The Horrific Fairy Tales Series
Cover Art by Miblart
ROTTING BEAUTY
This true love’s kiss will wake a horror…
You know the story. Once upon a time, a princess was cursed to sleep for a hundred years. When the curse was broken, the princess woke and discovered that everyone in her kingdom had become rotting, flesh-eating, corpse-like monsters.
…Maybe you don’t know this story.
Newly awakened, Princess Briar is the only one in her castle unaffected by the mysterious rotting. She suspects her kingdom is suffering a curse, likely cast by the same fairy who bewitched Briar herself. Accompanied by the two (yes, two) princes who woke her, Briar sets out to discover the truth and save her people.
But then she begins to experience frightening symptoms: inexplicable bruises, memory loss, and, oh, yes, an uncontrollable urge to devour her friends. Suddenly, Briar’s quest to save her kingdom becomes a race to save herself, before she joins the ranks of the undead.
And when information comes to light about what really caused this rotting curse, a truth is revealed… one with the power to break Briar. Now she must make a terrible choice—and discover what really makes a monster.
For fans of Marissa Meyer and Erin A. Craig, Rotting Beauty is a twisted fairy tale as ghastly and grisly (and just a little wacky) as it is enchanting.
Content Warnings: Violence, Blood, Gore, Body horror
BEAST BY DAY
Will this beauty become a beast?
Eighteen-year-old Isabelle is accustomed to supernatural threats, including witches, djinn, and a certain rotting princess. So when she hears her brother has been imprisoned in a haunted castle, she immediately sets out to find him.
Gryphon, Lord of the Castle, has lived a lonely life, suffering from a peculiar enchantment. Condemned to this curse forever if he leaves the castle grounds, Gryphon is a prisoner in his own home.
When Isabelle is bitten by a monstrous beast in the castle's dungeons, she is forced to remain under quarantine. Confined to the fortress, Isabelle finds herself drawn to Gryphon, despite his mysterious curse.
But danger lurks in the surrounding forest: a pack of shapeshifting wolves with an interest in Gryphon—an interest they would kill to pursue. Yet the greatest threat resides within the castle. Because Gryphon is keeping a secret from Isabelle…one that could transform her forever.
Elizabeth K. King’s Horrific Fairy Tales Series continues in this second installment, a darkly captivating story about embracing the beauty—and the beast—inside us all.
Cover Art by Miblart
Content Warnings: Violence, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Animal bite
Coming March 12, 2024
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LITTLE SEA MONSTER
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A little mermaid... with a big appetite...
Perpetua is a naiad, a beautiful sea creature. Beautiful—and deadly. Like all her kind, Perpetua must hunt and eat humans to survive.
When a hunt goes wrong, Perpetua saves the life of a human. Her “good deed” discovered, she is cast out by her fellow naiads. Cursed by the sea witch, Perpetua is transformed into a human.
Now Perpetua must navigate an unfamiliar world. Luckily, she has one friend: Demetri, the boy she saved. Unluckily, Demetri’s job is to hunt naiads. Perpetua must ensure he never finds out what she was, or how many countless people she’s killed.
Keeping this secret becomes more difficult once Perpetua discovers something terrible: she still hungers for humans and will not survive without them. Worse yet, Perpetua has developed feelings. Feelings for Demetri. Feelings that make her dread taking another life.
With only weeks before her human body gives out, Perpetua must decide if she will live as a killer… or die for the humans she has come to love.
The Little Sea Monster combines carnivorous mermaids, forbidden love, and shocking betrayals in this reimagined tale, where everyone is hiding what they are—even from themselves.
Coming Summer 2024