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We need to talk about how terrifying parenting is. Like, having to wake up in the middle of the night (peak time for the spooky) to care for them. Only to realize your child may be the spooky thing? @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social writes about this in today's piece: www.darkertimes.com/parenting-a-...
Parenting (A Witchling) is Not for the Faint of Heart
Imagine this: Your poorly sleeping infant is now a poorly sleeping tot, straddling the threshold between toddler and small-kid.
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SpongeBob HorrorPants has become a passion project of mine, & I cover Season 2 of the show today. It’s a paid subscriber exclusive, & if you enjoy this intersection/analysis of pop culture and horror, please consider supporting @darkertimes.bsky.social 🧽🍍⭐️🦑🦀🐿️🐌 www.darkertimes.com/spongebob-ho...
SpongeBob HorrorPants: Electric Boogaloo, Season Two Terrors
Anchors away! We're diving back to Bikini Bottom for the second installment of SpongeBob HorrorPants
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So happy this got a part 2
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · yesterdayHoly shrimp! @annarosereads.bsky.social returns to Bikini Bottom for SpongeBob HorrorPants: Electric Boogaloo, Season Two Terrors! The 2nd installment of this series, Anna takes a look at her favorite cartoon and the unique horrors that lurk below the surface. www.darkertimes.com/spongebob-ho...
Anna's first post on SpongeBob was one of the most popular things we've done. Season two is a subscriber exclusive! We want to make as much of our writing free as possible but we need subscriptions to make that happen. Hello support our worker owned site if you can!
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · yesterdayHoly shrimp! @annarosereads.bsky.social returns to Bikini Bottom for SpongeBob HorrorPants: Electric Boogaloo, Season Two Terrors! The 2nd installment of this series, Anna takes a look at her favorite cartoon and the unique horrors that lurk below the surface. www.darkertimes.com/spongebob-ho...
WRITING ABOUT HORROR AND SPONGEBOB AND THE HASH SLINGING SLASHER IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE
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Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · yesterdayHoly shrimp! @annarosereads.bsky.social returns to Bikini Bottom for SpongeBob HorrorPants: Electric Boogaloo, Season Two Terrors! The 2nd installment of this series, Anna takes a look at her favorite cartoon and the unique horrors that lurk below the surface. www.darkertimes.com/spongebob-ho...
Holy shrimp! @annarosereads.bsky.social returns to Bikini Bottom for SpongeBob HorrorPants: Electric Boogaloo, Season Two Terrors! The 2nd installment of this series, Anna takes a look at her favorite cartoon and the unique horrors that lurk below the surface. www.darkertimes.com/spongebob-ho...
SpongeBob HorrorPants: Electric Boogaloo, Season Two Terrors
Anchors away! We're diving back to Bikini Bottom for the second installment of SpongeBob HorrorPants
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It's week 3 of The Darker Times Subscriber Drive! Reflecting on the state of middle grade horror, @allyoutthere.bsky.social pens an insightful, thought-provoking piece that drives home how crucial horror for young readers is. Read it: www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
Setting the Record Straight About Middle Grade Horror
Ally Russell pens a passionate argument for letting kids read what they want, especially if what they want is scary stories.
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This is a really important opinion piece that is very relevant to parents, writers, librarians, teachers, anyone who works in publishing, and anyone who cares about books. Changes in the industry and the push for book bans are threatening the ability of kids to read and discover.
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's week 3 of The Darker Times Subscriber Drive! Reflecting on the state of middle grade horror, @allyoutthere.bsky.social pens an insightful, thought-provoking piece that drives home how crucial horror for young readers is. Read it: www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
if you like what we've been publishing at @darkertimes.bsky.social, please help us keep going by subscribing! we are worker-owned, subscriber-funded and trying to cross the financial threshold that will allow us to pay ourselves (and others!) for this work www.darkertimes.com/subscriber-d...
The Summer 2026 Subscriber Drive
Help Darker Times get to 500 paid subscribers by August 14th so we can keep you up to your elbows in frights.
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Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2d agokicking off week three of the @darkertimes.bsky.social subscriber drive with this kickass piece from @allyoutthere.bsky.social, which should put to rest any lingering ignorant comments along the lines of "horror for kids isn't scary" or "middle grade is dead" www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
Thanks to the goblins at @darkertimes.bsky.social for letting me write about horror for young readers!
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's week 3 of The Darker Times Subscriber Drive! Reflecting on the state of middle grade horror, @allyoutthere.bsky.social pens an insightful, thought-provoking piece that drives home how crucial horror for young readers is. Read it: www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
A fantastic article!!!! @allyoutthere.bsky.social rocks this!
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's week 3 of The Darker Times Subscriber Drive! Reflecting on the state of middle grade horror, @allyoutthere.bsky.social pens an insightful, thought-provoking piece that drives home how crucial horror for young readers is. Read it: www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
kicking off week three of the @darkertimes.bsky.social subscriber drive with this kickass piece from @allyoutthere.bsky.social, which should put to rest any lingering ignorant comments along the lines of "horror for kids isn't scary" or "middle grade is dead" www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
Setting the Record Straight About Middle Grade Horror
Ally Russell pens a passionate argument for letting kids read what they want, especially if what they want is scary stories.
darkertimes.com
It's week 3 of The Darker Times Subscriber Drive! Reflecting on the state of middle grade horror, @allyoutthere.bsky.social pens an insightful, thought-provoking piece that drives home how crucial horror for young readers is. Read it: www.darkertimes.com/middle-grade...
