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Aigner Loren Wilson

Aigner Loren Wilson (she/her) is a warm casket, waiting for you to climb in. She is a former editor of Strange Horizons and a fiction writer with horror stories in Nightmare Magazine, F&SF, Monstrous Futures, and more.

The words 'Mechanics of Fear' are above a red box with centipedes inside and on other side of it with the words 'Idols of Ash'

Delving Into the Depths with Idols of Ash

How the team at Leafy Games made the horror game Idols of Ash so damn creepy and fun.

Two teens stand on either side of a teen sitting down with the caption between them saying, "Yo, Sleepaway Camp. How come you're so fucked up?"

A Queer Community History of Sleepaway Camp (1983)

An attempt to chart how Sleepaway Camp went from being a low budget hackjob with a “shocking nature” to a queer cult classic.

Be Gay, Fight Monsters: Horror Shows to Help You Battle Your Inner and Outer Homophobic Demons

Be Gay, Fight Monsters: Horror Shows to Help You Battle Your Inner and Outer Homophobic Demons

These shows had me on my knees, face inches from the TV, pulled in, and so close that I couldn’t distinguish what was happening in my young soul from what was happening on the television.

A photo of a sandy beach with some small waves. In the foreground are two sandy feet and lower legs with a pair of shoes in between.

My Uncle Horror

What happens when you grow up believing that the events of classic horror movies really happened? Darker Times co-founder Aigner Loren Wilson knows all too well.