Genre: Dark Fantasy

All fiction and excerpts in: Dark Fantasy

Read an Excerpt from Dale Bailey’s In the Night Wood

Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:00pm

Dark Fantasy || Failed father, failed husband, and failed scholar, Charles Hayden hopes to put his life back together with a new project: a biography of Caedmon Hollow, the long-dead author of a legendary Victorian children’s book, In the Night Wood, and forebear of his wife, Erin.

Read an Exclusive Excerpt from Port of Shadows, a New Black Company Book from Glen Cook

Glen Cook

Wed Sep 5, 2018 1:00pm

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Dark Fantasy, Military Fantasy || Book 3 in the Chronicles of the Black Company. Being “The Lady’s favored” is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs—the Company’s historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all.

Triquetra

Kirstyn McDermott

Wed Sep 5, 2018 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Ellen Datlow

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Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tales and Folklore || After marrying the prince and having her own child, Snow White visits her stepmother—promising to kill her in ever more horrible ways, at the same time attempting to stay away from the mirror that started it all.

Listen to an Excerpt from Glen Cook’s Port of Shadows

Tor.com

Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:00pm

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Dark Fantasy || Audio. The soldiers of the Black Company don’t ask questions, they get paid. But being “The Lady’s favored” is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs. And the Company’s historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all...

Unbury Carol

Josh Malerman

Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:00pm

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Dark Fantasy || The haunting story of a woman literally bringing herself back from the dead.

A Song for Quiet

Cassandra Khaw

Thu Oct 5, 2017 10:00am

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The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

Thu Oct 5, 2017 10:00am

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Dark Fantasy || Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table and keep the roof over his father's head. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.

Crispin’s Model

Max Gladstone

Wed Oct 4, 2017 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Marco Palmieri

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Contemporary Fantasy, Dark Fantasy || A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.

The Bloodprint

Ausma Zehanat Khan

Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:00pm

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Dark Fantasy || The Companions of Hira may have discovered a miraculous symbol of hope that can destroy the One-Eyed Preacher and his fervid followers: the Bloodprint, a dangerous text the Talisman has tried to erase from the world.

An Unkindness of Magicians

Kat Howard

Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:00pm

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Dark Fantasy || In New York City, magic controls everything, but the power of magic is fading...

The Lamentation of Their Women

Kai Ashante Wilson

Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:00am

Original Fiction

Edited by: Ann VanderMeer

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Dark Fantasy, Fantasy || The Prince of Darkness selects a young woman from the Bronx as his chief lieutenant. Content warning for mature themes and graphic violence.

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

Margaret Killjoy

Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:00pm

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Dark Fantasy || Utopian anarchists face off against rogue demon deer in this dropkick-in-the-mouth punk fantasy that Alan Moore calls "scary and energetic."