Stark Holborn
@starkholborn.bsky.social
Author of the Factus Sequence, Nunslinger & Triggernometry. Games Writer on Shadows of Doubt. Visiting Lecturer in Interactive Narrative at Glasgow School of Art 🏳️🌈
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Stark Holborn
@starkholborn.bsky.social
· Oct 18
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Hello new followers! A quick intro post; I'm Stark, I'm the author of the Factus Sequence, Triggernometry series and Nunslinger. Also a games writer and narrative designer, working on Shadows of Doubt and Nivalis. More going on over here!
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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!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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!
Things I've worked on over past few years (and am not NDAd about) include!
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Some great award winners in there including @starkholborn.bsky.social , Claire North and @aptshadow.bsky.social
As we reach the end of another year of bringing you content featuring incredible books from the world of SFF we round up the team and choose the best of 2025 publishing in the Fantasy Hive's Awards!
Discover the nominees and all the winners here: tinyurl.com/ymej7zv5
Discover the nominees and all the winners here: tinyurl.com/ymej7zv5
December 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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!
Huge thank you to all the readers out there who believed in my weird math western series - couldn't have done it without you!
As we reach the end of another year of bringing you content featuring incredible books from the world of SFF we round up the team and choose the best of 2025 publishing in the Fantasy Hive's Awards!
Discover the nominees and all the winners here: tinyurl.com/ymej7zv5
Discover the nominees and all the winners here: tinyurl.com/ymej7zv5
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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!
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?
~ novels about folk musicians ~
any recommendations?
December 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Alright bluesky hive mind I'm looking for a very specific thing:
~ novels about folk musicians ~
any recommendations?
~ 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!
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What to Watch in December | Stark Holborn
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December 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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!
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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.
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...
(Triggernometry Finals! Available on kindle or DRM-free via Payhip!)
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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.
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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! 🧵👇✨📚
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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...
(Triggernometry Finals! Available on kindle or DRM-free via Payhip!)
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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...
(Triggernometry Finals! Available on kindle or DRM-free via Payhip!)
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
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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*
Put them side by side, flick through them -- and that's what makes them a kaleidoscope.
It's going to be *delightful*
Interested in game-writing?
In early 2026 we'll be publishing a kaleidoscope: short articles by 100+ game writers - experts, freelancers, and juniors - about the craft.
~1/3 of them are in: multiple bangers, from some very famous names and games.
Sign up to be notified when it's ready here:
In early 2026 we'll be publishing a kaleidoscope: short articles by 100+ game writers - experts, freelancers, and juniors - about the craft.
~1/3 of them are in: multiple bangers, from some very famous names and games.
Sign up to be notified when it's ready here:
Sign up for news about the Game Writing Kaleidoscope
In early 2026 we’ll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing.
Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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*
Put them side by side, flick through them -- and that's what makes them a kaleidoscope.
It's going to be *delightful*
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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.
Vaig descobrir a @starkholborn.bsky.social gràcies a ells i quin descobriment, per a mi s'ha convertit en una aposta segura.
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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.
Vaig descobrir a @starkholborn.bsky.social gràcies a ells i quin descobriment, per a mi s'ha convertit en una aposta segura.
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Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror review – dark tales with a sting
Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror review – dark tales with a sting
This collection of macabre stories set across England explores class, hierarchy and the enduring nature of inequality
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror review – dark tales with a sting
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Get your short film shown on the biggest screen in Bristol!
Submissions for our 2026 Shorts Showcase are now open.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Submissions for our 2026 Shorts Showcase are now open.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Get your short film shown on the biggest screen in Bristol!
Submissions for our 2026 Shorts Showcase are now open.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Submissions for our 2026 Shorts Showcase are now open.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
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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....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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....
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And they are an absolute delight!
Spaghetti-Western + (a)cute maths = Triggernometry
(See also
Spaghetti-Western + space mysticism = Ten Low & Hell’s Eight)
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
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Stark Holborn
Stark Holborn is a novelist, games writer, film reviewer, and the author of Ten Low, Hel’s Eight, Ninth Life, the British Fantasy Award-nominated Triggernometry series and Nunslinger. Stark is current...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And they are an absolute delight!
Spaghetti-Western + (a)cute maths = Triggernometry
(See also
Spaghetti-Western + space mysticism = Ten Low & Hell’s Eight)
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
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
Stark Holborn
Stark Holborn is a novelist, games writer, film reviewer, and the author of Ten Low, Hel’s Eight, Ninth Life, the British Fantasy Award-nominated Triggernometry series and Nunslinger. Stark is current...
payhip.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
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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).
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great keynote talk on the fundamentals of storytelling by @antonyjohnston.bsky.social at the ever-brilliant AdventureX
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Love this from @starkholborn.bsky.social ’s talk about Shadow of Doubt - about making sure you‘re putting story absolutely *everywhere*
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Love this from @starkholborn.bsky.social ’s talk about Shadow of Doubt - about making sure you‘re putting story absolutely *everywhere*
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+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.
Love this from @starkholborn.bsky.social ’s talk about Shadow of Doubt - about making sure you‘re putting story absolutely *everywhere*
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
+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.
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Incredible archive of Byte magazine. The covers. THE COVERS.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Incredible archive of Byte magazine. The covers. THE COVERS.
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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...
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@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...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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)
@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...
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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...
pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...
For The Road [hardcover] by Stark Holborn
A NOVELLA by Stark Holborn CATEGORY Acid Western / Fantasy PUBLICATION DATE August 2025 COVER ART Ashni Wilson PAGES 62 EDITIONS Unsigned Jacketed
pspublishing.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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...
pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...
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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 🕵️♂️
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 🕵️♂️
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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 🕵️♂️
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
a man sits at a desk with papers and a green lamp that says evil
Alt: dylan moran in black books shouting at his tax return
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
it's the most wonderful time of the year