Dark Fantasy

The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself. But winning won’t be easy....

From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realm's forbidden boundary into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.

Many centuries ago, desperate to save her dying sister, Dianna made a deal with Kaden, a monster far worse than any nightmare. Locked in servitude to him, she is forced to hunt down an ancient relic held by her most dangerous enemies: an army led by Samkiel, the World Ender....

In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood....

A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps....

The battle of Hammon's Bog is over. The town is free, the undead destroyed, the Witches slain, and the surviving villagers are picking up the remains of their lives.

Returning home, Jason questions his role, but discovering hidden secrets unveils his potential to belong and become the world's savior.

Dianna is hellbent on revenge. As the last shred of her humanity is ripped from her, she decides to embrace her monstrous side and set the worlds alight....

She was commanded to kill him with a single strike to the heart. She didn't expect her own to betray her....

We were torn from life before our time, a Savage King, his queen, a betrayed son, a wronged brother, a scorned wife and so many more....

The future of the Ashaiian haven, the newly founded Kingdom of Cael, is anything but secured. Rezkin must seek recognition from the King of Gendishen if his people are to maintain possession of their island home and the enchanted secret it contains....

Matt's journey from desperate survivor to Dungeon Lord has forged him in blood and terror. With the Coronaught Queen vanquished and his domain flourishing, the days of scavenging scraps are over. But as his towers pierce the sky and his followers multiply, the drums of war beat ever louder.

Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war—and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into a bloodier conflict....

Reeling from Bastian's revelations, Kat wakes from her dire illness wanting nothing more than to sever all ties with the man who betrayed her. But fate has a different plan—she's trapped in Elfhame, the fae realm where nothing is as it seems....

Tessalyn Ausra’s fate has always been out of her hands. Still bonded to the Heir of Endings, she now finds herself with more control than ever before. Everyone wants something from her, and she has to choose a side.

For years, Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner in his own realm. Until his enemy's daughter unintentionally breaks the chains on the Ever....

Betrayed by the man I was beginning to love, I was chained, used, and shoved into the Veil, tossed away like moldy bread.

His enemies stole the woman who claimed his soul. They betrayed him out of greed and desire for the crown, but they won't die for that betrayal. No. They'll die for touching her.

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them....

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has....

Equipped with skills far beyond those of the outworlders, Rezkin has been suddenly thrust into a foreign world. The young warrior clings to his only known purpose....

Every hero must eventually face the fact that each victory only leads to another battle in this fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl.

After ten thousand years of dreaming, locked in stasis at the heart of his shattered home world, Lion El'Jonson wakes to the nightmare of Imperium Nihilus....

This short story collection will take you into the depths of Beck’s dark imagination.

In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people's fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within the walls of Ilyzath, Max's mind is a shadow of what it once was....

There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what's taken is never given back. Only those who've lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that's as dangerous as it is alluring. It's there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon.

All witches must serve the cruel and immortal Emperor Yamueto. Upon discovery of her powers, Khana was ripped away from her desert home at fourteen years old and enslaved as a concubine. After years in service, her only friend in the palace is brutally murdered for supplying her forbidden birth-control, and Khana must make her escape. But not before accidentally discovering the secret of Yamueto’s power and immortality – he has been making deals with Death. And now, thanks to a twist of fate, so is she.

Dan has accidentally "Noclipped" into the Backrooms—a bizarro, extra-dimensional Alice-in-Wonderland world, overrun with horrific nightmare creatures known as the Dwellers. No one ever gets out. Hell, forget about leaving, if Dan wants to survive the week, he's going to need to harness the strange game-like magic of the Backrooms, make some very sketchy allies, and carve out a little safe haven to call his own.

Locan was once the deadliest man in the Dominion. Now he’s a nobody—a stranger living quietly at the edge of the world. And that’s just how he likes it. But when bandits raid his home in the night, killing and burning, Locan is forced to reveal his skill with a blade. A vicious enemy ordered the attack—someone Locan thought he killed years ago. But the vampire Solis Deadhand is alive. And far to the north he is building an empire of blood and magic.

