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Horror that hits hard & lingers longer

For readers and writers who live in the dark

Dark Holme Publishing is an independent UK press for dark fiction. If you’re new here, start here. We publish original stories through our magazines and anthologies, welcome submissions from writers worldwide, and run The Dark Forum — a community for readers and writers.

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Most of us experience the dark alone. We finish something that stays with us, or sit with a thought we can’t quite shake, and have no one to share it with.

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The Shadowsphere was made for that.

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It’s our own quiet community inside Dark Holme — a place for people who live with the strange and the unsettling. Talk about whatever’s on your mind. Share what you’re working on. Or just sit in the background until something pulls you in.

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🩸 Get Published in Dark Descent We're always hungry for the next great microhorror story. If you've got something dark, sharp, and under 500 words — send it our way. The best make it into the magazine. Some become reader favourites. A few keep us up at night. That's exactly what we're looking for.

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👁️ See It. Write It. Win It. Every month we drop a picture. You write the story it's hiding. Keep it under 500 words, make it hurt, then submit — because here's the twist: our readers decide the winner. No judges. No panel. Just the Dark Holme community voting for the story that got under their skin the most.

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🩸 Urban Legends – Horror Anthology 2027
Every town has a story nobody dares to tell. From chilling local legends to modern myths, we're looking for original horror stories that turn familiar tales into something terrifying. Think you've got a legend worth sharing? We want to read it.

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Horror that hits hard & lingers longer

For readers and writers who live in the dark

Dark Holme Publishing is an independent UK press for dark fiction. If you’re new here, start here. We publish original stories through our magazines and anthologies, welcome submissions from writers worldwide, and run The Dark Forum — a community for readers and writers.

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Submissions Open Now

🩸 Get Published in Dark Descent We're always hungry for the next great microhorror story. If you've got something dark, sharp, and under 500 words — send it our way. The best make it into the magazine. Some become reader favourites. A few keep us up at night. That's exactly what we're looking for.

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SUBMIT HERE

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👁️ See It. Write It. Win It. Every month we drop a picture. You write the story it's hiding. Keep it under 500 words, make it hurt, then submit — because here's the twist: our readers decide the winner. No judges. No panel. Just the Dark Holme community voting for the story that got under their skin the most.

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ENTER HERE

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🩸 Urban Legends – Horror Anthology 2027
Every town has a story nobody dares to tell. From chilling local legends to modern myths, we're looking for original horror stories that turn familiar tales into something terrifying. Think you've got a legend worth sharing? We want to read it.

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SUBMIT HERE

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🎄 November's Picture Prompt is here!


First, apologies for getting this month's prompt up a few days late! I'm just back from holiday and still catching up with everything.


This month, we're doing something a little different! Our Picture Prompt is Christmas horror-themed, and we're extending the competition so the three winning stories can feature in the Christmas edition of the Dark Descent Webzine.


Forget festive cheer and happy endings. Think twisted traditions, sinister surprises and Christmas nightmares!


🎄 Head over to the Picture Prompt submission page, take a look at the image and show us just how terrifying Christmas can be!

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Is the image the Christmas Market image or is it something else?

JB WocoskiJB Wocoski
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Today on Facebook l, I discovered a Reel with one of the oldest ghost tales ever. It was written by Pliny the Younger

Happy Halloween

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1JtbZxAaR3/


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