It’s After Dark Season, Y’all!

Hi there! In the coming months, annual subscriptions to After Dark will be up for renewal. First, some housekeeping: If you’re a member, your subscription will automatically renew. We wouldn’t want you to miss out on any of the mayhem we’re working on, so if you’d like to check your membership subscription, you can do that right here. What’s the opposite of housekeeping? Whatever it is, that’s this part: I have to give a massive, truly smothering thank you to the Smart Bitches After Dark members! THANK YOU. Because of you: Smart Bitches is still here. No, really. Or, as my grandmother would say, no foolin’! I can’t overstate how important your support is. You might have noticed the media landscape changing rapidly, as sites shut down or are absorbed into other properties. Advertisement spend – marketing spend in general – is down, while AI scraping and repurposing of content is way up. I won’t get too detailed because it’s a massive bummer, but it’s hard to be independent in an increasingly corporate-driven media landscape. Because of your support, we are open and accessible to everyone looking for a global community of romance readers, and a place where they can find connections a...