Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate darker and frightening themes of fantasy. It often combines fantasy with elements of horror or has a gloomy dark tone or a sense of horror and dread.
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Dark fantasy | Introduction
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Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate darker and frightening themes of fantasy. It often combines fantasy with elements of horror or has a gloomy dark tone or a sense of horror and dread.
Dark fantasy | Introduction
A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L. Grant and Karl Edward Wagner are credited with having coined the term "dark fantasy"—although both authors were describing different styles of fiction. Brian Stableford argues "dark fantasy" can be usefully defined as subgenre of stories that attempt to "incorporate elements of horror fiction" into the standard formulae of fantasy stories. Stableford also suggests that supernatural horror set primarily in the real world is a form of "contemporary fantasy", whereas supernatural horror set partly or wholly in "secondary worlds" should be described as "dark fantasy".
Dark fantasy | Definition
Charles L. Grant is often cited as having coined the term "dark fantasy". Grant defined his brand of dark fantasy as "a type of horror story in which humanity is threatened by forces beyond human understanding". He often used dark fantasy as an alternative to horror, as horror was increasingly associated with more visceral works. Dark fantasy is sometimes also used to describe stories told from a monster's point of view, or that present a more sympathetic view of supernatural beings usually associated with horror. Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles", Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's "Saint-Germain", and Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman" are early examples of this style of dark fantasy.
Dark fantasy | Concept and history
Dark Fantasy was an American radio supernatural thriller anthology series. It had a short run of 31 episodes, debuting on November 14, 1941, and ending on June 19, 1942. Its writer was Scott Bishop, also known for his work on "The Mysterious Traveler". It originated from station WKY in Oklahoma City and was heard Friday nights on NBC stations. The stories found a nationwide audience almost immediately.
Dark Fantasy (series) | Introduction
Jane Lindskold, whose writing has been called hard fantasy, in 2009 attributed the origin of this term to an unnamed radio interviewer. Brian Stableford traces the term origins to 1980s as proposed by unnamed writers of historical fantasy.
Hard fantasy | Origins
This is in contrast to the traditional horror model, which focuses more on the victims and survivors. In a more general sense, dark fantasy is occasionally used as a synonym for supernatural horror, to distinguish horror stories that contain elements of the supernatural from those that do not. For example, a story about a werewolf or vampire could be described as dark fantasy, while a story about a serial killer would simply be horror.
Dark fantasy | Concept and history
He had originally envisioned it as a picture book, but it became a 70,000 word manuscript. When Jarvis' editor told him that the manuscript could make a trilogy due to its long length, he went away and cut it, and then came up with more ideas for the second and third books.
The Dark Portal | Development
Many of its tropes, themes, and stock characters derive from Gothic literature—a long-established genre composed of both romantic and horrific traits and motivated by the desire to rouse fear, apprehension, and other intense emotions within the reader—and could be described as an attempt to modernize literary Gothicism. Writer and artist Kaja Foglio originally coined the term in an effort to distinguish her and husband Phil Foglio's comic series, "Girl Genius", from "steampunk". Kaja hoped to suggest the work's distinctive style, a medley of alternate history and Victorian-esque "mad science". Later on, however, fantasy-fans redirected the term to denote a spin-off genre of Holmesian fantasy or Victorian-based Gothic tales.
Gaslamp fantasy | Introduction
Additionally, other authors, critics, and publishers have adopted dark fantasy to describe various other works. However, these stories rarely share universal similarities beyond supernatural occurrences and a dark, often brooding, tone. As a result, dark fantasy cannot be solidly connected to a defining set of tropes. The term itself may refer collectively to tales that are either horror-based or fantasy-based. Some writers also use "dark fantasy" (or "Gothic fantasy") as an alternative description to "horror", because they feel the latter term is too lurid or vivid.
