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 ✨️🖤🚀

Damn fine new bookery from my old pal @starkholborn.bsky.social, luckily my Desert Madness has just cleared up after reading Ten Low

Absolutely delighted to see Shadows of Doubt shortlisted for a TIGA award for Narrative/Storytelling. Congrats to all the other nominees (including @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social for Atomfall, who I will obviously now duel) tiga.org/awards/2025-...

“A wildly imaginative ride ... one of the best cyberpunk books I've read in years” @starkholborn.bsky.social "Elegantly written and thought provoking" @thefantasyhive.bsky.social "Funny, strange, emotional" @runalongwomble.bsky.social "Stellar writing" @booksbonesbuffy.bsky.social

New Review - a long wait in the desert turns into a much more epic tale in the entrancing novella For The Road by Stark Holborn out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/...

Café matemágico☕️📖

Loved this! Hell yeah, @starkholborn.bsky.social . Reads like a steam train building momentum, all the way up to its whistle-shriek ending.

Allo lovelies DragonCon is next week, and EXTREMOPHILE is up for the best SFF novel Anyone can vote- register here, and if you like the idea of the weird climate terrorism punk book winning an award, then chuck me a vote x applyto.dragoncon.org/fan_awards/d...

If you like your reads electronic, you can also get the ebook directly from PS Publishing, like I just did.

Finished copies of FOR THE ROAD are here and they are stunning; look at those endpapers. Huge thanks to @marieoregan.bsky.social and all at PS Publishing for their hard work. (Art by Ashni Wilson). You can find it here: pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...

I'll be at @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social on 14 October chatting with the brilliant @starkholborn.bsky.social - do come say hello! 🐺 bristol.stanfords.co.uk/2025/08/15/e...

French history archive nerds: any idea about exactly where I would find a list or record of the dead (unidentified or otherwise) displayed in La Morgue on the Île de la Cité, circa 1853? RTs welcome!

For The Road, by @starkholborn.bsky.social (published by PS Publishing) is a brilliant acid western novella, an experience that also shows the skill of the author in her craft. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/for-... 💙📚

What's this what's this, delighted to say that I'll be speaking at AdventureX this year! Covering similar ground to my Develop talk: proc-gen systems, authenticity and authored narrative. @adventurex.bsky.social Tickets on sale this week! www.adventurexpo.org/speakers

The special edition ebook of The House on Utopia Way is out NOW from @scarletferret.com With exclusive extras, including a brand-new short story and alternate cover designs! "a wildly imaginative ride" - @starkholborn.bsky.social "a unique experience" - @runalongwomble.bsky.social Grab it now!

With FOR THE ROAD, @starkholborn.bsky.social “proves yet again why she’s the reigning queen of the weird west. She’s delivered a fast-paced fever-dream of an acid western, bristling with tension and brimming with intrigue.” Full review 👇🏻  fanfiaddict.com/review-for-t...

So exciting to see these appearing in the world!

New Review - a long wait in the desert turns into a much more epic tale in the entrancing novella For The Road by @starkholborn.bsky.social out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/...

122.- For the Road, by @starkholborn.bsky.social (pub by PS Publishing)

Really looking forward to the Edinburgh launch event for this fantastic book. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/m-k-hardy-...

So thrilled by this review of For the Road from the marvellous TO and Fantasy Hive 👇

💰 Después de dar el golpe del siglo, la profesora Browne y Pierre de Fermat parecían decididos a colgar definitivamente el transportador de ángulos 📐 Hazte con "Plomo al cubo", de Stark Holborn @eltransbordador.bsky.social , firmado 📔🖊️ gigamesh.com/plomo-al-cubo/

We are crowd-funding for our third anthology, the #horror themed OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM! This book features masters of horror fiction from around the world. Scheduled for October 2025 release. Have a look at the authors announced so far: www.indiegogo.com/projects/of-... #horrorbooks

REVIEW: “To say THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN by @caspargeon.bsky.social is inventive is like saying the Mona Lisa is a portrait. It’s true, but it doesn’t really scratch the surface… You are not ready for this book!” Full review 👇🏻 fanfiaddict.com/review-the-i...