Horror Subgenre Challenge! - hosted by dexlud

Dark Fantasy
This type of horror novel offers readers the best of two genres — horror and fantasy. They take common components of fantasy fiction, like creatures and magic, and add a dark layer of horror on top. What’s not to love?

Interesting books in this category:  The Citadel of Fear, by Gertrude Barrows. The Black Company, by Glen Cook. Daughter of the Blood, by Anne Bishop.
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319 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious medium-paced

1177 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Your Blood, My Bones

Kelly Andrew

12 hours, 7 minutes first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced

320 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

13 hours, 14 minutes first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

105 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror

384 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

12 hours, 22 minutes first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced

355 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced

8 hours, 25 minutes first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced