Dark Fantasy:
- isn't necessarily scary but it pictures creatures from hell
- heroes may not win. Actually, the villain often wins
- gray morality
- heroes can be antiheroes
- the hero may be the supernatural being or close to the hero
- story in favor of the supernatural being
- edgy fiction
- stories setting is dark (evil has already won, place where the fittest survives, virtues may be badly rewarded, races hate each other)
Examples:
The Hunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft
The Dark Towers by Stephen King
by Gertrude Barrows Bennett
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
Resources:
- isn't necessarily scary but it pictures creatures from hell
- heroes may not win. Actually, the villain often wins
- gray morality
- heroes can be antiheroes
- the hero may be the supernatural being or close to the hero
- story in favor of the supernatural being
- edgy fiction
- stories setting is dark (evil has already won, place where the fittest survives, virtues may be badly rewarded, races hate each other)
Examples:
The Hunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft
The Dark Towers by Stephen King
by Gertrude Barrows Bennett
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
Resources: