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Shadowed Summers: The Dark Academia Summer House as Escape and Interlude
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Shadowed Summers: The Dark Academia Summer House as Escape and Interlude

doom and gloom in another room

The summer house or the summer estate is a looming presence in dark academia, and it’s a setting that I love.

In moving from the traditional academic setting, a liminal space is created. Somewhere that tensions and threats are isolated and heightened, relationships are strained and characters reveal more and more about themselves that hints at things to …

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