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It is the sixth century. The Romans have been gone for over 100 years, and Britannia is sinking into darkness. Kingdoms clash, and invaders flood the shores – the Jutes, the Angles, and now the bloodthirsty Saxons. Only Uther Pendragon has kept the West safe, defying, too, the rising tide of Christianity. But now, Uther is dead. And if the West falls, all of Britannia will follow. Deep in a secluded valley, hidden from the world, Arthur and Morgan have grown to adulthood under the care of their foster parents.

A long time ago, Kuomat walked into the woods, abandoning his place in the world of men. For years he’s lived as an outlaw, with little to do with ordinary townsfolk. But when Jenna asked him for help in the name of Death’s Lady and of the king of Talasayan, Kuomat chose to involve himself in the affairs of the great. That did not go unnoticed. Now Kuomat has one last chance to step out of the forest and return to the world ... if he can bring himself to take it.

Per sedici anni, Selestra è rimasta intrappolata nella torre sulla Montagna Fluttuante preparandosi a prendere il posto della madre come strega del re, e manifestare i poteri per predire la morte dei richiedenti alla Festa delle Predizioni. Come soldato dell’esercito reale, Nox è un candidato improbabile per la Festa, ma spinto dalla vendetta è determinato a rubare l’immortalità al re e a uccidere le sue streghe, partendo proprio da Selestra. Tuttavia, quando lei gli tocca la mano per la sua prima predizione, i loro destini si intrecciano e la morte marchia le anime di entrambi.

There are Lovecraft stories that roar with cosmic terror — ancient gods, unknowable entities, the madness of knowledge. And then there is What the Moon Brings. This short, haunting piece is not a tale in the traditional sense, but a dream — or rather, a descent. It belongs to that strange and shadowy corner of Lovecraft’s imagination where logic erodes, and we are left adrift in a realm shaped by mood, moonlight, and the whisper of things not quite seen. First published in 1923, What the Moon Brings reads like a surreal reverie drenched in symbolism.

"The Last Incantation" by Clark Ashton Smith tells the story of Malygris, an aging necromancer who has mastered all forms of magic but is plagued by ennui. In a bid to escape his despair, he attempts to summon his long-lost love, Nylissa, from the dead, only to discover that the reality of her presence does not fulfill his nostalgic desires, leading to a poignant lesson about the passage of time and the nature of memory.

In the wake of the cataclysmic collapse of the grand city of Altburg, heart of the Kingdom of Lochmeria, demons roam free in the desecrated streets. They hunt those unfortunate enough to remain trapped within the city walls, as well as those fool enough to dare plunder the vast riches left behind.

Three sexy-but-psycho monsters. The witch they're determined to protect. And a high-stakes heist about to go very wrong… I've made some pretty questionable choices in my life, but summoning the dark goddess to save my sisters? That was just plain stupid. Now I’m in her debt, and goddesses don’t exactly do payment plans. She wants the blood of the dark fae warlord of Midnight, a realm of exiles where the sun never rises and torture is a competitive sport. It’s a death trap only three men have ever escaped—my newly appointed escorts.

Er ist ihr Erzfeind – und der einzige, der ihr helfen kann, ihre Welt zu retten. Um ihre sterbende Schwester zu retten, schließt die verzweifelte Dianna einen lebenslang bindenden Pakt: als erste Offizierin des gefürchteten und gefährlichen Unterweltboss Kaden befehligt sie seine Armee aus grausamen Monstern, Gestaltwandlern, Vampiren und Hexen. Als Kaden die Herrschaft des gesamten Reiches an sich reißen will, muss Dianna für ihn eine uralte Reliquie beschaffen.

Curiosity is certain she saw fairies at the bottom of the garden. Little does she know . . . they saw her first. Emotionally abandoned by her mother and infatuated by a figurine of a fairy ballerina she discovers in an old toy shop, eight-year-old Curiosity Portland steals the figurine, unleashing strange and frightening happenings around her home which, in turn, reveals a disturbing family history. An ominous tale of faerie folk.

