Here at Sci-Fi & Scary we like Valentine’s Day…in our own way. Don’t get us wrong. Only Gracie really feels the need to whinge and moan about it and she doesn’t necessarily speak for the rest of the Kali Krew.
There’s nothing wrong with the flowers, the hearts, the candy (Lilyn especially appreciates the deeply discounted candy the next day). However, some of us like our romance and sweet milk chocolate with a touch of the bitter and dark occasionally. Below is a list of the Kali Krew’s picks for the dark side of Valentine’s Day. Enjoy!
Bad Valentines by Steve Vernon
Black Valentines by Barrymore Tebbs
Bloody Valentine by Lucy Swing
Dying Valentine by Calvin Demmer
If You Died Tomorrow I’d Eat Your Corpse by Wrath James White
Love for Slaughter by Sarah Tantlinger
Shock Totem 8.5: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted – Valentine’s Day 2014 edited by K. Allen Wood
Movies
Into the Dark: My Valentine
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Check out Lilyn and Gracie’s Original vs. Remake: My Bloody Valentine
Valentine
Also be sure to check out Eleanor Merry Presents Dark Valentine. Our very own Nico Bell has a story in this flash fiction collection!
Dark Valentine: Holiday Horror Collection – A Flash Fiction Anthology edited by Eleanor Merry
Some of these books – most we are sure you’ve heard of. So this time you educate us. What books, films, or games should absolutely be on next years list?
We would also like to leave you with a couple of spectacularly bad poems.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
We’re sure you’re sweet
That’s the tweet
– Lilyn
Roses are red
Violets are blue
If you lost your head
I’d hide it from you
– Gracie
Pssst: Lilyn had a “Roses are red” challenge to all of the authors out there up on Twitter tonight. It ended at midnight but you should go check it out to read the entries and see the poetry!
GracieKat was the first co-host of Sci-Fi & Scary, Lilyn’s partner-in-crime, and sub-head of the Kali Krew. She reviews horror books, movies, and games for the site. She also does a weekly Focus on the Frightful feature, and is the site list-maker. She is also in control of the Sci-Fi & Scary podcast which will relaunch soon.
