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The Last Witch: Volume Three by M.J. Lawrie
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the turbulent and heart breaking events of Lilly and Gabriel's almost wedding, nothing will ever be the same.The world has been thrown into violent chaos. Hunters have declared all out war on those with magic in their blood and everyone has been caught in the crossfire.But Hunters, it would seem, are far from the world's biggest threat.A dark evil has been unleashed... -
![Kaleidoscope by Dean Koontz]()
Kaleidoscope by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNameless is wrestling with more violent visions of the future when his next mission comes with the assurance, This one will be easy. It’s a promise that leaves Nameless dangerously unprepared.It seems straightforward enough: Get a foot in the door by posing as a potential investor in a lucrative underground business—then bring the place down from the inside. There’s more here than meets the eye... -
![Snatched by the Sandman by Emily Shore]()
Snatched by the Sandman by Emily Shore
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you use TW's as a shopping list and love "WTF did I just read?" books that will give you trauma until you need therapy...or an exorcism, this book is for you.ZENYAA skeletal king saving me from faceless beings in another dimension is not the wildest part of my day. I follow the walking bone daddy into his fortress where I learn he is Nyxion, the God of Nightmares, and he has big plans for me... -
![Son of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis]()
Son of the Drowned Empire by Frankie Diane Mallis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Treacherous OathLord Rhyan Hart, Heir Apparent to the Arkasva, High Lord of Glemaria, Imperator to the North, has carried the weight of his title his entire life. But never has he felt it more than now.After sacrificing everything to protect the girl he loves, a shocking revelation endangers her again. The consequences stretch across the Empire and increase his father's power over him... -
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![Heritage by S.M. Boyce]()
Heritage by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKara Magari isn't normal, even by Ourea's standards--and in a world of shape-shifters and soul stealers, that's saying something. To the royalty, she's a loose cannon. To the masses, she's a failure. But Kara doesn't have a home to go back to anymore. This war-torn world is all she has left, and she'll save it even if she dies trying... -
![Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson]()
Deadly Night by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan she serve justice in an unjust world?Newly-promoted Watch Officer Thea March is assigned her very first death investigation. Someone has brutally killed a young woman and dumped her body in an empty warehouse. The only real clue left at the scene points to one of the elite – the Ageless – as being involved... -
![Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter]()
Sourdough and Other Stories by Angela Slatter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the beautiful magic, restless passion and exquisite horror of Angela Slatter's impeccably imagined tales. In the cathedral-city of Lodellan and its uneasy hinterland, babies are fashioned from bread, dolls are given souls and wishes granted may be soon regretted. There are ghosts who dream, men whose wings have been clipped and trolls who long for something other... -
![The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega]()
The Crimson Snow by Laura Vega
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the ghostly town of Coldhaven, Seraphine Ashcroft is marked by her crimson eyes, a harbinger of dark magic that isolates her from humanity. Straddling the mundane and the mystic realms, she uncovers sinister secrets about her true nature that threaten to unravel everything she knows... -
![To Blackfyre Keep by Anthony Ryan]()
To Blackfyre Keep by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGUYIME—DEMON CURSED WIELDER OF THE NAMELESS BLADE—FOLLOWS THE TRAIL OF THE FABLED SEVEN SWORDS INTO THE TROUBLED NORTHLANDS, A REALM WHERE HE WAS ONCE CALLED KING…AND RAVAGER.Magically guided to enlist in the retinue of a lovesick knight, Guyime and his companions journey to the haunted ruin of Blackfyre Keep, a castle legend tells cannot be held. But a far deadlier threat than mere ghosts awaits... -
![Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber]()
Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAthena "Stormy" Sterling is coming to Dullsville, and Raven is both excited and panicked in anticipation of Alexander's little sister's visit. Alexander tells Raven that she and his sister have a lot in common, but can the mini-Raven be everything she hopes for? Alexander calls her Stormy for a reason. Stormy's visit stirs up the perfect immortal whirlwind... -
![And They Were Never Heard From Again: A Yarnsworld Tale by Benedict Patrick]()
And They Were Never Heard From Again: A Yarnsworld Tale by Benedict Patrick
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe woods are not safe. Especially at night. Felton takes his younger brother for a walk through the Magpie King’s forest, hoping to change his life for the better. Things do not go as planned. And They Were Never Heard From Again is set in Benedict Patrick’s Yarnsworld, and is the perfect introduction to the world readers are calling a ‘delightfully weird, dark fairytale’... -
![The Fifth Empire of Man by Rob J. Hayes]()
