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  • Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner

    Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A dark fantasy horror novel, set during Halloween. After a boy is eaten alive by a crocodile, his family begins a descent into madness and terror in this odyssey of modern horror.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order. Each book serves as a stand alone story, yet builds a greater picture behind a sinister mystery in Chicago...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural  fantasy
  • Dungeons by Rohan M. Vider

    Dungeons by Rohan M. Vider

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Humanity has inherited a contested Dominion and a Patron intent on enslaving it. Others, too, gather, sensing weakness. Can Jamie and Sierra defy the odds? Can they save humanity? And at what cost?Enter the world of the Trials again and join Jamie on his journey to gather power and save humanity...
  • Court of the Shifter by Logan Jacobs

    Court of the Shifter by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This gorgeous vampire princess hates me, but that’s probably because the prophecy foretells that she must bear my children…One day, I was just a park ranger in Idaho. I liked my job, but my life wasn’t particularly exciting.Then I fell into an underground spring and landed in another world.A fantasy world full of vampires, shifters, and monsters...
  • The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  hauntings  horror
  • Void's Tale: A Schooled In Magic Novella by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Void's Tale: A Schooled In Magic Novella by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A hundred years before Emily, just after the fall of the Empire and the start of the Necromantic Wars, Void worked for the White Council as an agent of last resort, the sorcerer they called upon when no one else could complete the mission. But this mission may make or break him...
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    dark  book  fiction  horror  young-adult  fantasy
  • The Duelist 4 by Eric Vall

    The Duelist 4 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alex has once again increased his Duelist rank and the size of his holdings and estates.He’s also become quite enamored with one of the Asher Lord’s mage sisters, but more and more mysteries and questions keep popping up in the world of Aventoll.Alex will have to keep his wits about him to stay one step ahead of his enemies, and he might even have to leave Nata Isle to find the answers he seeks...
  • Sleeping Player by John Gold

    Sleeping Player by John Gold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wake up, Sagie… Have you heard about what happened at Castle Airis five years ago? Don’t talk too loud, it's dangerous right now. They’re still looking for that certain wanderer. If you have any information, please, let us know. How difficult is it to survive the human world, full of people hellbent on destruction, as a poor cat? "People = danger," LJ knows that for sure...
  • Penang Pixie by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Penang Pixie by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *** THOUSANDS OF READERS HAVE FOUND A HOME WITH THE PARANORMAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. GET YOUR BADGE TODAY! *** When evil comes home, the only hope is the devil within The Shapers, the ancient enemy of the warlocks, have taken the fight to Mark, attempting to assassinate him and those he cares about...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  fiction  horror
  • The Lost Reavers 2 by Mike Truk

    The Lost Reavers 2 by Mike Truk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Having defeated the monstrous foe lurking at Erro's doorstep, Hugh swears to do whatever it takes to protect his new home and the beautiful women he loves.Toward that end, he seeks to form troubling alliances against a common foe, only to discover that nothing is as it seems...
  • Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help...
  • Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor

    Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Gods above, I know I am a monster, but I am your monster.” Thea has survived the deadly trials and narrowly escaped heartbreak, but now she faces her greatest challenge—breaking her curse and finding her place in Cerithia. Haunted by Cassius’ betrayal and the loss of her friends in Exile, she struggles to reclaim her identity in a kingdom that feels foreign...
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    dark  romance  fiction  horror  fantasy  book  adult
  • Power Mage 6 by Hondo Jinx

    Power Mage 6 by Hondo Jinx

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE SEVENTH STRAND. THE ULITIMATE TRUTH. THE FINAL BATTLE. After the Chop Shop bloodbath, Brawley goes full power mage and vows to destroy his enemies. The end is here...
  • The Escape by Teyla Branton

