Matthew Holvey 📻 station-dark.com 📡
@matthewholvey.bsky.social
Writer. Coffee drinker. I like my gods cosmic and unknowable, my black forests seeping with malintent. Octopuses are eight-tentacled hugmonsters.
This is the WWJ radio transmitter station in Detroit, opened in 1935 and abandoned in 1995. It hums from a memory in its bones with a song of Midwestern Gothic.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is the WWJ radio transmitter station in Detroit, opened in 1935 and abandoned in 1995. It hums from a memory in its bones with a song of Midwestern Gothic.
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I’ve yet to take a decent photo of my vintage lava lamp, but it sends good vibes when I’m in my writing zone.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I’ve yet to take a decent photo of my vintage lava lamp, but it sends good vibes when I’m in my writing zone.
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#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #retro #vintage
Researching shortwave radio was fun. I love it when a story clings to the rough edges of real, tangle details.
Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
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Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Researching shortwave radio was fun. I love it when a story clings to the rough edges of real, tangle details.
Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Sometimes my cat says *meow* and, I get it, the writing life is hard. But sometimes he says *meow*, and he’s right, the journey itself is rewarding. Thanks for being in my corner, little buddy.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sometimes my cat says *meow* and, I get it, the writing life is hard. But sometimes he says *meow*, and he’s right, the journey itself is rewarding. Thanks for being in my corner, little buddy.
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#writingcommunity #writersky #authorsky
I had trouble getting the link to work
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I had trouble getting the link to work
**Accountability Update**
My Nov writing challenge is a serial fiction project (set in the surreal Midwest). This includes a website, substack, and silly branding. This has been a low-stakes way to learn all the intimidating things! Learning SEO next… 😳
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My Nov writing challenge is a serial fiction project (set in the surreal Midwest). This includes a website, substack, and silly branding. This has been a low-stakes way to learn all the intimidating things! Learning SEO next… 😳
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November 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
**Accountability Update**
My Nov writing challenge is a serial fiction project (set in the surreal Midwest). This includes a website, substack, and silly branding. This has been a low-stakes way to learn all the intimidating things! Learning SEO next… 😳
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #authorsky
My Nov writing challenge is a serial fiction project (set in the surreal Midwest). This includes a website, substack, and silly branding. This has been a low-stakes way to learn all the intimidating things! Learning SEO next… 😳
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I started with a website (through Wix) instead of Substack because I wanted to trial a more immersive experience for this serial fiction experiment. Tonight I’m going to create a Substack account and see how gnarly it is to wrangle both. Any advice?
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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I started with a website (through Wix) instead of Substack because I wanted to trial a more immersive experience for this serial fiction experiment. Tonight I’m going to create a Substack account and see how gnarly it is to wrangle both. Any advice?
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#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It begins. I’m in my cozy place. The scene is set. Will I watch? Will I nap? Will I edit and trim a thousand words from next Monday’s story? WHO KNOWS!
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November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It begins. I’m in my cozy place. The scene is set. Will I watch? Will I nap? Will I edit and trim a thousand words from next Monday’s story? WHO KNOWS!
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My indulgence today in my sick state will be garlic rye chips. Later, a bespoke grilled cheese, and maybe I’ll get tipsy on mead.
I shall be editing while watching Frodo and the gang. I may nap.
(The ouija board will not be used, but props up the bag fairly well)
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I shall be editing while watching Frodo and the gang. I may nap.
(The ouija board will not be used, but props up the bag fairly well)
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November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My indulgence today in my sick state will be garlic rye chips. Later, a bespoke grilled cheese, and maybe I’ll get tipsy on mead.
I shall be editing while watching Frodo and the gang. I may nap.
(The ouija board will not be used, but props up the bag fairly well)
#writingcommunity #authorsky
I shall be editing while watching Frodo and the gang. I may nap.
