Silas A. Bischoff
@silasabischoff.bsky.social
SFF writer, mostly grimdark with sprinkles of whimsical, lover of pretend grave robbing with dice, coding & sciencing
https://www.morbidtastepublishing.com
https://www.morbidtastepublishing.com
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My novel "A Crow Named Torment" was nominated for "best setting" in the Indie Ink Awards!
I would greatly appreciate your vote to get short-listed. 🙏
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
#IndieInkAwards #IndieStoryGeek #indieauthor #fantasy #books #gothichorror #grimdark #whimsical #corvidsrule
I would greatly appreciate your vote to get short-listed. 🙏
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
#IndieInkAwards #IndieStoryGeek #indieauthor #fantasy #books #gothichorror #grimdark #whimsical #corvidsrule
My novel "A Crow Named Torment" was nominated for "best setting" in the Indie Ink Awards!
I would greatly appreciate your vote to get short-listed. 🙏
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
#IndieInkAwards #IndieStoryGeek #indieauthor #fantasy #books #gothichorror #grimdark #whimsical #corvidsrule
I would greatly appreciate your vote to get short-listed. 🙏
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
#IndieInkAwards #IndieStoryGeek #indieauthor #fantasy #books #gothichorror #grimdark #whimsical #corvidsrule
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My novel "A Crow Named Torment" was nominated for "best setting" in the Indie Ink Awards!
I would greatly appreciate your vote to get short-listed. 🙏
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
#IndieInkAwards #IndieStoryGeek #indieauthor #fantasy #books #gothichorror #grimdark #whimsical #corvidsrule
I would greatly appreciate your vote to get short-listed. 🙏
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
#IndieInkAwards #IndieStoryGeek #indieauthor #fantasy #books #gothichorror #grimdark #whimsical #corvidsrule
To my TTRPG-lovers:
I want to record a solo-RPG actual play for YouTube, and adapt it as a novel or series of short stories.
Assuming you watch TTRPG actual plays, which system would you be most interested in?
A) Dungeons & Dragons 5e
B) Mythras
#actualplay #solorpg #mythicgme #dnd #mythras
I want to record a solo-RPG actual play for YouTube, and adapt it as a novel or series of short stories.
Assuming you watch TTRPG actual plays, which system would you be most interested in?
A) Dungeons & Dragons 5e
B) Mythras
#actualplay #solorpg #mythicgme #dnd #mythras
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
To my TTRPG-lovers:
I want to record a solo-RPG actual play for YouTube, and adapt it as a novel or series of short stories.
Assuming you watch TTRPG actual plays, which system would you be most interested in?
A) Dungeons & Dragons 5e
B) Mythras
#actualplay #solorpg #mythicgme #dnd #mythras
I want to record a solo-RPG actual play for YouTube, and adapt it as a novel or series of short stories.
Assuming you watch TTRPG actual plays, which system would you be most interested in?
A) Dungeons & Dragons 5e
B) Mythras
#actualplay #solorpg #mythicgme #dnd #mythras
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Speaking of books, I picked up A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social up from Amazon for less than 4 quids. About 25% in and I'm really enjoying it so far. Like, who doesn't love a good tale about Crow?
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Speaking of books, I picked up A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social up from Amazon for less than 4 quids. About 25% in and I'm really enjoying it so far. Like, who doesn't love a good tale about Crow?
I'm playing around with an idea:
A solo roleplaying actual play on YouTube (similar to "Me, Myself & Die"), but the intent is to create a publishable Sword & Sorcery serial in proper prose.
And at the beginning and end of sessions, I read scenes I've written based on the events of the game. 🤔
A solo roleplaying actual play on YouTube (similar to "Me, Myself & Die"), but the intent is to create a publishable Sword & Sorcery serial in proper prose.
And at the beginning and end of sessions, I read scenes I've written based on the events of the game. 🤔
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I'm playing around with an idea:
A solo roleplaying actual play on YouTube (similar to "Me, Myself & Die"), but the intent is to create a publishable Sword & Sorcery serial in proper prose.
And at the beginning and end of sessions, I read scenes I've written based on the events of the game. 🤔
A solo roleplaying actual play on YouTube (similar to "Me, Myself & Die"), but the intent is to create a publishable Sword & Sorcery serial in proper prose.
And at the beginning and end of sessions, I read scenes I've written based on the events of the game. 🤔
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Do you like fantasy? How about murder mystery party games? Good news! The Flying Haddock is open for business! Solve three unique mysteries with friends, before the killer gets you!
And if you're feeling generous, I would greatly appreciate a like and a repost!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
And if you're feeling generous, I would greatly appreciate a like and a repost!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Mysteries of The Flying Haddock - a trilogy - Enigmatic Events Collective Inc. | DriveThruRPG
Mysteries of the Flying Haddock are a set of threeshort murder mystery roleplaying games inspired by Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition and the Forgotten Realms. It is, however, not a 5th edition adv...
www.drivethrurpg.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Do you like fantasy? How about murder mystery party games? Good news! The Flying Haddock is open for business! Solve three unique mysteries with friends, before the killer gets you!
