Bram E. Gieben is the author of the nonfiction book The Darkest Timeline (Revol Press, 2024). A writer and performer, he was the 2015 Scottish Slam Poetry champion. He is the host of the philosophically curious podcast Strange Exiles, and has devised performances for the Edinburgh Fringe and Book Festivals, Hidden Door, Verve Festival Birmingham, and the World Slam Championships in Paris. His writing has been published by Red Squirrel, Timid Pirate, Neu Reekie, The Quietus, io9, Bella Caledonia, Mishka NYC, Glasgow Review of Books and other places. He releases music under the name Texture on labels including Black Lantern, This Is Not Pop and Darkfloor Sound.