As D.L. Rhodes notes, speculative fiction is a mixed bag of genres that includes but is not limited to horror, science fiction, fantasy, magic, and just plain weird and otherwise unidentifiable themes. In The Woods, Dark & Deep is all that and more. For older...

Vladimir is dead, vampires and werewolves are working together, and things should be going well, except they’re not. A Dance Between Light and Darkness by M.C. Ryder follows Vince as he tries to uncover the reason behind the sudden appearance of dead bodies, which all...

Finally breaking free of the mystical pond, Acantha finds she’s lost seven years, but time is not the only thing she has lost. In The Dark Eve: Anamar Warrior by TK Thompson, Atlantis is rife with civil war, and in a moment of desperation, a...

Tales of the Beautifully Dark: Volume One is written and illustrated by Marc R. Micciola. Umochibu people are sacrificed in a blasphemous effort to vanquish a disease that has spread. Princess Akua is angry over so much death, including the loss of the Emperor. The...

The Light Within Darkness is the third book of the Space Unbound series by David Jeffrey. Commander Aiden Macallan and his elite crew of the advanced spaceship Sun Wolf, equipped with the revolutionary zero-point drive, are tasked to search and locate the dangerous Cardew Amon,...

This Side of the Darkness by Andromeda Storm is a dark narrative that Annie relates as she navigates life while fighting monsters. Annie viewed her mother as perfect, unless her father was home. Their fighting escalated until she witnessed her father push her pregnant mother...

In the crime fiction Her Dark Grave by Carolyn Arnold, detectives Madison and Terry investigate the gruesome murder of Tara Jackson. Tara's distraught roommate, Christina, hints at a romantic involvement with someone named Gabe. Madison and Terry gather information about Tara's involvement with a charity,...

A Devil in Every Dark Corner by Amanda Braun Boe is the first book in the Otherworldly Investigations series. Imogen has spent her entire life around the otherworldly, thanks to her family’s business. Otherworldly Investigations helps people by hunting monsters but she has spent recent...

Lawrence loves it when his father reads him mythological stories and makes voices. Unfortunately, his father is not always home because he is in the army. Each night, Lawrence stares up at the stars, hoping for his father's safe return. One night, Lawrence sees a...

Hill of Great Darkness is a work of fiction in the science fiction, Christian fiction, and suspense subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author H C Beckerr. Set in the near future of 2037, the story...

The crypt of an abbey in the town of Reachers hides ancient skeletons with puzzling anomalies. An anthropologist arrives in Reachers for research and is enchanted by Miss Brown's beautiful amber eyes. Is it a coincidence that the pagans he studies believed that eyes were...

All I See Are Dark Clouds is a work of fiction in the paranormal drama, thriller, and fantasy adventure subgenres. It is intended for the young adult reading audience and contains some instances of violence and reference to assault. Penned by author M C Ryder,...

Where the Darkness Lies: Perils of Portia Saga #2 by Hermione Lee sees Amethyst and Prince Angus face the responsibility of ruling the fairy kingdom of Portia. When Amethyst’s lady-in-waiting, Fontaine Miles, observes an ominous portent in the skies, Amethyst longs to ignore the sign....

Dev and Raya are from Solaran Prime, a distant planet from Earth. Right now, Raya is on Earth with new friends she has made who are like family to her. Did Dev make the right decision to leave her on Earth, and how will her...

Roy M. Hiller’s A Walk in the Dark plunges readers into a hauntingly atmospheric tale where the lines between reality and illusion blur. The story follows Cat, a young woman who, when returning from choir rehearsal, undergoes a harrowing experience. She is raped and murdered,...

Keight Stanford’s desire to change the course on which humanity finds itself pushes her to technological breakthroughs with the least harm to all parties involved. She has been making excellent progress on an artificial intelligence program that functions as a therapist to engage people struggling...

Evelyn Puerto brings us a truly epic fantasy adventure in The Girl Who Broke the Dark. This is the first novel of the Royal Mages series. The evil sorcerer Cetus was banished to an underwater realm more than a thousand years ago. During that time...

A Darkness Summoned is a work of urban fantasy by Alex B. Harper and the second installment in the Ashes of Magic trilogy. Continuing from the events happening in Of Light and Nightmares, the book follows Emmeline as she struggles to live with the consequences...

Rachel E. Croxton’s The Dark Prince of Lazera transports readers to the enchanting world of Zormonia, where Simina, a poor girl from the village of Lazera, finds solace in the pages of her beloved books. Simina’s favorite tales of fairy tales and romance offer her...

Current of Darkness is a captivating work of historical fiction set in the golden era of the Gilded Age, highlighting the dazzling tumult of America's late 19th century. In this suspenseful story by the supremely talented Robert Brighton, two formidable women must gather their inner...