Does Anyone Know Where We Put the Kettle?
This isn’t a press release. It’s more like the moment you look around a half-unpacked room and think, “Okay. This is actually happening.”
Darkness Warmth Press is a young, independent publishing imprint. We’re still finding the right shelves, the right boxes, the right words. But the lights are on, the kettle’s boiled, and the work has begun.
This page is a small, honest checkin from where we are right now.
Where We’re Standing
Darkness Warmth Press is in its early foundation stage. The website is live, the author identities are taking shape, and the first stories and books are being prepared behind the scenes. Nothing here is polished corporate branding. It’s a small group of people trying to build a real creative home.
We’re learning as we go. Some days that feels brave. Some days it feels like we’ve lost the binbags again. Both are true.
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dark fiction
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speculative worlds
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poetry
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folklore and haunted landscapes
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horror that cares about people
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emotionally grounded storytelling
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essays
Harlow Black
A voice found in the shadows of the Devon landscape, crafting visceral tales of gothic dread and folk horror that explore where history rots into folklore.
Who’s Here So Far
Right now, Darkness Warmth Press holds the creative paths of these authors. Each author name is a different room, with its own light, its own shadows, and its own stack of half‑edited pages.
T. C. Beardmore
Writer of industrial grimdark science fiction and ruined futures, where survival is measured in heat, machinery, and absolute sacrifice.
Phen Weston
Shaping poetry and literary work through memory, longing, and the strange tenderness of being alive, seeking warmth in the meeting of language and shadow.
What Happens Next
Foundation Steps
- Preparing books and stories for publication
- Shaping the first catalogue of titles
- Working on covers, edits, and quiet craft work
- Slowly building a readership of strange and kind people
Future Vision
- Inviting readers into a closer creative circle
- Sharing behind-the-scenes notes and drafts
- Opening doors to supporters and friends
- Building something steady, meaningful, and human
This isn’t about chasing scale at any cost. It’s about building something steady, meaningful, and human, one book at a time.
A Word About Future Crowdfunding
“If you’d like to help build something strange, kind, and lasting, here’s a way to do that.”
At some point, Darkness Warmth Press will use crowdfunding to help move from “we have stories” to “we have finished books in people’s hands.” It will be used to support practical things, such as:
- Printing and binding
- Editing and proofreading
- Cover design and interior layout
- ISBNs, Barcodes and registrations
- The unglamorous but necessary work of getting books into the world
Founding Patronage
Darkness Warmth Press is now opening a focused founding patronage route to help bring its first flagship title, Of Blood and Moor, to publication readiness. Readers and supporters who would like to help can read more on the Support page.”