The Darkness We Pretend Not to See

People love to say they want honesty in storytelling. They crave raw, unfiltered truth. But let’s be real—what they actually want is a sanitised version of it. A neatly packaged, socially acceptable truth that doesn’t challenge their perception of the world too much.

Dark Matter doesn’t do that.

There’s a reason stories like Dark Matter exist—to drag the things we pretend not to see into the light. The uncomfortable questions. The whispers at the edges of our minds. The unsettling feeling that maybe, just maybe, the world isn’t what we think it is.

Malleck, one of Dark Matter’s most enigmatic figures, embodies this idea. He doesn’t just dwell in the dark—he is the dark, the shadow cast by humanity’s denial. He knows what we refuse to acknowledge, and he thrives because of it.

As Shirley Jackson wrote, ‘No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.’ Maybe that’s why we turn away from the things that unsettle us—because deep down, we know we wouldn’t survive the truth.

If you’ve ever wanted a book that doesn’t just entertain, but lingers—haunting your thoughts long after you’ve put it down—then Dark Matter is waiting for you. Sign up for the pre-release and see what’s hiding in the shadows. Order here!