Dark Web Novels

Web novels tagged Dark, sorted by what's popular on NovelCult.

Healer's Touch (Deadly Touch book 1)

Llew’s father disappeared when she was eleven, leaving her orphaned, as far as she knew. Since then, Llew has learned to survive the streets of the gold-mining town of Cheer – full of opportunistic men and desperation. It’s a hard existence made tougher when Llew's so-called friend accuses her of murder, sending her to the gallows. Llew’s Aenuk ability to absorb life means she doesn’t stay dead for long, but she does leave a trail of death behind her. Escaping the hangman’s noose sees Llew fall into the hands of Jonas: the man with the knife and the Karan power to kill Llew’s kind. If Llew can nurture the attraction he develops for her, maybe she can keep that knife from her heart. But lurking in the shadows is Jonas’s half-brother, Braph: the man who has learned to combine Aenuk and Karan powers into infinite and addictive magical potential. Healer's Touch is a fantasy novel flavoured with a wild west setting, steampunk-like technology, enough romance to draw you in, horror to keep you hooked, and just enough sex to keep things spicy. The Deadly Touch Series: Healer's Touch Warrior's Touch Magician's Touch *May count as Romantasy, but the spice is pretty middling. Goes into dark themes, including torture & rape, but never between the main couple. The first chapters are brutal, but I had to start Llew off somewhere …

Deb E Howell · Fantasy · 26 ch

Author's World [Transmigration, Magic, Author in His Own Novel]

I was just your average author, who struck gold during the pandemic with the debut of my novel "Fever War". But I made a mistake! "I made a bet." Dropped into a withering dystopia. A reimagined version of Earth after COVID-19, where some patients began gaining supernatural powers and magic. The future of humanity had changed forever. Wars were fought not solely with military technology, but supernatural soldiers fighting against each other. And then they came, aliens from the other world. And they were far better at using magic than all of humanity. War against aliens was not as simple as it seemed. Governments, secret cults, & ancient families all want one thing—Control. But I will control my own fate, I will ▮▮▮▮ this place and ▮▮▮▮. How? Because I wrote this story—I am this World's Author. --- What to expect: - No OP protagonist. As it takes time and training to become strong together with a very unique power system. This is the author falling into his novel trope, but with a twist. - No Harem, set in a futuristic 22nd century Earth filled with advanced technology and magic. - The beginning is slow as I am still developing my writing style. I am power-system enthusiast (Not LITRPG, but hard and logical magic system) kind of an author. So, please bear with me. --- This story is also available on RoyalRoad, ScribbleHub and Webnovel.

47th_DemiGod · Urban Fantasy · 20 ch

The Abomination Within Letcham

The city of Letcham was lorded over by a vampiric ruling class from Castle Sangmont. However, twenty years ago they had been massacred, and in their stead the church took hold of the city. Their religion was less about gods and more a worship of human kind's advancement and, when the plague swept the city, bloodshed. This plague was not a normal sickness, it turned folks ravenous. They acted more like beasts than men when infected, so they were called as much. One day a young woman named Mayme was sent to get supplies from the city in her ailing father's stead. The only issue was that she was the daughter of a leech of Sangmont. A monster the church would not take too kindly too-- nor would the man in Letcham who made it his life's mission to slay the rest of her wretched kind. The very man she was forced to rely upon when she got trapped outside with the beasts by the city's nightly lockdown. [Content Warning: Violence & Gore, Physical Abuse, Sexual Assault, Medical Torture]

Lavinia Lambb · Horror · 1 ch

A Tale of Seven Villains and a Jerboa

Tags #Mature #Villain-centered dark epic fantasy #High-fantasy #Secondary-world-fantasy #Rival Kingdoms #Supernatural #Bromance #Angst #Found-family #Action* * * On his way home to the Empire of Arkosia, Vermon, son of Uthus, causes trouble in the central mountains of the Empamalangon Kingdom when he burns an ancient temple and enslaves a sick young man discovered hiding within its secret underground chamber after a fierce confrontation between them. As time passes, Vermon realises that Orb, his new slave, is no ordinary man. Behind his frail appearance lies an astonishingly blood-stained history and secrets far more dangerous than Vermon could have imagined. Their meeting was destined to unearth a past Vermon had forgotten entirely and set in motion a chain of events that would draw him together with five other villains, all bound by the same desperate longing: to have a family. * *

Lazarus · Fantasy · 6 ch

Esmeria

In a distant realm, a god-king revered by his followers rules with unyielding force, crushing nations that dare oppose him. Yet his ambitions stretch far beyond mortal subjugation—he hunts down other gods, erasing them from existence in his quest to become the sole divine power. As his dominion expands, gods disappear, kingdoms are threatened, and the world continues to change. Across this vast realm, adventurers, warriors, and gods pursue their own ambitions, unaware of how far the god-king's influence will eventually reach. Can even a god, crowned by worship and forged in tyranny, hold on to such power indefinitely? Or will someone rise against him, bringing about a downfall as inevitable as it is unforeseen? In a world where gods can die, only one can remain—but for how long? Cover art by Little-Moon on Scribblehub.

daight · Fantasy · 137 ch

Cursed Man

A raw, devastatingly atmospheric story. The core themes of unresolved guilt, trauma, sleep paralysis blurring reality, public vilification, and the haunting discovery of a past he couldn't face. An emotional, slow-burn psychological tragedy of a man called Alfred.

Accuscripter · Tragedy · 4 ch

The Star Of Ire

"No one is good to you once you stop pleasing them." Three thousand years ago, the gods made a wager: do mortals deserve to exist? The cruelest god cursed mankind. The kindest offered a way out. In the dark, the curse still waits — not for the wicked, but for the one the world chose to break. Three thousand years, and it has never once failed. Two centuries after the last catastrophe, Aseri sings hymns to a hero-king and calls the truth a myth. Markella believes every word — top of her class, bound for the palace, certain of her golden future. She has no idea what she is. She has no idea what's waiting. The Star of Ire has slept long enough.

ccmaker · Fantasy · 7 ch

MYRIAD

The inevitable threat of [Ragnarok] looms over [Yggdrasil]. The terrifying cycle of creation and destruction continues unhindered. Gods, Angels and Demons alike have tried to put an end to it but to no avail. Now in the ninth cycle of [Ragnarok] the [Fragments of Insurgence] have arrived, and behind them a rogue deity promising salvation from an endless cycle of life and death. Join me Xyrak, as I regale this tale and bask in the true might and glory of [Yggdrasil].

TecShonin · Supernatural · 37 ch

Her Dark Desires

Senka, a dominant and calculating woman deeply in love with Moriarty, notices that Lila — one of Moriarty’s student assistants — has fallen for him. Rather than reacting with jealousy alone, Senka sees opportunity in it. If Lila is emotionally attached, she is vulnerable, influenceable, and useful. Senka begins to wonder: what if they used Lila instead of rejecting her?

Senkora · Romance · 28 ch