The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
Author: Paula Guran
Publisher: Pyr
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2020-10-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645060268

Join twenty-five masterful authors and talented newcomers with more than 400 pages of the disturbing, unnerving, haunting, and strange. This outstanding annual exploration of the year’s best dark fiction delivers tales of deathly possession, the weirdly surreal, mysterious melancholy, and frighteningly plausible futures. Confront your own humanity and the fears that stir you—from the darkly supernatural and painfully familiar to the disquieting terror of the unknown.

Ash

Ash
Author: Mary Gentle
Publisher: Gateway
Total Pages: 1244
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0575128763

For the beautiful young woman Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. She has fought her way to the command of a mercenary company, and on her unlikely shoulders lies the destiny of a Europe threatened by the depredations of an Infidel army more terrible than any nightmare. Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 2000

Enemy

Enemy
Author: K. Eason
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2022-07-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625675844

On the border of the Illhari Republic... Snowdenaelikk, conjuror and heretic, lives on the edge of the Republic--and the law--as a cartel enforcer. Then a smuggling deal goes bad, a village burns, and she finds herself on the wrong side of a legion patrol. Veiko Nyrikki is an outlaw and an outlander, just trying to survive......until his sense of honor--and his ax--get between Snow and the legion. Now he’s got new enemies and new allies and survival’s gotten complicated. But Snow and Veiko soon discover the legion is the least of their problems. The Republic is built on the bones of a banished dragon god, and she has come back for revenge. Praise for K. Eason's Books "This story delights from cover to cover. The political intrigue never fails to surprise, each character is layered and compelling, and there’s a perfect balance between science-fiction action and fairy-tale fantasy. Do not, under any circumstances, miss out on this." —Kirkus (starred review) on How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse "Eason adds a feminist modern twist to fairy tale and sf tropes while presenting an intergalactic adventure that enthralls in its own right, striking that ideal balance between original and familiar.... A delightful start to what promises to be a smart, unique series." —Booklist (starred review) on How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse "Exquisitely written with complex characters, sardonic wit, and immersive worldbuilding. Highly recommended." —Library Journal (starred review) on How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse “Readers seeking a genre-blending tale will enjoy Eason’s no-nonsense tone as she sets the plot of a thriller within her established world of science fiction and fantasy.” —Booklist on Nightwatch on the Hinterlands “Eason has a real talent for building engrossing and intricate worlds that feel both whimsical and real at the same time.” —The Quill to Live on Nightwatch on the Hinterlands “Splendid stuff!” —Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author on Nightwatch on the Hinterlands “[This] is a perfect blending of sci-fi and fantasy with a pair of the most unlikely and enjoyable detectives you’ll ever meet.” —Stephen Blackmoore, author of the Eric Carter series on Nightwatch on the Hinterlands

Star Eater

Star Eater
Author: Kerstin Hall
Publisher: Tordotcom
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250625327

From Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall comes “a layered and incisive examination of power.”—Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls All martyrdoms are difficult. Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she’s able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium’s magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost. So when a shadowy faction approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood, and enters a glittering world of opulent parties, subtle deceptions, and unexpected bloodshed. A phantasmagorical indictment of hereditary power, Star Eater takes readers deep into a perilous and uncanny world where even the most powerful women are forced to choose what sacrifices they will make, so that they might have any choice at all. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Gothic - Dark Fantasy Coloring Book

Gothic - Dark Fantasy Coloring Book
Author: Selina Fenech
Publisher: Fantasy Coloring by Selina
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9780994355461

Lose yourself in the beautiful darkness with this dark fantasy and gothic inspired collection by bestselling coloring designer, Selina Fenech.

Howling Dark

Howling Dark
Author: Christopher Ruocchio
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0756413052

Now in paperback, the second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire. Hadrian Marlowe is lost. For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of Vorgossos, hoping to discover a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin. He has pursued false leads for years among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries, but Hadrian remains determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly four hundred years of war. Desperate to find answers, Hadrian must venture beyond the security of the Sollan Empire and among the Extrasolarians who dwell between the stars. There, he will face not only the aliens he has come to offer peace, but contend with creatures that once were human, with traitors in his midst, and with a meeting that will bring him face to face with no less than the oldest enemy of mankind. If he succeeds, he will usher in a peace unlike any in recorded history. If he fails, the galaxy will burn.

The Nightmare, and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy

The Nightmare, and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy
Author: Francis Stevens
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0803292988

Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy: A man goes quietly to bed aboard the doomed Lusitania and awakens on a magical South Pacific Island just as the passenger liner is torpedoed. In a future where women rule the world, a sentient island becomes murderously jealous of a shipwrecked couple. Dire consequences await a human swept into the dark, magical world of elves. A deadly labyrinth coils around the dark heart of a picturesque landscape garden. Within an Egyptian sarcophagus lies the horrifying price of infidelity. Swirling unseen around us are loathsome creatures giving form to our basest desires and fears. A beautiful, veiled medium may hold the key to preventing unspeakable evil from slipping through the borderlands between life and death. On a lost island a woman pipe player and her monstrous dancing partner bring death and terror to five adventurers. ø The stories in this collection have played an integral role in the development of modern dark fantasy, greatly influencing such writers as H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt.

The Chronicles of the Archangels: Betrayal

The Chronicles of the Archangels: Betrayal
Author: T. L. L. Quick
Publisher: Terryquick
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781737371519

The Chronicles of the Archangels Book 1 Betrayal - T. L. L. Quick - 10-28-21 After years of playing the peaceful friend, one priest is ready to open the floodgates of calamity. Kristov Abhorn refuses to shy away from greatness. One of twelve Archangels tasked with fending off demons encroaching on their realm, the fallen holy man longs for the taste of true power. So he sets his plan in motion to unleash all hell, starting by sending his life-bound compatriot to her bloody doom. Aligned with evil against a slew of former allies, Kristov hunts down a book split into a dozen parts that will give him the might to slay his brethren. And when the unwitting collection of elves, dwarves, and humans stumble straight into his trap, he throws all caution to the wind to stage the ultimate massacre... In a bloodthirsty battle between Light and Darkness, will Kristov emerge wearing the victor's crown? Betrayal is the grim first book in The Chronicles of the Archangels dark fantasy series. If you like wide casts of characters, grisly villainy, and expansive worlds, then you'll love T. L. L. Quick's hair-raising fight to the death. Buy Betrayal to dive into a deadly deceit today

Mysterious Scenes from a Dark Fantasy World

Mysterious Scenes from a Dark Fantasy World
Author:
Publisher: Pie International
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9784756253927

This 4th book in our background illustration series is a collection of dark, mysterious and strange illustrations. Fantastical and magical scenery, desolate landscapes, and weird creatures, this book collects 111 dark fantasy artworks from 30 illustrators, including renowned illustrators like Posuka Demizu, the illustrator for the bestselling manga series "The Promised Neverland", and YoShimizu, the cover illustrator for the 2nd book in the series "Beautiful Scenes from a Fantasy World" (9784756249661). The cover Illustration was drawn by Monokubo(twitter: @13033303), who, with 200K followers on Twitter, is also getting attention in the Japanese illustration industry. This will be the perfect reference book not just for fantasy art fans but also for illustrators and designers working in the gaming industry.

Subterranean

Subterranean
Author: William K. Schafer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Fantasy fiction
ISBN: 9781596063686

"Illustrations in the limited edition by J.K. Potter."