desperate to keep it that way.When...

"Pure goth." --Leigh Harlen, author of Queens of Noise and Blood Like GarnetsThe stories in this collection of dark fantasy and horror short stories grapple with the complexities of identity, racism, homophobia, immigration, oppression and patriarchy through nature, gothic hauntings, Trinidadian folklore and shape...

When Omegas run away, the beasts of Gatamora come out to play... Echo knew that being caught by a ruling Berserker would mean becoming his pawn, a play thing to be used for her powers. That wouldn't be her fate. She'd rather run lost...

Can't See Around Corners is a story about two fraternal twins, Sharon and Annie who are born into opulent wealth and are the only children of Edna and Warren Karce. The girls have accomplished studying for their degrees and look forward to their once-in-a-lifetime...

Everyone has wanted their favorite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone has wished to meet their favorite characters, if only for a day. But be careful in that wish, for even a history laid in ink can be repaid in...

Angels Before Man: Revised and ExtendedA Queer Retelling of Satan's FallIn an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator.It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his...

The House of WhispersLiving Nightmares Book OneA notorious murderer haunting the streets of Bedeville stumbles upon a mysterious woman, becoming obsessed as he spends his nights endlessly toying with her and turning her world into a living nightmare. This dark and twisted retelling of...

The shadows surround her, bending to her will.Sayah has always been different. Orphaned at a young age and growing up on the streets of Ship's Haven, she searches for someone else who has the power to manipulate shadows. In her desperate search for answers,...

"I'm a disciplined man, Jane. I can stay here for as long as you need before the lesson sinks in that you don't run from me while in my charge." My village is aflame, and a deadly legend becomes my captor. I'm to appear...

"Could you love me?" he whispered. The question stole my breath and burned my lungs in the silence that followed. I wanted to answer, to whisper yes into the space between us, but I was afraid.All Gesela's life, her home village of Elk has...

The shadows surround her, bending to her will.Sayah has always been different. Orphaned at a young age and growing up on the streets of Ship's Haven, she searches for someone else who has the power to manipulate shadows. In her desperate search for answers,...

Lee creates an atmosphere of unease and foreboding that culminates in explosive violence and terror. Rife with frightening imagery, ghosts, and visceral horror, this tale will please the most ardent of horror fans. - Booklist Mike Carter and his girlfriend Helen, along with their...

This intriguing twist on the chosen child in an elite school trope confronts the reader with a number of unsettling questions that will linger long after the final page has turned. - Publishers Weekly Briella Blake has always been wicked smart. When she's invited...

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into the stickiest of webs. Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the surface of the moon, a gargantuan spider once lived....

In this dark fairy tale titled The Glass-Stained Path, the fire haired witch Pashmeira ignites a David and Goliath type battle with King Kurlbach when he threatens to take her for his wife against her will. He knows this witch differs from the rest...

One cannot challenge fate alone.In her desperation to save Prometheus, Pandora has recruited Perseus, the son of her greatest enemy. Within the demigod sleeps speed and power no mortal could match. But will he use his abilities to aid her?Before Perseus will consider following...

Sitting in the high back plush purple velvet fabric chair was the skeleton. In the right hand of the skeleton was the magic wand. "Are you offering me your magic wand?" Amber asked the skeleton. Get ready for a Halloween story that will keep...

Gideon's Fall From Grace comes after one too many boring days atop the Golden Gate Bridge as a Watcher. Tethered by celestial restraints and feeling abandoned by the very beings who "enhanced" him, he rebels in a very public fashion, forever altering the San...

Dim Shores Presents is a new bi-annual 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:...

When orphan Cherie Rose realizes she's fallen in love with her ma m re's murderer, her obsession with serial killers begins. In an underworld rife with irrational impulse, shameless sexual acts, and slaughter, love is most profound in monsters. When Cherie finds herself in...

Meet Gary. He's a greasy haired loner who eats raw meat for breakfast and has a peculiar relationship with vermin. Sounds bizarre? Then keep reading, it gets worse. Gary lived a normal married life at one time, until his wife went missing. Gary's wife...

When Samantha Ashlyn is forced to return to her home town to write an article on a series of drownings, she initially resists, finding disturbing similarities to her childhood experiences. However, once she starts looking into the assignment, she finds that things are not...

Infamous bounty hunter Bitter Sweet has led his crew of like-minded miscreants for nearly thirty years. They can track and capture any man or woman in the known world...for a price.But Sweet is tired. Decades of pursuing the lowest reaches that humanity has to...

On their way to laying their fallen leader, Dante Blackhart, to rest, the Blades - a highly atypical mercenary band - accept a job offer. It soon becomes clear, however, that their employer has a hidden agenda and is being far from honest with...

When words fail, bring out the guns, swords, and death spells. Marina is the daughter of Tsar Alexander the Cruel, the most powerful warlock. She's also a princess of the Court of White Rose. The only problem is that she's mundane--she has no magic.On...

Sirin AKA Tristan Grieves is a death bringer. A borrower of lives with a loose moral compass that points to Liene. A continent eater and the daughter of the Alkonost.He travelled everywhere. Now he must travel in her. Cannibalise her energy. They chase each...

Gabriel's eyes haven't left my face. There's not much he can do to me that he's not already entitled to: my body and my magic, served up on a plate in return for my brother's freedom. I swallow hard. I'm hardly na?e-but I've never...