Dark fantasy | Definition
Fantasy fiction developed out of fairy tales in the nineteenth century. Early nineteenth century scholarship in folklore led to fantasy fiction dominating Victorian children's literature. The genre diverged into the two subgenres, high and low fantasy, after the Edwardian era. Low fantasy itself diverged into further subgenres in the twentieth century. The forms of low fantasy include personified animals, personified toys (including "The Indian in the Cupboard" and "The Doll's House"; building on the earlier "The Adventures of Pinocchio"), comic fantasies of exaggerated character traits and altered physics (including "Pippi Longstocking" and "The Borrowers"), magical powers, supernatural elements and time slips.
Low fantasy | History
"The Dark Is Rising "is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that was written by the British author Susan Cooper and published 1965 to 1977. "The Dark Is Rising", the second novel in the series, was published in 1973. The series is sometimes called "The Dark Is Rising Sequence", which is the title of its UK omnibus edition (first 1984) and its US boxed set edition (first 1986). It depicts a struggle between forces of good and evil called the Light and the Dark and is based on Arthurian legends, Celtic mythology, Norse mythology and English folklore.
The Dark Is Rising Sequence | Introduction
But he also reminds us of the out-and-out strangeness that fantasy can engender, in a way no one has since Clark Ashton Smith. No clunky analogy of medieval Europe here. Odd, fascinating characters in a world full of trouble and sorcery.”"
The Darkness That Comes Before | Critical Response
Some writers of fiction normally classified as "horror" tend to dislike the term, considering it too lurid. They instead use the terms dark fantasy or Gothic fantasy for supernatural horror, or "psychological thriller" for non-supernatural horror.
Horror fiction | Alternate terms
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Fantasy or Fantasie may also refer to:
Fantasy (disambiguation) | Introduction
Elements of the supernatural and the fantastic were an element of literature from its beginning, though the idea of a distinct genre, in the modern sense, is less than two centuries old. The parallel article History of fantasy deals mainly with fantasy literature in the English language. The history of French fantasy is covered in greater detail under "Fantastique".
Early history of fantasy | Introduction
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animated movies and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the absence of scientific or macabre themes respectively, though these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings of a medieval nature. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works.
Fantasy | Introduction
The Dark is Rising is a 1973 fantasy novel by Susan Cooper. The second in The Dark Is Rising Sequence, the book won a Newbery Honor.
The Dark Is Rising | Introduction
A boss called the Dark Elf resides in the Lodestone Cavern. Being weak against metallic weapons, he created a strong, magnetic field within his lair. The bard, Edward, could play music which disrupted his concentration and with it the field. As a last resort he transforms into the Dark Dragon. His sentences contained odd capitalization.
Dark elves in fiction | Final Fantasy IV
Fantasy encompasses numerous subgenres characterized by particular themes or settings, or by an overlap with other literary genres or forms of speculative fiction. They include the following:
Fantasy | By theme (subgenres)
Fantasy writer David Chandler considered this "rise of 'Low Fantasy'" to reflect the contemporary reality of the War on Terror—characterized by "secret deals", "vicious reprisals" and "sudden acts of terrifying carnage"—much as the horror genre reacted to the Vietnam War a generation earlier.
Low fantasy | Critical interpretations
Final Fantasy is a media franchise originating from a role-playing video game of the same name, which debuted on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. Final Fantasy may also refer to: In music:
Final Fantasy (disambiguation) | Introduction
R. R. Tolkien.
Fantasy literature | After 1901
A reviewer from "Publishers Weekly" commented that "Poor grammar, weak imagery and rickety old plots dressed up as Matters of Import doom this series of novellas [...] Action focuses on uninspired tales of Caramon Majere's son Palin's quest to be a wizard and political unrest among the Elves, which threatens the possibility of hegemony. There's hardly any suspense since contrivances make it clear that the eventual victory will be by authorial fiat. Descriptions are repeated three or four times, often within paragraphs of each other--and little of it deserves close attention. For Dragon Lance game players, there is, of course, an appendix with game statistics and the like."