Hundreds of years after the end of the world, the Appalachian community of Iron Hollow finds itself beset by demons. Such horrors are common these days in the outlands, where most folks die young—if they don’t turn into monsters first. When a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest unearthly beast to haunt their woods, the town’s new oral historian, Shrike, has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still herself, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t prove it.

With Lady Sophie's husband still warm in his grave, and her reputation stained from being unable to produce an heir, the last thing she expects is her father to arrange a rushed wedding. The groom is none other than General Kasten, the illegitimate son of the King. The same man who is feared and hated by the entire realm. Still, she has been trained to be a dutiful wife and accepts her role without complaint. Yet how can she hope to be the spouse she is expected to be when the General is frequently absent and seems to be hiding dark secrets that cause her curiosity to burn?

Pick a card... Pick a side... Ryder Waites thought amnesia from a childhood accident was his biggest problem. Then a fallen angel tried to kill him on the London Underground. Now he's dodging assassins while uncovering an impossible truth: he's the heir to the Royal Court of Spades, part of one of the most powerful magical organisations in existence. But someone murdered his mother — the Queen of Spades — before she could restore his missing memories... and powers.

Le Cœur Révélateur (The Tell-Tale Heart) est l'une des nouvelles les plus célèbres d'Edgar Allan Poe. Elle fut publiée pour la première fois en 1843 dans le magazine The Pioneer. puis traduite et publiée en français par Charles Beaudelaire, dans le recueil Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires, en 1857. Cette œuvre brille par son exploration de la folie, du remords, et de la culpabilité, tous des thèmes récurrents chez Poe.

Tristan must flee south, away from the battle against the Arctic Lindworm’s Skada. Behind him the battle for the Iron Duchy, Ahead the Meadow Duchy, with a fleeting promise of sanctuary, for those now forced to wander. They are refugees, scattered amongst the tide of fate. But the Lindworm’s rage has unleashed more than destruction. From their mountain home the goblins spill, a plague, their forms twisted by a new darkness, corrupted and made worse by something older, something strange.

A melody once existed. It created the Rim of the World where life lives humbly and as the limbs of the land’s many colors. It was primal, untamed, and boundless. A boy, born from the yellowing mane of a horse, enters a world where gods walk with mortals, trees whisper secrets to stones, and stones morph into glistening tapestries red as blood. But it did not last…

A Place Between Waking & Forgetting is dark speculative fiction, an Afro-Irreal collection in which transformative stories of culture, diversity, climate change, unlimited futures, collisions of worlds, mythology, and more, inhabit. It cases black people stories in bold and evocative text, at times deeply flawed but potentially redeemable protagonists in rich hues of blackness and light. Something beautiful, something dark in lyrical language packed with affection, dread, anguish and hope.

In the heart of the Adirondack wilderness, two old friends are forced to confront their pasts and face an ancient, supernatural force that haunts the forest. As the line between reality and nightmare blurs, John and Frank must survive not only the wilderness but the dark, terrifying entities lurking within.

Geoff Ringer was a police detective, who never wanted to be more than that. Although he knew he had a telekinetic talent, it wasn’t something he wanted anyone to know about. Even though his reticence made him a loner, he hid his power from his friends and colleagues. Using it also reminded him of that night, which he never wanted to think about again.

Ruling as king does not suit a man like Mute. The boredom. The monotony. The permanent stagnation… Until he arrived. The one with the Gift of Silence. The one wielding a dagger. The one who would mold Balewind into a temple to the Silent Almighty. Lord Deaf intends to be the scream that replaced a whisper, offering one final message to the realm before it never hears again: Bestow upon me your pain, your illness, your sorrow. Silence will absolve them all.

The rule is simple: don’t bleed. For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she’s been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction. Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she’ll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the rules, eventually the mollys will find her.