    The Escape by Teyla Branton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Renegade Unbounded are the last line of defense between the ruthless Emporium and unsuspecting humanity, but how long can they continue the struggle alone?Three weeks of waiting to free their allies from an Emporium compound in New York City have Erin Radkey and her Renegade friends on edge...
  • Seoul Demon by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Seoul Demon by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s a Demon on the loose. No, another one... Mark Vedis and his team need a break. After the events of Bangkok Warlock, they’ve been working with the Thai Paranormal Police Department (PPD) to clean up the streets and get rid of the last of the supernatural threats to the Land of Smiles. Too bad the supernatural mafia is back and ready to make their lives a living hell...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  humor
  • Deathly Temperance by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Deathly Temperance by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fae queen is beautiful. Too bad it's only skin deep... Temperance is the queen of the fae. After tasting true power at the hands of an evil mage, she's bent on ruling the Netherworld. She wants it all...and she wants it now.The chief of the Netherworld PPD calls all hands on deck to fight this new threat. But there's a problem...
  • Clash of Flames by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Clash of Flames by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Somebody has daddy issues... Somebody has daddy issues...Four amalgamites are searching for their brother and they're willing to kill the cops in the Las Vegas PPD to get to him.There's only supposed to be one amalgamite in existence, at least that's what Ian Dex thought. All his life, he'd believed that there were no others like him. He was alone in the world. Now, though? Instant family...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  fiction  horror
  • Curse of Fangs by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Curse of Fangs by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A vampire's bite sucks, but it's also quite powerful... When Las Vegas Paranormal Police Chief Ian Dex is injected with a healthy dose of vampire venom, he gains access to power like he's never known. He's faster, stronger, and his ability to do magic is on the rise, too.The problem is that he's becoming too powerful...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  fiction  horror
  • Yes, Master by Simon Archer

    Yes, Master by Simon Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if you had a genie who wanted your every last desire to come true? What if you had two? And what if they were competing to see who could do a better job?What would you wish...
    Categorized as:
    dark  super-powered  adult  book  fiction  harem  horror  monsters
  • Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Guard, Protect, and Above All, Stay Alive Please note that this story from Mari's point-of-view. Two months after the announcement that rocked the entire world, Mari Jorgenson is going undercover to protect the man who has become the face of the Unbounded...
  • The Zombie Knight -- Volume Two by George M. Frost

    The Zombie Knight -- Volume Two by George M. Frost

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second volume of the dark serial novel, The Zombie Knight. Includes the 4th, 5th and 6th story arcs. The first volume is available for free at Smashwords.Follows the young Hector Goffe and his grim reaper Garovel as they attempt to prevent the destruction of Hector's home country of Atreya...
  • Dragonmancer by Simon Archer

    Dragonmancer by Simon Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the real world, Blake Masters isn't special, but when he discovers a portal in the middle of the Arizona desert, he will find himself in a world unlike any he's ever seen before.For one, it has dragons.For two, only a couple of men are born every generation.And for three? Well, he now has a superpower, class ability, magic, or whatever you want to call it...
  • The Duelist 3 by Eric Vall

    The Duelist 3 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alex has defeated another one of his enemies in Archus Doler, but evil still lurks in the shadows of Nata Isle.Lord Asher Mec invites his two beautiful magical sisters to help investigate, but Alex and his family are still in danger.And he’ll stop at nothing to keep them safe...
  • Night's Favor by Richard Parry

    Night's Favor by Richard Parry

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bad hangovers don’t usually come with a pile of bodies.Valentine surfaces after a drunken night to find drug megacorp Biomne has unleashed hired guns to bring Val in: no questions, and no witnesses. A criminally insane Russian's also hungering at his heels. Could one ravening sociopath be worse than an army?Val's newfound strength and speed might not be enough to save him...
  • Nemesis by Emma L. Adams

    Nemesis by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Discovering she's a walking magical weapon is just the beginning of Ada's problems.Joining the Alliance might be the key to seeing the worlds she's always dreamed of, but Ada's new job causes a rift to form between her and her guardian, Nell. As she struggles to come to terms with the events of the previous month, Ada is reluctant to use magic again after the damage it caused...
  • Storm Unbound by Leo Hull

    Storm Unbound by Leo Hull

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a washed-up recruit find himself and his way home? Tristan never wanted to be a Bolstered soldier. He wanted the easy city life.Now he is stuck in a land filled with wild women, exotic magic, and dark dangers. His beautiful commander—his only way back and the one person with any faith in him—has caught the eye of a freakish crime lord backed by shadowy powers...
  • Limbus, Inc. - Book II by Brett J. Talley

    Limbus, Inc. - Book II by Brett J. Talley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The world is a stage, life is a play, and we are the puppets. It’s better not to ask who pulls the strings...
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    dark  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  fantasy
  • Tower of Ruin by Wolfe Locke

