A Flick of the Switch: What Drew Me to Reading and Ultimately Writing Dark, Gritty Stories
By Courtney Summers
August 16, 2018“I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.” That’s the opening line of Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places (a favorite read of mine), and I think about it often when considering the next gritty and unpleasant story I want to write. I’m guided by that meanness, fascinated by the world’s capacity to be cruel,…