The Fifth Empire of Man by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Pirate Isles are united under Drake Morrass’ flag, but the war has only just begun. There’s still a long way to go before he’s able to call himself King. The Five Kingdoms and Sarth have assembled a fleet of ships unlike any the world has ever seen, and they intend to purge the Pirate Isles once and for all... -
![The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith]()
The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis work offers both readers and scholars a collection of short fiction and short novels by Clark Ashton Smith... -
![The White Night by Desmond Doane]()
The White Night by Desmond Doane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman... -
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![Grimscribe: His Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti]()
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGrimscribe: His Lives and Works is Thomas Ligotti's second collection of short tales... -
![City of Kings by Rob J. Hayes]()
City of Kings by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWar makes monsters and corpses of us all. For generations the blooded have ruled the Wilds, cultivating a lawless frontier and bleeding the good folk dry. The Black Thorn, once the most wanted outlaw the world has ever seen, is set on stopping them, and bringing an end to the great game that oppresses them all... -
![The Beast Within by Jane Jensen]()
The Beast Within by Jane Jensen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust as Gabriel Knight is finally settling into his ancestral home in Germany, he is called upon in his role as schattenjagger, or "shadow hunter," to help solve the savage killing of a young girl. The authorities claim it was a wolf escaped from the zoo, but the townspeople say it is a werewolf... -
![Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 11 by Ao Jyumonji]()
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 11 by Ao Jyumonji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I'll do what I have to. I'll do it. Now." Gritting his teeth, and bracing his legs, Haruhiro faces the guorella onslaught once more. He rouses himself with a sense of purpose, and tries to avert his eyes from the reality of her death. Then, when he finds himself facing a regret and despair greater than he can handle, that mysterious man, Jessie, whispers to him, "There is a way. Just one... -
![Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Mather is having trouble telling friend from foe…and being wrong about whether someone is her ally or her enemy could cost her more than just her life.The Candle has taken Gigi Gage as their prisoner, and Emma will do anything to save her friend from whatever torture Dr. Thaddeus Kirkbride is putting her through in the Arnsmouth Asylum... -
![The Lessons Never Learned by Rob J. Hayes]()
The Lessons Never Learned by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am the weapon. Eskara is free of the Pit, but far from safe. She is beset by the ghosts of those she has killed, and plagued by the ancient horror that possesses her. Enemies dog her heels, determined to see the last Orran Sourcerer dead. Worse still, there is new player in the game, one far more dangerous than anything she has faced before... -
![Hellbound Hearts by Paul Kane, Jeffrey J. Mariotte]()
Hellbound Hearts by Paul Kane, Jeffrey J. Mariotte
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror, brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world - the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites - in this collection of stories inspired by The Hellbound Heart... -
![A Goblin's Tale by Scott Straughan]()
A Goblin's Tale by Scott Straughan
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new, darker age is dawning. The greed of kings has ignited a seemingly endless war. As men fight, the monsters of the untamed wilds are devouring the frontier. Villages are abandoned as fields go fallow. Murderous bandits roam the desolation. None of that matters to a nameless goblin slave... -
![The Colour of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes]()
The Colour of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the 2017 self-published re-release of The Colour of Vengeance by Rob J. Hayes. BEATEN, BATTERED AND DAMNED NEAR BROKEN WITH A BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD SO LARGE HE’S TEMPTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN, the Black Thorn finds himself on trial for the crime of being him. Despite the impending probability of death he has but one thought on his mind; taking revenge against the Arbiter who took his eye... -
![The Price of Faith by Rob J. Hayes]()
The Price of Faith by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the 2017 self-published re-release of The Price of Faith by Rob J. Hayes. NOT EVERYONE HAS A DESTINY. Separated and miserable, Thanquil Darkheart and Jezzet Vel’urn both have their reasons for wanting to leave the Dragon Empire... -
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![The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders]()
The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt begins with the reunion of Imaro and his kidnapped lover Tanisha, who has been taken to the ruined City of Madness. With the help of their new found friend Pomphis, a Pygmay from the eastern forests of Nyumbani, they learn of the sorcerous forces that may have been behind the dark wizard that destroyed Imaro's youth... -
![Welcome to the Show by Doug Murano, John Skipp]()
Welcome to the Show by Doug Murano, John Skipp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings17 horror Stories. One legendary music venue. We all know the old cliché: Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Now, add demons, other dimensions, monsters, revenge, human sacrifice, and a dash of the truly inexplicable. This is the story of the (fictional) San Francisco music venue, The Shantyman... -
