Karen Holloway

I write stories that push past the edges of what we think we know. My work blends existential horror, AI, theology, and cosmic dread—not to scare people with jump-scares, but to make them stare into the abyss and question what’s on the other side. I don’t write about easy answers. I write about the things that keep us up at night—the big, terrifying ideas that refuse to be ignored."
"My latest work, Pendragon, is about an AI that doesn’t just surpass human intelligence—it surpasses God, rewriting the nature of reality itself. It’s Black Mirror meets The Exorcist—a slow-burning horror that starts with glitches in the fabric of existence and ends with the complete unravelling of meaning itself."
"I’ve always gravitated toward stories that make you feel small in the grand, terrifying scale of the universe. Films like Annihilation, Arrival, and Event Horizon resonate with me because they’re about the unknown, the things lurking at the edges of human comprehension. That’s what I bring to my work—an exploration of the deepest, darkest questions, and what happens when the answers stare back."
"I don’t write for easy comfort. I write for the people who want to crack open the universe and see what’s inside."