Some great award winners in there including @starkholborn.bsky.social , Claire North and @aptshadow.bsky.social

What an honour to win Fantasy Hive's Short & Sweet Award for Triggernometry Finals!! Huge thank you to all the readers out there who believed in my weird math western series - couldn't have done it without you!

Alright bluesky hive mind I'm looking for a very specific thing: ~ novels about folk musicians ~ any recommendations?

Done my usual dig through streaming services to find the best of what's currently available and offer it up to you in an attempt to prevent what-to-watch paralysis. Here it is, my festive mega watch list! www.patreon.com/posts/what-t...

Novellas continue to make great gifts! But go for the first one in the series, if you're gifting. Honestly ideal for your closest wry mathmo.

Tried to keep my Top 2025 reads to 25, but a few extra snuck in...! Here's a wee thread of all of my favourite genre books that I read this year - horror & gothic, sci fi, eco fiction, fantasy, and blends of them all! 🧵👇✨📚

it wouldn't be christmas without me badly photoshopping my book into something in a shameless attempt to convince you to buy it for yourself or an unsuspecting recipient (Triggernometry Finals! Available on kindle or DRM-free via Payhip!) payhip.com/StarkHolborn www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

I've been reading these as they come in - snack-sized pieces, each with one cool idea. Put them side by side, flick through them -- and that's what makes them a kaleidoscope. It's going to be *delightful*

Vaig guanyar el sorteig que feien a @chronoscat.bsky.social i ja he rebut els llibres. Quina meravella, moltes gràcies, pel sorteig i per la feina que feu. Vaig descobrir a @starkholborn.bsky.social gràcies a ells i quin descobriment, per a mi s'ha convertit en una aposta segura.

Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror review – dark tales with a sting

Get your short film shown on the biggest screen in Bristol! Submissions for our 2026 Shorts Showcase are now open. filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival

A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....

And they are an absolute delight! Spaghetti-Western + (a)cute maths = Triggernometry (See also Spaghetti-Western + space mysticism = Ten Low & Hell’s Eight)

your semi-regular reminder that you can grab all three ebooks in my satirical maths-western Triggernometry series via Payhip for a non-amaz*n, DRM-free alternative: payhip.com/StarkHolborn

Had a lovely/exhausting time at AdventureX. Mostly forgot to take photos of all the great people, but her's me and @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social and @starkholborn.bsky.social (who gave an excellent talk).

RIP Udo Kier - so good in personal faves Swansong and Bacurau

Great keynote talk on the fundamentals of storytelling by @antonyjohnston.bsky.social at the ever-brilliant AdventureX

Love this from @starkholborn.bsky.social ’s talk about Shadow of Doubt - about making sure you‘re putting story absolutely *everywhere*

+1 @starkholborn.bsky.social and I talked about this so much when we were working on it (for years 😅 ). Burying narrative/meaning/theme into every corner. Making strong connections between disciplines, mise en scene etc. etc. A privilege to be on a project where that was rewarded, encouraged.

Incredible archive of Byte magazine. The covers. THE COVERS.

We need your help. @waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith. Please read on for more information www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908... (1/2)

It's award nomination time (I'm looking at you, BSFA) and I have not one but *two* things eligible for a Best Shorter Fiction nomination, namely my acid-western novella, FOR THE ROAD and my, ah, maths western TRIGGERNOMETRY FINALS. Links below! pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...

Look alive detective! Our second game update of the year is LIVE 🚨 Change the way you play with 8 new game modifiers! From scurrying around as a Rat Detective 🐀 to ambient greyscale gumshoeing 🩶 to facing your fate in the form of your Snail Nemesis 🐌...🏃‍♂️‍➡️ Play now 🕵️‍♂️

it's the most wonderful time of the year

For anyone in Bristol at a loose end this evening, I'll be doing a TedX talk! On human creativity in the age of AI (spoiler: GenAI gets trashed) tickets here 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/tedxb...

We are down to last tickets for #AdvX25! We added a few more single-day tickets, but they're flying fast. The ticket sale will close on midnight 19 Nov (or earlier if sold out). So make sure you get yours before they're gone! adventurexpo.org

Just 16 hours left to get your hands on this absolute belter of a book bundle: storybundle.com/trilogies

gonna be sending out a newsletter soon - if you're not signed up, and would like a free short story set in the Factus universe, you can do both here! starkholborn.com/factus/

The House on Utopia Way is ... "elegantly written and thought provoking" - @thefantasyhive.bsky.social "a unique experience" - @runalongwomble.bsky.social "a wildly imaginative ride" - @starkholborn.bsky.social Could it be your perfect mind-bending winter read? Only one way to find out!