The Second Generation | Reception
The term itself is an oblique reference to Olaf Stapledon's classic science fiction epic "Last and First Men". In this book the stages of mankind are enumerated. Thus early 1950s historian of fandom Jack Speer began to label successive generations of fans as First Fandom, Second Fandom, Third Fandom, and so forth... all the way to Seventh Fandom and beyond.
First Fandom | Introduction
High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction. This term may also refer to:
High fantasy (disambiguation) | Introduction
Carter's study was intended to serve as an introduction to fantasy. The first eight chapters detail the history of the modern genre from the late nineteenth century through the early 1970s, when Carter was writing, a subject he had previously covered more briefly in "Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings"". Its origins are discovered in the novels of William Morris, and followed through the writings of Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison and James Branch Cabell. Separate attention is then devoted to the subsequent development of fantasy in America and Britain, focusing on the pulp magazine tradition in the former and the continuing dominance of the more literary tradition in the latter.
Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy | Introduction
The Drawing of the Three is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the second book in "The Dark Tower" series, published by Grant in 1987. The series was inspired by "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning. The story is a continuation of "" and follows Roland of Gilead and his quest towards the Dark Tower. The subtitle of this novel is RENEWAL.
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three | Introduction
Into a Dark Realm is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the second book in the "Darkwar Saga" and was published in 2006. It was preceded by "Flight of the Nighthawks" and followed by the final book in the saga, "Wrath of a Mad God".
Into a Dark Realm | Introduction
'Second Heroic Age of Comics' or 'The Modern Age' of comics. It wasn't long before dealers were ... specifying it was a Golden Age comic for sale or a Silver Age comic for sale."
Silver Age of Comic Books | Origin of the term
In 2017, Conn Iggulden released the first book in his first fiction fantasy series, "Darien: Empire of Salt". This series is being published under the pen name C.F. Iggulden to avoid confusion with Iggulden's historical fiction novels. The second book in the series, Shiang, was released on 2018 followed by The Sword Saint in 2019.
Conn Iggulden | Fantasy novels
Elements of the supernatural and the fantastic were an element of literature from its beginning. The modern genre is distinguished from tales and folklore which contain fantastic elements, first by the acknowledged fictitious nature of the work, and second by the naming of an author. Works in which the marvels were not necessarily believed, or only half-believed, such as the European romances of chivalry and the tales of the "Arabian Nights", slowly evolved into works with such traits. Authors like George MacDonald (1824 –1905) created the first explicitly fantastic works. Later, in the twentieth century, the publication of "The Lord of the Rings" by J.
History of fantasy | Introduction
Older editions of "Dungeons & Dragons" called the primary non-human player races (dwarf, elf, gnome, halfling, and half-elf, Half-orc) "demi-humans." Later games such as "Shadowrun" use the term "metahuman," and define these humanoid races as subdivisions of "Homo sapiens."
Fantasy tropes | Races and species
The second film was originally supposed to bring back Barnabas, and was to be called "Curse of Dark Shadows" (according to "Famous Monsters of Filmland"). Before pre-production could begin, however, the series had gone off the air, and Jonathan Frid, fearing being typecast as Barnabas, had moved on to other things. Instead, "Night of Dark Shadows" was made, focusing on Collinwood after new heir Quentin Collins (David Selby) takes over. Elizabeth Stoddard gets a brief mention in the film, but is not present.
House of Dark Shadows | Sequel
There are also several 'supporting' characters who have significant roles throughout the books such as Achamian's old students Nersei Proyas and Krijates Xinemus and the Emperor's nephew Ikurei Conphas. The Dûnyain - A hidden monastic sect that has repudiated history and animal appetite in the hope of finding absolute enlightenment through the control of all desire and circumstance. For two thousand years they have bred their members for both motor reflexes and intellectual acuity. The Consult - The cabal of magi and generals that survived the death of the No-God in 2155 and has laboured ever since to bring about his return in the so-called Second Apocalypse.