And if you're feeling generous, I would greatly appreciate a like and a repost!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
And if you're feeling generous, I would greatly appreciate a like and a repost!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Reposted by Silas A. Bischoff
The BFS is very pleased to support the Best Audiobook: Science Fiction & Fantasy category at the inaugural British Audio Awards the ceremony for which takes place on 24th November. To mark the event, Long Story Short presents our very first Podcast Special.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The BFS is very pleased to support the Best Audiobook: Science Fiction & Fantasy category at the inaugural British Audio Awards the ceremony for which takes place on 24th November. To mark the event, Long Story Short presents our very first Podcast Special.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
✨Career milestone✨
50 days ago I signed my first contract for a professional rate short fiction sale, and with my favourite magazine no less: @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social 🖤🗡️
It's a dark and otherworldly, Welsh-myth-inspired sword & sorcery tale for their upcoming Arthurian issue.
50 days ago I signed my first contract for a professional rate short fiction sale, and with my favourite magazine no less: @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social 🖤🗡️
It's a dark and otherworldly, Welsh-myth-inspired sword & sorcery tale for their upcoming Arthurian issue.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
✨Career milestone✨
50 days ago I signed my first contract for a professional rate short fiction sale, and with my favourite magazine no less: @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social 🖤🗡️
It's a dark and otherworldly, Welsh-myth-inspired sword & sorcery tale for their upcoming Arthurian issue.
50 days ago I signed my first contract for a professional rate short fiction sale, and with my favourite magazine no less: @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social 🖤🗡️
It's a dark and otherworldly, Welsh-myth-inspired sword & sorcery tale for their upcoming Arthurian issue.
Thank you @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social for a wonderful convention!
2nd year and it already feels like coming home.
Highlights:
- first time being approached by someone who read my book
- a publisher I love expressing interest in a project and asking for a sample & synopsis
- all the conversations
2nd year and it already feels like coming home.
Highlights:
- first time being approached by someone who read my book
- a publisher I love expressing interest in a project and asking for a sample & synopsis
- all the conversations
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Thank you @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social for a wonderful convention!
2nd year and it already feels like coming home.
Highlights:
- first time being approached by someone who read my book
- a publisher I love expressing interest in a project and asking for a sample & synopsis
- all the conversations
2nd year and it already feels like coming home.
Highlights:
- first time being approached by someone who read my book
- a publisher I love expressing interest in a project and asking for a sample & synopsis
- all the conversations
Time for my yearly check-in to the internet for @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton. 😬
I'll be on:
The Roleplaying Games Panel – Thursday 8 pm – Edinburgh room
Swords and Sorcery – Saturday 10 am – Buckingham room
and I'll read from my upcoming novel Saturday 5 pm in the Osborne room
✌️
I'll be on:
The Roleplaying Games Panel – Thursday 8 pm – Edinburgh room
Swords and Sorcery – Saturday 10 am – Buckingham room
and I'll read from my upcoming novel Saturday 5 pm in the Osborne room
✌️
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Time for my yearly check-in to the internet for @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton. 😬
I'll be on:
The Roleplaying Games Panel – Thursday 8 pm – Edinburgh room
Swords and Sorcery – Saturday 10 am – Buckingham room
and I'll read from my upcoming novel Saturday 5 pm in the Osborne room
✌️
I'll be on:
The Roleplaying Games Panel – Thursday 8 pm – Edinburgh room
Swords and Sorcery – Saturday 10 am – Buckingham room
and I'll read from my upcoming novel Saturday 5 pm in the Osborne room
✌️
Submitted to @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social yesterday! 🤞
I submit to short story magazines occasionally (only rejections so far), but this one's always special for me, because it's the one I'm excited for every issue of and that matches my taste to a T.
#amwriting #darkfantasy #arthuriana
I submit to short story magazines occasionally (only rejections so far), but this one's always special for me, because it's the one I'm excited for every issue of and that matches my taste to a T.
#amwriting #darkfantasy #arthuriana
August 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Submitted to @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social yesterday! 🤞
I submit to short story magazines occasionally (only rejections so far), but this one's always special for me, because it's the one I'm excited for every issue of and that matches my taste to a T.
#amwriting #darkfantasy #arthuriana
I submit to short story magazines occasionally (only rejections so far), but this one's always special for me, because it's the one I'm excited for every issue of and that matches my taste to a T.
