10/05/2025 Uncomfortably Dark Horror Happenings
- Candace Nola
- Oct 5
- 6 min read
Another big week over here. Very honored to be included in a virtual symposium, THE HORROR OF BECOMING, a virtual event organized and hosted by Mo Moshaty of Nighttide Magazine. This two-day event featured authors and speakers such as John Langan, Matt Rogerson, Sally Campbell, Ray Walton and many others.
I just got off the event less than an hour ago, as I was part of the last block, a roundtable discussion including Paula D. Ashe, L. Marie Wood, Donya Coles, R.J. Joseph, Sumiko Saulson, and hosted by Mo Moshaty. Our panel was titled, BLACK FUTURES & HORROR WRITING: ON HORROR, IDENTITY, TRAUMA, AND TRANSFORMATION.
We had a cover reveal this week for our next release, WHITE FLIGHT, from Peter O'Keefe. Check that out below in case you missed it. MOLOCH has been released to Audible, links to all our books are below! The New & Next listing is below for your reference, and this week's author spotlight is on the incredible Kayleigh Dobbs, author, podcaster, and reviewer, huge indie horror supporter, and a delightful human being. Read her interview below and be sure to snag a book or two!
Check it all out below and stay tuned all week for a lot more news, including three special features that we are running here, only on Uncomfortably Dark!
COVER REVEAL!
WHITE FLIGHT BY PETER O'KEEFE
Early Praise for WHITE FLIGHT!
“White Flight by Peter O’Keefe opened with a roar and then I couldn’t work my finger fast enough to keep up. A married couple attempts to navigate an unspoken tragedy haunting every corner of their dream house - and every layer of their dreams. But there’s an undercurrent of racial disquiet lingering in the air that kept me on edge, like I was waiting on the other shoe to drop. O’Keefe deftly sets the landscape and paints a picture of a home wrapped in overwhelming sadness and dysfunction, but he also builds an unsettling suspense that makes you clench your throat because you just know there’s something else there. And there is...something else.” — Kenya Moss-Dyme, author of SEED
“This is not your ordinary haunted house story. It’s the starkly beautiful, heart-wrenching tale of a white couple who lose their black daughter in a tragic accident. A display of love so well-meaning that it becomes caustic, and even with the best of intentions, every decision they make leads to something more horrific than they could ever imagine. Peter O’Keefe’s book will wreck your soul, and you will stand up and applaud him fiercely for doing so!” — Jill Girardi, Author and Owner of Kandisha Press
“A brutal look at the tensions of American racism, O’Keefe’s White Flight is a lightning-paced haunted house tale that asks hard questions. The novella holds up a mirror to white America. Those brave enough to look are in for a hell of a ride.” —Elizabeth Broadbent, author of BLOOD CYPRESS
Book Synopsis:
Joel and Willow Ward are white. Their Black teenage daughter, adopted at birth, was just killed by the police.
Now, their house is trying to kill them, and the grieving parents are trying to understand why.
And survive the night.
Early EBook Release on Godless: Oct. 21, 2025
Wide Release for all formats: Nov. 4, 2025
Price for Godless. 1.99/ will be 4.99 on Amazon.
Cover Art by Don Noble
PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK TODAY:
New & Next from Uncomfortably Dark
In recent months, we've had several amazing releases with more scheduled every month through the end of this year. If you've missed any, check them out below!
August: Coffee Shop by Aaron Lebold (Blood Moon Poetry imprint) & This Is How A Villain Is Made by Amanda Headlee
September: One Fright Only by Patrick Tumblety -Now Available!!
October: White Flight by Peter O'Keefe (releasing to Godless on 10/21 and wide on 11/04)
Surprise Halloween Release from Candace Nola and 2 mystery authors.
Authors releasing in November and December include M Ennenbach, Kathryn Tennison, Jason Nickey, and Radar Steal as well as a re-launch from one of our prior authors. We will make that full announcement when they are ready.
