I have an essay in this! But even if I didn't I'd urge you to pick it up; a fascinating, fun way to explore narrative concepts in games 👇
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I have an essay in this! But even if I didn't I'd urge you to pick it up; a fascinating, fun way to explore narrative concepts in games 👇
Our wonderful visiting lecturer on Interactive Digital Narrative @starkholborn.bsky.social wrote a piece for this!
Great looking collection, can't wait to add it to our library!
bloody love em. epistolary me up. (not related to my general output and latest novel at all, nope no)
loads of great books out last year that should be nominated for this but I'm waving the flag for @caspargeon.bsky.social's PKD Award nominated The Immeasurable Heaven: properly original, imaginative science fiction
www.waterstones.com/book/the-imm...
Promo for the event, which says: AWARDS SEASON SCIENCE-FICTION BSFA NOMINATED STARK HOLBORN PHILIP K DICK AWARD NOMINATED CASPAR GEON 6:30pm, Tuesday 10th March Star of Kings, near Kings Cross, London Free! (Donations welcome)
It's awards season in UK science fiction - come and meet BSFA nominee @starkholborn.bsky.social and Philip K Dick nominee @caspargeon.bsky.social - readings, chat, Q&A
Free! srfcmar2026.eventbrite.com
I had A LOT of fun writing a *completely* off the wall story for this... can't wait to see it in the flesh
The Apple and the Pearl by Rym Kechacha: Review by Niall Harrison locusmag.com/review/...
cover of the novel THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED by Ian Green. A sea serpent raises through dark water, surrounded by blod red coral and kelp. Above the water a small ship fights through waves under ominous skies
Lets talk covers!
My new book THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out in August, and @headofzeus.bsky.social designer Simon Michelle with illustrator Marcela Bolívar have done a wondrous job.
Whats your fave fantasy with a monster/god/BEAST on the cover?
Pre-orders are live now- geni.us/TDATDcovrev
ooooh
If @caspargeon.bsky.social's launch was anything to go by, this will be... unruly
Can't wait!
Can't wait to see this irl
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? 👀
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
www.waterstones.com/events/scien...
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Looking forward to this event in Worcester on the 25th of February with Stephen Aryan, Tom Turner, and @starkholborn.bsky.social
Click through for tickets!
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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!
🚶storyrich.games