Category Archives: Fantasy & Paranormal

Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

My parents taught me that magic attracts equal danger, and everything I’ve seen since becoming a demon contractor confirms it. I’ve witnessed how power twists and corrupts–and I’ve tasted power no human should wield. Ambition and avarice drove my family into hiding. My parents died for someone else’s greed. I’ve never hunted anything in my life, but now I’m hunting their killer–with my demon’s help. But with each step closer to my parents’ murderer, I’m uncovering a different sort of evil, piece by hidden piece. I’ve stumbled into an insidious web that silently, secretly… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Decapitation & dismemberment
  • Kidnapping

Broken by Jex Lane

Broken by Jex Lane

Vampire. Incubus. Demigod. Weapon. Matthew has many names, but none as distressing as pet. A slave to incubus High King Malarath, Matthew is tired. Tired of fighting. Tired of losing those he loves. Tired of the torture. And, in his despair, his body begins to decay around him. The High King, angered that his pet is dying, brings in the one person who might be able to fix Matthew: High Lord General Tarrick. While all trust Matthew had in the general is gone, maybe there is hope in the situation. All Matthew needs to do is start acting like an incubus and put on a show.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape, on-page
  • Sexual assault
  • Incest
  • Involuntary body modification (genital piercing)
  • Torture

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

Everything in Evie Tanaka’s life is finally perfect. As a badass superheroine, she defends San Francisco from demon invasion on the regular. Her relationships with superhero partner Aveda Jupiter, little sister Bea, and hot, half-demon husband Nate have never been stronger. Maybe it’s possible for a grad school dropout turned put-upon personal assistant turned superhero to have it all? As if things can’t get any better, Evie learns she’s pregnant. She’s overjoyed but also worried about whether she’s cut out for motherhood. Before she can dwell on her dilemma too much, a women’s college reports a string of mysterious “hauntings,”… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Panic attacks

Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe

Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe

Eli and Dag survived a monster. Two monsters, in fact. A year later, though, they’re still trying to settle into a ‘regular’ life. Dag is working hard in school. It’s not going great. Eli is working hard at…being a better Eli. He’s eating right. Most of the time. He’s thinking about exercise in healthy ways. He’s ok with how he looks, as long as he doesn’t walk past any mirrors. He goes out some nights, though. He goes across the lake, back to Bragg, where the monsters were. And he’s not sure why. He’s not sure what keeps calling him back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Racism & racial slurs
  • Murder
  • Body dysmorphia

Mr Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

Mr Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

Vie Eliot arrives in the small town of Vehpese, Wyoming with little more than the clothes–and scars–on his back. Determined to make a new life for himself after escaping his abusive mother, he finds that living with his estranged father brings its own problems. Then Samantha Oates, the girl with blue hair, goes missing, and Vie might be the only one who can find her. His ability to read emotions and gain insight into other people’s darkest secrets makes him the perfect investigator, with only one small problem: he wants nothing to do with his gift. When the killer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Suicide & attempted suicide
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Drug use
  • Abortion mentioned
  • Torture mentioned
  • Gun violence
  • Kidnapping

Punishment by Nicholas Bella

Punishment by Nicholas Bella

My worst nightmare has come true, I’m one of them now, a monster… the very thing I fought against. If that wasn’t bad enough, I’ve been sired by one of the most powerful, sadistic and calculating vampire Lords in the city; Theoden. It’s just the beginning of my new life, hell, I’m not even one night old as a vampire and already I wish they had decided to kill me instead of turn me. I guess this was my punishment for rebelling against them. They’re clever that way. Theoden has promised to punish me for every offence I’ve made against him and I have no idea what’s in store for me. I do know that it won’t be pleasant. My night of pain and torment is just beginning.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Rape & paedophilia
  • Death of a child
  • Torture

The Hourglass Throne by KD Edwards

The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards

As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis’s famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic . . . what do they want from the immortality clinic . . . and what remains of the dozens trapped inside? Though Rune and his lifelong bodyguard Brand are tasked with investigating the mysterious barrier, Rune is also busy settling into his new life at court. Claiming his father’s throne has irrevocably thrown him into the precarious world of political deception, and he …. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape & sexual assault of a minor recounted
  • Misgendering
  • Suicide bombing
  • COVID-19 pandemic mentioned
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Vivisepulture (being buried alive) mentioned
  • Kidnapping
  • Animal death

The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner

The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner

Soren is a nameless, stateless man, tasked with keeping watch over Maricol’s borders. He isn’t meant for politics, only dealing with the dead. His past was buried in the poison fields, but after a fateful encounter with a prince, Soren comes to realize he can’t keep what magic burns inside him hidden forever. Vanya Sa’Liandel was the spare who survived the Houses’ murderous games to become the Imperial crown prince of Solaria. He has a duty to his country, but he’ll owe his life to the wardens. Payment of any kind is costly, especially when he’s at risk of losing his heart to the man who… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slavery
  • Infidelity
  • Death from childbirth
  • Involuntary medical experimentation
  • Torture
  • Arson

Where Oblivion Lives by T Frohock

Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock

Born of daimon and angel, Diago Alvarez is a being unlike all others. The embodiment of dark and light, he has witnessed the good and the horror of this world and those beyond. In the supernatural war between angels and daimons that will determine humankind’s future, Diago has chosen Los Nefilim, the sons and daughters of angels who possess the power to harness music and light. As the forces of evil gather, Diago must locate the Key, the special chord that will unite the nefilim’s voices, giving them the power to avert the coming civil war between the Republicans and Franco’s… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Drug use
  • Drugging
  • Murder

The Damning Stone by TK Klune

The Damning Stone by T.J. Klune

A year has passed since the Dark Wizard Myrin attempted to take control of the Kingdom of Verania. Though the scars of the final battle remain, Veranians have come together in unity in order to rebuild. Good King Anthony sits on the throne once more, with Morgan of Shadows at his side. However, a king is not immortal. One day, Anthony will step down, paving the way for his son, Grand Prince Justin, to assume the throne. And Justin wants anything but…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a mother during childbirth