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Small Town Horror: The Darkness We Know by Wen-Yi Lee


Small Town Horror: The Darkness We Know by Wen-Yi Lee

Isadora Chang left home two years ago. She grew up in a depressing little mining town in the middle of nowhere, but after two of her friends committed suicide, she fled. She fled the deaths that had plagued the town for decades. She fled the mother who wouldn’t talk to her and the father who […]

Unwanted Spectral Advances: “How Love Came to Professor Guildea” by Robert Hichens


Unwanted Spectral Advances: “How Love Came to Professor Guildea” by Robert Hichens

Welcome back to Dissecting The dark descentwhere we lovingly delve into the depths of David Hartwell’s groundbreaking 1987 anthology, story by story, exploring the fundamentals of a genre we all love. For a detailed introduction, see the introductory post here. Robert Hichens was a queer journalist, satirist, playwright and novelist who documented the 1890s and […]

10 years ago, Hideo Kojima revealed a terrifying new game – then it disappeared forever


10 years ago, Hideo Kojima revealed a terrifying new game – then it disappeared forever

It’s hailed as one of the scariest horror games of all time. It’s become an object of fascination for hackers trying to unravel its secrets. And 10 years after its debut, it’s still spoken of fondly. Not bad for a game that was never actually released. On 12 August 2014 PT was released as a […]