Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary,
artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate disturbing 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.
Definition
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 au...
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