A woman discovers her father's familial history—and unsettling legacy—in this Gothic reinvention of the vampire myth from a multi-award-winning author.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning authorAfter the death of her temperamental mother, Rachaela Day pursued a quiet life. She was content selling books to make ends meet, immersing herself in stories and music, and avoiding unnecessary human interaction. Her singl...

The Gothic dark fantasy trilogy that redefines vampire mythology from the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author.The three volumes in The Blood Opera Sequence tell the saga of the Scarabae family, a near-immortal vampiric clan who have walked the earth since ancient times, ensuring the survival of their bloodline.Dark Dance: In a dilapidated home by the sea, Rachaela Day meets her paternal family for the fi...

Life, death, love, and truth: major themes that frequently appear in Grandmaster Tanith Lee's fiction, are all represented in Dancing Through the Fire, one of the last collections she put together before her untimely death. The stories in this book have never before been collected, and four of them have never before been published. These tales will transport you from mystical lands to mystical worlds, corporeal manifestations of myth, and mythical interpretations of life, into rea...

Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up "a tasty treat for fantasy fans" ( Booklist).There are some "genuine gems" in this "enticing collection" of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring "diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world," most involving a teen's coming-of-age. Delia Sherman "takes readers into New York City's Central Park, wh...

This "wondrous" collection of fantasy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, and others "is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).For this enchanting anthology—a World Fantasy Award finalist—editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling "asked their contributors to reimagine Fäerie" in the present day, or "search its more dimly lit pathways," and the authors have responded with bountiful imagination. The titl...

Four books of dark fantasy and eroticism from "a literary great . . . A series of Gothic, interlinked stories set in an alternate Paris" ( The Washington Post).With these four books, together now in one collection, escape to a city known by three names—Paradys, Paradise, and Paradis—where you'll find many strange stories and novellas exploring gender, identity, sexual transgression, and more . . .The Book of the Damned: A poet discovers a ...

Once upon a time there was a mirror. . . .So begins this dark, unusual retelling of the story of Snow White by the writer reviewers have called "the Angela Carter of the fantasy field"—a whole novel based on a beloved story, turning it into a dark and sensual drama full of myth and magic.Arpazia is the aging queen who paces the halls of a warlord's palace. Cold as winter, she has only one passion—for the mysterious hunter who courts the outlawed old gods of the woodl...

"A fast start to what promises to be an exciting, innovative fantasy series" from the World Fantasy Award–winning author of Night's Master ( Publishers Weekly ).In the hedonistic atmosphere of an eighteenth-century Venice Carnival, gaiety turns deadly when Furian Furiano happens upon a mask of Apollo floating in the murky waters of the canals. The mask hides a sinister art, and Furian finds himse...

This award-winning horror anthology is the "yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured"—featuring Tanith Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, and others ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Award-winning anthologist Ellen Datlow—praised by William Gibson as "the genre's sharpest assembler of strange, dark fictions"—is determined to prove that ghost stories still possess the power to chill modern readers to the marrow. So she reached out to a list of varied...

A DARK FANTASY CLASSIC: 18 seductive stories inspired by fairy tales, mythology, and the Arabian Nights, starring Azhrarn, Prince of Demons—perfect for readers looking for an alternative to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman.“Storytelling at its best and fantasy in its purest and strongest essence.” —SFSiteRediscover master fantasist and World Fantasy Award winner Tanith Lee’s classic dark fantasy series, Tales from the Flat Earth, where demons...

Enjoy this anthology of Neo-Gothic fiction inspired by the imagination of Edgar Allan Poe.  Winner of the Paris Book Festival Award – Best anthology of the yearNominated for a Bram Stoker Award – Superior Achievement in an Anthology"Make sure your belt is done up good and tight when you read nEvermore!. It's very embarrassing to have your...

A haunted house and a ghostly woman are the instruments that release an ancient curse upon the forgotten city of Paradys. As a savage, unholy beast prowls the city’s streets, a young student seeks to uncover the secrets that will lead to his salvation. Lee infuses this dark tale, the second volume in the series, with a dreamlike quality that hovers, like the world in The Book of the Damned, on the border of reality.