MEGA-DARK discussion

Hi everyone, I'm Mark Carver. I currently live in China with my wife and two kids. I love reading and writing, and I'm a big fan of tattoos, heavy metal, and the beach. You can check out my homepage here.

I created this group because I was tired of wading through other groups looking for people who like the kind of books that I do. I suppose my reading tastes have been influenced by my love of heavy metal. I like being absolutely crushed by a book. It doesn't necessarily have to be violent (though that is a big plus), but I like it to be aggressive, bold, and challenging.

Since I found so few of the kind of books that I liked to read, I decided to write some. I'm working on the final book of The Age of Apollyon Trilogy, and I crammed it full of as much epic darkness as it could hold. I think I might have overdone it a bit on the first one, so the subsequent books focus a bit more on character, but they're still dripping with ultra-Gothic goodness. Check them out if you're looking for something fresh to sink your teeth into.

So introduce yourself, start a discussion about your favorite books and authors, tell us about your writing, and meet people who live in the same imaginative world as you.

Hi everyone my name is Jackie, thanks for the invite Mark!

You're welcome! Spread the word :-D

Hi my name is Elaine and I look forward to reading dark books this group can recommend and chatting to u all :)

Ahoy hoy! I'm Bracken MacLeod. I too love metal (and free jazz), dark horror, and generally anything that forces me as a listener/viewer/reader to confront my preconceived notions and assumptions about entertainment. My favorites are Jack Ketchum, Andrew Vachss, Albert Camus, and Cormac McCarthy.

I'm a writer living in New England.

Hi, I'm Kat! I'm an author, an artist, and a homeschool mom. Sounds so tame, eh? It's why my friends and family are all like, You write what??

My novels actually fall into the category of YA fantasy, but for some reason my short stories are mostly dark fantasy and horror. And, my novel readers have assured me my horror writing tendencies show through in my books as well ;). I am working on a novel and two novellas right now that fit as dark fantasy and horror as well.

My reading preferences fall into those categories, too. I'm not big on gore (although, yeah, I love Stephen King!) and prefer more psychological horror. And to my joy, the horror genre is growing among YA books. The Montstrumologist series by Rick Yancey is one of my favorite series ever--deeper and darker and more beautifully written than most adult books I've read.

Looking forward to finding some great new books to read here :).

Hi, I'm Shay
I do write YA but it is more on the dark side. I don't like focusing on romance since reading it usually bores me. I prefer the darkest kind of dark with demonic possession and terrifying psychological horror. I have been working on writing even darker since it is what I enjoy reading and my second book is currently becoming increasingly darker than my first which I find an improvement

Thanks for the invite, Mark.

I'm Patrick. Part-time spec-fiction writer with third title coming out this month.

Blog: http://pattodoroff.com/

Big William Gibson fan. Also partial to the likes of Joe Abercrombie, China Mieville, Cormac McCarthy, Iain M. Banks.

Glad to be here. Looking forward to your input and recommendations.

S.M. White here. Thanks for the invite. I suppose you could call my fantasy series Mega-dark on content alone.

If anyone would like to read dark fantasy short stories, I have a few up on my site: smwhitefiction.com

Hi, I'm Elliot. Thanks for the invite.

Hi, my name is Jess. I am an author of supernatural thrillers that explore spiritual themes.

Thanks for the invite, Mark! I look forward to being a part of this community.

Hi there! I'm Tayler, and I write dystopia. While what I write is technically YA, there isn't of that sappy romance BS that everyone's come to despise. My first book, The Outbreak, is about a zombie outbreak, and the sequel, The Quarantine, is slated for release EXTREMELY soon. You can add both to your to read list if you feel like. The Outbreak is available now through Amazon, Kindle, and Kobo for only 2.99. And for you purists out there, it will be made available in paperback before the year is out!

Hey, I'm Casey, Tnx for the invite Mark, and I look forward to being introduced to new titles!

Welcome Casey!

Very nice group! I liked also the description and why you found it, Mark! I must say I am also a big heavy metal lover for many years and like horror, dark and fantasy related subjects.

I am a digital artist and author and have just ventured into writing Dark Fantasy Fiction for fun :)

Hello, I'm author Mark McLaughlin. I'm the author of 25-plus books, some of the most recent being Best Little Witch-House in Arkham and Beach Blanket Zombie: Weird Tales of the Undead and Other Humanoid Horrors. While there's humor in these books, they're not horror lite. It's dark humor, and I don't skimp on the gore....

Pleasure to meet everyone!

I'm Michael Allen. Thanks for the invite. I have never written a Mega-Dark book. But, I have written some screenplays in that genre. I look forward to getting into some of these discussions. Maybe I'll get inspired.

Howdy! :)

I'm Aaron, and I love books that rock. :)

I'm not really sure if I introduced myself or not. I have a hard time following the threads on Goodreads, but I love the site itself. Anywho, my name is Sam, I live in TN, I like to write, and I just had my first novel published by J. Ellington Ashton Press. If you're interested at all, the link is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Immolation-Sam-...

Beyond all that, I'll try and hang out with you guys. Like I said, I just have trouble following threads in here.

Sam

Hi Mark and all group members,
Mark - bravo on creating Mega-Dark, I'm glad to be a member, it looks like a really interesting group with intelligent members and I look forward to participating in discussions.
I write dark and wickedly humourous literary fiction, and have had more than thirty short stories published in noteworthy literary magazines and anthologies in the USA and Europe.
My recently published collection of short stories, entitled
THE PARALLAX GROOVE,
is available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK.
The first independent review for The Parallax Groove on Wordpress includes:
“...no other stories on the planet remotely like those in
The Parallax Groove.”
The complete review can be seen on the Amazon page for the book.
Excerpts from The Parallax Groove, a synopsis and the link to the Amazon page can be found on my Goodreads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

I shall be back to Mega-dark soon.

Hi, Mark! Hi, everybody else!

This group sounds right up my alley. I'm a Goodreads author and I write and read some pretty dark stuff. I write romance, but don't let that fool you.

Hi i am Joe, 44 SWM. I am a huge avid reader and average a book a day almost.

Hi, I'm Nic Saint. I write romance and erotic romance and am currently knee-deep in billionaires (just kidding), writing a series of connected novels about billionaire brothers and having a blast doing so. For some reason my stories tend a bit toward the darkly weird and weirdly dark. No idea why that is so but there it is.

www.nicsaint.com

Hey there everyone! My name is Jared and I write in a variety of genres, from epic fantasy to weird short stories to zombie, post-apocalyptic fiction. The one unifying theme throughout all my works is that there tends to be a dark undertone. Feel free to reach out to me and say hi! http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Burner-H...

Greetings y'all, My name is Rusty Nugent. I am a southern dark fantasy paranormal with elements of horror, honor, action, adventure, blood, guts and romance Author. I am 43 and and writing on my third novel in the series. My books are about heroic werewolves waging war against evil vampires and other evil supernatural creatures.

Moonwarriors: Guardians of the Night
2 books so far in my New Adult Young Adult Paranormal Supernatural Dark Fantasy series.

You can read my fourth chapter of my third book that I am writing on now. The website Wattpad is great for writers and readers to join forces. Check it out if your an author or writer. (^_^)
http://www.wattpad.com/myworks/234334...

http://authorrustynugent.freeforums.net/
http://twitter.com/theparanormal72
http://www.facebook.com/rusty.nugent.5

Greeting Everyone!

My name is Marek and I am glad to be in that group and I am as well the same glad that I can finally find a small fragment of time which I can properly use to introduce myself and from time to time write something, I just do not do so often as every free moment I use exactly for reading horror Novels and non-fiction.

Best Wishes!

Hi everyone,

My name is Toni and I am from the South East of England.

I am a big Horror Lit fan, anything dark, weird, gory, creepy is right up my street!

I equally love anything that is Enchanted and Magical, and am a bit of a TV and Movie geek as well!

Looking for more like minded Good Reads friends feel free to add me as a friend,

friends = discovering more books, and there can never be enough books :)