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J.E. Anderson
Notes from the dark

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Writing notes, strange places, new releases and the stories behind the stories.

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Featured note · October 14, 2025

Why silence can be the most frightening sound

There are scenes that ask for thunder, and scenes that need only a half-open door. Jon shares a note on atmosphere, restraint and writing the unseen.

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Misty lake

Welcome to the dark water of The Lake

Every place remembers us. Some wait patiently for our return.

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Marrow Creek

The places that became Marrow Creek

A forgotten road, a field gone quiet and a town built on stories no one repeats.

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Lighthouse

Writing isolation at the edge of the world

What a lighthouse can teach us about loneliness, duty and obsession.

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Dark doorway

When family history becomes a haunting

The secrets closest to home are often the ones that refuse to stay buried.

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Island lighthouse

Building a place readers should fear

Atmosphere begins long before the first shadow moves.

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Foggy forest

Why we keep looking into the fog

Curiosity is the first door every horror story asks us to open.

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