We’re delighted to showcase BSFA Award and British Fantasy Award-nominated author Stark Holborn, who has contributed a short story to our cross-genre anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers! Stark is also an anticipated author for our Weird West themed anthology Of Terrors and Tombstones (2027) and for the space horror anthology The Void and the Darkness (2028).

NEWS: Stark’s short story in Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers was chosen to be featured in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 anthology publishing via NewCon Press! Read our press release:

Stark Holborn is the author of the Factus Sequence, the Triggernometry series, and the groundbreaking digital serial, Nunslinger. 

Stark’s fiction has been nominated for the British Fantasy Awards, the BSFA Awards, and the New Media Writing Prize. Stark also works as a games writer on TIGA-award winning games projects, and is currently lead writer on SF detective game, Shadows of Doubt and a contributing writer on cyberpunk slice of life sim, Nivalis.

Stark has sent us a short story set in the Factus Sequence universe, which we know fans of her books will love.

Learn more about Stark on her website and follow her on social media via Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, BlueSky, Mastodon, and Patreon.

Our acclaimed anthology Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers features tremendous authors across the spectrum of speculative fiction. Find purchasing links on the book page.