The Darkness That Comes Before | Characters
The immediate effects were not realised, but the Dark One gradually asserted power over humanity, swaying many to become his followers. This resulted in the War of Power and eventually the Breaking of the World.
Golden Age | Fantasy
The second drama of the year was thus left with a limited budget.
My Fair Princess | Origin
Swords Against Darkness II is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Andrew J. Offutt. It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in 1977. The book collects eight short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introductory essay by Offutt.
Swords Against Darkness II | Introduction
The effects and the designs of the titular antagonist's forms, including Pennywise and the creature's true form of a humanoid spider, were produced on a 12-week deadline by Gene Warren's Fantasy II, who had a previous portfolio in theatrical work before working on "It". Broadcast Standards and Practices constricted the amount of blood and gore it could show, resulting in an unusually psychologically-horrific and character-driven horror production for its time.
It (miniseries) | Introduction
In April 2007, Ulisses Spiele assumed the TDE pen-and-paper licence from Fantasy Productions.
The Dark Eye | Introduction
Dark Knight or (Fantasy Quest), is a 2000 TV series, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel "Ivanhoe". This joint New Zealand/England production attempted to capitalize on the same sword and sorcery market successfully mined by "".
Dark Knight (TV series) | Introduction
New kingdoms and towns flourished, and travel by ship acted as a critical means of commerce and communication. However, a sinister force was stirring in the second world—ever since the Void incident, malicious demons had been sealed inside a tree in the Great Forest of Moore. The corrupted amalgamation of spirits emerged as Exdeath, the game's primary antagonist. When Exdeath attempted to claim the world for himself, a group of heroes called the "Four Warriors of Dawn" (Galuf, Xezat, Dorgann, and Kelger) sealed him within the first world using its Crystals, and peace returned for another thirty years.
Final Fantasy V | Setting
The fantasy series is about a global war that occurs in a world related to medieval Europe in which magic exists. Many plot elements are analogous to elements of World War II, with kingdoms and sorceries that are comparable to the historical nations and technologies.
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The Second Generation is a collection of five novellas in the fantasy genre by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It is part of the Dragonlance series.
The Second Generation | Introduction
The Dark Half is the title of a 1989 horror novel by Stephen King. "The Dark Half" may also refer to:
The Dark Half (disambiguation) | Introduction
R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Creators of fantasy sometimes introduce imaginary creatures and beings such as dragons and fairies.
Fiction | Genre fiction
An important factor in the development of the fantasy genre was the arrival of magazines devoted to fantasy fiction. The first such publication was the German magazine "Der Orchideengarten" which ran from 1919–1921. In 1923, the first English-language fantasy fiction magazine, "Weird Tales", was created. Many other similar magazines eventually followed, most noticeably "Unknown" (AKA "Unknown Worlds") and "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" The pulp magazine format was at the height of its popularity at this time and was instrumental in bringing fantasy fiction to a wide audience in both the U.S. and Britain. Such magazines also played a large role in the rise of science fiction and it was at this time the two genres began to be associated with each other.
History of fantasy | Modern fantasy
The Dark Volume is a novel in the Steampunk genre by GW Dahlquist. It is his second novel after 2006's The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters.
The Dark Volume | Introduction
A subgenre is a subordinate within a genre. Two stories being the same genre can still sometimes differ in subgenre. For example, if a fantasy story has darker and more frightening elements of fantasy, it would belong in the subgenre of dark fantasy; whereas another fantasy story that features magic swords and wizards would belong to the subgenre of sword and sorcery.
Genre | Subgenre
Dark-Hunter is a term from a paranormal romance and fantasy series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.
Dark-Hunter | Introduction
A Second Before... () is a 2007 Russian-Ukrainian, fantasy TV-series.
