Dark Holme Publishing

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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Where micro-terrors hit fast—and linger longer than they should

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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.

The Shadowsphere was made for that.

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.

You’re welcome here.

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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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📢 SHADOWSPHERE EXCLUSIVE — URBAN LEGENDS SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!

We're giving our ShadowSphere members a head start!

Submissions for Urban Legends don't officially open until 10th January 2027, but we're opening them early, exclusively for members of our ShadowSphere community.

We're looking for original horror stories inspired by urban legends. Familiar tales with a fresh twist, local legends that deserve a wider audience, or something entirely new that could become the next story whispered around a campfire.

Submission details:

📖 Word count: 3,000–10,000 words

💷 Payment: £50 per accepted story

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🖤Wicked prompt Friday

Your phone lights up at 3:17 a.m.

It's a text from someone who died five years ago.

"Whatever you do, don't answer the door."

A moment later, there's a knock.

Then another message arrives.

"I'm sorry. It knows you're awake."

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As I unlocked my front door, in burst the damned hellhound. It jumps on me, but I stop it mid-air by grabbing its throat, squeezing until it whimpers and weakens. I toss the collapsed body of the hound into the corner of my living room and shout at it, "I'm sick and tired of you going back to hell to see your dead master! She died five years ago. Get over it! I did! Now go eat your supper in the kitchen. It's in your bowl on the floor. Go on, go now. And take a shower, you stink like Hell. Good night!"