    Tower of Ruin by Wolfe Locke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tell me, Daniel can you kill a god? A tower, perched on the edge of infinity.A man, doomed to wander its floors eternally.A mission, where the balance of the world is at stake.Daniel is a trapped soul. His life has one purpose - survive floor after floor of enemies determined to destroy him. But when a Dark Lord with his own agenda arrives offering a second chance at life, everything changes...
  • Collision by Emma L. Adams

    Collision by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Earth suddenly gains inexplicably high levels of magic, all fingers point at the Alliance. On a distant world, where magic-fuelled forces of nature rule over humans, a disaster is sweeping the land, threatening to knock the Balance across the Multiverse out of sync. When Kay and Ada are sent there with the other Ambassadors, they’re thrown into the centre of chaos...
  • Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How exactly do you kill someone who's already dead?Playboy Police Chief Ian Dex didn't believe in zombies...until now.An old necromancer has been summoning the dead. His goal is to overrun the world, one city at a time. Too bad he started in Vegas.With the horde of zombies heading in from the old cemeteries, Ian and his crew soon realize they can't handle this threat alone...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • The Reckoning by Teyla Branton

    The Reckoning by Teyla Branton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Only One Can Survive The Reckoning Erin Radkey has always known the day would come when she would have to personally confront the Triad leader of the power-hungry Emporium. But she never thought it would be with a snake in her head that feeds on her energy. Or that she’d be in the company of an uncertain ally who might turn on her at any moment...
  • Borderlands by Thomas F. Monteleone, David B. Silva

    Borderlands by Thomas F. Monteleone, David B. Silva

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Borderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90s, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed be horrific. Read about a farmer who disdains his wife for a giant potato..
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    dark  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  fantasy
  • The Serpent Mage by Greg Bear

    The Serpent Mage by Greg Bear

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Michael is released from the land of the Sidhe, all he wants is to lead a normal life in L.A. But there are hauntings in the streets, bodies in a hotel, and an ancient creature summoned from a loch. Now Michael must become a Mage to save his country...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy  fantasy
  • The Gilded Path: A Cultivation Portal Fantasy by S.A. Archer

    The Gilded Path: A Cultivation Portal Fantasy by S.A. Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On Earth, Peter is a financial wizard, the accountant that could make your monetary missteps disappear in a sea of numbers, but he's trapped in a thankless job... until the day he's shot dead in his apartment...Only to wake up in a body that isn't his and a world he doesn't know...
    Categorized as:
    super-powered  dark  harem  steamy  fantasy  litrpg  audiobook  fiction
  • Victoria by W.J. May

    Victoria by W.J. May

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    4 authors will each take a different daughter born from the Prince of Darkness, Vlad Montour. (Also known as Vlad the Impaler, an evil villain from history) Blair – Chrissy Peebles Jezebel – Kristen Middleton Victoria – W.J. May Lotus – C.J...
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    dark  super-powered  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  mlm  mystery
  • Queen of the Demonweb Pits by Paul Kidd

    Queen of the Demonweb Pits by Paul Kidd

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revisiting classic adventures has been extremely successful. "Queen of the Demonweb Pits" was one of the most popular adventures ever created for the Dungeons & Dragons game. This novelization appeals to those who have played through the adventure, as well as to those who have an interest in drow elves--one of the most popular races in the game...
  • The Calling by Louise G. White

    The Calling by Louise G. White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run and hiding from ‘the suits’, Carolyn’s life is far from straightforward. After her mother and brother go missing in a most extraordinary way, (through a hole to another world which appears in the kitchen wall!), she is determined to track them down and bring them home...
  • TIME MAGE by Rob Nolan

    TIME MAGE by Rob Nolan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you can stop time, you can do whatever you want. Rylan can slow down time, then act while the rest of the world is frozen. He can pluck arrows from the air, win any fist fight, save innocents from certain death. Then a goblin army attacked his village...
  • Locked In by Mark Lawrence

    Locked In by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A ten minute horror story...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  paranormal  fantasy
  • Forge of the Gods by Simon Archer

