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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 10h

And this is why we do what we do 🙏😭 Thanks so much to everyone who's exploring and enjoying the people and worlds we wrote for Nivalis Nights (and if you want to know what's next for us – cough cough indie project – follow @boxofgreebles.bsky.social...)

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Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖 @enbykaiju.itch.io · 17h

Correction, this will (probably) be the last thing Found a game dev complaining about corpo games industry & how they only really like making their own indie stuff Wish I could fund their work in-game 😅 This game is pulling zero punches and may end up my favourite game of 2026 just for the writing

Screenshot from the Nivalis Nights game
Humanoid character talking to the player in a cyberpunk street "Yesterday I spent eight hours working on an in-game cosmetic item for WarZoner: Conquest Champions of the Battleground"

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nivalis Nights is out... today! Come watch us (3/4 of the writers room) play it and talk about how some of the weird and wild stories came to life. TONIGHT 8pm BST 👇 m.twitch.tv/calmdowntom/... @karlpoyzer.bsky.social @calmdowntom.bsky.social

Poster for a stream of Nivalis Nights, 8pm BST on twitch.tv/calmdowntom, with Thomas Welsh, Stark Holborn and Karl Poyzer

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Press and narrative people, if you want to talk to me about the writing process for Nivalis Nights, reach out. We launch... Tomorrow!

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Picks from the #LandofOz & #TheHopelessRomanticsGuidetoEnchantment signing at Forbidden Planet in London last weekend. Thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social & @starkholborn.bsky.social

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Frasier Armitage (inactive) @frasierarmitage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

…it’ll be released on December 1st and the link to the pre-order is: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJMVX347/ I want to thank you for all the support you’ve given to me and my writing over the years. It’s been a wild journey and I’ve loved sharing it with you…

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Ripples From The Archives of Chaos

Amazon.com: Ripples From The Archives of Chaos eBook : Armitage, Frasier: Kindle Store

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Box Of Greebles @boxofgreebles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We are Box of Greebles and our first game is about being trapped on the Glasgow Underground while the world ends, and it's called "Tokamak!"

Shot of a train on the Glasgow subway in the game "Tokamak"

Shot inside a train on the Glasgow subway in the game "Tokamak"

Shot inside a train on the Glasgow subway in the game "Tokamak" showing the drivers cab.

Shot insid a train on the Glasgow subway in the game "Tokamak"

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

People of London! This is tomorrow 👇 come buy a book and ask me about my bizarro story about a sentient crime solving shoe

Anthology signing at Forbidden Planet 179 Shaftesbury Ave for Land of Oz and Hopeless Romantics anthology, Sat 12th September at 2pm

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Box Of Greebles @boxofgreebles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We're so excited to be finalists for Converge 2026, in the Create Change category, and honoured to be part of the award's most diverse group ever: www.convergechallenge.com/converge-rev...

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Converge reveals “most diverse group” of finalists ever - Converge Challenge

Innovation comes in many different shapes and sizes, and this is exemplified in the list of finalists revealed today who...

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wondering what I've been working on? Well the news is out! Meet TOKAMAK, our first person, surreal, limbic narrative horror game set on the Glasgow Subway... (Oh and give Box of Greebles a follow while you're at it!)

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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

From @starkholborn.bsky.social, lots of lovely SFF peoples on this list! go.bsky.app/FvJuYVv

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Important information for authors outside the US faced with this latest hurdle from the Anthropic settlement.

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Question for anyone in the UK who had the Anthropic claim email: what are you doing about the TIN/Social Security Number field, since it won't accept UK style identifications, (e.g. National Insurance No or UTR?)

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DocBadwrench @docbadwrench.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I finally finished up the Nunslinger Omnibus by @starkholborn.bsky.social and *immediately* purchased Ten Low to read after my mini-stack is completed. HIGHLY recommend Nunslinger. It's best kind of pulpy Western. Tons of action, lots of heart and so fucking efficiently written.

Cover of the Nunslinger Omnibus by Stark Holborn.

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Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

1st Nov - Stark Holborn will be returning! Novelist, games writer, film reviewer and author of books with fabulous names like Triggernometry and Nunslinger, there's never a shortage of things to discuss with Stark on the show! @starkholborn.bsky.social

The cover of For The Road by Stark Holborn, featuring a hand with a heart on it, caught in a linked chain in the shape of a figure 8

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm off to Gamescom next week repping @boxofgreebles.bsky.social and our in-production narrative horror game TOKAMAK thanks to @techscaler.bsky.social! Who's going to be there? My first time going so friendly waves / recommendations / tips all welcome

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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Revelation Tapes is OUT TODAY! People are calling it one of the best poetry collections to be published in July 2026. Find out if they're right by purchasing a copy right now, either directly from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social or from me - DM or comment if you'd like one 😊

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Stefan Mohamed - The Revelation Tapes | Broken Sleep Books | Poetry

The Revelation Tapes by Stefan Mohamed unfolds as a salvaged transmission: a film-show remastered from corroded cassettes, screened in the ruins of a drowned future, its overture barked by a game-show...

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Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lol. Also, lmao. (Also also this is legit interesting!)

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today we launch a new free guide for videogames writers on how to navigate your contracts to understand your employment status and to ensure fair and equitable terms Find out more + download the new guidelines 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/games-contra...

