Download or read book Subterranean written by William K. Schafer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illustrations in the limited edition by J.K. Potter."

Download or read book The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy written by Francis Stevens and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Subterranean written by William K. Schafer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tales of Dark Fantasy written by Robert E. Keller and published by Robert E. Keller. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Robert E. Keller's fantasy short stories, some of which were previously published in online and print magazines and in the Fantasy Stories Series, Volumes I, II, III, and IV. ---------- Story names: Dream Spinner; Breathing Space; A Christmas Frost; Spirit Wolves; The Pipes are Calling; Cancelled; The Weeping Well; The Burning Strands of Daylight; Wood Axe; The Necromancer's Burden; Tower of Dread; Brock Strangebeard and the Skulls of Callaharn

Download or read book The Book of Deacon written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Deacon is the first book of The Book of Deacon series by Joseph R. Lallo. Myranda Celeste’s world has been built on a legacy of bloodshed. For more than a century, her homeland the Northern Alliance has fought the Kingdom of Tressor in what has come to be known as the Perpetual War. While her people look upon the conflict with reverence, Myranda’s hate for the war has made her an outcast. When she finds a precious sword among the equipment of a fallen warrior, she believes her luck may have changed. Little does she imagine that the treasure will draw her into an adventure of wizards and warriors, soldiers and rebels, and beasts both noble and monstrous. The journey will teach her much about her potential, about the origins of the war, and about the threat her world truly faces. Will Myranda unlock the secret of bringing peace once and for all, or will the world be lost to the Perpetual War?

Download or read book Two Tales Dark and Grim written by Rachel Hawkins and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venture back to a time when fairy tales were dark and terrifying in these modern-day adaptations of classic stories from two New York Times bestselling authors. In The Key by Rachel Hawkins, a girl uses her psychic abilities to look where she has been forbidden to look. And in The Brothers Piggett by Julie Kagawa, a chubby, insecure boy falls for a beautiful girl, with dangerous and devastating results. And look for the full anthology, Grim, edited by Christine Johnson, featuring some of the hottest authors in the young adult market, out March 2014.

Download or read book Subterranean Tales of Dark Fantasy 3 written by William Schafer and published by Subterranean Press. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dark Duets written by Christopher Golden and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlaine Harris and Rachel Caine enter a shadowy world of demons and angels in "Dark Witness" while Sarah Rees Brennan, Cassandra Clare, and Holly Black look at three weird sisters who face challenges beyond magic in "Sisters Before Misters." Sarah MacLean and Carrie Ryan explore the exquisite agony of eternal love in "She, Doomed Girl," and "Welded" by Tom Piccirilli and T. M. Wright offers an unsettling vision of an evil that infects and destroys lives. Mixing the ordinary—parents, teenagers, lovers—with the extraordinary—angels, demons, serial killers—these captivating and vivid tales delve deep into the shadowy, unexplored realms of the imagination.

Download or read book Tales of Dark Fantasy Paranormal Romance written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (15 stories featuring vampires, werewolves, witches, psychic detectives, time travel romance and more!)Crush by Chrissy PeeblesRae of Hope by W.J. MayEternal Vows by Chrissy PeeblesSeventh Mark by W.J. MayKindred by Erica StevensAwakened by Brenda K. DaviesTuesday & rsquo;s Child by Dale MayerBlur by Kristen MiddletonThe Core by Kate ThomasEnchanted Secrets by Kristen Middleton Captured by Erica StevensVampire in Denial by Dale MayerPlus 3 BONUS booksRavenous by Erica StevensThe Zombie Chronicles by Chrissy PeeblesZombie Games (Origins) by Kristen MiddletonAs a courtesy, the authors inform you there are some stories with cliffhangers. These are the first books or prequels to individual series. Some stories have been previously published. 15 thrilling stories in one volumeThese works of fiction are from some of today's most exciting authors. A star-studded anthology of thrilling, action-packed and totally swoon-worthy first books by your favorite authors. We hope you enjoy these tales of dark fantasy, gothic tales, fantasy adventure, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy.

Download or read book Rudyard Kipling s Tales of Horror and Fantasy written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ghost stories to psychological suspense, the complete horror and dark fantasy stories of Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and his writing ability in his excursions into fantasy. Kipling is considered one of England's greatest writers, but was born in Bombay. He was educated in England, but returned to India in 1882, where he began writing fantasy and supernatural stories set in his native continent: "The Phantom Rickshaw," "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes," and his most famous horror story, "The Mark of the Beast" (1890). This masterwork collection, edited by Stephen Jones (Britain's most accomplished and acclaimed anthologist) for the first time collects all of Kipling's fantastic fiction, ranging from traditional ghostly tales to psychological horror.

Download or read book The Wars of Gods and Men written by Chris Humphreys and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Coming of the Dark, most immortals in the world have been killed. The religion of the Four Tribes has taken over the world, and any who resist it are crushed. They await the return of their prophesised One, who is both male and female, and neither. They have not been seen for fifteen years, but belief rules all. A few still fight. A handful of surviving immortals, once seen as gods, have hidden away. In each of the four lands of the world, there are mutterings of rebellion. And over the mountains, kept secret from the world, the One has grown into their adulthood. It is time for them to return and see what is being done in their name. And that means going to war.

Download or read book The Dark Fantastic written by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the diversity crisis in children's and young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack of imagination Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. This problem lies not only with children’s publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. When characters of color do appear, they are often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing for audiences that not all lives matter. The Dark Fantastic is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fanfiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century: Bonnie Bennett from the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, Rue from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, Gwen from the BBC’s Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. Analyzing their narratives and audience reactions to them reveals how these characters mirror the violence against black and brown people in our own world. In response, Thomas uncovers and builds upon a tradition of fantasy and radical imagination in Black feminism and Afrofuturism to reveal new possibilities. Through fanfiction and other modes of counter-storytelling, young people of color have reinvisioned fantastic worlds that reflect their own experiences, their own lives. As Thomas powerfully asserts, “we dark girls deserve more, because we are more.”

Download or read book Ash written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Lovecraft Short Stories written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curated new collections. H.P. Lovecraft was the inventor of cosmic horror, of weird fiction and the Cthulhu mythology. His stories, incubated by a lonely and febrile childhood, found purchase in the fertile earth of pulp fiction where he inspired many other writers, from Robert E. Howard, to Robert Bloch and Clark Ashton Smith, many of whom also collaborated on the several short stories, some of which are also included here, in this special deluxe edition. This title, alongside H.G. Wells Short Stories, is a companion volume to our hugely successful Gothic Fantasy series of classic and modern writers.

Download or read book The Chronicles of the Archangels Betrayal written by T. L. L. Quick and published by Terryquick. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Enemy written by K. Eason and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Never Have I Ever written by Isabel Yap and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explore a world where the supernatural is an accepted element of everyday life and the horror is mined from the realities of existing." — New York Public Library Best Books of the Year World Fantasy Award finalist British Fantasy Award finalist Ladies of Horror Fiction Award winner Crawford Award shortlist “Am I dead?” Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask. Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the friendship and fear building in “A Canticle for Lost Girls” to the joy in “A Spell for Foolish Hearts” to the terrifying tension of the urban legend “Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez.”