Holly Barratt
@hebarratt.bsky.social
I write stories, I do martial arts and yoga, I act, I study, I advise and guide other students, I eat vegan, , I walk up mountains, I look at the sea. She/her.
https://hollyebarratt.wixsite.com/holly-barratt-writes
https://hollyebarratt.wixsite.com/holly-barratt-writes
As a vaguely goth-adjacent person, Halloween is weird. On the negative side, super drug have sold out of my preferred make up colours. On the positive, gym class playlists this week are back-to-back bangers.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
As a vaguely goth-adjacent person, Halloween is weird. On the negative side, super drug have sold out of my preferred make up colours. On the positive, gym class playlists this week are back-to-back bangers.
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Happy Halloween!
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy Halloween!
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
I have a spooky story on my favourite podcast! Go and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts (and then go deep dive through their back catalogue because you will absolutely get addicted).🖤🖤🖤
Our final "Trilogy of Terror" for Haunting Season 2025 is OUT NOW! 🖤
Featuring 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barratt, 'The Secrets The Snow Keeps' by Sarah Harrison, and Eleanor's story 'Wraiths of Helmand', a harrowing exploration of memory and trauma, we hope you enjoy!
Featuring 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barratt, 'The Secrets The Snow Keeps' by Sarah Harrison, and Eleanor's story 'Wraiths of Helmand', a harrowing exploration of memory and trauma, we hope you enjoy!
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I have a spooky story on my favourite podcast! Go and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts (and then go deep dive through their back catalogue because you will absolutely get addicted).🖤🖤🖤
Strange little Christmas tree type structure I found on the beach at Ogmore-by-Sea
September 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Strange little Christmas tree type structure I found on the beach at Ogmore-by-Sea
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Day 2 for The Data Is Wrong. Shooting in St Andrews Church which was an amazing location and we only knew we had access to it the day before. Thanks Oli for the photos. ALL PRAISE THE DATA!
#DimResFilms #welshhorror #sfl48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata
#DimResFilms #welshhorror #sfl48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata
May 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Day 2 for The Data Is Wrong. Shooting in St Andrews Church which was an amazing location and we only knew we had access to it the day before. Thanks Oli for the photos. ALL PRAISE THE DATA!
#DimResFilms #welshhorror #sfl48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata
#DimResFilms #welshhorror #sfl48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata
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Day 1 for The Data Is Wrong. Shooting in a cemetery for shizzles and giggles. Thanks Oli, Andrew and Ashley for the photos. ALL PRAISE THE DATA!
#DimResFilms #DRF #Cardiff #scifilondonfilmfestival #sfl48hr #SFL #scifi #48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata #Cardiff
#DimResFilms #DRF #Cardiff #scifilondonfilmfestival #sfl48hr #SFL #scifi #48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata #Cardiff
May 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Day 1 for The Data Is Wrong. Shooting in a cemetery for shizzles and giggles. Thanks Oli, Andrew and Ashley for the photos. ALL PRAISE THE DATA!
#DimResFilms #DRF #Cardiff #scifilondonfilmfestival #sfl48hr #SFL #scifi #48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata #Cardiff
#DimResFilms #DRF #Cardiff #scifilondonfilmfestival #sfl48hr #SFL #scifi #48hr #scifihorror #folkhorror #SFL25 #thedataiswrong #allpraisethedata #Cardiff
I helped @dimresfilms.bsky.social make a film again. Whole thing conceived, written, shot and edited in 48 hours for #sfl48hr run by @scifilondon.bsky.social:
#dimresfilms #diminishedresponsibiltyfilms
#indiefilm #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #AllPraiseTheData
vimeo.com/1079273399?f...
#dimresfilms #diminishedresponsibiltyfilms
#indiefilm #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #AllPraiseTheData
vimeo.com/1079273399?f...
The Data Is Wrong (Sci-Fi London 48hr Film Challenge)
A interplanetary researcher visits a forgotten realm, but the local community appear to be a little too friendly. Made for Sci-Fi London's 48hr Film Challenge,…
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April 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I helped @dimresfilms.bsky.social make a film again. Whole thing conceived, written, shot and edited in 48 hours for #sfl48hr run by @scifilondon.bsky.social:
#dimresfilms #diminishedresponsibiltyfilms
#indiefilm #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #AllPraiseTheData
vimeo.com/1079273399?f...
#dimresfilms #diminishedresponsibiltyfilms
#indiefilm #SciFiNow #thedataiswrong #AllPraiseTheData
vimeo.com/1079273399?f...
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I get untold pleasure from referring to Antonio Banderas and Enrique Iglesias as Tony Flags and Henry Churches
March 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I get untold pleasure from referring to Antonio Banderas and Enrique Iglesias as Tony Flags and Henry Churches
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You read it too, right?? 🤡
March 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
You read it too, right?? 🤡
This is also a little bit like working for a university tbh
everyone: wow being a librarian is so cool you just get to read books all day
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
March 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is also a little bit like working for a university tbh
I love this so much.
February 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I love this so much.
I am unsure how this happened but I just received a form rejection from a literary journal I haven't even submitted to. This is a new low point.
February 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am unsure how this happened but I just received a form rejection from a literary journal I haven't even submitted to. This is a new low point.
Today I learned that Seal was singing "Kiss from a rose on the grey" and not, as I quite reasonably assumed, "kiss from a rose on the GRAVE."
February 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today I learned that Seal was singing "Kiss from a rose on the grey" and not, as I quite reasonably assumed, "kiss from a rose on the GRAVE."
Mushy peas is British houmous.
January 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Mushy peas is British houmous.
Current reading. I grew up not far from a large cemetery and used to spend hours happily reading headstones. It wasn't a morbid thing at all, just a fascination with the tiny details of people's lives and the missing stories in between.
January 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Current reading. I grew up not far from a large cemetery and used to spend hours happily reading headstones. It wasn't a morbid thing at all, just a fascination with the tiny details of people's lives and the missing stories in between.
So - now I have some followers and not just shouting into the void: hello!
I shall think of something more interesting to say shortly. In the meantime, read my stories. Or don't. Whatever.... hollyebarratt.wixsite.com/holly-barrat...
I shall think of something more interesting to say shortly. In the meantime, read my stories. Or don't. Whatever.... hollyebarratt.wixsite.com/holly-barrat...
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November 17, 2024 at 8:53 PM
So - now I have some followers and not just shouting into the void: hello!
I shall think of something more interesting to say shortly. In the meantime, read my stories. Or don't. Whatever.... hollyebarratt.wixsite.com/holly-barrat...
I shall think of something more interesting to say shortly. In the meantime, read my stories. Or don't. Whatever.... hollyebarratt.wixsite.com/holly-barrat...