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Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hey @artsemergency.bsky.social has their call open for mentors again! You get paired with a young person approx. 16-17 and talk to them once a month, it's great and not very much work at all and the organisation is ALWAYS short of mentors who work in games

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

right well new obsession fine I found a Rarity-81 word worth 75 pts in OUTLIER. SHARPSHOOTER · 678 points · 10 rare words. No one else in Outlier has ever found it. 9 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/NGCYJV

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Delighted to say that @boxofgreebles.bsky.social , our new studio, is off to Gamescom thanks to @techscaler.bsky.social ! @starkholborn.bsky.social will be there representing us. Ask her about our weird subway horror game!

A poster for Techscaler Gamescom showing the attendees.

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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"The Land of Oz" anthology, in which I have a very nice story, has been selected for this week's Waterstones preorder offer. Enter SUMMER26 at checkout for a 25% discount on the Waterstones website and app #WPreorder www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

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Sagar Beroshi @sagarberoshi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yes!! Can't wait. The best conference in the industry is again on its way this November. On the speaker's list are a good number from amongst the Kaleidoscope's contributors. It'll be a wicked reunion

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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I'm delighted to launch the 2026 Best of British bundle today! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

At the end of last year I was invited to give a talk at TEDxBristol - and now it's live! So here I am talking about intention, integrity and the dangers of outsourcing creativity to AI: youtu.be/frH1ksnMh50?...

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Human creativity in the age of AI | Stark Holborn | TEDxBristol

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Dr. Thomas D. Lee @thomasdlee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHWEST. On Tuesday 21st of July I'll be in talking to @starkholborn.bsky.social at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social in Bath about my new book THE KNIGHT WATCH. Ticket sales are looking a bit thin on the ground at the moment so please share far and wide! mrbsemporium.com/events/2026/...

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The Knight Watch with Thomas D. Lee - Mr B's Emporium

We’re delighted to welcome bestselling author Thomas D. Lee to Mr B’s for his new novel, The Knight Watch. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Perilous Times (a huge Team B fave!), comes this ...

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Tony Cross @lokster71.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I really enjoyed the first book when I read it. It's a fun idea that spirals into an entertaining world. I will be reading the second book soon.

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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

looking for a mind-bending, reality-warping summer read "crackling with energy, wit and pathos"? grab a copy of what various AI scams are telling me isn't just a criminally under-read gem of a novel - it's an illegally underappreciated jewel of a book hey when they're right they're right

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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...

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 04/07/2026

the Bombadil posting will continue until morale improves

Wendy Torrance looking at Jack's typewriter in 'The Shining' but instead of All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy the text is Tom Bombadil's song from Lord of the Rings:

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo! Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol!

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Apropos of *trying to make a living as an author*... can I interest any of you in a nice math-western alt history satire in these trying times? Renegade gunslinging mathematicians fighting against the vilification of expertise? payhip.com/StarkHolborn

All three Triggernometry covers overlaid, with Teiggernometry Finals on top

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joannes @playthroughline.com · 01/07/2026

Two more weeks until Neurocracy expands once more with a batch of new stories! Starting now and running for the duration of these stories, we've discounted the game to half price, with all proceeds donated to help the people of Venezuela after the devastating earthquakes Please share if you can 🙏

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NEUROCRACY | Venezuela Aid Sale by Younès Rabii

A sale by Younès Rabii, 50% off NEUROCRACY

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

DEVELOP. I will be there Tuesday/Wednesday. If anyone's around and would like to meet (separately to bellowing at each other in the bar) then drop me a line

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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Delighted, excited, stoked, jazzed, chuffed and semi-levitating to reveal the cover for my forthcoming poetry collection The Revelation Tapes, out at the end of the month with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social AND you can pre-order it now, from this very link - www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

the cover of The Revelation Tapes, the third poetry collection by Stefan Mohamed, from Broken Sleep Books - a vivid purple background with shimmering semi-abstract multi-coloured cosmic imagery

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joannes @playthroughline.com · 30/06/2026

The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope is an excellent read, full of amazing insights across a wide range of writing and design approaches! Plus, every contributing writer is getting the chance to dig even deeper in an accompanying podcast with @jon.inkle.co 😎

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The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope

The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope book and podcast from inkle.

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 27/06/2026

Writers and NDs, here's a peek at the flow for a major scene in Cyberpunk 2077

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 24/06/2026

Stark does the BEST work

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Ed Robins @authoredrobins.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Added this to the TBR! Sounds interesting and I like what I read skimming the sample (on Amazon). Any one around these parts read the series? 🪐📚💙 🐎📚

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CB @virtualsynth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Holborn’s brilliant. The Factus Sequence that begins with Ten Low is absolute fire. A must-read for #sci-fi fans. I plan to devour these Triggernometry books. Maybe something other than mathematics makes Frege tremble…

Three stacked novels by Stark Holborn: Ten Low, Hel’s Eight, and Ninth Life.

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James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Read Stark's books. They are brilliant and strange.

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TheStainlessSteelRat @llygodenfawrdur.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Love these books, buy them straight from Stark on the link...

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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

RichmondCon on Saturday was a lot of fun, though rather exhausting when you're one of the organisers! Here's @starkholborn.bsky.social and @catamaroon.bsky.social on top form though. 😀

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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In Richmond this Saturday and just want to get a book signed? Have I got a line up of signings for YOU!

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Dana Nightingale 🏳️‍⚧️ @danaenight.northsky.social · 19/06/2026

ohhh heck we're live ^^ www.youtube.com/live/-wNXksq...

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