Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Werewolves, vampires, and other preternatural creatures have been living in relative peace with humanity for the past twenty-six years. There are other monsters that humanity doesn't know of, but it's best kept that way.Valkyrie Dalton is one of these monsters. As a hellhound for...

Caellum Wraine and his father created a universe and world called Aardia and spent their lives expanding it for humanity to enjoy living in. When his father is diagnosed as terminally ill, it becomes the one thing left behind for Caellum to believe in...

There's little time to grieve the outcome of the Gluttony trial as she enters Invidia, a city of barely contained envy, where everyone wants what the other possesses. The competitors of the devil's trials are sent belowground with no special treatment and tasked to...

Joffie is fifteen, an orphan and thief, surviving in Victorian Beormingham on her wits and her peculiar talent - the ability to find secret doorways between worlds. Trouble looms when she steals a mysterious cane from a toff and her ensuing adventures place her...

As the new heir to her father's throne, Keira thinks she knows exactly what's going to happen in her life. After meeting a handsome prince at a ball, she uncovers the truth about her past, and the curse placed on her by a vengeful...

FOOD! FAMILY! MAYHEM! MURDER! Ah, it must be the holidays! From the splatter to the surreal, The Distended Table is a buffet for the horror fiction connoisseur! You'll feast on the delights of a murderous pilgrim, insane Black Friday violence, fast food terrors, a...

A collection of sapphic samurai short stories A bodyguard in love with her master's new wife. A daughter conditioned to view her happiness as something to sacrifice in the name of politics. A sun goddess drawn out of hiding by a beautiful woman. Paper...

This short story collection will keep you on the edge of your seat to the last sentence. Misha Burnett has been published in a wide variety of modern fiction magazines, and here we've collected some of his best work. From the introduction: "I'm a...

Astri has decided to leave Rivenna along with Jorgen in order to track down a human druid in the Asian World. The druid breeds real dragons; the only creatures left in the entire world. He's in possession of dragon venom-a magical healing liquid that...

Astri and her close friends are forced to hide in the city. They're waiting for an opportunity to strike back at the dark mage who took over Rivenna by force--the same mage who's been hunting her since she was eleven years old. When they...

Game of Fangs is a new stand-alone novel in the Fat Vampire universe, from Johnny B. Truant, the best-selling author of Invasion, Fat Vampire, The Inevitable, and The Beam. When Nora, Orlo, Robert, Amelie, Jaden, Rohit, and Brody form a seven-person team of live-action-role-players...

Fox Kane was tossed in the broken foster care system, bouncing from home to home. Tired of the way his life has been playing out, he allows himself to get thrown down the rabbit hole that is his past when it comes to call....

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of...

The debut novel from the acclaimed illustrator - a high fantasy adventure featuring dragons and deadly politics. Maia and her family raise dragons for the political war machine. As she comes of age, she anticipates a dragon of her own to add to the...

After dealing with such threats in their past experiences, Doctor Fortune, Travis Vail, Gabriel Abraham, Creed, Death Chaser, Cinderella, and more will come face to face with one of their most powerful adversaries of the looming darkness.Author: Ty'ron W. C. II RobinsonISBN-10: 8986639327ISBN-13: 9798986639321Publisher:...

"Caitin, I knew from that night on the ferry that you are my mate." Caitin never imagined she would survive the Trials, let alone discover she was the prince's mate. Her time alone with Layke made her realize her feelings were more than just...

A new take on the story of creation -- it's everything you thought you knew... but nothing like it at all.Sectoraus saw his entire race nearly perish, before a seemingly divine being descended with the first rains and saved his people. Thandrua was worshiped...

Everyone was afraid of him, and they were right to be. Witches' vile army of stillborn bastards spared no one alive, and Jonast Mortenz, the one who could avenge the innocents was yet to be born.It is the story of how a talented, equipped...

An immortal assassin who has known nothing but brutality.A God who has walked the path of the divine for all time. On a day like any other, Qian Meng set out to kill a Celestial Being for a sack of gold--something he'd done many...

Volume One of three in the Esilence trilogy. Feletra is certain she and her brother are cursed. Turning to dark rumours for any kind of hope, the only answer may be in Chriah, the Land of the Hidden, feared by all. On her perilous...

The morning before he found the dead body, Jathan Algevin thought he had his whole life just the way he wanted it. He knows his city inside and out, and doesn't bother carrying a sword, trusting his wits and his fists well enough to...

"An eerie and imaginative melding of history and fantasy." - Kirkus Reviews"If Shirley Jackson and Lewis Carroll had a love child, it'd write a lot like Elana Gomel." - Josh Schlossberg, author of MALINAE, editor of THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, and undertaker at...

Shirley Jackson Award-winning author J. Ashley-Smith's first collection, The Measure of Sorrow, draws together ten new and previously acclaimed stories of dark speculative fiction. In these pages a black reef holds the secret to an interminable coastal limbo; a father struggles to relate to...

With some of the most beguiling prose this side of The Ladies of Grace Adieu, Jordan Kurella's When I was Lost conjures visions from beyond the fields we know. Majestic, often mournful, full of dark wonder and grit, these stories bridge the gap between...

Dave Frost died in combat five years ago, but his soul survives, magically bonded to the body of his partner -- a six-hundred pound tiger. Dave can conjure a human manifestation, but nobody treats him as a man anymore. Especially not women. Until he...

#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns to her alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this fourth installment of the Gunnie Rose series.Felicia, Lizbeth Rose's younger half-sister and student at...

