Last updated: September 27, 2026
Welcome to Dark Hour Stories. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) apply to your use of darkhourstories.com (the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
1. Who We Are
Dark Hour Stories is an online publication of original horror and dark romance fiction, plus related blog content. In these Terms, “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Dark Hour Stories. “You” means anyone who visits or uses the Site.
2. Age Requirement and Content Warning
Our stories are written for adult readers. They may include violence, death, fear, grief, psychological distress, supernatural horror, mature romantic themes, and other disturbing content.
By using the Site, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live. If you are under that age, you may only use the Site with the permission and supervision of a parent or guardian.
Please read at your own discretion. If a story upsets you, stop reading.
3. Fiction Disclaimer
All stories on Dark Hour Stories are works of fiction. Names, characters, and events come from the author’s imagination or are used in a fictional way. Any resemblance to real people, living or dead, is coincidental.
Some stories are inspired by real places, legends, or folklore. Those stories still include fictional events and characters. They are not historical or factual accounts, and they should not be relied on as travel, safety, or historical information. Please respect private property and local laws if you visit any real location mentioned on the Site.
4. Intellectual Property
All content on the Site belongs to Dark Hour Stories unless we say otherwise, and it is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. This includes stories, blog posts, images, graphics, logos, and design.
You may:
- Read and enjoy the content for your own personal, non-commercial use.
- Share a link to any page on the Site.
- Quote a short excerpt (under 100 words), as long as you credit Dark Hour Stories and link back to the original page.
You may not, without our written permission:
- Copy, republish, or redistribute full stories or large parts of them on other websites, apps, social media, or platforms.
- Narrate, record, or adapt our stories for YouTube, podcasts, TikTok, audiobooks, or other media.
- Translate our stories and publish the translation.
- Sell, license, or otherwise make money from our content.
- Scrape, harvest, or collect content from the Site with bots, crawlers, or automated tools, including to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models.
If you would like to narrate, adapt, or feature one of our stories, contact us. We are often happy to discuss it.
5. Acceptable Use
When you use the Site, you agree not to:
- Break any applicable law or regulation.
- Try to hack, disrupt, overload, or gain unauthorized access to the Site or its servers.
- Upload or send viruses, malware, or other harmful code.
- Pretend to be another person or organization.
- Post spam, advertising, or unauthorized promotional material.
6. Comments and User Content
If you post comments or send us content, you are responsible for what you submit. Do not post anything that is illegal, hateful, harassing, threatening, sexually explicit, defamatory, or that infringes someone else’s rights.
When you submit content, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to display, edit, and remove it on the Site. We may moderate, edit, or delete any comment at any time, for any reason, without notice.
We do not accept unsolicited story submissions unless we publicly invite them. If you send us ideas or stories without being asked, we have no obligation to keep them confidential, use them, or pay you for them.
7. Advertising and Third-Party Links
The Site may show advertisements, including ads served by Google AdSense and other third-party ad networks. These providers may use cookies and similar technologies to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites. For more details, see our Privacy Policy.
The Site may also link to third-party websites. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Visiting them is at your own risk.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Site and all content are provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee that the Site will always be available, error-free, secure, or free from viruses. We may change, pause, or remove any part of the Site at any time without notice.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Dark Hour Stories is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that come from your use of, or inability to use, the Site or its content. This includes any emotional distress caused by reading fictional horror content.
10. Indemnification
You agree to protect and hold harmless Dark Hour Stories from any claims, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) caused by your breach of these Terms or your misuse of the Site.
11. Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, email us with:
- a description of the copyrighted work,
- the URL of the content you believe infringes it,
- your contact details, and
- a statement that you are the owner of the work or authorized to act for the owner.
We will review your complaint and remove the content if appropriate.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. If you keep using the Site after changes are posted, you accept the updated Terms.
13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Any disputes will be handled exclusively by the courts of Mohali, Punjab, India.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at:
Email: support@darkhourstories.com
Website: https://darkhourstories.com