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 the darkness — they’re written to survive it.

Why I Write What I Write

I’m drawn to characters who are fractured. Morally grey. Haunted. People who have done terrible things, or had terrible things done to them, and are still standing.

Because real people are like that.

We are complicated. We are not always soft or kind or healed. Sometimes we love fiercely. Sometimes we break. Sometimes we choose wrong — and live with it.

Dark fiction gives me a place to explore those truths honestly, without apology.

What You’ll Find Here

This blog isn’t going to be a polished highlight reel.

It’s a space for:

• Behind-the-scenes thoughts on the stories I’m writing
• Reflections on creativity, doubt, and momentum
• Small fragments — lines, moods, moments that won’t let me go
• Honest conversations about writing darker themes in a world that often asks us to soften them

Some posts will be short. Some may be messy. Some may sit quietly for a while before the next one arrives.

That’s intentional.

An Open Door

If you’ve ever been drawn to stories that hurt a little, that linger long after the final page, that make you feel seen in ways you didn’t expect — you’re welcome here.

This is where I’ll be thinking out loud.

And if you ever feel like responding, questioning, or sharing your own perspective, I hope you do. Writing may be solitary, but stories are meant to be shared.

Here’s to the shadows — and everything they reveal.