A Second Before... | Introduction
The stories are usually not so focused on machinery of the period (or, often, any machinery at all), take more liberties with the actual time period, and may contain elements of other genres.
Gaslamp fantasy | Origin
The term "gaslamp fantasy" was first coined on April 26, 2006, by webcomic artist Kaja Foglio to differentiate her comic, "Girl Genius", from conventional steampunk fiction. "Girl Genius", although science fiction set in nineteenth-century Europe, does not have a firm emphasis on fantastic Industrial Revolution technology. Elements of other types of fiction are featured, including magic and mythical creatures, and the scientific element of it is less prominent. It also includes steampunk takes on contemporary sci-fi biology elements, like clockwork cyborgs, mass-produced Frankenstein-type creatures, and other monsters. Generally, the term refers to fiction based in a Victorian-style setting, similar to steampunk, but with a broader emphasis.
Gaslamp fantasy | Origin
Volume numbering began with two volumes of three issues, but the second volume began with volume 2, number 4 instead of restarting the issue number at 1 as would usually be done. From issue 7 the volume number was dropped completely.
Science Fantasy (magazine) | Bibliographic details
An important factor in the development of the fantasy genre was the arrival of magazines devoted to fantasy fiction. The first such publication was the German magazine "Der Orchideengarten" which ran from 1919 to 1921. In 1923, the first English-language fantasy fiction magazine, "Weird Tales", was created. Many other similar magazines eventually followed. and "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" The pulp magazine format was at the height of its popularity at this time and was instrumental in bringing fantasy fiction to a wide audience in both the U.S. and Britain. Such magazines also played a large role in the rise of science fiction and it was at this time the two genres began to be associated with each other.
Fantasy literature | After 1901
Hogwarts is therefore as much of an alternative world as C. S. Lewis' Narnia, which means that both series are in the high fantasy subgenre. Similarly, Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" is largely set in an alternate Oxfordshire, a real location, but the fact that it is an alternate world at all places it in the high fantasy subgenre. Some sources place "Harry Potter" and "His Dark Materials" in the low fantasy genre. Karin E. Westman, writing in "The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature" states that because "[J. K.] Rowling is much more interested in how fantasy provides perspective on everyday experience and the individual's place in society," and her inclusion of bildungsroman (a coming-of-age story) and the school story genres, "align her primarily with the domestic (or low) fantasy of authors such as E.
Low fantasy | Distinguishing between subgenres
Colin Nicholas Manlove (4 May 1942 in Falkirk - 1 June 2020) was a literary critic with a particular interest in fantasy. "Modern Fantasy: Five Studies" (1975, published as by C. N. Manlove), which considers at length works by Charles Kingsley, George MacDonald, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and Mervyn Peake, was written at a time when "no serious study of the subject [of fantasy literature] has appeared". In it he posits a definition of fantasy as: A fiction evoking wonder and containing a substantial and irreducible element of supernatural or impossible worlds, beings or objects with which the mortal characters in the story or the readers become on at least partly familiar terms.
Colin Manlove | Introduction
Urban fantasy is a genre of fiction, a subgenre of fantasy in which the narrative uses supernatural elements in a 19th-century to 21st-century (or equivalent) urban society. It usually takes place in the present day (or the equivalent of the "present day").
Urban fantasy | Introduction
Dark Days or Dark Day may refer to: In film: In literature:
Dark Days | Introduction
"The Second Generation" refers to the nature of the stories, being that they are the "Second Generation" of heroes, the children of the Heroes of the Lance.
The Second Generation | Explanation of the novel's title
An alternative definition, common in role-playing games, rests on the story and characters being more realistic and less mythic in scope. This can mean that some works, for example Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Barbarian" series, can be high fantasy according to the first definition but low fantasy according to the second, while with other works, such as the TV series "Supernatural", the opposite is true.
Low fantasy | Introduction
The Dark is a fantasy novel written by Marianne Curley. It is the second book in the Guardians of Time Trilogy.
