Paul Leone
@paulleone.bsky.social
Writer, geek, fan of alternate history, fantasy and sci-fi.
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https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paul-Leone/author/B00D48S39K
Enter the World of Darkness with me! open.substack.com/pub/paulleon... A guide to my growing series of World of Darkness horror/urban fantasy tales. Check them out, please and thank you!
Enter the World of Darkness with me!
Three stories for sale, more to come soon!
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November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Enter the World of Darkness with me! open.substack.com/pub/paulleon... A guide to my growing series of World of Darkness horror/urban fantasy tales. Check them out, please and thank you!
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New story alert!
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
Presentation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Tor
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November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New story alert!
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
New story alert!
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
Presentation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Tor
site.storytellersvault.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New story alert!
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
“The ultimate Tradition of the Kindred is do as thou wilt. All else is survival.”
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Toreador, finds herself in London in the company of her sire, Elisabetta Zorzi. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras.
Reposted by Paul Leone
We're late this week, but hopefully it's better late than never, with "The Shepherd Code: Road Back" (2025), co-written, co-directed by, and starring Alan Delabie, also starring Don "the Dragon" Wilson, Shaina West, and Mark Strange. dtvconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
We're late this week, but hopefully it's better late than never, with "The Shepherd Code: Road Back" (2025), co-written, co-directed by, and starring Alan Delabie, also starring Don "the Dragon" Wilson, Shaina West, and Mark Strange. dtvconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
Blurb 2.0 for my next WoD story - if you notice anything off, let me know, please!
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Cainite, finds herself in London. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras. But that's just the beginning of her adventures in the heart of the Empire. ...
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Cainite, finds herself in London. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras. But that's just the beginning of her adventures in the heart of the Empire. ...
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Blurb 2.0 for my next WoD story - if you notice anything off, let me know, please!
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Cainite, finds herself in London. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras. But that's just the beginning of her adventures in the heart of the Empire. ...
Zillah Hawkins, newly embraced Cainite, finds herself in London. Her first obligation? Presentation to the fearsome Prince Mithras. But that's just the beginning of her adventures in the heart of the Empire. ...
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Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) reviews #CahokiaJazz by #FrancisSpufford, an #AlternateHistory work imagining a world in which #NativeAmericans were not devastated by disease and remain a large percentage of the #UnitedStates ' demographics. #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Review: Cahokia Jazz
By Gary Oswald.The exact effect the smallpox epidemics had on the native populations of the New World is a deeply contentious historical argument. This is because there are no agreed upon population c...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) reviews #CahokiaJazz by #FrancisSpufford, an #AlternateHistory work imagining a world in which #NativeAmericans were not devastated by disease and remain a large percentage of the #UnitedStates ' demographics. #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Last night's Shaw Brothers movie was Martial Club with Gordon Liu as Wong Feihong. This one I've seen many times. It's a low-stakes delight about the friendly rivalry between two kung-fu schools and how it gets exploited by the EVIL SCHOOL. The main antagonist is 1) not evil and 2) a cool guy. B+
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Last night's Shaw Brothers movie was Martial Club with Gordon Liu as Wong Feihong. This one I've seen many times. It's a low-stakes delight about the friendly rivalry between two kung-fu schools and how it gets exploited by the EVIL SCHOOL. The main antagonist is 1) not evil and 2) a cool guy. B+
Do you like vampire stories? Sure, we all do! Check out Satiation, the first in a series of Victorian vampire tales featuring Zillah Hawkins, a young woman thrust into the world of the un-dead and forced to confront challenges ancient and modern alike.
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Satiation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
Zillah is a working woman in the small city of Barchester in 1885, one drawn into the World of Darkness when she answers the call ...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Do you like vampire stories? Sure, we all do! Check out Satiation, the first in a series of Victorian vampire tales featuring Zillah Hawkins, a young woman thrust into the world of the un-dead and forced to confront challenges ancient and modern alike.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
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Commission for @paulleone.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Commission for @paulleone.bsky.social
The stars of Mirrormere shine even when the clouds hide them in the heavens above.
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The stars of Mirrormere shine even when the clouds hide them in the heavens above.
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NEW STORY ALERT
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
Satiation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
Zillah is a working woman in the small city of Barchester in 1885, one drawn into the World of Darkness when she answers the call ...
www.storytellersvault.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW STORY ALERT
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
Jess of the Shire and a special guest (Sister sister) talk vampires. Some of ye might find it interesting!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZe...
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Religion and the Vampire
YouTube video by Jess of the Shire
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November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Jess of the Shire and a special guest (Sister sister) talk vampires. Some of ye might find it interesting!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZe...
NEW STORY ALERT
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
Satiation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
Zillah is a working woman in the small city of Barchester in 1885, one drawn into the World of Darkness when she answers the call ...
www.storytellersvault.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW STORY ALERT
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
A short and sweet Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade tale - just 99 cents!
SATIATION
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/5...
