Dark Rose Books

Dark Rose Books An independent online bookstore specialising in the darker and more interesting sides of life.
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The last day has come. It feels appropriate for it to happen on a bright autumnal day with rain on the way. Come by to s...
20/09/2025

The last day has come. It feels appropriate for it to happen on a bright autumnal day with rain on the way. Come by to stock up on enough dark and interesting books for the winter, or just to say hi one last time.

We are offering a 3 for 2 deal on EVERYTHING in stock at the stall. Come and get them before they fade away. There are beautiful tomes of mythology and folk tales, classic gothic terrors, sapphic knights, speculative fiction from the q***r and bleeding edge, glorious madness from Chuck Tingle, twisted fantasy tales, old favourites and new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and more…

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between bright colourful marshmallows and fascinating local books. Come find us for the last time….- 🖤🥀📚

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This is it. Our stock levels are running down and this Saturday will be our last day at St George's Market. 😭Come down i...
18/09/2025

This is it. Our stock levels are running down and this Saturday will be our last day at St George's Market. 😭

Come down if you want to say hi, or to get some lovely books to tide you through our hiatus. We will be there from 9am-3pm. Hope to see you there - 🖤🥀📚

And if you cannot get to the market, our webstore at https://darkrosebooks.com/ will be open until Monday.

We are approaching the end of the road, for now. 😭The webstore will be closing after the weekend to allow time for outst...
16/09/2025

We are approaching the end of the road, for now. 😭

The webstore will be closing after the weekend to allow time for outstanding orders to be processed. If you want to get any sort of dark and interesting books, you will need to get them before the end of Sunday 21st September.

Go to https://darkrosebooks.com/ before it is too late! - 🖤🥀📚

One more step toward the temporary end, but we are still here… And to help ensure that everyone has sufficient quantitie...
13/09/2025

One more step toward the temporary end, but we are still here… And to help ensure that everyone has sufficient quantities of dark and interesting books while we are away, we are offering a 3 for 2 deal on EVERYTHING in stock at the stall. Come and get them before they fade away.

We have beautiful tomes of mythology and folk tales, classic gothic terrors, sapphic knights, speculative fiction from the q***r and bleeding edge, glorious madness from Chuck Tingle, twisted fantasy tales, old favourites and new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness beside the fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

We are going to miss St George’s Market, but we are not gone yet. Autumn is blowing in and bringing grey days. Bookish d...
06/09/2025

We are going to miss St George’s Market, but we are not gone yet. Autumn is blowing in and bringing grey days. Bookish days for sitting somewhere warm and cuddled up reading. Allow us to help you find something interesting to wile away the days…

We have beautiful tomes of mythology and folk tales, classic gothic terrors, sapphic knights, speculative fiction from the q***r and bleeding edge, glorious madness from Chuck Tingle, twisted fantasy tales, old favourites and new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

This is a very difficult announcement and one that I have been hoping to avoid making. My health has been getting worse ...
02/09/2025

This is a very difficult announcement and one that I have been hoping to avoid making. My health has been getting worse throughout this year and I've had to make the painful decision to place Dark Rose Books on hiatus to focus on recovery. I do not have a return date at this time, but I will post updates here when I know more.

Thank you all for your patience, your kindness, and for every conversation we have had at the market and at conventions, in Belfast and beyond. It has been my pleasure to meet so many wonderful and fascinating people, and to help find just the right sort of books for all your manifold interests. Thank you, especially, to everyone in the past year - you have helped me keep going through a very tough time.

If you'd like to support, the most helpful things right now are ordering before 21/09/25 and sharing this post. If you need to reach me, just drop me a DM on Instagram or Facebook.

Wishing you all the very best and very spookiest,
Alyssa
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So it seems summer is washing away now in the rain. The last echoes of Hurricane Erin have blown the world into familiar...
30/08/2025

So it seems summer is washing away now in the rain. The last echoes of Hurricane Erin have blown the world into familiar shades of grey and the dog days of summer have been well and truly chased away. This is good weather to find somewhere warm, perfect for reading and dreaming of autumn. We have so many excellent possibilities to wile away the days…

We have beautiful tomes of classic gothic tales, sapphic knights, speculative fiction from the q***r and bleeding edge, glorious madness from Chuck Tingle, twisted fantasy tales, old favourites and new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

Now this is much more gothic weather, isn’t it? Grey and ominous with just a hint of something lurking in the air waitin...
23/08/2025

Now this is much more gothic weather, isn’t it? Grey and ominous with just a hint of something lurking in the air waiting to strike. The last vestiges of a hurricane due to blow through this week and chase the tail of those dog days away, perhaps. It is a good time to find somewhere gentle to rest and read before we must give up on summer for one more year. And we have so many excellent possibilities to wile away the days…

We have beautiful tomes of classic gothic tales, sapphic knights, intersectionality vs the apocalypse, glorious madness from Chuck Tingle, twisted fantasy tales, old favourites and new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

The heatwave is officially over but the dog days of summer linger on, warm and humid and stifling. Perhaps now is a good...
16/08/2025

The heatwave is officially over but the dog days of summer linger on, warm and humid and stifling. Perhaps now is a good time to find somewhere cool and shaded and breezy to rest and read until the weather turns cool once more. We have so many excellent possibilities to wile away the long warm days…

We have sapphic knights, intersectionality vs the apocalypse, glorious madness from Chuck Tingle, twisted fantasy tales, old favourites and gothic delights, Irish gothic, hardbound books of weird fiction, new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

It is summer in Ireland and so the day manages to be both grey and bright. But there is light and life in in the air des...
09/08/2025

It is summer in Ireland and so the day manages to be both grey and bright. But there is light and life in in the air despite the darkness of our world. Perhaps something literary could help brighten a day that is still a little shaded, or chill a heart that is too hot from the sun. We have many such delights to share…

We have sapphic knights, q***r twists on horror tropes and fantasy tales, old favourites and gothic delights, Irish gothic, hardbound books of weird fiction, new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of lovecraftiana, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

August is here and with it comes the dog days of summer. Expect long humid days and nights until the cool breath of Sept...
02/08/2025

August is here and with it comes the dog days of summer. Expect long humid days and nights until the cool breath of September clears the air. Such languid days seem to me to be a perfect time to read something new and strange or classic and chilling perhaps? We have many such delights to share…

We have old favourites and gothic delights, q***r twists on horror tropes, sapphic knights, Irish gothic, hardbound books of weird fiction, new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of secret lore, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

The summer is here and it is going to be a season of long hot days and humid nights, with drifting sunset evenings and h...
19/07/2025

The summer is here and it is going to be a season of long hot days and humid nights, with drifting sunset evenings and hours of holiday travel to fill. That seems to me to be a perfect time to read something new and strange or classic and chilling perhaps? We have many such delights to share…

We have old favourites and gothic delights, q***r twists on horror tropes, sapphic knights, Irish gothic, hardbound books of weird fiction, new tales of beauty and terror, gorgeous tomes of secret lore, and insidiously mysterious books just waiting for you - sealed with wax to keep the delicious nightmares inside.

Won’t you please come by and see?

We are at St George’s Market until 3pm today. Find us along the west wall, near the south doors. We are the spot of delightful darkness between delicious marshmallows and fragrant Ukrainian soaps - 🖤🥀📚

***rfiction

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