I'm delighted to launch the 2025 TRILOGIES BUNDLE from @storybundle.bsky.social today! 29 books for just $33! 8 complete trilogies+1 bonus pentalogy! Whoa! It's a deal, it's a steal! +supporting Locus Magazine! storybundle.com/trilogies Reposts appreciated!

The 2025 Trilogies Bundle is here with a full TWENTY-NINE books! This year, we've gathered some award-winning, exciting trilogies from across the board, with a selection of magical fantasy, weird westerns, steampunk and horror – something for everyone! storybundle.com/trilogies

Absolutely delighted that the Triggernometry Series is part of this bundle - so.many.books - do not snooze 👇

WGGB Free Online Gamewriting Talks, 15 October, 7-8.45pm (GMT) Shares welcome! Grab your tickets now! Shaping your game narrative Every game has different writing needs, so how do you figure out the best approach? In this set of lightning talks- writersguild.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?...

I've been in solitary confinement trying to get my new novel finished (nearly there), but will be emerging, haggard and wild-eyed to be in the following places over the next few weeks/months 👇

A very specific question for my archive nerds and researchers out there: memories of the Colindale newspaper archives and reading rooms circa early-mid 2000s please? Any weird little details or quirks particularly welcome 🙏

Wholeheartedly agree with this review; When There are Wolves Again is a fabulous book; and if you're in Bristol I'll be interviewing @catamaroon.bsky.social about it on October 14th at Stanfords! bristol.stanfords.co.uk/2025/08/15/e...

If you don't already subscribe to @vgim.bsky.social then you should; today's edition is a must-read: www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-kushy-de...

A very specific question for my archive nerds and researchers out there: memories of the Colindale newspaper archives and reading rooms circa early-mid 2000s please? Any weird little details or quirks particularly welcome 🙏

Date for your calendar! Do not miss @catamaroon.bsky.social and @starkholborn.bsky.social in conversation! 📚

2025 books I've enjoyed! Was so intrigued by inspirations, and comps to likes of Hadestown, that I was excited to read @starkholborn.bsky.social's new novella - and it was perfect! Eerie, strange, beautiful, haunting, heartfelt, and atmospheric, just loved everything about the story and setting ✨️🛤

Elena ha entrevistado a @starkholborn.bsky.social, la autora británica de Western y Ciencia Ficción, en el marco de la @porticohispacon.bsky.social Con una interpretación genial de Marta Armengol ¡Ya en el podcast para escuchar o en YouTube! 🎙️📽️ @elenatorro.bsky.social

I'll be at @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social on 14 October in conversation with @starkholborn.bsky.social - please do share if you know someone who might be interested 😊🐺 bristol.stanfords.co.uk/2025/08/15/e...

Stark Holborn serà a la @porticohispacon.bsky.social de Sabadell per parlar, entre altres llibres, de la saga «Deu Ras». No us perdeu les seves xerrades!

Hoy @starkholborn.bsky.social (interpretada por @cinexina.bsky.social), @susanavallejoch.bsky.social, @beatrizalcana.bsky.social y servidor hablaremos a las 18:00h sobre «Piratas, soldados y fugitivas» en la @porticohispacon.bsky.social ¡No se lo pierdan!

Absolutely thrilled to be heading to @porticohispacon.bsky.social this weekend to talk dystopias, pirates and fugitives with some wonderful people. Here's where you can find me. ¿Estarás ahí? ¡Saluda! @mangrii.bsky.social @elenatorro.bsky.social

Due to a warehouse problem around launch time, the Immeasurable Heaven won’t be stocked in any Waterstones for the foreseeable future. I’ve compiled a headache-inducing pile of nice blurbs and would be so grateful if anyone who enjoyed my weird non-human book could reshare. Thank you!

"It's powerful, concentrated and enthralling, a book to be inhaled as much as read, and then to be considered and turned over after." 🙏🙏

¡Habemus programa (oficial) de la @porticohispacon.bsky.social! ¿Nos vemos el sábado 20 de septiembre para hablar de «Piratas, soldados y fugitivas» con @starkholborn.bsky.social, @susanavallejoch.bsky.social y África Vázquez? Mira aquí el resto del programa: hispacon.org/horario/

Happy 1-year-versary to Limelight today - tales of not-so-far futures...! To celebrate: a GIVEAWAY, 2 paperbacks & 3 ebooks from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! Just repost & comment preference ebook/paperback (or either)! For a bonus tell me your fave dark SF read! Will draw at random on 10th Sept ✨️🖤🚀