A forgotten legend awakens beneath the streets of Zagreb.When a series of strange events ripples through the city, two young men — Vid and Luka — are drawn into a darkness older than the fortress walls above them. Something ancient is stirring in Medvedgrad… and it has been waiting for them.As reality fractures and the supernatural bleeds through, the Black Queen rises once more — hungry, vengeful, and bound to a history no one dares to speak aloud.What begins as a whi...

Nightshape.The next chapter in The Skin of Him Universe.What begins as a strange frequency spreading through the population becomes something harder to name. Ordinary men slip beyond themselves, drawn toward a presence that offers attention, intimacy, and the dangerous comfort of surrender.The Church has faced possession before.The Vatican has named demons before.Nothing prepared them for Nightshape.Ancient, seductive, and endlessly hungry, m...

A bloodline curse drags two men into an unwanted intimacy, where attraction becomes a liability and survival depends on how close they dare to stand.When a buried patch of land splits open and exposes ancient bones, it awakens a curse that has waited generations for the last Novak man. Ivan never knew he was marked, but from the moment the earth cracks, a presence begins to follow him — tightening its grip the closer he is drawn to another person.That person is Stjepan, a w...

A masterpiece doesn't know it's in a gallery.Sam Bell believes he is alone. He thinks the hollow ache in his chest is a simple need for connection. He thinks a man named Nick can fill the void.He is wrong. The void is me.For thirty-four lifetimes, I have been Sam's invisible curator. I am the ancient shadow that has pruned his history—burning away every friend, family, and lover who dared to touch what is mine. I ha...

Twelve carols. One bonus hymn. All damned.From the ashes of folklore to the glow of neon screens, Carols for the Damned by Dark Monarch drags Christmas through every shadow it has ever known. This collection of 12 stories plus a bonus tale reimagines the season of cheer as a season of dread—where ancient rituals resurface, haunted traditions refuse to die, and modern technology becomes the newest vessel for possession.Here, the Krampus walks again, ornaments whisper in the da...

Legendary film director Stanley Bowman has been indoctrinated into a Faustian deal that has ruined his life.He faked the moon landing, manipulated viral celebrity meltdowns, and filmed dozens of conspiracies to serve the goals of the Illuminati. But his loyalty gets called into question when he is forced to create an occult film so powerful the public will fall under complete control. Only his adopted child-star assassins can save him, his family, and expose the tr...

"The historical details become the ingredients in the alchemist's recipe, and Swope is a credible alchemist. All the characters we expect from Arthurian lore are here in all their glory. Swope then works his own magic, crafting a saga that is an enjoyable read, faithful to its historical roots." –Karen K. Brees, author of CrosswindDark Age Monarch: Uther Pendragon blends Arthurian legend, historical fact, and elements of fantasy to re-imagine the ...

Arthurian tradition has followed two distinct paths. Medieval romance depicts the spectacular capital of Camelot and a land of armored knights, jousts, and fantastical adventures. More recent researchers have focused on identifying the real King Arthur, if such a person existed, in the early days of the Dark Ages. Dark Age Monarch: The Reign of King Arthur blends the two strands together in an inventive re-telling that maintains elements of the traditional tale but set in a histor...

Trail of the ShapeshifterBook OneMonarch Mystery SeriesIn Monarch, Wyoming, mysterious disappearances and dark secrets abound.Elias Blackstone, an orphaned and troubled teenager, is just trying to survive—until terrifying dreams pull him into the Dark Realm, a nightmare world created by the sinister Dr. Viktor Corvinus to torture and destroy his enemies. There, Elias discovers he has extraordinary powers tha...

When still young, someone said of Anthony Gielty 'He's gonnae end up in the nick.' And he did - at the age of 17, he was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to ten years, some of which was spent in solitary confinement. At 19, he was placed in the most violent prison in Scotland. Anthony Gielty was viewed as too difficult a prisoner for the Scottish prison system. A vicious thug, he terrorised his fellow inmates - until he met Christ. Through a variety of forms of Christian spiritu...

In the seventh year since the Demon King took the Holy Sovereign captive.In the year 891 of the Great Brilliance Calendar, a new Demon King was born at the very bottom of the Abyss.An evil race, sealed away for over two centuries, emerged once more from the Abyss. The human race could not withstand them and suffered defeat after defeat.When the grand army pressed upon the Royal Court, the human Holy Sovereign fought the Demon King alone for three days and three nigh...

Raurkein has devoted his life to a single purpose—to end the reign of the Immortal Monarch who has ruled over the lands for centuries and pretends to be the embodiment of God himself. With the love of his life by his side, and faith guiding him, he has a real chance to avenge the atrocities committed against his people and his own father.In this quest, he will have to face treachery, deceit and hideous mythical monsters. For the last ten years, he has relentlessly honed one skill—t...