When Silence Becomes Complicity: Why Dark Holme Speaks Out

Horror is more than entertainment. It is the one genre brave enough to stare into the dark corners of the world and ask us to do the same. Where other forms of storytelling may shy away from pain, injustice, or fear, horror drags them into the light and demands that we face them.

It has always been this way. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein wasn’t just about monsters—it was about science, power, and the exclusion of anyone deemed “other.” George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead wasn’t simply a zombie flick—it held up a mirror to race, violence, and a society collapsing under its own weight. Jordan Peele’s Get Out reframed possession as a metaphor for systemic racism, while Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook turned grief into a monster lurking in the shadows of a family home.

Horror doesn’t just scare us—it exposes us. It makes us look at what we’d rather turn away from, whether it’s hate, prejudice, or the injustices playing out across our own streets.

Stories and Silence

That’s why silence can never be an option. When hate rises, when humanity is compromised, when compassion is cast aside—staying quiet is not neutrality. It’s complicity.

In recent months, I’ve been speaking out more about what’s happening here in the UK, about Palestine, about the fractures tearing communities apart. These conversations are not separate from Dark Holme’s work. They are part of it.

Because Dark Holme was created to give these voices a platform—a platform where they can get published, be heard, and hopefully find a home within the Dark Holme community.

A Platform for Voices

Every story we publish carries more than just words on a page. It carries identity, struggle, defiance, and the reminder that no voice is too small. Dark Holme is about making space for those who are often silenced, dismissed, or left behind by traditional publishing.

That’s why our community is as vital as our books. It is a place where writers, readers, and horror lovers can belong. A place where diversity of voice is not just welcomed—it is the very heartbeat of what we do.

Horror as Resistance

Horror gives us the freedom to ask dangerous questions safely. What does it mean to live under oppression? What happens when grief takes over? How do prejudice and power warp our humanity?

By dressing these truths in monsters and nightmares, horror lets us explore them without flinching. And when we recognise the reality beneath the fiction, we are better equipped to stand against it.

Because ultimately, horror is not about despair—it’s about survival. It shows us the monsters. And it reminds us that they can be fought.

Standing Together

Dark Holme will always stand for humanity, empathy, and compassion. These values cannot be compromised, no matter the cost or consequence.

We tell stories because they matter. We lift up voices because they deserve to be heard. And we refuse silence, because silence only serves the darkness.

This is what Dark Holme was built for. And it’s what we will continue to do—one story, one voice, one community at a time.