Series reading order

Riddles & Realms Publishing is one house and one shared dark-fiction shelf. Some titles form numbered series. Others stand alone. Use this page to start at Book 1 and move forward without guessing.

Format note: print titles on this store are sold as Paperback and/or Hardcover unless a product page says otherwise. The free read is a digital download.

Solinjah

Dark samurai revenge fantasy. Read in publication order.

  1. Solinjah: Shadow of the Sun — Dark Samurai Revenge Fantasy (Book 1)
  2. Solinjah: Rise of the Wolf — Dark Samurai Fantasy (Book 2)

Backwater Bros

Swamp cryptid horror. Bubba Jo and Trone, read in order.

  1. Backwater Bros: Beneath the Marsh — Swamp Cryptid Horror (Book 1)
  2. Backwater Bros: Swarm of the Bog — Cryptid Horror (Book 2)
  3. Backwater Bros: Legend of the Living Giant (Book 3) — read it now in the Reading Room; the print edition comes later.

Stonebound Brothers

Dark fantasy twins. Series opener published; later volumes not yet on this storefront.

  1. Stonebound Brothers: The Sundering — Dark Fantasy Twins (Book 1)

Standalone novels

No prior book required. Shared house, separate doors.

The Infernal Archive

Documented dark history — open-ended volumes. Start with Volume I.

  1. The Infernal Archive, Volume I: The Unexplained

Further volumes are in progress on the house site and are not listed here until they appear in the store.

Creator craft shelf

Handbooks for makers of dread. Not a numbered series — read in any order. Companions to each other.

Free read

Digital on-ramp. No purchase required.