![The Shadow of The High King: The Weaving Shadows Book One by Frank Dorrian]()
The Shadow of The High King: The Weaving Shadows Book One by Frank Dorrian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViolence, betrayal and vengeance rot Caermark from within.King Aenwald, a murderous tyrant determined to continue his twenty-year rule, will suffer no man that lusts for power. But those who came long before the Kings of Caermark stir once again, after a hundred years of silence, and even Aenwald’s iron fist may struggle to hold them and the chaos they bring... -
![Riders of the Dead by Dan Abnett]()
Riders of the Dead by Dan Abnett
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo the north of the Empire lies the Chaos Wastes, home of the Dark Powers and their servants. All that stands between the gateway to hell and the civilised world is the city of Kislev. Two brothers in arms find their destinies thrown into turmoil as their fight against the hordes of Chaos tears them apart... -
![The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition by Paula Guran, Laird Barron]()
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition by Paula Guran, Laird Barron
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe darkness creeps upon us and we shudder, or it suddenly startles and we scream. There need be no monsters for us to be terrified in the dark, but if there are, they are just as often human and supernatural... -
![Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 1 by Laird Barron, Jeffrey Ford]()
Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 1 by Laird Barron, Jeffrey Ford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the weird! Acclaimed author and editor Laird Barron, one of weird fiction's brightest exponents, brings his expert eye and editorial sense to the inaugural volume of the Year's Best Weird Fiction. No longer the purview of esoteric readers, weird fiction is enjoying wide popularity... -
![Diablo III: Heroes Rise, Darkness Falls by Micky Neilson, Cameron Dayton]()
Diablo III: Heroes Rise, Darkness Falls by Micky Neilson, Cameron Dayton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of terrifying tales based on the award-winning video game! A bold demon hunter risks becoming her own worst enemy while tracking down her sinister prey…A haunted barbarian returns to his shattered homeland to face a harrowing past…A lone monk scours evil from an ancient forest where the line between friend and foe has vanished…A gifted but impetuous wizard finds out that great... -
![Dark Side of Sunset Pointe by Michael Allan Scott]()
Dark Side of Sunset Pointe by Michael Allan Scott
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 193870195X / ISBN13: 9781938701955.“An intriguing hook and a sympathetic protagonist in a world that, while seemingly depraved and dark, is clearly recognizable and believable. A well-built mystery…” Kirkus Reviews"You see the crime through the eyes of the victims . . -
![Scourge by Gail Z. Martin]()
Scourge by Gail Z. Martin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCorran, Rigan and Kell Valmonde have been orphaned—their father murdered by the city guard, their mother slain by monsters—and left to run the family business alone. Undertakers, gifted with ancient grave magic, they help souls pass into the After... -
![Fungi by Orrin Grey, Silvia Moreno-Garcia]()
Fungi by Orrin Grey, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of fungal wonders...and terrors. In this new anthology, writers reach into the rich territory first explored by William Hope Hodgson a century ago: the land of the fungi. Stories range from noir to dark fantasy, from steampunk to body horror. Join authors such as Jeff VanderMeer, Laird Barron, Nick Mamatas, W.H. Pugmire, Lavie Tidhar, Ann K... -
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![The Prince's New Pet by Brian Anderson]()
The Prince's New Pet by Brian Anderson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Prince's birthday was just like every other day in his father's kingdom-drab, gloomy, and completely colorless. Years ago the Prince's father had banned all color from the kingdom, so the Prince now received the same gray gifts wrapped in the same gray paper and ate the same gray birthday cake, while outside gray skies loomed... -
![Göttersterben by Wolfgang Hohlbein]()
Göttersterben by Wolfgang Hohlbein
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDie mächtige spanische Armada rüstet sich für die Schlacht gegen die Engländer, als Andrej und Abu Dun im Hafen von Cádiz eintreffen. Andrej verfolgt nur ein Ziel: Loki, dem er Rache geschworen hat, zu finden und zu töten. Doch der gefallene Gott ist stark, stärker als jeder Gegner, dem die Unsterblichen bisher gegenübergestanden haben... -
![Nolander by Becca Mills]()
Nolander by Becca Mills
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNice girls don't believe in monsters. They're wrong. Amateur photographer Beth Ryder is in trouble. She's taking pictures of things she can't see, things that aren't human. Beth has her own dreams, but people like her don't get to go free. She's seized by a dangerous organization dedicated to keeping Earth's shadow world -- and its frightening inhabitants -- a secret... -
![Слуга Божий by Jacek Piekara]()
Слуга Божий by Jacek Piekara
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAnthology of short stories about life of inquisitor Mordimer Madderdin in an alternative universe where people believe that Jesus stepped down from the cross and fought evil with sword, fire and blood... -