The Dark (Curley novel) | Introduction
Another work in this series that was influential for the Celtic fantasy subgenre was Katherine Kurtz's "Deryni Rising". Although many fantasy novels of this time proved popular, it was not until 1977's "The Sword of Shannara" that publishers found the sort of breakthrough success they had hoped for. The book became the first fantasy novel to appear on, and eventually top the New York Times bestseller list. As a result, the genre saw a boom in the number of titles published in the following years. Notable fantasy novels of the late 1970s and 1980s included Stephen R. Donaldson's "Lord Foul's Bane" (1977) the first in "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever" series, John Crowley's "Little, Big" (1981), Raymond E.
History of fantasy | Post-Tolkien fantasy
Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II is an anthology of fantasy novellas, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifty-sixth volume of its "Ballantine Adult Fantasy series" in March, 1973. It was the ninth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series. The book collects four novellas by as many fantasy authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. It is a companion volume to Carter's earlier "Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I" (1972).
Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II | Introduction
The term "sword and sorcery" was coined in 1961 by the celebrated American author Fritz Leiber in response to a letter from British author Michael Moorcock in the fanzine "Amra", demanding a name for the sort of fantasy-adventure story written by Robert E. Howard. Moorcock had initially proposed the term "epic fantasy". Leiber replied in the journal "Ancalagon" (6 April 1961), suggesting "sword-and-sorcery as a good popular catchphrase for the field". He expanded on this in the July 1961 issue of "Amra", commenting: Since its inception, many attempts have been made to provide a precise definition of "sword and sorcery".
Sword and sorcery | Origin
Gaslamp fantasy is a subgenre to both steampunk and historical fantasy, take place in alternative universe based on Victorian or Edwardian eras. However magic instead plays a more important role than the era's mechanical technology.
Historical fantasy | Gaslamp fantasy
The Dark is the second novel by Irish writer John McGahern, published in 1965.
The Dark (McGahern novel) | Introduction
Despite this fact, United Artists, the film's original distributor, refused to fund a sequel, leaving the project incomplete.
Tolkien fandom | 1970s to 1980s
The rest of the development staff followed him to Sacramento with necessary materials and equipment and finished production of the game there. The game was released one day less than a year after the first game came out. In April 1989, the game was novelized by its original scenario writer Kenji Terada under the title "Final Fantasy II: Muma no Meikyū" (lit. "The Labyrinth of Nightmares"). It was published in Japan exclusively by Kadokawa Shoten.
Final Fantasy II | Development
Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy literature may be directed at both children and adults. Fantasy is a subgenre of speculative fiction and is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the absence of scientific or macabre themes, respectively, though these genres overlap. Historically, most works of fantasy were written, however, since the 1960s, a growing segment of the fantasy genre has taken the form of films, television programs, graphic novels, video games, music and art.
Fantasy literature | Introduction
Although "weird fiction" has been chiefly used as a historical description for works through the 1930s, the term has also been increasingly used since the 1980s, sometimes to describe slipstream fiction that blends horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Weird fiction | Introduction
There is no tradition of "dragons and wizards" fantasy in French." Where high fantasy does occur, the terms "le merveilleux" or "le fantastique moderne" are often used.
Low fantasy | History
The Dark Other is a horror novel by Stanley G. Weinbaum. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 700 copies. The manuscript, written in the 1920s, was originally titled "The Mad Brain". With permission of his widow, Forrest J Ackerman edited it, modernizing the manuscript to remove some of the "anachronisms" of the 20s.
The Dark Other | Introduction
The villain of the "Demon Sword" video game is also literally called Dark Lord. In the "Lone Wolf" gamebooks, the Dark Lords are a race of powerful evil beings. The protagonists of the "Overlord" video game franchise are classic Dark Lords in the vein of Sauron. The Dark Lord is usually seen as unmarried, though there has been the occasion when one has attempted to claim a bride.
