Dark psychological fiction explores the spaces people avoid—the thoughts beneath restraint, the instincts beneath civility. These posts examine characters shaped by tension, secrecy, and moral ambiguity, where the line between control and collapse is thin, and what unfolds is driven less by events than by what lives inside.
There’s a version of a killer most people are comfortable with. He’s broken.Obviously awkward.Damaged in ways that leak through his pale skin. He prefers dark places. You can see the evil in his eyes. That version is safe. Because if monsters look like monsters, then we can see and avoid them. But the most dangerous
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You’re a writer. There are a gazillion ways to arrange letters and words to make murder happen inside the pages of your fiction. You’ve got a character who is doomed, and now it’s time to bring your best words together to commit your special kind of crime. You’re creative, which means you’re observant and have
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“They make love in an isolated cemetery on a secluded island. He lifts her leg and places her foot on one of the island’s gravestones. The sole of her foot tingles just as it touches the stone.” Fiction writer Michael Forman is set to launch his third and most bizarre noirotic novel of all. It’s
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This character was one of the last to be included in this psycho-thriller. Maxine was designed to be colourful when sober, but when drunk, she is obnoxious enough to unsettle dinner guests. Maxine heads a group of small business owners who specialise in photographing weddings. Most of the newer, inexperienced photographers trying to break into
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When writing dark fiction, the villain matters as much as the hero. Without a formidable antagonist, a hero has nothing meaningful to overcome. The strength of a protagonist is measured by the challenge they face. Instead of two opposing forces, imagine one person wrestling with both sides of the moral equation. Could a character pursue
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Writers often borrow tools from other crafts when building stories. Some use music, others painting, others architecture. When I wrote SEETHINGS, I leaned heavily on something I knew well: photography. Photography didn’t simply appear in the book as a hobby for Mitchell Felding. It became part of the storytelling framework. The way Mitchell photographs storms
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Some stories comfort the reader. Others are meant to disturb them. Dark psychological fiction belongs firmly in the second category. It does not exist to reassure, tidy up loose ends, or confirm what we already believe about human nature. Instead, it quietly dismantles those beliefs, leaving the reader staring into something far more complicated. Something
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Some villains wear masks. Others wear suits, smile at neighbours, and wave politely across the fence. The SEETHINGS trilogy explores the uncomfortable idea that the most dangerous people rarely look dangerous at all. They move quietly through ordinary lives, blending into communities, relationships, workplaces and families. Nothing about them appears unusual—until the moment everything fractures.
SEETHINGS: A Psychological Thriller Trilogy About the Darkness Hiding in Plain Sight Read More »
They tell you to take a break. They tell you it’s healthy to “let off steam.” They tell you burnout is real, stress is dangerous, and pressure kills. But they never tell you what actually happens when the pressure reaches the point they warn you about. They just gesture vaguely toward the darkness and say,
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Artists can learn more about themselves if they take the time to look in from the other side of their art. Photographer Mitchell is about to find out more as he recognises what’s been happening to him the moment just before he presses the shutter button on his camera. SEETHINGS and SEETHINGS 2 are the first two trilogy
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