Fantasy-Hive

Dr Alex Carabine is a specialist in gothic, medieval and Victorian literature, art and culture. She hosts lectures and creative writing workshops on her Instagram @decadence.and.dark.ages. She has taught at the University of Liverpool and is the founder of Gothic University. Dr Carabine wrote the introduction to Dead Ink’s reissue of Todd Grimson’s lost classic 90s vampir...

Sadly, the site has become too large for us to manage enjoyably anymore, and rather than see it evolve into something else under someone else’s management, we’ve decided to close it.

We will continue to take part in SPFBO 11, which runs until the end of the year, so you’ll sti...

100 years have passed since the last heir of Gyldan fell into eternal slumber and doomed the once-mighty kingdom into poverty and invasion. At least, that’s what the fairy tales claim. 

Corin is a jaded thief who doesn’t believe in fables, even when she searches Gyldan’s underground tunnels to find her younger sister, Elly, who ran away to find the slee...

In a world of secrets, power comes at a price, and survival demands more than courage.

Kenric stumbles out of the forest broken, alone, and bleeding. Saved by the village herbalist, he must rebuild his life from nothing. Haunted by loss and forced to prove his worth in a place that does not trust him.

In the nearby town of Two Rivers, Gwene, a ...

Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.

After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn’t know.

Including human children. Ugh.

This may well call for… eye contact!

(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)