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Here is how I look at it: I can’t make sense of dark things unless I write about them. I certainly can’t show Christ in dark places unless I go there. In a way, literature is a mission field, which Christians can enter and tell stories of truth and redemption that lead others to Christ. Sherman Alexie wrote a really good article once called Why the Best Children’s Books Are Written in Blood, in which he talks about his experiences reading dark literature and learning how to cope with his own life. I believe it was published in the New York Times if you want to look it up. However, if you want the Cliff Notes version, G.K. Chesterton once said, “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” I love this quote, not because it gives me permission to write dark fantasy, but because it gives me a direction when I write it. I hope it will do the same for you.