In "The Axe" a literature professor arrives at the door of one of his students in the middle of the night. On his way he has stumbled (with a flask of whiskey) through the pouring rain, stopping in a city park to vandalize the...

In a town enamored with its Unhallowed Horseman legend, a distraught teenage boy must come to terms with his personal demons, and perhaps the Horseman himself. Set on All Hallows' Eve, psychological thriller The Unhallowed Horseman takes place against the backdrop of a seemingly...

Six centuries have passed since the last pestilence almost consumed the race of Men. The Royal Order of Coroners has stood as a bastion of peace against the horrors that plague the Kingdom of Solarno. Now, on the eve of Harvest season, a rolling...

DIONISIOS EFKARPIDIS' stunning debut novel, Dog Day Sunrise, is told with "top-notch" pacing and storytelling, filled with twisted biohackers, bloodcurdling mutations, a kid with a bad hair day, and even a dash of profound and touching writing. Cosmos Leftezondakidis leads the ordinary underachiever, underdog...

DIONISIOS EFKARPIDIS' stunning debut novel, Dog Day Sunrise, is told with "top-notch" pacing and storytelling, filled with twisted biohackers, bloodcurdling mutations, a kid with a bad hair day, and even a dash of profound and touching writing. Cosmos Leftezondakidis leads the ordinary underachiever, underdog...

Cedain is destined to collapse.Across a world rife with blood, betrayal, and brutality, five people wade through unexpected tragedies.An egotistical student, a fleeing refugee, a nomadic warrior, a fallen noble, and a criminal in hiding navigate the sinister dealings of politicians, two sudden wars,...

The conquest of demon ridden Traag almost destroyed the Solarian Empire. Now, the Empire is slowly being rebuilt - but the demons are still out there. Tia Samos came to Cosslet Barony hunting for an aristocrat willing to marry a wealthy commoner. She finds...

Princess Delilah faces a war so deadly that there are too many bodies to bury. To fulfill her only duty of saving her kingdom Calinias, she turns to Alina, the nation her kingdom is in most conflict with and gives her hand in marriage...

Aadya's Curse...This is a story of three sisters... and, about love and betrayal. Travel with these sisters as they face obstacles and secrets of their past. On their journey, Temperance Jade and Zeke feel sparks. Will Zeke be put off by Temperance's smart mouth?...

The Dire Dark is an anthology of fifteen dark fantasy and fantasy horror flash fiction stories. Within these pages are dark sorcery, morally grey characters, necromancers, black magic, and adventure. Contributors include Dawn Vogel, Larry Hodges, Marisca Pichette, Gordon Linzner, Addison Smith, A. P....

The Reaper is out for blood, How fast can you run?You've taken something that isn't yours, When will you learn?There's nowhere you can hide, What choice do you have?She can smell your fear, Who can help you now?You can't avoid the scythe, Why do...

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,...

The Reaper is hot on your tail, What have you done?You've made it onto her list, Who did you hurt?The hunt is just the beginning, How far can you run?Your soul is hers to reap, Where can you hide?Watch out for her scythe, Why...

For almost thirty years, Shirley Jackson Award-winning horror author Gemma Files has consistently served up tale after tale celebrating monstrosity in all its forms: the imperfect, the broken, the beautifully alien, and the sadly familiar. Her characters make their own choices and take their...

The Cognomina Codex continues the adventure that began in D. Eric Maikranz's electrifying debut novel, The Reincarnationist Papers, which was the inspiration for the Paramount Pictures film Infinite.Evan Michaels is back in a new life as a Syrian refugee. When strange memories of his...

The Cognomina Codex continues the adventure that began in D. Eric Maikranz's electrifying debut novel, The Reincarnationist Papers, which was the inspiration for the Paramount Pictures film Infinite.Evan Michaels is back in a new life as a Syrian refugee. When strange memories of his...

The Cognomina Codex continues the adventure that began in D. Eric Maikranz's electrifying debut novel, The Reincarnationist Papers, which was the inspiration for the Paramount Pictures film Infinite.Evan Michaels is back in a new life as a Syrian refugee. When strange memories of his...

When the Eleventh Day comes around, no one is safe.In the village of Venlet the Child lives unwelcome and abused, desperate to get away and see the rest of Zel. But that was before the unthinkable happens and her life is changed for the...

Once the infamous assassin who killed with a smile, Serein now waits for death in the fighting pits of the Harpy's Chest. When the crown prince of Sarddon, Rameses al-Amirmoez, seeks her out with an offer of freedom if she serves as his guard,...

My body is made of scars, some were done to me, but most I did to myself.Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the king's favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against...

He takes the children in the middle of the night. And drops them into the deepest of water. Glendale reeks of perfection. Beautiful homes. Perfect families. The residents live the dream the work hard for.But in some families, autistic children ruin their dream. Someone...

I ran. I cried. Was this my end, or was it my beginning. Run, my mind told me, but my body told me otherwise. I wanted to have them all, but I loved only one. It's rare to be noticed, when you don't know...

After seeing her husband kill her only friend, Athinia picks up and moves to the mountains of Montana.Athinia and Doc were sitting in the back of the Doc's pick-up truck as they made their way to the warehouse where they planned to open a...

For those seeking tales of a dark yet fanciful nature, this collection of short stories and poems will suit ones needs quite nicely. From haunted catacombs to monsters from beyond and desperate lovers seeking aid in times of war, this modest assortment is an...