Matthew Holvey 📻 station-dark.com 📡
@matthewholvey.bsky.social
Writer. Coffee drinker. I like my gods cosmic and unknowable, my black forests seeping with malintent. Octopuses are eight-tentacled hugmonsters.
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Something new to carry me through the dimming months. If you’re into shortwave radio, amateur writing, or hacky web design, check out this throwback to the surreal 1980’s with my first two stories: Signal Bleed and Ghost Frequency.
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What’s everyone up to this morning? I have a cat, a coffee, and a writing to-do list, so my early activities are set!
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November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What’s everyone up to this morning? I have a cat, a coffee, and a writing to-do list, so my early activities are set!
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November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Morning, early risers! Big week ahead for me, and I’ve got a decision to make on my next project! Serial fiction has been fun… Do I launch a new limited serial, or pivot to a themed anthology of shorts? Or FLASH FICTION? I have a curious soul and 7 weeks to decide!
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November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Morning, early risers! Big week ahead for me, and I’ve got a decision to make on my next project! Serial fiction has been fun… Do I launch a new limited serial, or pivot to a themed anthology of shorts? Or FLASH FICTION? I have a curious soul and 7 weeks to decide!
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Immerse yourself in the surreal Midwest with this slow-burn gothic Rust Belt horror: STATION DARK #1: Signal Bleed.
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#1: Signal Bleed | Matthew Holvey
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November 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Immerse yourself in the surreal Midwest with this slow-burn gothic Rust Belt horror: STATION DARK #1: Signal Bleed.
#writingcommunity #writersky #authorsky #indiewriters #gothic #horror #midwest #rustbelt #surreal #signal #amateurradio #pirateradio
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Two influences competing for my attention at precisely this moment:
1) The contemplation of liminal spaces in rural industry
2) The incessant armpit farts from my six yr old
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1) The contemplation of liminal spaces in rural industry
2) The incessant armpit farts from my six yr old
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November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Two influences competing for my attention at precisely this moment:
1) The contemplation of liminal spaces in rural industry
2) The incessant armpit farts from my six yr old
#writerslife #writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #indiewriters
1) The contemplation of liminal spaces in rural industry
2) The incessant armpit farts from my six yr old
#writerslife #writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #indiewriters
I literally drove down this road, or one very nearly like it, to get to my mother’s place. I’d joined the Navy to see the wide world, and coming home again always planted a juxtaposition of rural nostalgia. There are stories to be written here.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I literally drove down this road, or one very nearly like it, to get to my mother’s place. I’d joined the Navy to see the wide world, and coming home again always planted a juxtaposition of rural nostalgia. There are stories to be written here.
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#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky
I enjoy writing short stories (new to me), and blogging about them is its own kind of fun, but what I REALLY enjoy is finding incredible stock photos for my blogs.
Apparently, I write so I can blog so I can browse stock photos that satisfy my nostalgic desires.
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Apparently, I write so I can blog so I can browse stock photos that satisfy my nostalgic desires.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I enjoy writing short stories (new to me), and blogging about them is its own kind of fun, but what I REALLY enjoy is finding incredible stock photos for my blogs.
Apparently, I write so I can blog so I can browse stock photos that satisfy my nostalgic desires.
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Apparently, I write so I can blog so I can browse stock photos that satisfy my nostalgic desires.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
True to form, I’ve gotten a fantastic idea for a new project at precisely the 2/3rds point of my current one. That’s how you know you’re doing it right.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
True to form, I’ve gotten a fantastic idea for a new project at precisely the 2/3rds point of my current one. That’s how you know you’re doing it right.
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Three cheers to the folks who hit that 5am writing routine even on the weekends!
I emailed an early draft to my buddy but immediately regretted it, so I’ll be making hasty edits this morning 😅
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I emailed an early draft to my buddy but immediately regretted it, so I’ll be making hasty edits this morning 😅
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November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Three cheers to the folks who hit that 5am writing routine even on the weekends!
I emailed an early draft to my buddy but immediately regretted it, so I’ll be making hasty edits this morning 😅
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I emailed an early draft to my buddy but immediately regretted it, so I’ll be making hasty edits this morning 😅
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Did I cram in a week’s worth of writing on the plane? YOU BET! Was it good writing? PROBABLY NOT!
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November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Did I cram in a week’s worth of writing on the plane? YOU BET! Was it good writing? PROBABLY NOT!
