Welcome to Shadow

An illustrated dark comic fantasy series
About

Nina Smith is a compulsive writer and artist obsessed with snakes, theatre, vampires, fairies, and mythology. She is often to be found lurking in a little old house in a small seaside city, drawing critters and writing stories.

For all the behind the scenes Shadow gossip, check out Cup of Shadow, Tea of Dream on Substack!

Nina Smith

Series

Bloody Fairies (Shadow, #1)
Shade Struck (Shadow, #2)
Shiny Things (Shadow, #3)
The Last Blasted Fairy (Shadow Book 4)

Shadow

The world of Shadow is eyeballs deep in a pitched war between good and evil.

It's only hope lies in an impossible prophecy: a child of a muse and a fairy, destined to overthrow an immortal's three thousand year reign of terror.

Books

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Bloody Fairies (Shadow, #1)

From the series: Shadow

Her new best friend is a crook, her first boyfriend is evil and a vampire just licked her face.

Bloody Fairy Hippy Ishtar is trying to stop a war – but gangsters, treasure thieves, separatists, and a pissed off vampire keep getting between her and the fabled weapon that could save her people. All she’s got going for her is an unholy alliance with...

Shade Struck (Shadow, #2)

From the series: Shadow

Shadow is in the grip of a nameless terror: The streets are empty, muses are missing, and Moon Troopers terrorise the night.

Flower will sort all that out when she’s good and ready.

First, she must convince a bunch of Freakin Fairies to save the shade-struck Muse Champion from an untimely death. Then she’ll go find her king and put an end to all...

Shiny Things (Shadow, #3)

From the series: Shadow

There’s only one thing you can do when an ancient evil crashes your book launch and threatens your mum:

Run.

When debut author Krysta Ishtar finds out her boyfriend is being held prisoner in a crumbling castle by some old guy with terrible dress sense, nothing will stand in the way of her hockey stick and a daring rescue mission through a world...

Blog

September 13, 2025

Emerald of the Green Dragon Dancer Tribe. Yeah, you've seen her. She's that girl lurking in the forest, all blonde curls and curves and big shiny...

September 13, 2025

Let's talk about monsters. Because like, Halloween is the perfect time to talk about those, right?

There are a few monsters in the Shadow series....

September 13, 2025

Here's a map of Shadow. You might notice, if you look closely, that the coastal regions appear to have been named by a somewhat fearful...

September 13, 2025

Hi, my name is Vlad!

Hey, man. How are you? No, I mean really? Everything okay? If not, you want to talk about it? Seriously, I'm here to listen,...