Most Read This Week In Dark Fantasy

At its most basic, dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element. A stricter definition is difficult to pin down, as authors, publishers, and readers have used "dark fantasy" in various contexts throughout the years.

Dark fantasy is often used as a synonym for supernatural horror. Some authors and critics also apply the term to high fantasy stories that feature anti-heroic or morally ambiguous protagonists. Fantasy works by writers typically associated with the horror genre are sometimes described as "dark fantasy." Conversely, the term is also used t
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Most Read This Week Tagged "Dark Fantasy"

Alchemised
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)
The Poet Empress
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Blood Over Bright Haven
Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)
Rain of Shadows and Endings (Legacy, #1)
Rose in Chains (The Evermore Trilogy, #1)
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
Storm of Secrets and Sorrow (Legacy, #2)
Eldritch (The Eating Woods, #2)
The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1)
Tempest of Wrath and Vengeance (Legacy, #3)
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Dawn of Chaos and Fury (Legacy, #4)
Heir of Illusion (Verran Isles, #1)
Nettle & Bone
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords, #1)
King Sorrow
Echo Fort (Sins of the Zodiac, #2)
Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)
A Stage Set for Villains
Lady of Shadows (Lady of Darkness, #2)
A Sorceress Comes to Call
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
Web of Vows and Vengeance (The Hirathean Path, #1)
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
A Crown of Ruin (Blood and Ash #6.5)
Hollow (Crown of Hearts and Chaos, #1)
Weavingshaw (Weavingshaw, #1)
Lady of Starfire (Lady of Darkness, #5)
Lady of Ashes (Lady of Darkness, #3)
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
Lady of Embers (Lady of Darkness, #4)
The Arachnid (The Poisoner #2)
Bloody Black
The Red Winter
A Bargain So Bloody (Kingdom of Dark Magic, #1)
The Lies of Lena (The Otacian Chronicles, #1)
Bloodsinger (The Fire That Binds, #2)
A Fate so Dark and Delicate (Compelling Fates Saga, #4)
Firebird (The Fire That Binds, #1)
Daughter of Crows (The Academy of Kindness, #1)
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
Obsidian (Shadowbound Fae, #1)
To Snap a Silver Stem (Crystal Bloom, #2)
Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3)
The Blackened Blade (The Blackened Blade, #1)
Court of Ravens and Ruin (The Shadow Bound Queen, #1)
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
Us Deadly Few (Us Dark Few, #2)
The Lies that Summon the Night (Songs for the Sinless, #1)
One Small Echo (Shadowsong, #1)
Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1)
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
Silvercloak (The Silvercloak Saga, #1)
Rozdroże kruków (Saga o Wiedźminie, #0.1)
Court of Monsters and Malice (The Shadow Bound Queen, #3)
Heir of Twisted Lies (Stonegate, #2)
The Salt Grows Heavy
The Stars Are Dying (Nytefall, #1)
Court of Claws (Blood of a Fae, #2)
Thief of Night (Book of Night, #2)
His Black Tongue
Deathbringer (Deathbringer, #1)
To Flame a Wild Flower (Crystal Bloom, #3)
Innamorata (The House of Teeth, #1)
The Wicked and the Damned (Dark Inheritance Trilogy, #2)
Empress of Fae (Blood of a Fae, #3)
The Reaper (Lady of Darkness, #4.5)
Wicked Onyx (The Veritas Legacy, #1)
The Thirteenth Child
Between Sun and Moon (Between Life and Death, #2)
The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
A Deal with the Shadow King (Curse of the Fae, #1)
The Damned (Coven of Bones, #3)
Fated to the Frost King (Frostbound Court, #1)
ガチアクタ 2 [Gachiakuta 2]
The Deathless One (The Gravesinger, #1)
The Exorcism of Faeries (Morbid Realities, #1)
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
Academy of Outcasts
The Butcher of the Forest
Neverthorn (Of Quirks and Curses, #1)
Claimed by Fate (The Alpha Territories, #3)
Dream by the Shadows (The Shadow Weavers Duology, #1)
Tortured Souls
Töte die Dunkelheit (Black Bird Academy, #1)
Turns of Fate (Isle of Wyrd, #1)
カグラバチ 4 [Kagurabachi 4]
ガチアクタ 9 [Gachiakuta 9]
Cloak of the Vampire (Cloak of the Vampire, #1)
This Monster of Mine (This Monster of Mine, #1)
カグラバチ 5 [Kagurabachi 5]
ガチアクタ 7 [Gachiakuta 7]
ガチアクタ 10 [Gachiakuta 10]

K.  Ritz
All these years I’ve prayed for this and now that it’s happening, my impulse is to run. As if anyone could run from tomorrow.
K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

What follows is the first in a collection of tales, primarily of one tixie family, who recorded their exploits more than two thousand years ago. Originally written in their own language, these stories have been translated into modern English for the first time.
Jack Borden, The Vultures of Doom

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