Fantasy is often characterized ... Many underrated Stephen King books need adaptations, and this recent fantastical addition to his oeuvre fits the bill. Fairy Tale follows the story of Charlie ...

Leaning more historical fantasy than true gothic, Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar ... The isolated property, which seems to be a fairy tale, quickly tuns into a nightmare. As A Discovery of Witches ...

His sadism unleashed, he pummels Duncan to death and then “gently [kisses] the pale, dawn-chilled face . . .” This Gothic tale is artificially tensed by Author Brooke with misleading clues ...

This year's fantasy books offer plenty to ... pick up Roshani Chokshi's "The Last Tale of the Flower Bride," an eerily Gothic story about the dark side of fairy tales. A scholar of myth and ...

With romantasy, Gothic horror ... reads a bit like a fantasy spin on Martha Wells’ Murderbot books, if the main character was a powerful protoplasmic goo-monster in a medieval-ish society ...

Stephen King says that he started writing his new novel, “Fairy Tale,” during the early days of the pandemic lockdown. “What could you write that would make you happy?” he asked himself ...

The outcome was pretty productive for the gothic genre by anyone’s standards: Shelley wrote Frankenstein, while Byron’s tale of an aristocratic ... Schwab's take-no-prisoners fantasy doesn ...

FAIRY TALE, by Stephen King Stephen King is no stranger to the portal fantasy genre ... this time connecting his story to the Dark Tower books and King’s larger multiverse.

To me, a fairy tale retelling is like taking the heart of ... Kemmerer’s reimagining of “Beauty and the Beast” is a brilliant portal fantasy. It follows Harper, a teenager from Washington ...

If that thumbnail description piques your interest, be warned: Awad’s fourth novel, “Rouge,” is a heady concoction, even for readers who have appreciated her off-kilter approach in the past.