The words "Candelabræm Books" and the subtitle "Mature tales dared to be read by the light of a candle..."

Welcome to the Candelabræm infosite!
We're starting over for 2024, as we realized it was too early to launch in 2023.
Learn about us on this infosite before you head to the main site!

About Us

Candelabræm Books will be the first indie publisher to provide stories for the truly dark and daring at heart. Our mission is to serve readers the very strangest, most pleasurable, and darkest of tales. Tales that shy from the light of day...but dare to be read by candlelight.We strive to serve readers mature, dark, and fantastic tales from twisted dreams born of secret desires and the love of storytelling.Our stories feature characters who may not always be on the straight and narrow or have intimate desires themselves. While dealing with these self-inflicted limitations, dire consequences, and tantalizing provocations, they may attempt to overcome the workings of the very worlds they live in.Not all is always as it seems. By candlelight, Reader, you will learn the truth—if you dare to.Whether you are here to read or to hang out amongst the shadows of the Candelhaus, we only ask that you remain on your best behavior—the abyss has been giving us funny looks lately.Oh, and bring reading glasses. It's kinda dark in here.

Created in 2020, Candelabræm Books is located in Hamden, Connecticut. Created by a daring mind in dark times, it will soon be the home for stories and works by Mar Qaroll—and hopefully for others in the future as well.

Picture of a dark-skinned person with a black mask, reflective sunglasses, a moon collar, and a wide-brimmed hat.

Mar Qaroll

Mar strives to be 100% authentic to himself, a true purveyor of the taboo, perverse, diverse, and the things that are deadly.He prefers to use his own logic and judgement to guide his actions, even if it gets him in trouble.He has finished a total of five stories as of 2024.

What to Expect

Candelabræm’s goal is to tell original stories one would likely find under the darker tags on Archive of Our Own—including all that insinuates. As our goal is to be as transparent as possible, there are specific content warnings you should be aware of before you continue into our fictitious universes...

Content to expect

  • Mutually toxic relationships

  • Tentacle sex

  • Teratophilia

  • Chronophilias

  • Interspecies sex

  • Mpreg

  • Hermaphrodites

  • Unrealistic erotic sex

  • Abuses and PTSDs

  • Dark romance

  • Assault

  • Breeding

  • Incest

  • Explicit violence and gore

  • Exophilia

  • ...and more

Do NOT expect...

  • Feel-good and cozy stories

  • Stories of the romance genre

  • Comedies

  • Slice-of-life

  • Teen drama

  • Young adult stories

  • Immature characters

  • Annoying child leads

  • Clueless female characters

  • Annoying female characters

  • Romanticizing abusive asshole men

  • "Fade-to-black"

  • Inoffensive language

  • "Political correctness"

  • ...that you won't be triggered

  • ...that you won't be offended

If anything on these lists offends or upsets you, regrettably, our stories may not be for you.

Specific content warnings will be provided with each story.