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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 11d

⚔️Did you know today is the 4th annual DAY OF MIGHT, a holiday dedicated to Sword & Sorcery?⚔️

Inaugurated by The Skull, though rumor has it Howard Andrew Jones may be its true author, this is a day to think about and enjoy Sword & Sorcery!

Learn more here: goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/1...

A one-eyed skull with a body draped in black sits in a lush library, poring over a large hardcover collection of Conan the Barbarian tales. Superimposed over the bottom quarter of the image is a caption which reads October 23rd is the day of might.

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · 17d

In case you wanted to be a hippo for your costume party this month, here are your Zaina-style ears, courtesy of another creator:

www.etsy.com/listing/1786...

#QuenchtotheHilt #animalears #costumecreation #fantasycostumes #shifters #costumeparty #masquerade

Gray hippo ears headband photo by CreateAndBeJoyful on Etsy

Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · 19d

"I’ve spent half my time sculpting glaciers into arches with my claws. I watch Wishe out of the corner of my eye. It’s shameful, but I want him to care." -Hoth, 'Abominably Yours' ❄️💙📚

#WIPSnips #abominablesnowman #pleasecare #shifters #sleighride #amwritingfantasy #newstory #comingsoon

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 20d

The #WIPSnips word for October 15th is "care"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 15 - care
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · 20d

Picky, articulate, picturesque semantics make fantasy weirder. It doesn’t break the genre…it loads it with new meaning.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 21d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · 25d

"It does me no good if these louts figure it out and she gets thrown into a hole beneath a lord’s mansion, or worse, becomes a magic battery for a two-bit charlatan." -Wishe

#WIPSnips #winterstory #Cheshirecat #shifters #magicpowers #makeawish #henchmen #SwiperNoSwiping #letsmakeadeal #quote

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 26d

The #WIPSnips word for October 9th is "battery"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 9 - battery
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · 26d

"His fingers were swift and featherlight, like they’d never stayed in place more than a moment in his life. I had the sudden certainty that things tended to go missing in his presence."
-'Roulette' short story 🗿🪐📚
#WIPSnips #comingsoon #FireAndLyra #portalfantasy #dystopian #Octoberrelease #tbr

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 29d

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips

The word for October 6th is "miss"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 6 - miss
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · 26d

"Right now, a deal is possible. I keep my pink-striped paws moving. I’m not about to miss out." -Wishe, Cheshire cat shifter
#WIPSnips #CheshireCat #catchmeifyoucan #quotes #bookquotes #amwritingfantasy #romantasy #romancelandia #feydeal #antihero #amwriting #writingprompts

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · Sep 30

The #WIPSnips word for September 30th is "paw"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 30 - paw
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Oct 1

This is totally something my Cheshire cat would say. Both parts of it.
#cheshiresmile #whyyouupinthemonstersgrill #letsmakeadeal

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · Oct 1

i made this for my husband

edited tweet from primawesome:

my NPC told me monsters keep eating his adventuring parties so i asked how many adventures he has and he said he just goes to the tavern and gets a new adventuring part afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding adventuring parties to monsters and then the bard started crying.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's not possible for my empire to have problems. My courtiers are always nervously smiling and telling me everything is great

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 21

Why do I know exactly what this means?
#reallifefantasy #DIY #IKEAexperience #homelibrary #gamerlife

Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · Aug 10

Wife and I went to IKEA for no specific thing, just to look at furniture and
pontificate on what we might need. And IKEA without a purpose is a vastly different experience. It’s like you’re wandering through a dungeon in a video game that you already beat.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Mar 23

this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite

Collection of paints, brushes and pots on an old table. In the corner a large very fluffy cat sprawls in decadence

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 15

In case you weren’t a happy cucumber yet today.

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Feb 21

life: the horror and the joy

A bumpy green vegetable, with the top cut off. The holes inside look like eyes and a mouth, on one side it looks like shock and fear. The other looks like happiness or joy

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Phantom Flotsam @phantomflotsam.bsky.social · Dec 11

I was lost
But somehow found myself
On the long way back to nowhere.
It was quiet but that’s what made it so loud.
Lighting hit the lamps
On streets painted black,
Where each home was a tombstone
With each address
marking the date of death.

#poetry

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 10

Looking for portals everywhere.
#portalfantasy #arches #ruins #ruin #pathlesstraveled #lostcivilization

Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · Dec 12

moon gate

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The Met: Ancient Near Eastern Art @metancieneast.bsky.social · Sep 6

Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Ashurbanipal describing restorations of the city wall and gates at Borsippa https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321670

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 8

You never know what you're going to uncover.
#ruins #cuneiform #discovery

おやつMaster（考古学のおやつ） @oyatsumaster.bsky.social · Sep 8

2025年9月8日
#考古学のおやつ
トルコ、ヴァン県（Van il）のエレク山（Erek）の斜面にあるケヴェンリ城（Kevenli Kalesi）で、ウラルトゥ王国の最大の貯蔵施設。2700年前。楔形文字で内容物と分量を記したを貯蔵用の大甕ピトス（πίθος；pitos）76口出土。
[Anatolian Archaeology]
www.anatolianarchaeology.net/76-cuneiform...

76 Cuneiform-Inscribed Pithoi Unearthed in Kevenli Fortress: Uncovering Urartu’s Largest Ancient Storage Center - Anatolian Archaeology

Archaeologists in Van, Türkiye, have uncovered 76 cuneiform-inscribed pithoi at Kevenli Fortress. The discovery reveals a sophisticated.

www.anatolianarchaeology.net

Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next month, my story "Roulette," is going to dip into a dystopian labyrinth of ruins. You don't mind if I start dipping you now, do you? 😉👻🙃🗿 Turning up the dial now. ⏲️🎚️ Don't let the sun catch you on your way in. ⛅️🔦
#comingsoon #Roulette #shortstory #tombraider #guardians #portal #riddlemethis #tbr

Stone archway with runes on it opens onto dusty dystopian ruins of an advanced city. Title reads Roulette, coming October. There is a black octagon symbol.

Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 1

The next newsletter is out! Check your inbox for more behind-the-scenes on the latest stories. If you haven't signed up to receive yet, make the grabby hands over here:
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#newsletter #authornews #storynews #youvegotmail #newslettersignup

Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you were trapped in a dusty, stone Escape Room for 100 or even 1,000 years, and then a thief opened up a portal…but if the portal didn’t work, there was a steep dropoff on the other side...would you jump? #poll #whatif #Roulette #escaperoom

Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Aug 9

Cloak vs. Arrow 🏹
#archery #amwritingfantasy #whatif #fantasycloak #cloakanddagger #fantasyfights #swordandsorcery

Blumineck @blumineck.bsky.social · Jul 6

Can you stop an arrow with a cape?

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Aelith Loves Art 𖣂 @aelith4ever.bsky.social · Aug 2

When The Heart Is Young (1902), by John William Godward

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Jul 27

How do you feel about unconventional fantasy weapons as primary in the story?

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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · Apr 4

i fell into a radioactive crater and now i've been imbued with all the powers and abilities of a crater

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Seriah Black @seriahblacksheep.bsky.social · Jul 22

Heard another musician talking about playing ud, and it took me down this lovely rabbit hole of what appears to be a type of lute. In fact, this is the type I thought of when writing "Between a Rock and a Bard Place."

#musicdiscovery #lutes #BetweenaRock #bards #musicians

youtu.be/ZLbQcs3W0Bs?...

The Mesmerising sound of the OUD (Ancestor of guitar!)

YouTube video by Paul Davids

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Blumineck @blumineck.bsky.social · Jul 17

How do you aim while moving around?

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