#amwriting #darkfantasy #arthuriana
The release of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social planning an Arthurian dark fantasy anthology falling so close together is no mere coincidence. The prophecy is real. Heed the signs. 🗡️
July 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The release of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social planning an Arthurian dark fantasy anthology falling so close together is no mere coincidence. The prophecy is real. Heed the signs. 🗡️
You might have heard about Alpha, Beta and Sigma males.
Well, it turns out I'm a GAMMA male... 😔
(short for "Gay Angry Muscle Mommy Appreciating")
Well, it turns out I'm a GAMMA male... 😔
(short for "Gay Angry Muscle Mommy Appreciating")
July 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
You might have heard about Alpha, Beta and Sigma males.
Well, it turns out I'm a GAMMA male... 😔
(short for "Gay Angry Muscle Mommy Appreciating")
Well, it turns out I'm a GAMMA male... 😔
(short for "Gay Angry Muscle Mommy Appreciating")
Inverted story structure ☝️
It's *all* a dark night of the soul, except for end of act 2 where there's a tiny glimmer of hope, which is snuffed out for good in the climax. 🙃💖
#writingcommunity #herosjourney #amwriting #author
It's *all* a dark night of the soul, except for end of act 2 where there's a tiny glimmer of hope, which is snuffed out for good in the climax. 🙃💖
#writingcommunity #herosjourney #amwriting #author
July 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Inverted story structure ☝️
It's *all* a dark night of the soul, except for end of act 2 where there's a tiny glimmer of hope, which is snuffed out for good in the climax. 🙃💖
#writingcommunity #herosjourney #amwriting #author
It's *all* a dark night of the soul, except for end of act 2 where there's a tiny glimmer of hope, which is snuffed out for good in the climax. 🙃💖
#writingcommunity #herosjourney #amwriting #author
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last: Paradise City by Zoë Beck
Current: Heliotrope by @palmerpickering.bsky.social & The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
Next: Black Stone Heart by @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social
Last: Paradise City by Zoë Beck
Current: Heliotrope by @palmerpickering.bsky.social & The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
Next: Black Stone Heart by @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social
Haven't done this in a while...
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last - Blackwing by @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Current - The Expanse: Dragon Tooth volume 2 by Andy Diggle, et al
A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social
Next: Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last - Blackwing by @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Current - The Expanse: Dragon Tooth volume 2 by Andy Diggle, et al
A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social
Next: Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last: Paradise City by Zoë Beck
Current: Heliotrope by @palmerpickering.bsky.social & The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
Next: Black Stone Heart by @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social
Last: Paradise City by Zoë Beck
Current: Heliotrope by @palmerpickering.bsky.social & The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
Next: Black Stone Heart by @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social
I'm changing up my writing toolset for increased productivity.
Old: Scrivener + inDesign
New: Neovim + git + pandoc
As a fiction writer as well as programmer this just makes way more sense to me.
Old: Scrivener + inDesign
New: Neovim + git + pandoc
As a fiction writer as well as programmer this just makes way more sense to me.
June 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm changing up my writing toolset for increased productivity.
Old: Scrivener + inDesign
New: Neovim + git + pandoc
As a fiction writer as well as programmer this just makes way more sense to me.
Old: Scrivener + inDesign
New: Neovim + git + pandoc
As a fiction writer as well as programmer this just makes way more sense to me.
Reposted by Silas A. Bischoff
Haven't done this in a while...
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last - Blackwing by @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Current - The Expanse: Dragon Tooth volume 2 by Andy Diggle, et al
A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social
Next: Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last - Blackwing by @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Current - The Expanse: Dragon Tooth volume 2 by Andy Diggle, et al
A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social
Next: Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Haven't done this in a while...
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last - Blackwing by @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Current - The Expanse: Dragon Tooth volume 2 by Andy Diggle, et al
A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social
Next: Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social
Quote repost with your last, current and next reads:
Last - Blackwing by @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Current - The Expanse: Dragon Tooth volume 2 by Andy Diggle, et al
A Crow Named Torment by @silasabischoff.bsky.social
Next: Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social
Picked up The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman and I'm enjoying it immensely. Reminds me of TTRPGs in a good way. Fun MC. Its close to the flavour of Sword & Sorcery I'm aiming for with my current WIP, so it's a good study, too. 😌⚔️
June 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Picked up The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman and I'm enjoying it immensely. Reminds me of TTRPGs in a good way. Fun MC. Its close to the flavour of Sword & Sorcery I'm aiming for with my current WIP, so it's a good study, too. 😌⚔️
Tech is making good progress, which is awesome, but we really need to start expropriating the obscenely rich – in practice, not just theory – for it to work in our favour.
Just sayin'.
And work should be reduced to 5 hours a day, 3 days a week or something.
Just sayin'.
And work should be reduced to 5 hours a day, 3 days a week or something.
May 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tech is making good progress, which is awesome, but we really need to start expropriating the obscenely rich – in practice, not just theory – for it to work in our favour.
Just sayin'.
And work should be reduced to 5 hours a day, 3 days a week or something.