Fantasy tropes | Dark Lord
Red Hook anticipates using early access again for the sequel as player feedback was essential to the development of the first game.
Darkest Dungeon | Sequel
French fantastic fiction is predominantly within the low fantasy genre. Low fantasy corresponds to the French genre of "le fantastique" but French literature has no tradition equivalent to English literature's high fantasy. According to David Ketterer, emeritus professor of English at Concordia University, Montreal, the French term "Le fantastique" "refers to a specific kind of fantasy, that in which the supernatural or the bizarre intrudes into the everyday world; the closest equivalents in English would be 'low fantasy', 'dark fantasy' or 'weird fiction'. 'Le fantastique' does not cover the kind of complete secondary world creation typified by Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
Low fantasy | History
Juvenile fantasy is children's literature with fantasy elements: fantasy intended for readers not yet adult. The protagonists are usually children or teens who have unique abilities, gifts, possessions or even allies that allow them to face powerful adversaries. Harry Potter is a powerful young wizard, one of the children of "The Dark Is Rising" series is an immature Old One with magical abilities, and in the "His Dark Materials" series the children have magical items and animal allies. The plot frequently incorporates a "bildungsroman". In the earlier part of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis noted that fantasy was more accepted in juvenile literature, and therefore a writer interested in fantasy often wrote in it to find an audience.
Juvenile fantasy | Introduction
Sword and sorcery itself has often blurred the lines between fantasy and science fiction, drawing elements from both like the "weird fiction" it sprang from.
Sword and sorcery | Selected works
History of fantasy
Outline of fantasy | History of fantasy
The text was first published in August 1927 in the one-issue magazine "The Recluse", and copies were widely circulated. It was then partly published in revised serial form in "The Fantasy Fan" in 1933-35. The full revised text first became easily available to the public in "The Outsider and Others" (1939).
Supernatural Horror in Literature | Publication history
R. R. Tolkien enormously influenced fantasy writing, establishing the form of epic fantasy. This also did much to establish the genre of fantasy as commercially distinct and viable. And today fantasy continues as an expansive, multi-layered milieu encompassing many subgenres, including traditional high fantasy, sword and sorcery, magical realism, fairytale fantasy, and horror-tinged dark fantasy. There is further discussion of the history of fantasy in other languages in "Sources of fantasy" and the history of French fantasy literature is covered in greater detail under ""Fantastique"".
History of fantasy | Introduction
This is a partial list of fictional fantasy worlds, according to the medium they appear in:
List of fantasy worlds | Introduction
A list of fantasy films released before the 1930s.
List of fantasy films before 1930 | Introduction
The Dark Age is a trilogy by Mark Chadbourn set around the beginning of the third millennium. While the previous series was a clear fantasy story, this has strings of gothic horror and existentialism woven into it. The three books are: Although not a direct sequel to "The Age of Misrule", it is a continuation of the world established by the end of this trilogy, the events of which are referred to as the Fall. It is followed by the Kingdom of the Serpent.
The Dark Age (series) | Introduction
The novel follows the ongoing adventures of the three protagonists of "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters" and is set in what appears to be an alternative Victorian past in a series of alternative Baltic or Teutonic states. The story began as a sequel to Dahlquist's earlier, complex fantasy novel, but eventually develops into a much larger work.
The Dark Volume | Synopsis
Dark Thane is a fantasy novel in the setting of Dragonlance, based on the campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. It was written by Jeff Crook. It is volume three of the six volume book series The Age of Mortals. It is set in the year 422 AC (After Cataclysm), also known as 39 SC (Second Cataclysm).
Dark Thane | Introduction
Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into a more "realistic" narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those classed as Arthurian, Celtic, or Dark Ages could just as easily be placed in historical fantasy. Stories fitting this classification generally take place prior to the 20th century. Films of this genre may have plots set in biblical times or classical antiquity. They often have plots based very loosely on mythology or legends of Greek-Roman history, or the surrounding cultures of the same era.
