Dark Fantasy

The devil paid me a visit and said I was going to one day rule his demonic kingdom. The catch: I have to attend the Infernal Academy, located in none other than Hell itself. Thankfully, I won’t be doing it alone. I’m going to surround myself with powerful demonesses (and maybe an angel or...

In the dystopian realm of The Order, society is eternally divided between the privileged Untouchables and the struggling Unfortunates. The Untouchables, draped in opulence and power, govern the city with an iron fist, casting long shadows over the impoverished Unfortunates who toil beneath in...

After selling his soul and turning into a half-demon, Adam finds himself orphaned and dragged into a realm outside of the world he knew....

At ten years old, Raven was mysteriously willed to be the next ruler of Seolia, a kingdom nestled within the realm of the Four Kingdoms. Orphaned as a baby, Raven has spent fifteen years ruling over a kingdom she believes she did not earn, all while hiding secrets—she possesses dark magic, and...

[I accidentally got engaged to the evil owl-goddess who is obsessed with the number-three and now I have to make weapons for our new adventuring guild]. In an era in which ancient gods live in the world’s cities together with their mortal followers, forming tight-knit guilds and powerful...

An uneasy peace has fallen in the wake of the elven invasion. Will returns to find the people of Terabinia grappling with the aftermath of war, even as the enemy gathers for another strike. Hoping to consolidate power, he sets out to unite the scattered wizards and reforge a lost order, the...

The Unnamable by H. P. Lovecraft is a classic tale of cosmic horror and supernatural dread. Two men debate whether some terrors are too strange to be named, only to encounter a horrifying presence that challenges reason itself. A chilling work of weird fiction filled with dark atmosphere...

Rachel Gillig, the queen of gothic romantasy, returns with higher stakes, darker mysteries, and deeper longings in this gorgeous sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling sensation The Knight and the Moth. Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are...

The wages of a soldier are pain and regret his reward. Soldier himself had told the wanderer that. Old words from another life but true words nonetheless. The wanderer knew this, for he still carried the scars such pain had brought, and a life spent on the run left a man little else but his...

From award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes a brilliant collection of short stories, including old favorites and brand-new adventures Fourteen stories. Unseen places that lie just within, beneath, beyond our reality. A father and daughter traverse postapocalyptic America seeking safe haven...

Harbingers of enlightenment, bringers of darkness. Givers of life, tellers of death … significance flies on the backs of raven wings for those who dare to listen to its meaning. For we are the Messengers of the Realm. The White Raven was born to bring magic to the dying realm. One hundred and...

“A tale of lupine vengeance—at first—whose stakes escalate to degrees I never saw coming. Unexpected, blood-soaked, and vividly told.”—qntm, author of There Is No Antimemetics Division The long-awaited second novel from the author of the cult hit The Library at Mount Char, a...

A fallen paladin abandons old oaths he once considered sacred to spill blood on holy ground in the third book of this thrilling epic fantasy series. Former knight Alken Hewer has made a name for himself as the Headsman of Seydis. Though no one knows his true identity, he's become a dark legend...

From USA Today bestselling author Jeneane O'Riley comes the next in a series of deliciously dark and whimsical standalone romances. She brought him back from death. Now he is the one thing she cannot survive losing. In 1795, in a shadowed city of the Holy Roman Empire, Victoria Frankenstein is...

Dragon fire remade them—yet the coming storm may still shatter what remains. After surviving an encounter with a race long thought extinct, Serenna, Jassyn, Lykor, and their companions rise as druids, bearing a boon powerful enough to tip the balance of a dying world. To wield it, they must...

Thirteen original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry, and Adrian Tchaikovsky. Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter...

Rentt Faina, the undead adventurer, arrives at his hometown of Hathara. He's joined by Lorraine, a scholar and sorcerer. The villagers are all excited to meet Lorraine, and to celebrate Rentt's return, they throw the two a welcome banquet. During the banquet, Rentt slips out. Lorraine finds him...

