Dark stories, lightly told

St Rage

A novel

A plunge through thin ice sends Violet Tanglewood into a darkly comic otherworld as she battles both a mocking apparition and an unhinged ex to reclaim her life and body.

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Hell Springs Eternal

A novel

A sparkling tourist lake suddenly brims with rotting coffins, dragging pariah Rosaline Mornick back to her hometown to confront comic dysfunction and a ghastly secret hidden in plain sight for decades.

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Praise for Holley Irvine’s work

“Vivid and often searingly funny.”

-Claire Martin, The Denver Post

“EXCELLENT! Really, really, really fucking good. I lost track of time while reading and also laughed out loud a couple times. The characters are excellent and relatable, the locations are finely rendered, and the overall wordsmithery is first-class.”

-Pablo Kjolseth, Director, International Film Series at CU Boulder (ret.)

Past Works

  • Ozone Patrol

    Comic strip

    The start of an era.

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  • Café Angst

    Comic strip

    Coffee, tea and vague ennui.

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  • Mr. Cranky

    Website, Book, Series

    First online, then everywhere.

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