Reading ‘Out of the Darkness’, a collection of weird stories themed around mental health, edited by Dan Coxon. It's hard going, even though the stories are good – so much trauma; so many suffering people. I do sometimes think modern weird fiction has a bleakness problem. (My own included.) M.R. James is escapism, dark in mood as the stories can feel. This book is not. #fiction #horror #WeirdFiction