    Forge of the Gods by Simon Archer

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the only male demigod of his generation, Cameron has some pretty big... shoes to fill.For one, he has to deal with all the female demigods, and some of them, well... you know.For two, he’s the best blacksmith the demigods have seen in a millennia, which is good because apparently, he’s destined to craft the Ultimate Weapon...
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    dark  super-powered  audiobook  book  fiction  harem  horror  myths
  • Adamant by Emma L. Adams

    Adamant by Emma L. Adams

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Few people know twenty-one year old Ada Fletcher is actually from another universe. After a devastating magical war tore apart her homeworld, she and her family were forced to defy the Inter-World Alliance and hide on the low-magic Earth. Stuck in a dead-end job in London, Ada has spent her life hiding her real identity and risking her safety to help others from her homeworld...
  • End Times Book 3 by Gav Thorpe

    End Times Book 3 by Gav Thorpe

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Details to comeDetails to...
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    dark  adult  book  epic  fiction  horror  fantasy
  • Sword Sirens by Edmund Hughes

    Sword Sirens by Edmund Hughes

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amongst the remnants of the ancient Saidican Empire lies Golias Hollow, an underground community of people who’ve taken refuge from the tainted surface. Completely cutoff from the outside world, the men and women of the Hollow follow the teachings of the prophet Dormiar, sacrificing a select few to the outside each year in a ceremony known as “The Choosing...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  audiobook  book  epic  fiction  harem
  • We Are Not Good People by Jeff Somers

    We Are Not Good People by Jeff Somers

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the “exhilarating, powerful, and entertaining” (Guardian) storyteller of the Avery Cates series comes a gritty supernatural thriller featuring a pair of unlikely heroes caught up in the underground world of blood magic...
    Categorized as:
    dark  super-powered  adult  anti-hero  book  fiction  horror  magic
  • Branded by Simon Archer

    Branded by Simon Archer

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Defeat slavers. Take their monster girls. Conquer the world. When William stumbles through a portal in the middle of Antarctica, he'll suddenly find himself in a world unlike any he's ever known. Now, he's surrounded by monster girls, vicious warlords, and everything in between...
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    dark  super-powered  adult  book  fiction  harem  high-fantasy  horror
  • Diablo III: The Order by Nate Kenyon

    Diablo III: The Order by Nate Kenyon

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deckard Cain is the last of the Horadrim, the sole surviving member of a mysterious and legendary order. Assembled by the archangel Tyrael, the Horadrim were charged with the sacred duty of seeking out and vanquishing the three Prime Evils: Diablo (the Lord of Terror), Mephisto (the Lord of Hatred), and Baal (the Lord of Destruction). But that was many years ago...
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    dark  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  fantasy
  • Anthonology by Piers Anthony

    Anthonology by Piers Anthony

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    CONTENTS: Possible to Rue; The Toaster; Quinquepedalian; Encounter; Phog; The Ghost Galaxies; Within the Cloud; The Life of the Stripe; In the Jaws of Danger; Beak by Beak; Getting Through University; In the Barn; Up Schist Crick; The Whole Truth; The Bridge; On the Uses of Torture; Small Mouth, Bad Taste; Wood You?; Hard Sell; Hurdle; Gone to the Dogs...
  • BloodAngel by Justine Musk

    BloodAngel by Justine Musk

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In downtown Manhattan, a rising young painter is haunted by disturbing dreams...In small-town Minnesota, a teenage orphan struggles with a knowledge beyond his years-and a destiny he wants no part of...In California, young and old, hipsters and hippies, fall under the spell of a wildly charismatic singer whose voice breaks down all barriers-including the ones between heaven and hell...
  • The Reaper's Image by Stephen King, Frank Muller

    The Reaper's Image by Stephen King, Frank Muller

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Muž pátrá po zvláštním zrcadle, ve kterém můžou lidé zhlédnout něco, co asi nechtějí. Navíc už o tom nemohou nikomu vyprávět, protože nenávratně zmizí. Ani on tomu nevěří, dokud ho nenajde..
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    dark  horror  fiction  audiobook  fantasy  book  adult
  • Amber Magic by B.V. Larson

    Amber Magic by B.V. Larson

    Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The humans have no magic and are hunted for sport, but that is about to change. War is coming...The Sun Dragon spawned nine lesser dragons which devoured their parent for the power the elder possessed. These young dragons fought for choice bits of the Sun Dragon, but each only managed to eat a portion, thus giving them specific powers...
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