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Colin Harvey

@cbharvey.bsky.social

Writer of games, comics, books, radio. Turok: Origins, Battlefield, Blood & Truth, Sniper Elite, Warhammer, Dr Who, Evil Dead, 2000AD, Judge Dredd, Highlander, Dead Kelly, Weird Tales, BBC Radio 4, Fantastic Transmedia, PhD. When Worlds Collide - out now!

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GODFATHER FROM HELL has risen from the grave!

Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to stop individual issues of our infernal neo-noir thriller but in 2026, @thevaultcomics.bsky.social will publish the entire story as an OGN with a new cover by @piusbak.bsky.social (1/3)

30.12.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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BBC Radio 4 - What Happened to Progress? From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?

Here to cheer you all up for the New Year. (Actually it might.) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

20.12.2025 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing book - changed my life too.

12.12.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m a novelist whoโ€™sย just bought a video games company.ย Hereโ€™s why you should care about games writing | The Observer

just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:

zombiesrungame.com

observer.co.uk/the-critics/...

24.11.2025 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1245    ๐Ÿ” 222    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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When Worlds Collide by Colin Harvey (ISBN: 9781914487347) When Worlds Collide speaks to leading writers and narrative designers in the video game industry to look at how video games are taking age-old storytelling techniques and twisting them into new shapes...

My new non-fiction book When Worlds Collide - How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling is now available from @canburypress.bsky.social and all good booksellers! www.canburypress.com/collections/...

09.11.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fascinating panel discussion last night at the Royal Geographic Society about the legacy of Douglas Adams. @rgsibg.bsky.social @gralefrit.bsky.social @lucycooke.bsky.social @arvd.bsky.social

09.11.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weird Tales Cryptid Issue - Explore Tales of Urban Legends & Mythical Creatures โ€” Weird Tales Explore the mysterious world of cryptids and urban legends with the Weird Tales Cryptid Issue. Featuring stories from renowned authors, this edition immerses you in thrilling tales of the unexplained....

The CRYPTIDS & URBAN LEGENDS issue of WEIRD TALES is now available! All original stories, poems, and essays. www.weirdtales.com/store/p/weir... #weirdtales #horror #darkfantasy #cryptids #urbanlegends

08.11.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Video Game Storytelling Is a World-Colliding Reinvention ยป PopMatters Whereas the novel specializes in psychological interiority, video game storytelling allows players to experiment outwardly in world-colliding fashion.

Some great insights from PopMatter's
Jesse Kavadlo into my new book When Worlds Collide - How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling www.popmatters.com/video-game-s...

05.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ชA quick reminder that I'll be joining the amazing @coreybrotherson.bsky.social tonight for a BAFTA Connect
@baftagames.bsky.social Q&A in London, where we'll be talking about our experiences in the world of #gameswriting...

17.10.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#booklaunch My new deep-space cosmic horror action thriller debuts today! COLD WAR is out and the battle to save humanity intensifies! #ScifiCommunity #scifibooks #scifi #scifihorror #darkscifi #weirdtales
@blackstonepub.bsky.social

14.10.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Residential Writing Course: Non-fiction | Writing lives | Arvon At the heart of so much great non-fiction are real peopleโ€™s stories. On this course we will help you to discover how to capture the voices and lives of other people โ€“ through interviews and archival r...

Next July am going to be running a residential Arvon course with @lamornaash.bsky.social on Writing Lives: how to write about and with other peopleโ€™s stories. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

12.10.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#StarTrek fans! I'm a late-addition bonus writer guest at #Warp1 @starfuryevents.bsky.social this weekend in London, along with cool folks from #StrangeNewWorlds, #DeepSpaceNine & #Picard! I'll be signing & selling books, talking about writing & more! ๐Ÿ––
Event info here: seanharry.com/home/warp/

07.10.2025 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey there! My new non-fiction book When Worlds Collide โ€“ How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling is now available from Canbury Press and other stockists. Canbury are offering a 10% discount to anyone who orders the book directly - lnkd.in/e3pyXfPU

02.10.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks John! That was a lovely evening - what an amazing bunch of people!

23.09.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks John! That was a lovely evening - what an amazing bunch of people!

23.09.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Front and back covers of Who Killed Nessie?

Front and back covers of Who Killed Nessie?

My midweek Blog leads on the Nessie signing by me and @rachaelsmith.bsky.social at Waterstones Piccadilly this Saturday! Plus Marvel preview pages! www.paulcornell.com/2025/09/ness...

17.09.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s it then, time to take the emergency alert tree down

07.09.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 501    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Senior Narrative Writer - Unpublished R&D Product

OPPORTUNITY Senior Narrative Writer - Riot _ R&D project - Various locations US

Not affiliated - shares welcome

www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...

31.08.2025 06:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Exciting stuff! Yay!

21.08.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Senior Writer Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers โ€” this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our companyโ€™s culture? Explore our social medi...

Goooooood morning, Bluesky! CD PROJEKT RED is hiring two more writers for Cyberpunk 2. Come tell razor-sharp stories with my talented crew! #games #writing

We need an Expert Writer
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

And a Senior Writer
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

31.07.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 514    ๐Ÿ” 287    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Terrance Dicks.

Terrance Dicks.

Weโ€™re pleased to announce that we will be publishing the first full-length biography of prolific Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks, written by Simon Guerrier with the cooperation of Terranceโ€™s family. Written by Terrance Dicks is provisionally scheduled for publication in 2026.

19.07.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 316    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Thanks Andy!

19.07.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@grindrod.bsky.social is always good value!

19.07.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ignore the pessimists โ€“ we are living through a literary golden age Literature is booming. Literary culture needs to catch up.

www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

05.07.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey there! My new non-fiction book When Worlds Collide โ€“ How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling will be published by Canbury Press on September 25th 2025. Canbury are offering a 10% discount to anyone who orders the book directly - lnkd.in/e3pyXfPU

23.06.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hey there! My new non-fiction book When Worlds Collide โ€“ How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling will be published by Canbury Press on September 25th 2025. Canbury are offering a 10% discount to anyone who orders the book directly - lnkd.in/e3pyXfPU

23.06.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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My book on writing media tie-in fiction, JUST ADD WRITER, is out today! You can read the first chapter for free on my blog: writinginthedarktw.blogspot.com/2025/05/just...

Please help spread the word!

14.05.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Super excited to be in the latest issue of the legendary Weird Tales

09.05.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Super excited to be in the latest issue of the legendary Weird Tales

09.05.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Before Doctor Who: How a BBC Mistake Created Britainโ€™s First Sci-Fi Horror
YouTube video by Hammer Before Doctor Who: How a BBC Mistake Created Britainโ€™s First Sci-Fi Horror

Another clip from our new documentary The Legend of Nigel Kneale, bursting out like spores m.youtube.com/watch?v=BoTc... @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @tommygorilla.bsky.social @eklectics.bsky.social @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social Whole thing included on hammerfilms.com/products/the...

07.05.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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