top of page

WELCOME TO UNCOMFORTABLY DARK! 
THE NEW HOME FOR INDIE HORROR

AN ALL-INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY SITE FOR AUTHORS & READERS!

Uncomfortably Dark presents a one stop shop for your indie horror needs.


Readers: Find indie horror exclusives, author interviews, book reviews, listings for your favorite authors, publishers, small presses, podcasters, and more. 

​

Authors: Find open submissions calls, publishers, small presses, cover artists, reviewers', and more! 

Home: Text

BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR THE PATREON HERE!

PERKS INCLUDE MERCH, FREE STORIES, AND SIGNED COPIES!

Join us by being a patron. Get free stories from all Uncomfortably Dark authors, logo merch, and more every month. Behind the scenes exclusives, early releases for patrons only, and live zoom calls with our authors. 
Tiers start at $3.

Home: Text
Home: Pro Gallery

RYAN HARDING

FEATURED AUTHOR

Ryan Harding is the four-time Splatterpunk Award-winning author of books like Transcendental Mutilation, Genital Grinder and collaborations with Jason Taverner (the Agent Orange slasher novels Reincarange and Reincursion), Kristopher Triana (The Night Stockers), Lucas Mangum (Pandemonium), and Edward Lee (Header 3). He contributed the novella, The Profile, to the anthology Call Me Hoop and his short stories have appeared in anthologies such as Brewtality, The Distended Table, The Big Book of Blasphemy, The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Splatterpunk Forever, Past Indiscretions, Into Painfreak, and The Year's Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 3. His work has also been published in German, Italian, and Polish. Upcoming projects include a novel with Bryan Smith and the third book in the Agent Orange series.

Home: Text
Home: Pro Gallery

KRISTOPHER RUFTY

FEATURED AUTHOR

Kristopher Rufty lives in North Carolina with his three children and pets. He’s written over twenty novels, including ALL WILL DIE, THE DEVOURED AND THE DEAD, DESOLATION, THE LURKERS and PILLOWFACE. When he’s not spending time with his family or writing, he’s obsessing over gardening and growing food.
His short story DARLA'S PROBLEM was included in the Splatterpunk Publications anthology FIGHTING BACK, which won the Splatterpunk award for best anthology. THE DEVOURED AND THE DEAD was nominated for a Splatterpunk award. He can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Home: Text
Home: Pro Gallery

Uncomfortably Dark
Horror Blog

Indie horror news, announcements, articles, guest posts, and more!

Home: Text
Home: Blog2
Search
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 29
  • 4 min

MOVIE AND A BOOK! By Sonja Ska

If you're a fan of heart-pounding horror movies that leave you gripping the edge of your seat, why not extend that adrenaline-inducing...

28 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 28
  • 3 min

Author Resources/Tips/Tools Series

Newsletters: What goes in them and How Often? I keep hearing about newsletters. Do I need one? What goes in one? That is a great...

23 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 27
  • 2 min

8/26/2023 THE MORT REPORT REVIEWS

Due to ongoing technical issues, this week's Mort Report reviews are being posted here. Apologies for the inconvenience. This week Mort...

9 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 21
  • 4 min

Author Resources/Tips/Tools Series

Marketing and Promoting Alright, so media, websites, and I’m good, right? Now, readers will just seek me out. Not quite, grasshopper, not...

22 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 18
  • 6 min

Random Review Fridays!

Today, we have two guest author reviews. One is from author and poet Anton Cancre, who brings us a review of CAMP DAMASCUS by Chuck...

18 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 16
  • 4 min

Haunted Locations: An Exorcism in Iowa

Welcome back to another Weird Wednesday, where we like to explore things that are dark and disturbing, decaying and decomposing, dead and...

9 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 15
  • 4 min

Movie & A Book by Sonja Ska

Few things are better than turning off the lights, lighting some candles, and settling in for a terrifying horror movie marathon. Sure,...

248 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 14
  • 4 min

Author Resources/Tips/Tools series:

Online Presence/social media But it takes so much time and I’m not tech-savvy. Oh, okay then, well, I guess your ride stops here. But…?!...

9 views0 comments
Writer's picture
Candace Nola
  • Aug 12
  • 1 min

SATURDAY SPECIAL REPORT

Uncomfortably Dark is proud to present the 2023 Dark Dozen Anthology, DARK DISASTERS! The author line-up is full of veterans of the...

64 views0 comments

JOIN THE INDIE HORROR PATREON

If you love the work, Uncomfortably Dark is doing to bring more horror into the world, one uncomfortably dark page at a time, let us know by joining the Patreon to help support the website. Show your support for your favorite Indie horror fiction author!

Perks include free books, exclusive content, author interviews and more! Tiers start at $3.

Home: HTML Embed
bottom of page