Can't wait to see this irl

if you'd like to nominate my novel The House on Utopia Way for an award, I'd like that. a prestigious one, a garbage one, a real one, one you've just made up, I'm really not fussy, I just want some god damn respect. cheers!

Was absolutely delighted to join Fiction Fans to talk all things For the Road, including Bob Dylan, Gaulish mythology, kanteles and eggs... 👇

I've been keeping this quiet for ages but I can finally announce that my story 'One by One', first published in @apexmag.bsky.social last year, has been selected for inclusion in the Best of British SF 2025 anthology! 🎉 The TOC is absolutely wild; I know and admire many of these amazing writers 😍

So excited and honoured that my coin-flip interactive short story "Last Gasp" is in this! Check out that ToC!

Congratulations to @starkholborn.bsky.social, whose short story “The Last Gasp“ is featured in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 anthology from NewCon Press. First appearing in our anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers (edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social).

Things are afoot. Follow here for more anon 👇

✨PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ At long last, my Great Gatsby retelling - a psychological thriller/drama graphic novel filled with vintage glamour - is getting published! #GreatGatsbyIIE

Absolutely delighted to see my acid-western-queer-romance novella, FOR THE ROAD on the BSFA longlist! It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Luna Novellas 2026 are out in the world!! Short reads to brighten (darken?) your February 👀🖤

I have a piece in this! It's looking fabulous: particularly enjoy the Ink style links at the bottom of each article 👇

Check this sh*t out

It's publication day for In This City, Where it Rains out now from @lunapress.bsky.social! This is my Scottish gothic love letter to Edinburgh, a weird tale of ghosts, curses, family secrets, weird moths, & dark rituals 🖤 All links: linktr.ee/lyndseycroal Bonus Q: how many ghosts can you see here? 👀

Come on down to Waterstones Worcester on the 25th of Feb, where I’ll be discussing some extremely bookish bookery with @starkholborn.bsky.social, @thomasdlee.bsky.social and Stephen Aryan www.waterstones.com/events/scien... @solarisbooks.bsky.social

Looking forward to this event in Worcester on the 25th of February with Stephen Aryan, Tom Turner, and @starkholborn.bsky.social Click through for tickets! www.waterstones.com/events/scien...

We’re thrilled to see four of our authors on the BSFA longlist for 2025. Fantasy: A Short History (Adam Roberts) for Best Non-fiction (Long) Slow Gods (Claire North) and Futility (Nuzo Onoh) for Best Novel For the Road (Stark Holborn) for Best Shorter Fiction More: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

We’re so excited to announce our Story-Rich Showcase! Our official showcase runs during the Summer Game Showcase 2026 timeframe, dedicated entirely to story-rich indie games with first looks, reveals, trailers, release dates, and dev-led storytelling 💝 More details soon! 🚶storyrich.games

This government clearly don't really understand the complexity or the danger of the situation. They show no sign of beginning to understand, and every sign of asking the monorail salesman how public transport should work. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but don't leave this to politicians.

This thread has made my day; rats, poems, games, sci fi pastiches, art, horses, hats... so many new discoveries and examples of things made painstakingly and with love for the joy of creation. Perfect AI antidote. Go take a look 👇

I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk

It's The Devil's Sound - a six part immersive audio folk horror (*dive into utter weirdness with your phone*), set in @davidmbarnett.bsky.social's Withered Hill universe. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

So sick of AI chat and "productivity" discourse especially now, when we need art with teeth and claws and raw edges. So send me your weird little projects, your self-published odd books, your cool scuzzy zines, your quick and dirty games. I wanna see them all. Gimme 👇

@sam.apparance.uk hello! I was just taking a look at Apparance and had a few questions; was going to send a quick message on here but can't. Would it be ok if I drop you an email?

That glugging noise you can hear is the Kool-Aid sliding down the throats of government ministers

Congratulations to @starkholborn.bsky.social, whose #absinthebooks novella #fortheroad is on the BFSA 2025 long list. For the full list and how to vote, go to www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

My endorsement of Stark is a raging tempest of awe and feral joy and acid western fluidity and hot-damn-loveable characters and god tier snark, ripping a merry path across the wastelands of mediocrity. Do the war against stasis a solid and chuck her your vote. Do yourself a favour and get on it.

Absolutely delighted to see my acid-western-queer-romance novella, FOR THE ROAD on the BSFA longlist! It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

TR-49: OUT NOW Narrative deduction / audio drama "Outstanding" - PC Gamer "Politically fierce" - Polygon "One of the best" - Thinky Games "I wanted to know everything" - RPS "Impressive - very impressive indeed" - Eurogamer $6.99 / ~6 hours Steam: tinyurl.com/2jvt9ewk iOS: tinyurl.com/4ucwx4s7

well consider me extremely intrigued and covetous of this demo

Happy PLR Day (aka Author Christmas). Once again a huge thanks to libraries and readers – every book borrowed truly helps

My story "Dark Slide" is in this! Imagine John Carpenter's The Thing in a haunted Cornish moor top village Also just look at that line up! So yes, go buy it

Doing work planning for the next six months and looks like I'll have slots available for freelance work, esp around Feb-April. So if you need someone to write STUFF or do narrative /story consulting, HMU! Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!

Doing work planning for the next six months and looks like I'll have slots available for freelance work, esp around Feb-April. So if you need someone to write STUFF or do narrative /story consulting, HMU! Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!

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