Most people land on Urban Epics looking for something to read in the dark. Fair enough. I write dark fantasy, I collect scary stories, and I spend far too long reading about the monsters behind the horror movies: the real wendigo legend, the wolf the Norse gods were afraid of, the vampires that are nothing like the sparkly kind. This page gathers all of it in one place, from the giant scary-stories collection to my own vampire and demon novels.
Scary stories to tell in the dark
- 50+ scary stories to tell in the dark (that will actually keep you up) Dark, twisted and based on real things. There is a jump-to index at the top so you can pick a story by length.
Monsters and legends
- The wendigo: real Algonquian legend vs horror movie myth No antlers. A gaunt giant with a heart of ice, and a warning about hunger. The Swift Runner case and the Jack Fiddler trials are in here too.
- Who is Fenrir, the wolf in Norse mythology? The wolf so big the gods chained him, and what happens when the chain breaks.
- 18 incredible fallen angel romances for young adult readers I did not plan to write a fallen angel book. Scarlet Thread happened anyway, and these are the books that fed it.
Vampires
- Tomb of Vampires (complete series) My vampire fantasy series, with the story of how it finally got finished after years of neglect.
- Taste: a free short story (vampire dystopia) Hunger Games meets Van Helsing. The first few chapters, free.
- Taste: Kingdom of Blood and Ash (vampire magic preview) A longer preview of the vampire dystopia, a few years and a lot of rewriting later.
- Taste, a vampire dystopian YA novel The short version I edited for the YA anthology, and why it was my first real vampire book.
- Vampire’s Champion Three in the morning at a San Francisco gas station bodega when the vampire walks in. First chapter.
Angels, demons and reapers
- Devious Angel (urban fantasy free chapter) Cora has the worst idea she has ever had. Chapter one.
- Another dark fantasy paranormal romance The month I started five new books because I kept finding art too beautiful to ignore.
- Reaper Witch A burned-out truck, a cop waving traffic through, and a girl who can see what the smoke is hiding. First chapter.
If you like this corner of the site, my free starter library has the opening books of the vampire, angel and mermaid series.
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