This story wasn’t about violence as much as its aftermath. How do you pick up the pieces? How do you move on?
Tag Archives: dark fiction
Meet the Author: Jennifer Nestojko
“Empathy is one of the most necessary human traits, and the last few years have demonstrated that need… However, it can be possible to lose oneself under the weight sorrow and pain that people endure every day.” ~Jennifer Nestojko, “Found and Lost”
Meet the Author: C. Patrick Neagle
“…horror fiction (and games) gives us a way to deal with real horrors — horrors that can often seem unmanageable, un-understandable, and unconquerable.”
Meet the Author: Edmund Schluessel
We live in a terrifying world–one founded on violence, exploitation and oppression. If I’m going to write about the world we’re in, I’m going to end up writing horror. And SF, to be plausible, has to either engage with this fact or talk about how it could be overcome.
Meet the Author: Karter Mycroft
I don’t think writers should focus so much on being careful. I think writers should try to be very brave.
Meet the Author: Dexter Rowland
“It’s not so scary in the dark. Turns out I have friends there.”
Meet the Author: Andrew Jensen
“…you can only appreciate the light once you’ve experienced the darkness. I have worked with enough people to have no illusions about what kinds of darkness exist.”