Enddaylights

Enddaylights is a term used in speculative fiction and art criticism to describe the conceptual end of daily daylight within a given setting. The term can refer to a literal cessation of sunlight in high-latitude or artificially darkened environments, or to a narrative or thematic moment signaling the transition from day to night.

Origin and usage: Enddaylights is a neologism without a single canonical origin. It has appeared in multiple works since the early 21st century, often in science fiction, cyberpunk, and urban-design discourses. In these contexts, the end of daylights can be triggered by natural phenomena such as polar twilight, extended astronomical twilight, or by engineered systems that blanket a city in darkness for strategic, economic, or aesthetic reasons.

Cultural and thematic significance: Writers and critics use Enddaylights to explore resilience, surveillance, energy politics, and the social rhythms of nocturnal life. The concept is frequently tied to motifs of scarcity, adaptation, and the redefinition of public space after sunset.

Variants and related terms: Some authors use Enddaylights as a plural phenomenon, while others discuss the singular Enddaylight. Related concepts include civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight, polar night, and light pollution.