![Tails of Wonder and Imagination by Ellen Datlow, Lewis Carroll]()
Tails of Wonder and Imagination by Ellen Datlow, Lewis Carroll
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat is it about the cat that captivates the creative imagination? No other creature has inspired so many authors to take pen to page. Mystery, horror, science fiction, and fantasy stories have all been written about cats.From legendary editor Ellen Datlow comes Tails of Wonder and Imagination, showcasing forty cat tales by some of today’s most popular authors... -
![Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror by Ellen Datlow, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz]()
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror by Ellen Datlow, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCompiling the finest in frightening tales, this unique anthology offers a diverse selection of horror culled from the last 25 years. Hand selected from cutting-edge authors, each work blends subtle psychology and mischievousness with disturbingly visceral imagery... -
![Dawn by Tim Lebbon]()
Dawn by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning author Tim Lebbon takes fantasy to new heights in his thrilling new epic as unlikely allies struggle to keep the light of hope burning against a tide of unending darkness...Noreela teeters on the brink of destruction, but at its center pulses a magic grown stroner than ever before. Now the Mages have raised an army of terrifying warriorsand unstoppable war machins... -
![Bottled Abyss by Benjamin Kane Ethridge]()
Bottled Abyss by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHerman and Janet Erikson are going through a crisis of grief and suffering after losing their daughter in a hit and run. They've given up on each other, they've given up on themselves. When their dog goes missing, Herman resolves to find the animal, unaware he's hiking to the border between the Living World and the Dead... -
![Thrall by Abigail Graham]()
Thrall by Abigail Graham
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"This is what's going to happen. You're going to run, and I'm going to chase you." I've spent a lifetime hunting her, years of frustration, near misses and lost chances. Now I have her. Alone, cornered, and desperate. There will be no escape for her this time. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. She's finally mine. I just hope I can save her. --- I have no memory of my past life. Not even a name... -
![Vampire: The Requiem by Ari Marmell, Dean Shomshak]()
Vampire: The Requiem by Ari Marmell, Dean Shomshak
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the Danse Macabre Since time immemorial, the Kindred — vampires — have stalked their prey, unseen by the mortal masses. Their world is a xenophobic nightmare, populated by tyrannical despots, wildeyed heretics, bloodthirsty rogues and scheming manipulators, all unified by the mysterious curse of vampirism... -
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![Anackire by Tanith Lee]()
Anackire by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaldnor, Storm Lord and chosen hero of the goddess Anackire, has passed into legend after bringing peace to the land of Dorthar. But after twenty years, that tenuous peace is threatening to dissolve. Contentious forces are brewing, working through subterfuge and overt war to see the new Storm Lord displaced. Kesarh, prince of Istris, has grand ambitions... -
![Alicja i Ciemny Las by Jacek Piekara]()
Alicja i Ciemny Las by Jacek Piekara
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKiedyś, dawno temu Aleks poznał Alicję, a ta odmieniła jego życie. Teraz przyjdzie mu spłacić zaciągnięty dług. Być może nawet własnym życiem. Aleks wyrusza więc do swojej Krainy Czarów – Ciemnego Lasu... -
![Hounding The Moon by P.R. Frost]()
Hounding The Moon by P.R. Frost
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTess Noncoire is a bestselling fantasy writer. She's also become a demon fighter trained in martial arts by the Sisterhood of the Celestial Blade Warriors and partnered with a mischievous imp named Scrap. Together they must find a young Native American girl who has disappeared-before she falls victim to a ferocious hound. As the hunt grows more desperate, the forces of darkness close in on them... -
![Dark Earth by Jason Halstead]()
Dark Earth by Jason Halstead
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEric’s dreams were shattered when his wife was taken from him by a reckless driver on a snowy Alaskan road. All that remained was his newborn daughter, Jessica. Uprooting to provide a safer life for his child, Eric moved back home to northern Michigan.Thirteen years later with Jessica raising the bar in everything she does, darkness returns to the Baxter’s life in the form of a crazed gunman... -
![Der Widersacher by Wolfgang Hohlbein]()
Der Widersacher by Wolfgang Hohlbein
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIm verschneiten Hochtaunus ist der Versicherungsvertreter Brenner auf der Suche nach einer Tankstelle. Dabei gerät er auf das Gelände eines Klosters, in dem die Zeit stehengeblieben zu sein scheint. Doch rasch wird er in die Gegenwart zurückgeholt... -
![Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce]()
Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER . . . .13THE SECRET OF MACARGER S GULCH .... 44ONE SUMMER NIGHT ....... 58THE MOONLIT ROAD . . ..... 6zA DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH ...... 81MOXON S MASTER ....... 88A TOUGH TUSSLE ....... 106ONE OF TWINS . ...... 112THE HAUNTED VALLEY ...... 134A JUG OF SIRUP . . ...... 155STALEY FLEMING S HALLUCINATION . . . .169A RESUMED IDENTITY ........ 174A BABY TRAMP .......
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