There’s something wrong with this city. Welcome to Madripol, city of artists and madmen, city of mushrooms. When a strange plague infects Old Town, Johanna Kolibrik thinks the graffiti messages scrawled all over the city might be right. Kolibrik’s got her own problems, though—like paying the bills and keeping her PI business afloat—so when a well-dressed man from New Town offers to double her fee to find his missing wife, she ignores her gut and takes the case.

Angels are on the brink of extinction. Smothered in black clouds, the Earth that we once knew is gone, replaced by a land plagued with nightmares and pain. It is a world ruled by the cruel claws and fangs of Demons, one where light is most unwelcome.

Sadie Hawkins wants nothing more than to find success as a screenplay writer. But when she discovers the love of her life hanging from their bedroom ceiling, Sadie gives up on her dreams. Until she receives an unexpected gift. Sadie has become the sole owner of the cabin in the woods she always adored. A secluded place where she can resurrect her dreams and drown her sorrows.

Their people have learned what hope tastes like. Humanity has finally recognized them as more than just beasts to be discarded, and they're winning. With millions of grauori pouring down from the mountains, nothing can stand in their way. Once little more than a unit of soldiers, the Black Blades have become the saviors of their entire species.

Cricket Wakefield had a bright future. A life filled with love and dreams of dance. A future that was shattered the night she was brutally murdered. But the dead don’t always stay dead. And the living moves on without them. A year later, Cricket is awoken by a necromancer’s magic with no choice but to join the woman’s carnival, to hone her newfound skills amongst others like herself. When the Carnival arrives at her old town, Cricket learns that more victims have been discovered. Victims decorated with black dahlias just as she had been.

In a city where the supernatural and the mundane collide, Detective Alex Warren is no stranger to strange cases—but nothing could prepare him for the rising storm brought on by televangelist Joel Pritchard’s fervent crusade against all things otherworldly. As Pritchard’s rhetoric spreads fear and division, the line between human and supernatural becomes a battlefield. When Alex is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, he quickly realizes the case is far from ordinary.

The Six Fingers return to Northem with a powerful, magical artifact known as the Azure Font. They mount it atop the ancient Faellic tower, but have little idea of what comes next. When the Red Lady senses something "truly evil" rising in the south, they embark on their third expedition. It takes them across the nightmarish Sea of Spires and into the heart of Atmaa, the last kingdom untouched by the Askerati hordes. As they discover, something worse than child-burning zealots has awakened.

31 Brand-New Dark Fantasy Horror Stories. Bloody corridors of ancient rock. A castle surrounded by poisonous thorns. A lost temple of traps and corpses. A subaqueous cave at the bottom of a cursed lake. These are the places where secrets are buried, where ancient evils are summoned, where beasts are imprisoned, where the insane lie in wait. These are tombs of darkness and nightmare, where if you stare into the abyss, the abyss will stare back. Heed the warnings of your elders and return from whence you came. Ahead lie monster lairs.

Киоко оказывается втянутой в бесконечную войну между могущественными стражами и самым сильным из них, который стал врагом — повелитель демонов, обладающий силой уничтожить всех. Тайны не разгаданы, а настоящие чувства скрыты под слоями зла и льда. В который раз борьба добра и зла приобретает новые формы, превращая судьбы вовлеченных в борьбу в наиболее опасную, но соблазнительную форму хаоса. Когда враг обнажает свое сердце, а союзник оказывается бессердечным, эти могущественные бессмертные сражаются друг с другом ровно также, как и со своими чувствами, чтобы защитить жрицу.

The Wagstaff household stood at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, its façade seemingly ordinary, yet it held secrets that twisted within its walls. The charming two-story home, painted a soft blue with white trim, was a picture of suburban perfection. However, the moment one crossed the threshold, the atmosphere shifted. Shadows seemed to linger longer than they should, and whispers echoed faintly in the corners.

Lorsqu’elle apprend le décès brutal de son père, Hanna Heikkinen est contrainte de se rendre seule dans le nord de la Finlande pour assister à ses funérailles. Le pays enchanteur de la glace et de la neige semble à mille lieues de la vie trépidante qu’elle mène à Los Angeles, surtout dans ces circonstances compliquées.