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 part of our upcoming horror anthology, Of Dread, Decay, and Doom (October 2026), and the Weird West themed Of Terrors and Tombstones (2027).

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 anthology features tremendous authors across the spectrum of speculative fiction. Find purchasing links on the book page.