(The ouija board will not be used, but props up the bag fairly well)
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Morning, folks! I contracted some sort of Halloween bug, so I will be deploying my usual medical therapy: Lord of the Rings marathon in my secret room while I drift in and out of medicine-induced sleep.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Morning, folks! I contracted some sort of Halloween bug, so I will be deploying my usual medical therapy: Lord of the Rings marathon in my secret room while I drift in and out of medicine-induced sleep.
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Games like Hero Quest were my first introduction to the endless realms of magical fantasy. They shaped my youth and my passion for fiction.
Here’s a pic of my 4-yr-old playing house with my core memories. The heroes are having dinner before the bad guys come.
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Here’s a pic of my 4-yr-old playing house with my core memories. The heroes are having dinner before the bad guys come.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Games like Hero Quest were my first introduction to the endless realms of magical fantasy. They shaped my youth and my passion for fiction.
Here’s a pic of my 4-yr-old playing house with my core memories. The heroes are having dinner before the bad guys come.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Here’s a pic of my 4-yr-old playing house with my core memories. The heroes are having dinner before the bad guys come.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Upon this soil lies a great horror; terrible, no doubt, but great nonetheless. Twelve months from now its spirit shall rise again and wreak terror upon the one who must assemble it.
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Upon this soil lies a great horror; terrible, no doubt, but great nonetheless. Twelve months from now its spirit shall rise again and wreak terror upon the one who must assemble it.
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New story posted in Station Dark, a serial fiction of the surreal Midwest.
If you like shortwave radio, small town horror, and voices in the wires, this is for you.
station-dark.com
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If you like shortwave radio, small town horror, and voices in the wires, this is for you.
station-dark.com
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November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New story posted in Station Dark, a serial fiction of the surreal Midwest.
If you like shortwave radio, small town horror, and voices in the wires, this is for you.
station-dark.com
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #authorsky #serialfiction #horror
If you like shortwave radio, small town horror, and voices in the wires, this is for you.
station-dark.com
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #authorsky #serialfiction #horror
My life in browser tabs at the moment is a long string of searches for “In the 1980’s…”
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November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My life in browser tabs at the moment is a long string of searches for “In the 1980’s…”
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It’s cozy back there.
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s cozy back there.
I’ll give it a go! My current project is a serial horror set in the 1980’s Surreal Midwest for fans of amateur radio, quiet towns, and dark voices on the wires. Check it out!
station-dark.com
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November 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I’ll give it a go! My current project is a serial horror set in the 1980’s Surreal Midwest for fans of amateur radio, quiet towns, and dark voices on the wires. Check it out!
station-dark.com
station-dark.com
My office has a secret room where my deepest thinking and best naps occur. Sadly, my children know it exists and I’m easily found, but it’s still the cozy place where most of my writing is done.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My office has a secret room where my deepest thinking and best naps occur. Sadly, my children know it exists and I’m easily found, but it’s still the cozy place where most of my writing is done.
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
Hey, that’s my cat’s name
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hey, that’s my cat’s name
One day I will write a piece that reflects all the joy I glean from this cyberpunk book nook. The crates and trash bags are loose, and I fuss with them sometimes. Also, the vending machine is swappable.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One day I will write a piece that reflects all the joy I glean from this cyberpunk book nook. The crates and trash bags are loose, and I fuss with them sometimes. Also, the vending machine is swappable.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
#writingcommunity #authorsky
In today’s research, I learned quite a bit about how a 1950’s mimeograph worked. Hand-cranked, single drum, with a refill port for gloopy oil-based ink. Stencil sheets and a ribbonless typewriter needed for templates.
(pictured here is not my own)
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(pictured here is not my own)
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October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In today’s research, I learned quite a bit about how a 1950’s mimeograph worked. Hand-cranked, single drum, with a refill port for gloopy oil-based ink. Stencil sheets and a ribbonless typewriter needed for templates.
(pictured here is not my own)
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(pictured here is not my own)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM