Skip to content
We Love Murderbot!
This Month's New Titles
The Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century
Sign up for our weekly newsletter. Everything in one handy email.

All the Pieces Matter: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton

Home / Dissecting The Dark Descent

Dissecting The Dark Descent

Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

All the Pieces Matter: “Afterward” by Edith Wharton

By
Comment number: 1
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

What You Do Know Might Hurt You: “The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce

By
Comment number: 2
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Body Snatching Is a Red Flag: “The Beautiful Stranger” by Shirley Jackson

By
Comment number: 0
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Why We Need Our Invisible Gremlins: “What Was It?” by Fitz-James O’Brien 

By
Comment number: 0
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Sometimes We Don’t Come Back: “The Beckoning Fair One” by Oliver Onions

By
Comment number: 2
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Of Cats, Conspiracies, and Carcosa: “The Repairer of Reputations” by Robert W. Chambers

By
Comment number: 5
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Gotta Get Out of My Head Tonight: “Clara Militch” by Ivan Turgenev

By
Comment number: 0
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

 A Gothic, Toxic Kind of Dread: “Seaton’s Aunt” by Walter de la Mare

By
Comment number: 2
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Notes on Containing Multitudes: “Night-Side” by Joyce Carol Oates

By
Comment number: 0
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

A Tale of Modern Love(craft): “Crouch End” by Stephen King 

By
Comment number: 9
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

This Haunting Has a Heartbeat: “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens

By
Comment number: 1
Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology
Books
Dissecting The Dark Descent

Tourism, Drugs, and Dystopia: “Seven American Nights” by Gene Wolfe 

By
Comment number: 2

“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

TPG 2025 • Site Credit