At 01:45 PM 4/5/97 -0800, Charles K. Hurst wrote:

If I am wrong, I apologize in advance, but I did not see a [darkfic] or
any other warning (beyond the title, in retrospect) about the nature of
the story before I read the whole thing.  Please do so next time!  Not
everyone finds darkfics something they can read.

True.  On the other hand, some darkfics can start quite light.  I don't like 
it when these stories get labelled [dark]; it ruins the surprise.  In 
general, the more you keep the labels to a minimum (i.e., [NC-17] instead of 
[lemon][dark][sad][violent][swearing]), the less you give away too early.