Dar(k)lings On My Mind

Author’s Note

You know the phrase “kill your darlings”? About editing writing? Well I spliced it with the word “darkling”, giving me “kill your darklings”.

I ran with it.

I did not know where the story was going, where it had come from, or how I might get to the end. It led me down a dark and terrible path. It surprised and scared me so much that I am reluctant to show it at all. I think there’s something interesting here, something true.

I like it when people get freaked out by my stories, but sometimes I freak out myself.

I don’t know what happens next, and right now, I don’t want to.

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• Published in jamscary.com (January 15th 2023)