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Dusky Projects

Horror and Sci-fi works

WHAT WE DO

Dusky Projects produces horror and sci-fi works in audio, immersive theater, and short films for adult and young adult audiences. Our work and services focus on inclusive storytelling and equity through the production and celebration of BIPOC artists.

Audio Works

Black Women Are Scary​ is a radio-dramatic podcast that celebrates and produces short horror stories by BIPOC authors. 
Make a contribution and help us face the monsters! 

​Special thanks to: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

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Dusky Projects is proud to have been a part of audio production for the incredible anthology Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, where writers from across the globe engage their imaginations in discovering intersectional worlds of generational healing and community-based solutions. The anthology brings new perspectives to the vital genre of climate fiction, with short stories that offer visions of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope.

Click here to read and listen to Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors and Imagine 2200 Editors' Picks 2023

Immersive

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 And Then I Wake Up is an immersive project exploring the role of nightmares through audio storytelling, visual art, and experimental filmmaking. 

Take a listen to the story and scroll through the seven paintings inspired by the audio work here. 

The experimental film that ties all the disciplines will be screened at Chimera Gallery for their In The Umbra exhibition. Check here for dates and times. 

Purchase a printed or digital copy of the story published in The Seelie Crow, a space dedicated to uplifting creators in the realm of Fantasy who have been historically underrepresented. 

Short Films

"Wham!" is the story of Aquilah and friends who are the best students at MLK Middle School until their classmates break out into mysterious rage episodes. Our heroes must break the rules to find out the truth and save their school. And their futures. 

The film is part of the larger educational project 
Cold Sweat, which uses scary stories to facilitate discussions with young audiences about what scares us and how to face the monsters together. 
For more information on upcoming screenings and bringing the project to your school or community center, please go to Cold Sweat.
 
Official Selections 2019-21:
MECCAcon International Film Festival 
Official Latino Short Film Festival
Kwanzaa Film Festival
AfroComicCon Film Festival

Semi-Finalist 2020:
Rhode Island Flickers' International Film Festival
Academy Award Qualifying

Nominations:
Best Webisode
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble Cast
Out of The World Award (horror, sci-fi & fantasy)

Funding has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation.
Watch the full film here​

Two aliens question their place in the universe while traveling back to their home planet. 
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​Official Selections 2018:
MECCAcon International Film Festival
Official Latino Short Film Festival
Watch The Return here
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Now available in the 7th issue of Lunatics Magazine as a sci-fi short story. 

Purgatory. Two women. One way out.
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Official Selections 2017:
MECCAcon International Film Festival
Official Latino Short Film Festival 
LIC Fear Film Festival 

Official Selections 2018:
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
MoTif Film Festival 

Watch Middle Ground on Brooklyn On Demand 

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