Then It Was Dark is a comic anthology, a collection of paranormal experiences, true ghost stories, friend-of-friend tales and brushes with the unknown.

Have you ever seen something you can’t explain? Heard a voice speak a warning to you as you drifted off to sleep? Ever see a woman with no face singing to herself on a long, empty road? Ever talk to a serial killer?

From the strange, nighttime experiences of a man deployed in Iraq to the story of a house haunted by a slightly mad old Jewish matriarch, from a chaplain’s experience performing an exorcism to the history of spiritualism, to a ghost that seems to love LARPs, Then It Was Dark collects a variety of strange experiences from talented and diverse voices.

































Rewards include copies of the book, a Kickstarter-exclusive process book, commissioned art, prints, special editions and portraits in the finished anthology.

Then It Was Dark has been featured on The Comic Age and on AmandaPalmer.net. It will run on Kickstarter until May 24th.

the author

Sarah Benkin, aka Peppermint Monster is the Editor of Then It Was Dark. Her work has previously appeared in several anthologies, including Playlist, and Unknown Origins and Untimely Ends. She is also the Creator of Star Power, a Bawdy, Body-Positive Comic