D.S. Matthews writes dark fantasy, sci-fi horror, and strange speculative fiction about broken people surviving impossible worlds. His stories often blend old gods, dangerous magic, monstrous transformations, alien ruins, haunted places, grief, hunger, survival, and strange love. His work spans multiple connected settings, including the Realm of Fallen Gods, the Corebound World, and the Star Sired Universe. Whether the story leans fantasy, horror, romance, or science fiction, his books focus on characters changed by what they endure, and the difficult choices they make afterward.
D.S. Matthews writes dark fantasy, sci-fi horror, and strange speculative fiction about broken people surviving impossible worlds. His stories often blend old gods, dangerous magic, monstrous transformations, alien ruins, haunted places, grief, hunger, survival, and strange love. His work spans multiple connected settings, including the Realm of Fallen Gods, the Corebound World, and the Star Sired Universe. Whether the story leans fantasy,...
SURVIVING HELL IS ONLY HALF THE STORY. After vengeance costs him his life, Victor wakes in a volcanic nightmare belonging to Borrakai, the god of rage. The monsters kill him. The lava brings him back. Then Victor discovers the fire does the same for anything he throws into it, resurrecting the dead smoldering and under his control. Armed with a...
The oxygen is failing. The AI won’t let him leave. And somehow, the beef is fresh.
Nathan Cole was supposed to spend Tuesday scraping sludge out of a deep-space mining ship.
Instead, a cruel prank gets him dumped with the trash and abandoned aboard The Elysian Wake, a city-sized luxury cruise vessel that has been sitting under quarantine for...
Joshua dies. His second life comes with animal people, monster attacks, a suspiciously perfect village, and a goddess who does not believe in letting go.
Death should have been the end.
Instead, Joshua wakes beneath impossible stars in a world where gods answer prayers, summoned heroes carry divine power, and a blessing can be far more dangerous...
