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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*** 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!
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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.
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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).
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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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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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Morning, 5am’ers! This year is winding down far too quickly. I hope your projects are in a better state than mine! 😂
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November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Morning, 5am’ers! This year is winding down far too quickly. I hope your projects are in a better state than mine! 😂
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November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Good morning, fellow writers! I’ve got big plans, today. BIG! I hope y’all are equally motivated to brave the brisk air outside the bedcovers and carve out some words.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Good morning, fellow writers! I’ve got big plans, today. BIG! I hope y’all are equally motivated to brave the brisk air outside the bedcovers and carve out some words.
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The lumber boom, then the mining boom, then the decline of both as farms spread, has created a unique atmosphere of haunting gothic that only the Midwest can bring.
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BLOG: Midwestern Gothic: Reflections from the Mid-Michigan frost line
The Quiet Kind of Haunted | A Different Kind of Gothic | What I Hope You'll Find Here
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November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The lumber boom, then the mining boom, then the decline of both as farms spread, has created a unique atmosphere of haunting gothic that only the Midwest can bring.
#writingcommunity #writersky #indiewriters #authorsky #gothic #midwest #michigan
#writingcommunity #writersky #indiewriters #authorsky #gothic #midwest #michigan
Heya, folks! Look at me, up and at ‘em, and it’s *before* 5am! I hope each of you writers out there is having a blessed morning.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Heya, folks! Look at me, up and at ‘em, and it’s *before* 5am! I hope each of you writers out there is having a blessed morning.
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Frog and Toad nail it every time
They went back to the woods and looked on the dark paths.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Frog and Toad nail it every time
This is the WWJ radio transmitter station in Detroit, opened in 1935 and abandoned in 1995. It hums from a memory in its bones with a song of Midwestern Gothic.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is the WWJ radio transmitter station in Detroit, opened in 1935 and abandoned in 1995. It hums from a memory in its bones with a song of Midwestern Gothic.
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WHOOOOSH!… The sound of 5am check-in flying past me. But I’m here now, and I’ve got stories to write!
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
WHOOOOSH!… The sound of 5am check-in flying past me. But I’m here now, and I’ve got stories to write!
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“I just need to make this one change to my site…”
I say just before a cataclysmic failure that reflects the downfall of man, somehow in miniature form within the now-nonfunctional walls of my digital domain.
I’ll just go back to writing now.
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I say just before a cataclysmic failure that reflects the downfall of man, somehow in miniature form within the now-nonfunctional walls of my digital domain.
I’ll just go back to writing now.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“I just need to make this one change to my site…”
I say just before a cataclysmic failure that reflects the downfall of man, somehow in miniature form within the now-nonfunctional walls of my digital domain.
I’ll just go back to writing now.
#writingcommunity #indiewriters #writersky
I say just before a cataclysmic failure that reflects the downfall of man, somehow in miniature form within the now-nonfunctional walls of my digital domain.
I’ll just go back to writing now.
#writingcommunity #indiewriters #writersky
I climbed out of bed into the chill morning air, coughed once, and strained my back. ‘Tis the season.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I climbed out of bed into the chill morning air, coughed once, and strained my back. ‘Tis the season.
Hear me out: I love WIP snips and character spotlights and self-promotions and adverts for services, but what I crave is dialog with writers. There’s so much *noise* out there, and bespoke curation is a lot of work. I guess I crave a personalized playlist.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hear me out: I love WIP snips and character spotlights and self-promotions and adverts for services, but what I crave is dialog with writers. There’s so much *noise* out there, and bespoke curation is a lot of work. I guess I crave a personalized playlist.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I’ve yet to take a decent photo of my vintage lava lamp, but it sends good vibes when I’m in my writing zone.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I’ve yet to take a decent photo of my vintage lava lamp, but it sends good vibes when I’m in my writing zone.
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#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #retro #vintage
“How deep should stakes be driven for measuring earth resistivity?” is not a question I thought I’d be asking when writing a Midwestern gothic, but here we are.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“How deep should stakes be driven for measuring earth resistivity?” is not a question I thought I’d be asking when writing a Midwestern gothic, but here we are.
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Researching shortwave radio was fun. I love it when a story clings to the rough edges of real, tangle details.
Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
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Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Researching shortwave radio was fun. I love it when a story clings to the rough edges of real, tangle details.
Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Transmitters popping as vacuum tubes warm up. Fiddling with antenna tuners. A pirate broadcast from a van in the rural Midwest. Good stuff.
#writingcommunity #authorsky
Morning, folks. The week is grinding down to a stub. Let’s make the most of the little bit we have left.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Morning, folks. The week is grinding down to a stub. Let’s make the most of the little bit we have left.
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I’ve got one follower on Substack. Woot!
(It’s me. I’m the follower.)
I’ve been told it might take more than 24 hours to gain a following, so I’ll be patient.
*stares at screen* *drinks tea*
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(It’s me. I’m the follower.)
I’ve been told it might take more than 24 hours to gain a following, so I’ll be patient.
*stares at screen* *drinks tea*
#writingcommunity #serialfiction #indieauthors #substack
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’ve got one follower on Substack. Woot!
(It’s me. I’m the follower.)
I’ve been told it might take more than 24 hours to gain a following, so I’ll be patient.
*stares at screen* *drinks tea*
#writingcommunity #serialfiction #indieauthors #substack
(It’s me. I’m the follower.)
I’ve been told it might take more than 24 hours to gain a following, so I’ll be patient.
*stares at screen* *drinks tea*
#writingcommunity #serialfiction #indieauthors #substack