Just sayin'.
And work should be reduced to 5 hours a day, 3 days a week or something.
The future of the OSL, which runs the infrastructure for hundreds of crucial open source projects (including Linux itself), is at risk due to funding issues.
If you value free software and independence from big tech corporations, please donate:
osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
#foss #linux #opensource
If you value free software and independence from big tech corporations, please donate:
osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
#foss #linux #opensource
Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
osuosl.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The future of the OSL, which runs the infrastructure for hundreds of crucial open source projects (including Linux itself), is at risk due to funding issues.
If you value free software and independence from big tech corporations, please donate:
osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
#foss #linux #opensource
If you value free software and independence from big tech corporations, please donate:
osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
#foss #linux #opensource
Has anyone played #BaldursGate3 in couch co-op with their partner since one of the recent patches and can tell me how companions work now?
I would only want to play it with my wife if we get the full experience (each of our companions interjecting in all dialogues, acknowledging each other, etc.)
I would only want to play it with my wife if we get the full experience (each of our companions interjecting in all dialogues, acknowledging each other, etc.)
April 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Has anyone played #BaldursGate3 in couch co-op with their partner since one of the recent patches and can tell me how companions work now?
I would only want to play it with my wife if we get the full experience (each of our companions interjecting in all dialogues, acknowledging each other, etc.)
I would only want to play it with my wife if we get the full experience (each of our companions interjecting in all dialogues, acknowledging each other, etc.)
It is a black day for readers waiting for their favourite fantasy author's next book:
BG3 Patch 8 is out.
(On the bright side: BG3 Patch 8 is out.)
BG3 Patch 8 is out.
(On the bright side: BG3 Patch 8 is out.)
April 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It is a black day for readers waiting for their favourite fantasy author's next book:
BG3 Patch 8 is out.
(On the bright side: BG3 Patch 8 is out.)
BG3 Patch 8 is out.
(On the bright side: BG3 Patch 8 is out.)
And episode No 2!
Would you please acknowledge what a dapper squad of gobbos we make?
Still working up my courage to listen to it (I get deeply uncomfortable listening to myself 😅) but I can vouch at least 2 of those gobbos are cool and funny dudes. 👍
Would you please acknowledge what a dapper squad of gobbos we make?
Still working up my courage to listen to it (I get deeply uncomfortable listening to myself 😅) but I can vouch at least 2 of those gobbos are cool and funny dudes. 👍
# 208- Ben and Nico chat storytelling with the author behind Morbid Taste Publishing, Silas A. Bischoff (@silasabischoff.bsky.social). Listen here:
www.buzzsprout.com/1129067/epis...
A Crow Named Torment: www.morbidtastepublishing.com
#shortstory #SF #fantasy #interview
www.buzzsprout.com/1129067/epis...
A Crow Named Torment: www.morbidtastepublishing.com
#shortstory #SF #fantasy #interview
April 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And episode No 2!
Would you please acknowledge what a dapper squad of gobbos we make?
Still working up my courage to listen to it (I get deeply uncomfortable listening to myself 😅) but I can vouch at least 2 of those gobbos are cool and funny dudes. 👍
Would you please acknowledge what a dapper squad of gobbos we make?
Still working up my courage to listen to it (I get deeply uncomfortable listening to myself 😅) but I can vouch at least 2 of those gobbos are cool and funny dudes. 👍
Was lucky enough to be spotted by Nico from @tinybookcase.bsky.social during my reading at FantasyCon and get invited to their podcast! First episode came out yesterday. Loved the stories they wrote!
Thanks again to Ben & Nico for the opportunity. You rock and I hope I'll be seeing you Brighton! ✌️
Thanks again to Ben & Nico for the opportunity. You rock and I hope I'll be seeing you Brighton! ✌️
# 207- Silas A. Bischoff (@silasabischoff.bsky.social sky.social), indie-author of A CROW NAMED TORMENT, joins us for the prompt 'Soar'. Listen here:
www.buzzsprout.com/1129067/epis...
A Crow Named Torment: www.morbidtastepublishing.com
#shortstory #SF #fantasy
www.buzzsprout.com/1129067/epis...
A Crow Named Torment: www.morbidtastepublishing.com
#shortstory #SF #fantasy
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Was lucky enough to be spotted by Nico from @tinybookcase.bsky.social during my reading at FantasyCon and get invited to their podcast! First episode came out yesterday. Loved the stories they wrote!
Thanks again to Ben & Nico for the opportunity. You rock and I hope I'll be seeing you Brighton! ✌️
Thanks again to Ben & Nico for the opportunity. You rock and I hope I'll be seeing you Brighton! ✌️
Just deleted my Threads profile. If X is really worse than that place, I don't even want to imagine it...
March 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just deleted my Threads profile. If X is really worse than that place, I don't even want to imagine it...