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I’ve been commonly associated with the crime fiction genre for over 15 years. If there’s confusion over how to classify Lovecraft, it should come as no surprise that there seems to be some confusion about what makes a story dark, and where the limits of some genres end and other pseudo-genres begin. Lovecraft with cosmic horror, others associate it with dark fantasy. For example, while most people associate the works of H.P. Noir isn’t the only subgenre within dark fiction, however, and it’s easy to confuse genres and subgenres.

Dark fiction classified as noir will have an unhappy ending, but it is possible to write dark fiction with a mixed conclusion or even a satisfying ending.ĭark fiction, by its definition, can encompass multiple genres and subgenres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and crime fiction. The glass is always half empty and even if things work out okay, there will be a lot of suffering along the way. You could say dark fiction is pessimistic fiction. Dark fiction takes an unflinching look at the things that make us uncomfortable and doesn’t sugarcoat them. Dark fiction is fiction that contains dark elements.

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