Manuscript Editing — Dark & Literary Fiction
Where Dark Stories Find Their Final Form
Editorial services for horror, gothic, psychological, and speculative fiction — for authors who take the craft as seriously as the story.
Specializing in
- Horror
- Gothic
- Psychological Thriller
- Speculative Fiction
- Weird Fiction
- Dark Fantasy
The Editor
Edited in the dark, for the dark.
I've spent over a decade editing the kind of fiction that leaves a mark — haunted houses and haunted minds, decaying manor houses, unreliable narrators, and the slow, creeping dread that separates literary horror from the merely macabre.
My editing is line-by-line and structurally rigorous. I care about atmosphere as much as plot, about the architecture of a sentence as much as the architecture of a scene. I work with debut authors and published novelists alike who want their manuscript to unsettle readers on purpose, not by accident.
- 150+ manuscripts edited
- MFA, Creative Writing
- Clients placed with indie horror & genre presses
Services
Editing for every stage of the manuscript
Manuscript Assessment
from $350
A comprehensive editorial letter addressing structure, pacing, character, and atmosphere — a map for your revision.
Developmental Edit
from $0.020 / word
Deep structural work on plot, tension, voice, and world — the bones of the story, reset.
Line Edit
from $0.015 / word
Sentence-level craft: rhythm, imagery, and the quiet architecture of dread.
Copyedit & Proofread
from $0.008 / word
Final polish — grammar, consistency, continuity — before the manuscript leaves your hands.
Rates vary by manuscript length and condition. Every project begins with a free 5–page sample edit.
Process
How a project unfolds
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Inquiry & Sample
Send your manuscript's opening pages, genre, and word count. You'll receive a free sample edit within a week.
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Proposal & Timeline
Based on the sample, you'll get a fixed quote, an editing timeline, and a start date.
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The Edit
Your manuscript is edited in full, with in-line comments and an editorial letter on completion.
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Author Review
A call to walk through the edit together, followed by two weeks for your questions.
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Final Polish
A final proofread pass once revisions are complete — your manuscript, ready to submit.
Testimonials
Words from authors
“My novel had good bones and no idea how to stand up straight. This edit gave it a spine — and a spine-chilling one at that.”
— Author Name, Working Title
“The most thorough developmental edit I've had. Every note pushed the atmosphere further without losing my voice.”
— Author Name, Working Title
“I sent a manuscript. I got back a haunting. In the best possible way.”
— Author Name, Working Title
Get in Touch
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Tell me about your manuscript. Every inquiry begins with a free sample edit — no obligation.