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Dark fantasy fiction has come a long way since Bram Stoker's Dracula. The vampires in modern dark fantasy fiction are charming, beautiful and mysteriously desirable. Legions of fans worldwide are lapping up every dark fiction novel out there, making it one of the most popular genres of the day.

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This recent flood of interest in dark fiction is all too fortunate for dark fantasy fiction writers Jeanine Frost and Pamela Palmer. Both NYT bestselling authors indulge in writing novels about fantasy, mystery and some romance.

The 2 Harper Collins authors are presently on a joint promotional tour for their latest novels- Hunger Untamed and The Side of the Grave from the Feral Warrior and Night Huntress series. They will be joining Nora Roberts on a live stream during their book signing events, where they will talk to fans and discuss their books.

LoveVampires.com is a website devoted to the vampire genre and urban fantasy fiction. It has a list of the most eagerly awaited vampire fantasy fiction books for 2011. Among others, Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh, released in January 2011 is the editor's choice and is a long time favorite series. The book has been reviewed on the website as a great installment of dark fantasy fiction, dangerous angels and hot vampires. It has been rated with four and a half stars.

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A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, out this month, has been given a five star rating. The review indicates that this dark fiction book could be Twilight for grown-ups. The protagonist is a strong intelligent woman and this dark fiction novel is the first part of the All Souls Trilogy.

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Do you often find yourself wrapped up in a good dark fiction novel?

Reading dark fiction can be so engrossing that you may often feel that time stops and you get so caught up in the storyline. Traditionally, dark fiction fans had to read their stories from paperback or hard cover books. Nowadays, however, with the growth of the internet and the advancement of computer technology, you can read dark fiction on your own computer. You may have a large collection of dark fiction ebooks. Interestingly, you can organize them more effectively into an ebook library with programs such as Calibre. This is useful because more and more dark fiction stories are being published via ebook form. Ebooks have helped budding dark fiction writers to get their works published and distributed to a wider audience over the internet. This had made the range of dark fiction much more diverse.