She Likes the dark

Manchester, 2001.
Rain clings to the streets, music shakes the basements, and the city hums with neon, cigarettes, and cheap lager.

Ruby lives for Friday nights at Rockworld. Corsets, boots, smoke-filled rooms, and songs loud enough to drown out the week. By day she is just another voice in a call centre. By night she is alive, sharp, defiant, untouchable.

Jenny is her constant, a friend bound to her by sarcasm, bruises, and survival. Together they drift through Fab Café, The Ritz, and Piccadilly Gardens, chasing music, laughter, and the moments that make the grey city burn bright.

She Likes the Dark is a nostalgic dive into Manchester's alternative scene at the turn of the century, a story of music, survival, love, and the nights that change everything.