Daniel Kenneth verlässt nach einem Streit mit seinem Stiefvater sein Elternhaus und verdingt sich bei einem Zirkus als Pferdepfleger. Zufällig entdeckt er, dass der Besitzer einen Mann in einem der Zirkuswagen gefangen hält.

À Angrath, tous les hybrides sont sacrifiés. Nova a toujours vécu avec la menace qu'un jour, la garde royale découvrirait qui elle est réellement et viendrait pour la tuer. Mais quand sa mère est exécutée, la jeune violoniste n’a d’autre choix que de fuir. Aran incarne la menace. Son Kvar, une pierre magique qui lui confère un Don unique, fait de lui un Fae puissant et redoutable. En mission pour son roi, l’espion n’avait pas prévu de trouver une humaine sur son chemin. Encore moins d'être piégé par elle.

In a world where the divine bloodlines of ancient Gods still linger, the Fates—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—have summoned the heirs of Olympus to face a brutal reckoning. Sickened by their decadence and failures, the Fates decree a tournament, a web of trials designed to strip away power and pretense. But these trials are no mere tests of strength—they are labyrinths of deceit and torment, forcing the descendants to confront their deepest fears and darkest truths.

Every Fairy Tale Comes From A Very Real Story. Fairy tales are just that—tales. Stories. At least that’s what nineteen-year-old Vera and her brother Lieve believed until dangerous characters from their childhood stories turn their world upside down. Running for their lives, the twins discover they’ve entered the realm of their favorite legends, but that’s only the beginning of their problems because: they don’t land together. Separated by ten years of time, they must now navigate this treacherous kingdom full of power-hungry nobles and hidden agendas, all on their own.

In a world teetering on the brink of collapse, Adrian becomes the key to either its salvation or destruction. When Viktor, an ancient and charismatic vampire, offers him the power of immortality, Adrian is forced to confront the dark side of himself and the price of embracing a supernatural existence. As Adrian transforms, he must choose between ruling over vampires and magical beings or holding onto his humanity and risking the loss of everything he holds dear. As Adrian’s powers grow, so does his connection to the shadowy world of vampires and supernatural forces.

Dr. Evelyn Carter had spent years deciphering the silent stories left behind in bones. A seasoned forensic anthropologist, she had worked on countless cases, each a puzzle of fractures, scars, and secrets long buried beneath time and decay. But nothing had prepared her for what awaited on Blackwood Isle. The call had come late in the evening, just as she was packing up her office at the university. A frantic voice on the other end of the line—a local sheriff from a small coastal town—urged her to take the next available boat.

Ted, Christy, and Leo are teenagers out for the day at their local amusement park. It's now getting near the end of the day, and the lights of the arcade are bright and beckoning. At the arcade, the coming night makes all the lights seem brighter. But be careful, for if you use the dark token you will enter the DARK PARK and it could be game over!

Nestled in the small village of Ringwood is a peculiar shop that sells the souls of the departed. In life, Quill never stood up for himself or broke the rules, not even when it really mattered. Now, as the two-hundred-year-old proprietor, he dutifully matches each customer with the perfect soul—so long as they can pay the price and are willing to sign the contract.

Aelira is no stranger to darkness. A sorceress burdened with a past she cannot escape, she carries the Heart of Shadows—a relic of unimaginable power that could either save her crumbling world or plunge it into eternal night. Hunted by creatures born of nightmares and mistrusted by the very people she hopes to protect, Aelira walks a path steeped in danger and heartbreak.

Lucien LaArgent, a necromancer skilled in navigating the Ethereal, is drawn into a chilling mystery when a grieving mother calls him to a haunted house in Nova Scotia. What begins as a routine case of restless spirits quickly spirals into a battle against a malevolent force. Back in Montreal, Zara, owner of The Moonlight Hours nightclub, is reeling from the brutal murders of two young lovers tied to her club. When Lucien returns, they uncover a sinister connection to a masked figure known as the Mind Doctor, whose horrifying experiments defy the boundaries of life and death.