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Aesthete-The Connoisseur
…he is also, in his way, a connoisseur of the curious, of those glimpses of another domain which are vouchsafed to certain individuals… -Mark Valentine The above quote is our first description of the man known only as the Connoisseur by amanuensis – and co-creator – Mark…
…he is also, in his way, a connoisseur of the curious, of those glimpses of another domain which are vouchsafed to certain individuals… -Mark Valentine The above quote is our first description of the man known only as the Connoisseur by amanuensis – and co-creator – Mark…
Aesthete-The Connoisseur
…he is also, in his way, a connoisseur of the curious, of those glimpses of another domain which are vouchsafed to certain individuals… -Mark Valentine The above quote is our first description of the man known only as the Connoisseur by amanuensis – and co-creator – Mark Valentine. Along with author John Howard, Valentine recorded twenty-four eerie exploits of the aesthetical detective extraordinaire, beginning with “The Effigies” in 1990. According to Valentine, while he wrote the first few stories himself, he and Howard shared co-writing duties for the rest. The Connoisseur is an odd figure; an iconoclast who disdains modernity, and embraces the archaic and unusual.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Aesthete-The Connoisseur
…he is also, in his way, a connoisseur of the curious, of those glimpses of another domain which are vouchsafed to certain individuals… -Mark Valentine The above quote is our first description of the man known only as the Connoisseur by amanuensis – and co-creator – Mark…
…he is also, in his way, a connoisseur of the curious, of those glimpses of another domain which are vouchsafed to certain individuals… -Mark Valentine The above quote is our first description of the man known only as the Connoisseur by amanuensis – and co-creator – Mark…
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*Satiation*: A Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade short story
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Satiation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
Zillah is a working woman in the small city of Bar
site.storytellersvault.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
*Satiation*: A Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade short story
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
*Satiation*: A Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade short story
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Satiation - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended.
Zillah is a working woman in the small city of Bar
site.storytellersvault.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
*Satiation*: A Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade short story
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Everything important in Zillah Hawkins' life happened after it ended...
site.storytellersvault.com/product/5468...
Coming very soon to the Storytellers Vault: Satiation, a Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade story. Zillah Hawkins, a young woman in the city of Barchester, finds herself unwillingly drawn into the World of Darkness...
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Coming very soon to the Storytellers Vault: Satiation, a Victorian Age Vampire the Masquerade story. Zillah Hawkins, a young woman in the city of Barchester, finds herself unwillingly drawn into the World of Darkness...
I'm three episodes into the show Last Frontier now and it's safe to say I'm hooked. It's bonkers and I love it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm three episodes into the show Last Frontier now and it's safe to say I'm hooked. It's bonkers and I love it.
Bumping this for the morning crowd... what say ye?
Not 100% happy with the phrasing here. Suggestions, friends?
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Bumping this for the morning crowd... what say ye?
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My newest novel, "Mark in Sales," follows Mark, who makes a lot of money selling cut-rate health insurance. As he starts to see the impact of this insurance on the employees of those companies, he gets offered the promotion he's always wanted.
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Mark in Sales
Mark in Sales [Poirier, Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mark in Sales
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November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My newest novel, "Mark in Sales," follows Mark, who makes a lot of money selling cut-rate health insurance. As he starts to see the impact of this insurance on the employees of those companies, he gets offered the promotion he's always wanted.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2SF5YCW
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2SF5YCW
A World of Darkness Hunters Hunted character very rudely jumped into my brain half an hour ago and won’t let me get back to sleep until I come up with a suitable adversary for her. What might an Orthodox rabbi’s daughter & widow tangle with in NYC 1999? (Besides Cainites)
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A World of Darkness Hunters Hunted character very rudely jumped into my brain half an hour ago and won’t let me get back to sleep until I come up with a suitable adversary for her. What might an Orthodox rabbi’s daughter & widow tangle with in NYC 1999? (Besides Cainites)
“The higher the banks, the swifter the river.”
Amra’s commentary: This phrase was the motto of one of the ancient houses of Aryvandaar. It means that a focused mind ‘untainted’ by other ideas is the wisest. The philosophy behind it was adopted by the realm as a whole, to the ruination of all.
Amra’s commentary: This phrase was the motto of one of the ancient houses of Aryvandaar. It means that a focused mind ‘untainted’ by other ideas is the wisest. The philosophy behind it was adopted by the realm as a whole, to the ruination of all.
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“The higher the banks, the swifter the river.”
Amra’s commentary: This phrase was the motto of one of the ancient houses of Aryvandaar. It means that a focused mind ‘untainted’ by other ideas is the wisest. The philosophy behind it was adopted by the realm as a whole, to the ruination of all.
Amra’s commentary: This phrase was the motto of one of the ancient houses of Aryvandaar. It means that a focused mind ‘untainted’ by other ideas is the wisest. The philosophy behind it was adopted by the realm as a whole, to the ruination of all.
Coming soon to the Storyteller's Vault - Satiation, a story of Zillah Hawkins, dragged into the World of Darkness against her will. “In life, you never had a chance, my dear. In death, though...”
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Coming soon to the Storyteller's Vault - Satiation, a story of Zillah Hawkins, dragged into the World of Darkness against her will. “In life, you never had a chance, my dear. In death, though...”