A Place for the Dark Stories
I never set out to write light, easy stories.
The kinds of stories that stay with me — the ones that crawl under my skin and refuse to leave — live in the shadows. They ask uncomfortable questions. They explore longing, obsession, love twisted by circumstance, and the thin line between monster and survivor.
For a long time, I thought that meant something was wrong with the way I write.
It took me years to understand this truth: dark stories aren’t written to glorify...