Stark Holborn

Can't wait to see this irl

The House on Utopia Way (Paperback) | Stefan Mohamed The world is coming apart at the seams.Reality is relative. The concept of truth no longer applies. This is all wrong. And detective Johnny Orange is going to find out what's really going on - or lose...

if you'd like to nominate my novel The House on Utopia Way for an award, I'd like that. a prestigious one, a garbage one, a real one, one you've just made up, I'm really not fussy, I just want some god damn respect. cheers!

Was absolutely delighted to join Fiction Fans to talk all things For the Road, including Bob Dylan, Gaulish mythology, kanteles and eggs... 👇

I've been keeping this quiet for ages but I can finally announce that my story 'One by One', first published in @apexmag.bsky.social last year, has been selected for inclusion in the Best of British SF 2025 anthology! 🎉

The TOC is absolutely wild; I know and admire many of these amazing writers 😍

Wheee so great to share a ToC with you!

First published in Of Shadows, Stars ans Sabers by @starsandsabers.bsky.social!

So excited and honoured that my coin-flip interactive short story "Last Gasp" is in this! Check out that ToC!

Bronze and gold background with the cover for the Stars and Sabers anthology, OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS Congratulations to Stark Holborn whose short story "The Last Gasp" appears in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 from NewCon Press First appearing in our landmark anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers

Congratulations to @starkholborn.bsky.social, whose short story “The Last Gasp“ is featured in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 anthology from NewCon Press. First appearing in our anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers (edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social).

Things are afoot. Follow here for more anon 👇

Drawing of Daisy in a white peacock dress in the hands of Gatsby. Publishing synopsis reads “ In which Nick Carraway develops a parasocial codependency with Gatsby—an aspiring couturier with a fabricated identity— until control shifts within New York’s criminal underworld and a deadly, reignited obsession with a former starlet shakes Gatsby’s grip on reality, thus threatening Nick’s ideal American muse”

✨PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
At long last, my Great Gatsby retelling - a psychological thriller/drama graphic novel filled with vintage glamour - is getting published! #GreatGatsbyIIE

I can't wait for this

screenshot of longlist entry on a black background with For the Road from PS Publishing listed next to No One to Hold the Distant Dead by K.L Schroede

Dustjackets of For the Road, teal cover with a hand surrounded by a chain with a heart in its palm, on a desert background

Absolutely delighted to see my acid-western-queer-romance novella, FOR THE ROAD on the BSFA longlist!

It's a mega year (go check it out) but would be extremely honoured if you'd consider chucking in a nomination towards some of my rawest, strangest writing:

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Luna Novellas 2026 are out in the world!! Short reads to brighten (darken?) your February 👀🖤

I have a piece in this! It's looking fabulous: particularly enjoy the Ink style links at the bottom of each article 👇

Check this sh*t out

Copies of In This City, Where it Rains on a shelf with various ghostly themed knick knacks

It's publication day for In This City, Where it Rains out now from @lunapress.bsky.social! This is my Scottish gothic love letter to Edinburgh, a weird tale of ghosts, curses, family secrets, weird moths, & dark rituals 🖤 All links: linktr.ee/lyndseycroal Bonus Q: how many ghosts can you see here? 👀

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Panel - Character Creation in Fantastic Worlds | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Panel - Character Creation in Fantastic Worlds toda...

Come on down to Waterstones Worcester on the 25th of Feb, where I’ll be discussing some extremely bookish bookery with @starkholborn.bsky.social, @thomasdlee.bsky.social and Stephen Aryan

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Panel - Character Creation in Fantastic Worlds | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Panel - Character Creation in Fantastic Worlds toda...

Looking forward to this event in Worcester on the 25th of February with Stephen Aryan, Tom Turner, and @starkholborn.bsky.social

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We’re thrilled to see four of our authors on the BSFA longlist for 2025.

Fantasy: A Short History (Adam Roberts) for Best Non-fiction (Long)
Slow Gods (Claire North) and Futility (Nuzo Onoh) for Best Novel
For the Road (Stark Holborn) for Best Shorter Fiction

More: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

We’re so excited to announce our Story-Rich Showcase!

Our official showcase runs during the Summer Game Showcase 2026 timeframe, dedicated entirely to story-rich indie games with first looks, reveals, trailers, release dates, and dev-led storytelling 💝

More details soon!
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This government clearly don't really understand the complexity or the danger of the situation. They show no sign of beginning to understand, and every sign of asking the monorail salesman how public transport should work. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but don't leave this to politicians.

Oh, I'm so sorry Damon

This thread has made my day; rats, poems, games, sci fi pastiches, art, horses, hats... so many new discoveries and examples of things made painstakingly and with love for the joy of creation. Perfect AI antidote. Go take a look 👇

Rats and lino cut, you're speaking my language

These are great!

:) glad it's getting some eyes!

YouTube video by Ernst-Jan van Melle ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)

I made this sci-fi puppetry 60s pastiche. CGI, almost completely physics-animated. Love letter to things like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, and watching foreign television only to lose it forever afterwards youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?si=jUYR6APY28kPCUqk

oh I see, you're writing... literature *shudder*

Omg I need this

That's amazing!