Stefan Mohamed
@stefmowords.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, tutor, DJ and so on. Very polite.
My weird SF detective novel 'The House on Utopia Way' is out now - https://www.stefmo.co.uk/product-page/the-house-on-utopia-way-paperback
Want more links? I got 'em - https://linktr.ee/stefanmohamed
My weird SF detective novel 'The House on Utopia Way' is out now - https://www.stefmo.co.uk/product-page/the-house-on-utopia-way-paperback
Want more links? I got 'em - https://linktr.ee/stefanmohamed
Pinned
it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
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your semi-regular reminder that you can grab all three ebooks in my satirical maths-western Triggernometry series via Payhip for a non-amaz*n, DRM-free alternative:
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
Stark Holborn
Stark Holborn is a novelist, games writer, film reviewer, and the author of Ten Low, Hel’s Eight, Ninth Life, the British Fantasy Award-nominated Triggernometry series and Nunslinger. Stark is current...
payhip.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
your semi-regular reminder that you can grab all three ebooks in my satirical maths-western Triggernometry series via Payhip for a non-amaz*n, DRM-free alternative:
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
payhip.com/StarkHolborn
tragic men need to do a bit less asking "grok" to do an epic roast of their friends, and a bit more "cook"(ing) an epic roast for their friends
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
tragic men need to do a bit less asking "grok" to do an epic roast of their friends, and a bit more "cook"(ing) an epic roast for their friends
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it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
still very much on my bullshit
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
still very much on my bullshit
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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Slept dreaming of, woke up thinking about the extraordinary What Resembles the Grave but Isn’t by Anne Boyer
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Slept dreaming of, woke up thinking about the extraordinary What Resembles the Grave but Isn’t by Anne Boyer
this is just to say
i have eaten the grind
that was in the hustle
i have eaten the grind
that was in the hustle
business idea: poetry for men
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
this is just to say
i have eaten the grind
that was in the hustle
i have eaten the grind
that was in the hustle
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Have a Poem published in the latest edition of @dustpoetry.bsky.social about microplastics www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-mic...
The microplastics in my body unionised by Ross McCleary
The microplastics in my body unionised while I was staring at the ocean;they took matters into their own hands,making pickets in the alcoves ofmy prefrontal cortex, replacingfuzzy void yesterdays with...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Have a Poem published in the latest edition of @dustpoetry.bsky.social about microplastics www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-mic...
I hadn't thought about it in quite such existentially terrifying terms as this, but this person is right. please buy my book so I am not forgotten by the unforgiving forward march of time
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I hadn't thought about it in quite such existentially terrifying terms as this, but this person is right. please buy my book so I am not forgotten by the unforgiving forward march of time
this is really lovely
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
this is really lovely
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Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
shout out to the dad at the cinema who couldn't get seats with his family, so brought them their snacks and drinks, got them settled, then came and sat next to me and immediately fell asleep for the entirety of Wicked: For Good
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
shout out to the dad at the cinema who couldn't get seats with his family, so brought them their snacks and drinks, got them settled, then came and sat next to me and immediately fell asleep for the entirety of Wicked: For Good
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OUT TOMORROW!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
OUT TOMORROW!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
where's a brain eating worm when you need one
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
where's a brain eating worm when you need one
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Friday poem you should probably read before you head home from the office for the weekend www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
Please Consider The Environment Before Printing This Email by Ross McCleary
but if you must do so then please make sure to shred the pages after you’re done. If you must print this email then shred it, please, despite previous environmental concerns, burn the shreds in the Pr...
www.havehashad.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Friday poem you should probably read before you head home from the office for the weekend www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
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This is like finding out that Easter island heads have full bodies.
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is like finding out that Easter island heads have full bodies.
it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!
www.stefmo.co.uk/shop
Voyager rewatch status - finally having to reckon with my secret shame as a Star Trek fan. I feel it's time to admit, publicly, that I do not particularly care for Reg Barclay
Voyager rewatch status - Icheb has arrived. assimilated by the Borg as a child, suffering unimaginable trauma. discovers his parents genetically engineered him as a living weapon. finds purpose, family and stability on Voyager :) now to take a big sip of coffee and not think about Picard Season 1
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Voyager rewatch status - finally having to reckon with my secret shame as a Star Trek fan. I feel it's time to admit, publicly, that I do not particularly care for Reg Barclay
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honestly if you went back 40 years and told me the US would be ruled by a decaying heap of flesh that used to be a TV host/sitcom joke, I'd be like [uncanny angelic singing] because I wasn't born yet
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
honestly if you went back 40 years and told me the US would be ruled by a decaying heap of flesh that used to be a TV host/sitcom joke, I'd be like [uncanny angelic singing] because I wasn't born yet
every now and then I think it would be nice to learn to play God Only Knows on the piano, and then I try and I remember that it consists of utterly fiendish chords composed and arranged by a madman
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
every now and then I think it would be nice to learn to play God Only Knows on the piano, and then I try and I remember that it consists of utterly fiendish chords composed and arranged by a madman