The Pied Piper meets The Cruel Prince and Throne Of Glass in this dark fairy-tale retelling romantasy. Her Duty: to Protect. His Mission: to Conquer. Her secrets will destroy him. His heart? Already intertwined. In a world where magical creatures like the fae are thought extinct, arena warrior...

A chilling tale of cosmic horror from H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald, Out of the Aeons follows the discovery of an ancient mummy and a mysterious scroll linked to a forgotten civilization, forbidden knowledge, and a terrifying entity that has endured across the ages. A classic blend of...

For years, Catherine Foundling struggled to scrape together enough money to enroll in the War College of Ater, the capital of the Dread Empire. Only when she arrives there, it's not as a powerless orphan: she is the Squire, apprentice of the Black Knight, and is immediately dragged into the...

The heir to one of the world’s most influential families reckons with the demonic secret of their power in this contemporary dark fantasy that melds occult magic with shocking family drama, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. “Vivid, unsettling, and darkly...

When the streets run with blood, the Mist will take the rest… Venir the Darkslayer and Melegal are no strangers to danger—but Two-Ten City is a trap of another kind. Drawn into the shadowy guild of lycans, they are betrayed, hunted, and forced to flee into the Mist—a cursed realm where the...

"You see, Paula, how well it will work out. Lily will drink the blood of the village maidens—and Barnabas will be blamed." "Whatever happens to Barnabas, you'll still have Quentin to reckon with!" "The werewolf? If Quentin tries to interfere with me, I'll find a way to deal with him." "I'd rather die," Paula said firmly. "An interesting suggestion," Bentley remarked pleasantly. "Dying could be your first step in joining my company of friends—zombies, if you will.

Ann and John Hayward's honeymoon at Collinwood slowly turns into a series of nightmares. Soon after their arrival, John, who is recovering from a war injury, falls victim to strange, violent spells. In a fit of irrational jealousy, he accuses his wife of falling in love with Barnabas Collins. Meanwhile, a series of attacks on her life frighten Ann into believing John is trying to kill her.

Heiress Betty Ward is worried about her twin sister, who has eloped with Jeremy Frene. Her twin is dead, victim of a mysterious illness. Her body has been sealed in a crystal coffin and kept in a darkened room. Betty is convinced her sister's death was not a natural one. Betty turns to Barnabas Collins for help, despite the rumors that he is a vampire.

Maggie Evans visits the Collins family graveyard and is transported back in time to the year 1880. There she awakes, an amnesia victim, at a Collinwood she barely recognizes. She has fallen into the hands of Dr. Giles Collins, whose mysterious experiments with human blood have already taken several lives. Though Maggie is warned by the others that he is a vampire, she turns to Barnabas for help.

"She wasn't afraid of getting hurt. She wasn't afraid of death, either…" ‘Easily one of my favourite books of the year’ ★★★★★ reader review She wants to race dragons Genevieve's family forbids her from joining the deadly dragon races. But she won't let them stop her. He's the...

Barnabas Collins, the 175-year-old vampire, is introduced in this story of gothic suspense. Your blood will grow cold as you read the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins first arrived in Collinwood. You'll chill to the full horror of the real truth about Barnabas—a secret so terrible that it could not be revealed until now.

Here is another never-before-told story of the handsome, mysterious 175-year-old vampire. While searching for the woman who will replace his long-lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse upon him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan. The story, set in 1870, of their romance—and of the terror it brings to the beautiful young noblewoman—is a tale of gothic suspense which will chill and delight the legions of Barnabas Collins fans.

Ellen awoke to see a ghostly figure moving through the shadows to her bedside. "Danger… vampire." Ellen found matches and lit the candle on her bedside table. While on a ski vacation in Switzerland, beautiful model Adele Marriot meets Dr. Stefan Soivak. He tells her of his discovery of an operating technique that will keep her forever thin. To cure one of his wealthy vampire patients, the evil doctor has turned Adele herself into one of the living dead. Adele manages to escape and flees to Collinwood to gain the help of Barnabas and Quentin Collins.