Dark Reads for Winter's Darkest Nights
Kim RossI’ve always been drawn to weird, dark stories that push me to think critically and speculatively about the idealized versions of life and self we’re all so often presented with. A good story, be it literary fiction, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or whatever else is universal. It will offer the reader hope and a safe way to engage with consciousness and the ephemeral nature of reality. Here are five examples of great writing that is at once literary and genre, weird and dark. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Shirley Jackson: Novels and stories by Shirley Jackson, Edited by Joyce Carol…