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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 ...more

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 Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Blood Over Bright Haven
Rose in Chains (The Evermore Trilogy, #1)
Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)
The Shattered King (The Shattered King, #1)
Storm of Secrets and Sorrow (Legacy, #2)
Rain of Shadows and Endings (Legacy, #1)
Tempest of Wrath and Vengeance (Legacy, #3)
Hollow (Crown of Hearts and Chaos, #1)
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords, #1)
Dawn of Chaos and Fury (Legacy, #4)
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
Lady of Shadows (Lady of Darkness, #2)
Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) (Guides to Villainy and Love, #1)
Heir of Illusion (Verran Isles, #1)
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
A Sorceress Comes to Call
Eldritch (The Eating Woods, #2)
Nettle & Bone
King Sorrow
A Crown of Ruin (Blood and Ash #6.5)
Web of Vows and Vengeance (The Hirathean Path, #1)
Bloody Black
Obsidian (Shadowbound Fae, #1)
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
A Fate so Dark and Delicate (Compelling Fates Saga, #4)
Lady of Ashes (Lady of Darkness, #3)
A Stage Set for Villains
Lady of Embers (Lady of Darkness, #4)
Weavingshaw (Weavingshaw, #1)
Lady of Starfire (Lady of Darkness, #5)
One Small Echo (Shadowsong, #1)
Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
A Bargain So Bloody (Kingdom of Dark Magic, #1)
Echo Fort (Sins of the Zodiac, #2)
The Red Winter
The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
Court of Ravens and Ruin (The Shadow Bound Queen, #1)
The Lies that Summon the Night (Songs for the Sinless, #1)
Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3)
Court of Claws (Blood of a Fae, #2)
To Snap a Silver Stem (Crystal Bloom, #2)
The Lies of Lena (The Otacian Chronicles, #1)
Silvercloak (The Silvercloak Saga, #1)
Rozdroże kruków (Saga o Wiedźminie, #0.1)
The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1)
The Blackened Blade (The Blackened Blade, #1)
Court of Monsters and Malice (The Shadow Bound Queen, #3)
The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
Tortured Souls
チェンソーマン 20 [Chainsaw Man 20]
Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1)
Firebird (The Fire That Binds, #1)
The Salt Grows Heavy
Wicked Onyx (The Veritas Legacy, #1)
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
The Butcher of the Forest
Thief of Night (Book of Night, #2)
To Flame a Wild Flower (Crystal Bloom, #3)
The Reaper (Lady of Darkness, #4.5)
ガチアクタ 2 [Gachiakuta 2]
チェンソーマン 21 [Chainsaw Man 21]
チェンソーマン 22 [Chainsaw Man 22]
Innamorata (The House of Teeth, #1)
A Deal with the Shadow King (Curse of the Fae, #1)
Fated to the Frost King (Frostbound Court, #1)
The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)
The Damned (Coven of Bones, #3)
The Thirteenth Child
Neverthorn (Of Quirks and Curses, #1)
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
The Wings Upon Her Back
Infernium (Nightshade, #2)
Vesselless (The Merciless Realms, #1)
The Deathless One (The Gravesinger, #1)
Into Their Woods (The Eerie, #1)
Turns of Fate (Isle of Wyrd, #1)
Töte die Dunkelheit (Black Bird Academy, #1)
Blood & Betrayals (Avalon University, #1)
City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
His Black Tongue
The Library at Hellebore
House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
ガチアクタ 9 [Gachiakuta 9]
The Hemlock Queen (The Nightshade Crown, #2)
ガチアクタ 6 [Gachiakuta 6]
The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)
House of the Beast
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
The Exorcism of Faeries (Morbid Realities, #1)
The Blackfire Blade (The Last Legacy, #2)

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