Welcome to Dark is Not Evil
I am Lisa Hario, a writer of Paranormal stories. The domain refers to “dark” of the Gothic, the macabre, and the shadow. My blog contains my writing, perspective on the writing life, reviews of whatever I find fun and interesting, sharing about Paganism, and whatever opinion I choose to share.
My Recent Posts
March Announcements
Ah March. Shamrock shakes, wet snow on the ground, and mother nature playing tricks on us. Only 11 days until Paganicon. It is an awesome event for any pagan or pagan adjacent people who can make it to the Twin cities. The lovely Kristoffer Hughes is back (I reviewed...
Cerebro Podcast Review
Join Connor Goldsmith and his esteemed guest as they take a deep dive into one character from the X-men franchise on the Cerebro Podcast. Each episode includes a Cerebro file when Goldsmith (painfully) goes through the character’s major stories in order of...
Review Sandman Part II
As a fan girl. I faced a great dilemma: to change my Netflix icon to Mathew or Lucifer from Sandman. I chose Lucifer. We return to my review of the Sandman after a blogging break (what can I say? Graduate school sucks). The second arc is episodes 6-10, which you...
February Announcements
Happy Imbolc to all who celebrate! May this be the time to plant seeds and refocus for the future. Winter has struck hard this year. Get a few nice winters, then bam! More snow in a month than we normally get in a year, a drop in temp, raise in temp. more snow, drop...
Corporatizing Alternative Medicine
This post is partly prompted by a documentary I recently watched on Netflix called (Un)well. This isn’t a review of the documentary itself, but it prompted me to write about some things I have been chewing over. I have been getting uneasy with the corporatization of...
Great Art Made Through Trickery is Still Wrong
I have loved the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. I think it is the best version of the Shakespeare story on film. When I heard that the lead actors were suing the studio over the controversial bedroom scene, I was shocked. After reading the details, I...
Adding What Has Value to Your Pagan Practice
(Apologies on the late post. Technical difficulties after being slammed with an illness.) There are two tracts with saving money: plugging in the holes on the leaky boat or replacing the mast. To put it another way, you can save money by lowering your expenses—cutting...
Labyrinth Shadow Cast by NerdDoms Review
The Labyrinth (for those who don’t know) is a movie done by Jim Henson from 1986. Teenager Sarah accidentally summons the goblin king Jareth, who takes her baby brother. Sarah then has 13 hours to complete Jareth’s Labyrinth and rescue her baby brother, before he...
January Announcements
Happy New Year! After a hiatus, I am back. I blame end of semester project which sapped all my creative energy followed by holidays, and then a fallow period where I needed to recover. The good art is I know what to expect next semester end, so hopefully will do a...