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West Forest [Short Fiction]

by Nick Medina: If it hadn’t been for the forest between our homes, Justin West and I wouldn’t have done what we did. And I wouldn’t be in the chains I’m in now. We were just kids when we met; [...]

Short Fiction

Stale Heroes Tell the Same Old Story

by Phillip Donnelly: WHAT’S NEW? There is nothing new under the sun, at least not in the world of fiction. We are all, it would appear, either listening to or retelling the same old story. Every hero you can think of, [...]

Articles, Arts and Literature

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)

“Carmilla” is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman’s susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. “Carmilla” predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by twenty five [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novellas and Short Stories

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe (1842)

The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avator and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novellas and Short Stories

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (1845)

ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Poetry

DarkMedia is Now Accepting Original Fiction Submissions

Attention authors and aspiring authors! DarkMedia is now accepting short stories and poetry for publication on DarkMedia.com.  As a rapidly growing resource for all things Dark, we would like to extend our involvement in the literary community by supporting and [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature News

Who Watches the Watchmen? DC Comics Announces a Prequel Series

Few mythologies in the comic universe have been as revered, or untouched, as Watchmen (written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons).  The 1986 graphic novel, which continues to stand as the best-selling graphic novel of all time, helped inspire what many [...]

Entertainment, Entertainment News

“There’s inspiration everywhere if you are not afraid to slow down and look for it.” -Monica Kuebler

DarkMedia Interviews Monica Kuebler: Monica Kuebler isn’t merely a woman who wears many hats; she’s a force to be reckoned with.  Besides being the Managing Editor for Rue Morgue magazine and running her very own micro-press, Burning Effigy Press, she’s [...]

Arts and Literature, Interviews

So Long, And Thanks For All The Brains

In a world where the dead walk… In a world where the living struggle to survive… In a world where Munchkins fight alongside flying monkeys… Those are just some of the things you will find inside this mammoth book of [...]

Arts and Literature