Historical fantasy | Introduction
In the 1988 book "Fantasy: The 100 Best Books", James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock said "the apex of incarnadined horror is achieved with 'The Dark Eidolon', the tale of a childhood injury avenged on a scale which would tax the visual resources of a major studio."
The Dark Eidolon | Reception
In 2006, Fantasy Flight Games released the second edition of the game, dropping "The" from the title and renaming it "Fury of Dracula". The rules featured a few changes to gameplay.
The Fury of Dracula | Second edition
Despite being a sequel to "Final Fantasy", the game includes no characters or locations from the first game. "Final Fantasy II" received little attention at the time from non-Japanese reviewers, though its remakes have garnered favorable reviews.
Final Fantasy II | Introduction
High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, defined either by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot. The term "high fantasy" was coined by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay, "High Fantasy and Heroic Romance" (originally given at the New England Round Table of Children's Librarians in October 1969).
High fantasy | Introduction
In this setting, "dark elf" is a label given to any elf that is outcast from elven society, typically (although not always) for evil practices.
Dark elves in fiction | Dungeons & Dragons
Dark Desire is the second book in Christine Feehan’s Dark Series. It takes place roughly 25 years after the events in "Dark Prince".
Dark Desire | Introduction
The term began as horse racing parlance for a race horse that is unknown to gamblers and thus difficult to place betting odds on. The first known mention of the concept is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel "The Young Duke" (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph."
Dark horse | Origin
Darker Than You Think is a science fantasy novel by American writer Jack Williamson. Originally a novelette, it was expanded into novel length and published by Fantasy Press in 1948. The short version was published in "Unknown" in 1940. It was reprinted by UK-based Orion Books in 2003 as volume 38 of their Fantasy Masterworks series.
Darker Than You Think | Introduction
"(The) Dark Lord of Derkholm" (1998) is one that subverts, and a conceptual sequel. It is set in a fantasy world that maintains the cliches detailed in the "Tough Guide" for the benefit of commercial tourism from our world.
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland | Introduction
On the last page they see a picture of themselves looking at a comic book with a picture of themselves looking at... "ad infinitum".
Weird Fantasy | Stories and themes
As described by the film aesthetician Charles Derry, the horror-of-the-demonic film suggested that the world was horrible because evil forces existed that were constantly undermining the quality of existence. The evil forces could either remain mere spiritual presences, as in "Don't Look Now" (Nicolas Roeg, 1973), or they could take the guise of witches, demons, or devils. "Films about witchcraft and ghosts have always been with us. Indeed, the idea of an evil incarnate has a long American tradition... The themes of repression and evil forces have long been a staple of American literature, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of Seven Gables" and Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' and Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw"." Derry cites two films as "the most important forerunners in this genre": "Day of Wrath" (Carl Dreyer, Denmark, 1943) and "The Devil's Wanton" (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1948), although Derry qualifies the second film as "not a horror film".
Horror-of-demonic | Characteristics
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Fantasy comedy | Literature
No sequel to "Final Fantasy X" was planned initially. "Final Fantasy XIII" was also intended to be a standalone title, and was later expanded into the series' first official trilogy with the development of "Final Fantasy XIII-2" (2011) and "" (2013). "Final Fantasy XV" was expanded into a multimedia series to avoid creating a video game series; titled the "Final Fantasy XV" Universe, it is split between pre-release media including a and , and post-release content including other spin-off games and downloadable content.
Recurring elements in the Final Fantasy series | Scenarios
The original campaign and first expansion of "Neverwinter Nights" do not deal much with the drow but the second expansion, "Hordes of the Underdark," does so extensively. "Neverwinter Nights 2" continues to expand upon them in their story, as well as allowing drow and other Underdark races as playable characters.
Dark elves in fiction | Video games