DARIO SPLENDIDO
Writer of strange biological worlds
Meet Dario Splendido
I write weird fiction that deals with fractured bodies, living environments, and the quiet violence of transformation.
My stories are concerned with identity under pressure—how people change when systems, places, or other bodies begin to rewrite them.
In April 2026, I’ll be at Bournemouth Writing Festival, taking part in the Writers’ Hive and panel discussions, with new work launching during the event.
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025
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New Publication Announcement
The Mask Giver (Trembling With Fear, Halloween 2025) – CLICK ON THE ABOVE IMAGE TO STEP IN!
New Publication Announcement
The Mask Giver (Trembling With Fear, Halloween 2025)
I’m thrilled to announce that my short story The Mask Giver will appear in the 2025 Halloween Special of Trembling With Fear, part of the HorrorTree platform.
A story about grief, devotion, and the faces we grow to survive, The Mask Giver continues my exploration of body horror and emotional metamorphosis — where tenderness and terror intertwine.
I’m deeply grateful to the editorial team at HorrorTree for including my work in this year’s Halloween issue.
🕯️ Read it on HorrorTree.com (available October 2025)
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The Point of Infection — Now Available on Kindle
My debut horror novel The Point of Infection is now live on Amazon Kindle.
A literary horror novel about grief, memory, and the body that betrays you.
When Victor crosses into the abandoned quarantine zone searching for answers, he brings with him a history he can’t remember and a wound that won’t heal. Inside, the city breathes. Streets pulse with organic life. Memories fragment. People mutate into echoes of their pain.
Victor and his stepdaughter Isla must navigate the collapsing zone as they confront creatures born from trauma, emotional residue, and their shared loss. The deeper they go, the more the city reshapes around them. And beneath it all, something waits. Something that remembers.
👉 Get your copy on Amazon Kindle
New Publication Announcement
Thrilled to share that my short story Unmade Kindly will soon appear on the acclaimed Tales to Terrify Podcast.
A story of innocence unravelled, where the familiar becomes uncanny and memory reshapes into nightmare.
Grateful to the Tales to Terrify family for welcoming me into their world of horror storytelling.
The Zone is not empty. This is the first cinematic glimpse into The Point of Infection.