Shadow Manor is also available with its new cover, in ebook and paperback formats!
NOW ON AUDIBLE!!
Several more Uncomfortably Dark titles have been made available on Audible, and more are in the works. Our dedicated narrator Jamison Walker is hard at work getting our stories brought to life with his unique style and range of voices.
MOLOCH IS NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE!
2025-2026 FALL & WINTER AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT SERIES
This series will be showcased on my Patreon first, every Friday this fall and winter, through early 2026. If you are not a patron, look for the new author spotlight to appear here on the blog every Saturday! These will be for incredibly talented, but lesser known, authors that truly deserve a spotlight on their work!
As is our mission here at Uncomfortably Dark, we want to be a community support and while how we do that may change over time, we will always find a way to shed light on the many wonderfully talented people in this space.
Please check out their interviews, click on their links, and check out their work for yourself. I promise you will not be disappointed.
Meet Kayleigh Dobbs!
- Introduce yourself in 4 sentences or less.
I'm Kayleigh Dobbs, an indie author and book reviewer. I love horror too much, am very passionate about indie horror in particular, and spend all of my time buried in some sort of bookish activity.
- Describe your style of writing in 2 sentences or less.
My style of writing (I hope) is accessible - I wish I was more literary but, alas, that isn't me - and I blend horror with comedy/dark humour very often.
- What is your favorite type of horror to write?
I write "regular" horror (as in, not funny), but horror comedy is the most enjoyable writing experience for me. I'm especially fond of writing supernatural horror that contains demons, hellish evils, and the apocalypse.
- What is your favorite book or character you’ve written so far?
I am very proud of my most recent collection, 'The End', which is a little book of apocalyptic stories. My favourite of my own characters, however, is a guy called Stephen Plunkett, from a story entitled 'Bits and Bobs' (not featured in 'The End'). Plunkett is kind of an a-hole, but I had so much fun writing him that I might have to bring him back. He's an unfortunate dude that doesn't quite get why his interests and personality are so off-putting to people, that winds up in ridiculous situations.
- Who are your top 5 favorite authors?
My Top 5 Favourite Authors change from time to time (Stephen King is obviously there but that's such a standard answer that let's pretend he's not included so I can fit another name in). I love so many but current favourites are Adam Nevill, Rachel Harrison, Erica Summers, S.Q. McGrath, and Kit Power.
- What most inspires you to keep writing when imposter syndrome hits the hardest?
Uhhh, it's not so much as a desire to keep writing as an inability to stop. I have confidence crashes all the time and sometimes take time off, but I never stop coming back. I just love stories!
- Is there a genre, sub-genre, or trope you’ve not written, that you’d like to try?
Sci-fi horror. I have ideas but haven't delved into them yet because I'm very anxious about the million things I'll get wrong with the sci-fi aspect.
- What is your hope for your writing career for the next five years? As in where do see yourself?
I'd ideally love to be an upward trajectory, maybe selling more stories, and I'd definitely like to have a couple of novellas and novels out. My fear of failure is quite extreme, so I try not to think ahead, lest my brain is horrible and shows me the failure version of my plans.
- Pitch your current WIP in three sentences or less
It's currently untitled but it's about a woman in an abusive relationship who realises something is extremely wrong one day when her partner starts treating her nicely.
- Where can we find you online and where can readers see you next?
I'm on YT, FB, IG, and my website daily, and the best place to find me is through my review profiles (Happy Goat Horror on all platforms) - I don't tend to log on to my personal accounts as much. I do realise I should, in the name of authoring, obviously!
Bio:
Kayleigh Dobbs is an indie author, book reviewer, and freelance editor from South Wales, in the UK. Her main interest is indie horror fiction, and she spends all of her time engrossed in some sort of bookish project. Her short story collection, 'The End' (Black Shuck Books) was an Imadjinn Award 2024 Finalist.
Check out her links below:
Amazon Author Page:
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