Setting the Record Straight About Middle Grade Horror
Ally Russell pens a passionate argument for letting kids read what they want, especially if what they want is scary stories.
darkertimes.com
What an endorsement to wake up to on a Monday morning! 😈
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now!)@almakatsu.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you love horror, you should get a subscription @darkertimes.bsky.social Their smart takes of the genre will deepen your appreciation of the oeuvre (yes, I'm a subscriber) www.darkertimes.com/subscriber-d...
🌞☕📰 Spent my morning on the deck reading @aftermath.site @mothership.blog @darkertimes.bsky.social @jank.cool @rascal.news and listening to @plante.bsky.social's Post Games Support independent worker-owned journalism doing things you love and want to see more of in the world ❤️🔥
the people at @darkertimes.bsky.social, who are putting out terrific work in a totally parched media landscape and my ride or die main hang @jeeyon.bsky.social, who designs extremely cool games and is writing a very boss book about dragons bsky.app/profile/prim...
John@primajohna.bsky.social · 5d agoAnyone you want to give a shout out to who deserves more attention? (on or off this website)
it was so nice chatting with @mdelgadia.bsky.social about @darkertimes.bsky.social! we chatted about the subscriber drive, the joys of being edited, and how much we both miss websites - check it out: scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/darker-times
Behind the Scenes of DARKER TIMES With Co-Founder Emily C. Hughes
Talkin' shop about the brand-new horror site, in the midst of a summer subscriber drive!
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Happy Friday 😈 We are delighted to share an exclusive interview with Bram Stoker Award Winning authors Linda D. Addison (@nytebird45.bsky.social) & Jamal Hodge. Thank you to Arley Sorg (@arleysorg.bsky.social) for donating this piece for our Subscriber Drive! www.darkertimes.com/everything-e...
An Interview With Bram Stoker Award® Winning Authors Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge
If you write about humans, no matter where you see them in the universe, you’re going to have some shadow work involved.
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DING! DING! DING! 🔔 The 2nd installment of our Let Them Fight Series is HERE! This time @emilyhughes.bsky.social and @annarosereads.bsky.social tackle Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House! How do you feel about Incidents? & the upcoming film Other Mommy? www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
Let Them Fight: Incidents Around the House
To Daddo or to Daddon't? That is... well, it's certainly *a* question.
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okay i won’t shut up about this but like. have you read this book. it’s good. it’s fine. no big deal. you don’t have to read it, i won’t be mad, it’s fine
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · last wk.Are you excited about Darker Times Book Club, yet? We know we are! To drum up some extra hype, we asked our founding members how they're feeling about reading The Library at Mount Char. Swipe through to see their responses, and better yet, tell us how YOU are feeling about picking up our first pick!
I HATE fighting. I am the hamster screaming meme. BUT, when we discussed the next edition of Let Them Fight for @darkertimes.bsky.social, @emilyhughes.bsky.social and I had 2 different readings of Incidents Around the House. We needed to talk about it & we DID! www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
Let Them Fight: Incidents Around the House
To Daddo or to Daddon't? That is... well, it's certainly *a* question.
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Who cares about Emily Wilson and JCO? We fight on @darkertimes.bsky.social all the time and none of us have been cancelled for it yet.
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 6d agoDING! DING! DING! 🔔 The 2nd installment of our Let Them Fight Series is HERE! This time @emilyhughes.bsky.social and @annarosereads.bsky.social tackle Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House! How do you feel about Incidents? & the upcoming film Other Mommy? www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
this got me to subscribe because i realized i am CONSTANTLY bitching about how bad internet book conversations are, and i could absolutely solve the problem by giving $7 to read more stuff off a site i already know i like
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 6d agoDING! DING! DING! 🔔 The 2nd installment of our Let Them Fight Series is HERE! This time @emilyhughes.bsky.social and @annarosereads.bsky.social tackle Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House! How do you feel about Incidents? & the upcoming film Other Mommy? www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
we’ve got another Let Them Fight at @darkertimes.bsky.social today! it’s pretty rare for me to publicly discuss a book I really, really didn’t like, but talking through this one with @annarosereads.bsky.social was the best possible way to do it. please never make me read the word “Daddo” again.
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 6d agoDING! DING! DING! 🔔 The 2nd installment of our Let Them Fight Series is HERE! This time @emilyhughes.bsky.social and @annarosereads.bsky.social tackle Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House! How do you feel about Incidents? & the upcoming film Other Mommy? www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
DING! DING! DING! 🔔 The 2nd installment of our Let Them Fight Series is HERE! This time @emilyhughes.bsky.social and @annarosereads.bsky.social tackle Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House! How do you feel about Incidents? & the upcoming film Other Mommy? www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
Let Them Fight: Incidents Around the House
To Daddo or to Daddon't? That is... well, it's certainly *a* question.
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My experience in so much of the witch as symbol tracks back to my own very religious upbringing. She is ugly, withered, evil according to the righteous. But now I see her as a symbol of autonomy and rebellion. So much to dive into!
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · last wk.The witch functions as a lens into our own cultural preoccupations. Reading into the subtle differences between text & subtext in stories of witchcraft illuminates how power, anxiety, & history commingle in art. Read @scumbelievable.bsky.social's essay: www.darkertimes.com/witches-worl...
The Library at Mount Char is a life-changing novel. I devoured it in 24 hours and have thought about it every day since. It’s gorgeous and terrifying, a powerful exploration of familial trauma and the fawn response. As an eldest daughter, I felt seen and understood. Gorgeous book.
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · last wk.Are you excited about Darker Times Book Club, yet? We know we are! To drum up some extra hype, we asked our founding members how they're feeling about reading The Library at Mount Char. Swipe through to see their responses, and better yet, tell us how YOU are feeling about picking up our first pick!