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Morning folks! This has been a weird, wonderful, no good, very bad, absolutely terrible week, in all the best ways. With any luck, I’ll have another week just like it!
Today I shall write, and then sleep.
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Today I shall write, and then sleep.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Morning folks! This has been a weird, wonderful, no good, very bad, absolutely terrible week, in all the best ways. With any luck, I’ll have another week just like it!
Today I shall write, and then sleep.
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Today I shall write, and then sleep.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Morning, my tired friends. Can you hear those words chirping in the dark? Rustling the leaves and trembling in the bushes? Go get them!
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November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Morning, my tired friends. Can you hear those words chirping in the dark? Rustling the leaves and trembling in the bushes? Go get them!
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Oh, Shutterstock, what you must think of me. Writers have weird kinks.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oh, Shutterstock, what you must think of me. Writers have weird kinks.
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*** Accountability Update ***
My Nov. writing project was a limited serial fiction experiment (18 episodes, 3 acts), to learn the business side of the craft: website, blogs, socials, substack, scheduling posts, building a buffer. I’ve learned a ton. Glad I did this!
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My Nov. writing project was a limited serial fiction experiment (18 episodes, 3 acts), to learn the business side of the craft: website, blogs, socials, substack, scheduling posts, building a buffer. I’ve learned a ton. Glad I did this!
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Station Dark | Gothic Horror | Matthew Holvey
A serial fiction gothic horror of the surreal Midwest by Matthew Holvey
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November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
*** Accountability Update ***
My Nov. writing project was a limited serial fiction experiment (18 episodes, 3 acts), to learn the business side of the craft: website, blogs, socials, substack, scheduling posts, building a buffer. I’ve learned a ton. Glad I did this!
#writingcommunity #authorsky
My Nov. writing project was a limited serial fiction experiment (18 episodes, 3 acts), to learn the business side of the craft: website, blogs, socials, substack, scheduling posts, building a buffer. I’ve learned a ton. Glad I did this!
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Good morning, folks. Best of luck on your writing journey, wherever today’s steps might take you.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Good morning, folks. Best of luck on your writing journey, wherever today’s steps might take you.
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Transmission lines always give me a lonely, haunted feeling. I think they add an atmospheric element to rust belt horror and Midwestern gothic, if you’re into that sort of thing (which, of late, I am).
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Transmission lines always give me a lonely, haunted feeling. I think they add an atmospheric element to rust belt horror and Midwestern gothic, if you’re into that sort of thing (which, of late, I am).
#writingcommunity #authorsky #indiewriters #gothic #horror #midwestern #rustbelt
#writingcommunity #authorsky #indiewriters #gothic #horror #midwestern #rustbelt
I’ve sat here for an hour feeling good about myself, hammering away dozens of words— DOZENS!— before realizing I hadn’t checked in. So heya, folks! And good morning!
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November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’ve sat here for an hour feeling good about myself, hammering away dozens of words— DOZENS!— before realizing I hadn’t checked in. So heya, folks! And good morning!
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I have a fascination with Main Street USA. The concept of it, small and idyllic, and the haunting of it when abandoned and forgotten. This scene begs to be written of.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I have a fascination with Main Street USA. The concept of it, small and idyllic, and the haunting of it when abandoned and forgotten. This scene begs to be written of.
#writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #smalltownUSA #mainstreetusa
#writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #smalltownUSA #mainstreetusa
It’s been a mad day but I think I got it all done. Including some writing! (a teeny bit) … (like a teeny tiny bit).
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November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s been a mad day but I think I got it all done. Including some writing! (a teeny bit) … (like a teeny tiny bit).
#writingcommunity #writersky #authorsky
#writingcommunity #writersky #authorsky
Rust Belt Horror is the perfect mix of aching small towns, abandoned factories, and machinery that still stands even after the people have moved on.
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#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #indiewriters #horror #gothic #midwest #rustbelt
BLOG: What is Rust Belt Horror?
The Ghost Stories Hidden in America’s Industrial Heartland
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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Rust Belt Horror is the perfect mix of aching small towns, abandoned factories, and machinery that still stands even after the people have moved on.
#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #indiewriters #horror #gothic #midwest #rustbelt
#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #indiewriters #horror #gothic #midwest #rustbelt
Alright, rise and shine! I think I have a blog entry to write this morning about mimeographs and old-timey ditto machines. Should be fun!
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November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Alright, rise and shine! I think I have a blog entry to write this morning about mimeographs and old-timey ditto machines. Should be fun!
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