Sharply Sublime: Jennifer Thorne’s Newbourne Park
A review of Jennifer Thorne's latest razor-sharp horror fiction.
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The Darker Dispatch 10/4/26
Murder Babes: The Other Side of the Final Girl
You already know the final girl, but may we introduce you to her bloodier counterpart, the murder babe?
A Delightfully Disturbing Debut: Carrie Lee South’s In the Woods They Wait
A review of Carrie Lee South's horror debut that explores the emotional elements at play in the book.
The Darker Dispatch 9/27/26
Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999) & The Monster of Disbelief
How a Disney Channel original movie kept my weirdness alive.
Darker Times Book Club - October Pick
Read the best horror with the best kinds of folks, Darker Times subscribers.
In Praise of the Slump-Buster
Look, we love books, but even we have reading slumps–here's what they look like, and how we get ourselves out of them.
The Darker Dispatch 9/20/26
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Hallucination
Or, why I stopped worrying and learned to love Walter Benjamin in the Backrooms.
From the Community Catalog: A Reflection on our First Darker Times Book Club and The Library at Mount Char
Sitting with The Library at Mount Char in all of its flabbergasting glory.
The Darker Dispatch 9/13/26
Highest-Grossing Horror Films of the 21st Century
A look back over the last 25 years of high-earning horror movies.