Love is often depicted as light, joyful, fun, exciting, or carefree. But a darker side to love lurks under the surface-a frightening, desperate, tragic side.

From the love of gods and goddesses, to mortals who fell in love with death. From pure sweet romance gone astray, to villains who loved the hero. An actress no longer acting she's in love, a phoenix whose lover gives everything to be with her reborn, a lonely queen whose touch turns loved ones to ice, a space station caught between the pain of two lovers.

Dare to dive deep into this raw, emotional collection of short stories, prose, and poems which strives to expose the lightless side of tragedy, heartbreak, desperation, and love.

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Effie Joe Stock is the author of The Shadows of Light series, creator of the world Rasa, and head of Dragon Bone Publishing. When she’s not slaving away in front of her computer, you can find her playing music, studying psychology, theology, or philosophy, playing fantasy RPG video games, riding motorcycles, or hanging out with her farm animals. Her publishing journey only just beginning, Stock looks forward to the release of her third fantasy book along with other Dragon Bone titles.

When Nathaniel Luscombe isn’t writing about spaceships and far off planets, he's reading an unhealthy amount of books and recharging for his next project. He grew up in Ontario, between flat fields and square patches of forest, and has been a writer for as long as he’s been a reader. Outside of his full-time job, he runs Dragon Bone Publishing with Effie Joe Stock. You can find his books Moon Soul and The Planets We Become on most major online retailers. He has also been featured in plenty of anthologies. His next release is Human Scars on Planet Skin.