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Not all stories are meant to save the world. Some are meant to tell the truth about it. This book is a master craftsman's guide to creating dark fantasy that cuts deeper than atmosphere and blood. Inside, you will not find formulas for likable heroes or neat moral answers. You will find blueprints for protagonists shaped by wounds, antagonists who believe they are right, worlds that remember every sin committed upon them, and endings that do not apologize for their weight. Step by step, this guide walks you through forging a dark fantasy series from intention to legacy. You will learn how to build power that scars its wielder, corruption that feels reasonable, violence that leaves echoes, and hope fragile enough to matter. Development sheets for dark protagonists and antagonists invite you to excavate characters down to the bone, exposing the beliefs, compromises, and final choices that define them. This is not a book about comfort. It is a book about consequence. Written for authors who want their stories to linger like smoke in the lungs, When Darkness Calls is an invitation to build worlds that endure, characters who haunt, and narratives that refuse to let the reader walk away unchanged. Enter the forge. The darkness is already listening.

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Aryn Bats is a Canadian author of horror, psychological thrillers, serial killer crime fiction, dark gothic fantasy epics, and relentless suspense. A self-publishing indie writer, Aryn began releasing work publicly at age 48, though the passion for storytelling started at sixteen. After decades working in the trades, a severe back injury and long recovery shifted the course of his life. When the depression lifted following successful spine surgery, the urge to write returned stronger than ever. Bats dusted off an old manuscript written as a teenager, expanded it into a full saga, and has not stopped since. Known for twisted serial-killer crime sagas like Grey Kong, Bah Bah Blacksheep, and Cry Little Sister, as well as Dark Fantasy Epics such as Brackengloom, also atmospheric stand-alone horrors such as The Coroner's Daughter, 1313, Marlowe's Grin. Bats blends psychological depth with dark, immersive storytelling. Readers who enjoy the unsettling tension of Stephen King, the psychological sharpness of Gillian Flynn, or the stylized darkness of shows like Hannibal, Dexter and Mindhunter will find a familiar chill in Aryn's work. Bats has more than 30 new stories in development... proof that sometimes a second chance at life ignites a fiercer voice than the first.

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