We Ate the Dark

How it reads

We Ate the Dark is horror (folk horror, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a rural setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are family, survival and secrets. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is dark — no rescue, no neat bow. At 438 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.