I’m Not Writing to Be Safe

The Dopamine Demon

There’s this idea that if you write dark shit, it’s because you’re working through something. That it’s therapy, that it’s personal. Sometimes? It is. Sometimes, it’s just the way things need to come out. I’m not here to write for comfort. I’m not here to follow some neat little formula that tells me what’s acceptable. […]

Kyle and Sarah: You Think You Know Them

The Dopamine Demon

Oh, Kyle and Sarah. You’ve seen them, right? The ones hanging out in the background, the side characters with their smiles and quiet tension? Yeah, you thought you knew them. But you don’t. Trust me. When I first started with Wicked Little Nightmare, they were just pieces of the puzzle, filler at best. But that’s […]

The Nightmare Was Always Coming

The Dopamine Demon

You ever write something and, months later, look back and think, damn, I didn’t see it coming, but it was always coming? That’s how I feel about Wicked Little Nightmare. I didn’t plan for it. I didn’t plan for Lakey to be so damn loud in my head. Or Cam, with his quiet, deadly energy, […]