Seán
@wizardhill.bsky.social
Irish fantasy writer and wizard enjoyer. Posting from the dungeons deep beneath Planet Dracula in the Carpathian Galaxy.
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Seán
@wizardhill.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hello! It's me! I'm Seán, dark fantasy writer and wizard enjoyer. Talk to me about kung fu movies, Souls games, and dungeon synth.
I write Shadows & Sorcery, a weekly dark fantasy flash fiction publication on Substack, plus a monthly serial novel, The Path of Poison. I also draw sometimes.
I write Shadows & Sorcery, a weekly dark fantasy flash fiction publication on Substack, plus a monthly serial novel, The Path of Poison. I also draw sometimes.
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Steel is the strongest thing in the world. Steel does not bend. Steel makes all else bend in its stead--laws of nature included. Get a taste of just what the Sorcery of Steel can do in the new SHADOWS & SORCERY
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
Shadows & Sorcery #190
This week, we witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and we descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Steel is the strongest thing in the world. Steel does not bend. Steel makes all else bend in its stead--laws of nature included. Get a taste of just what the Sorcery of Steel can do in the new SHADOWS & SORCERY
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
ooohohohohhoheheheheheeoeoeoeheheheheoeoeoeeo look what arrived
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ooohohohohhoheheheheheeoeoeoeheheheheoeoeoeeo look what arrived
-Answers to no state or god
-Possesses unique abilities and knowledge
-Wages a one man war against a secret enemy
Yep, Carloman, everyone's kindly grandpa who tips waitstaff 400%, is a vigilante.
I think a good vigilante character has to, on some level, be a good person, but good =/= nice.
-Possesses unique abilities and knowledge
-Wages a one man war against a secret enemy
Yep, Carloman, everyone's kindly grandpa who tips waitstaff 400%, is a vigilante.
I think a good vigilante character has to, on some level, be a good person, but good =/= nice.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
-Answers to no state or god
-Possesses unique abilities and knowledge
-Wages a one man war against a secret enemy
Yep, Carloman, everyone's kindly grandpa who tips waitstaff 400%, is a vigilante.
I think a good vigilante character has to, on some level, be a good person, but good =/= nice.
-Possesses unique abilities and knowledge
-Wages a one man war against a secret enemy
Yep, Carloman, everyone's kindly grandpa who tips waitstaff 400%, is a vigilante.
I think a good vigilante character has to, on some level, be a good person, but good =/= nice.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
All of them💀 World was a mess of competing petty kingdoms, breakaway states, wannabe empires, there was literally always something going on. Certain old chronicles in private collections muse that the mountains were called up by all the shed blood...
All of them💀 World was a mess of competing petty kingdoms, breakaway states, wannabe empires, there was literally always something going on. Certain old chronicles in private collections muse that the mountains were called up by all the shed blood...
#NovemberWorldbuilders Does your fictional world have any wars in its history that are now over? What was the conflict about? What were the repercussions of it?
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
All of them💀 World was a mess of competing petty kingdoms, breakaway states, wannabe empires, there was literally always something going on. Certain old chronicles in private collections muse that the mountains were called up by all the shed blood...
All of them💀 World was a mess of competing petty kingdoms, breakaway states, wannabe empires, there was literally always something going on. Certain old chronicles in private collections muse that the mountains were called up by all the shed blood...
Slimy fixer in Johnny Mnemonic, cursed film buff in Cigarette Burns, elegant elder vampire in Blade, and of course stars in my favourite scene in one of my favourite movies, Shadow of the Vampire. Gonna miss him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9eg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9eg...
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Slimy fixer in Johnny Mnemonic, cursed film buff in Cigarette Burns, elegant elder vampire in Blade, and of course stars in my favourite scene in one of my favourite movies, Shadow of the Vampire. Gonna miss him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9eg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9eg...
Vexelstrom and Impulse might be my favourite radio stations in Cyberpunk. Sometimes I need to hear EVERYTHING BURNS when walking around NC for maximum vibes, sometimes I just want the chill DJ set bopping away.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Vexelstrom and Impulse might be my favourite radio stations in Cyberpunk. Sometimes I need to hear EVERYTHING BURNS when walking around NC for maximum vibes, sometimes I just want the chill DJ set bopping away.
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Here’s a “photo” of the family in this illustration including names!
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Here’s a “photo” of the family in this illustration including names!
Steel is the strongest thing in the world. Steel does not bend. Steel makes all else bend in its stead--laws of nature included. Get a taste of just what the Sorcery of Steel can do in the new SHADOWS & SORCERY
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
Shadows & Sorcery #190
This week, we witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and we descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Steel is the strongest thing in the world. Steel does not bend. Steel makes all else bend in its stead--laws of nature included. Get a taste of just what the Sorcery of Steel can do in the new SHADOWS & SORCERY
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#Fantasy #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor 💙📚
Aaahhhh RIP Udo Kier, one of the ultimate Hey It's That Guy actors, cult film actor par excellence, always a great presence wherever he appeared
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Aaahhhh RIP Udo Kier, one of the ultimate Hey It's That Guy actors, cult film actor par excellence, always a great presence wherever he appeared
#NovemberWorldbuilders
The Coming of the Mountains will impact the lives of humanity in this world for all time. Veney wasn't there for it, but he feels the effects all the same. In fact, he knows them just a little better than most, considering the Mountains brought with them Vampirism.
The Coming of the Mountains will impact the lives of humanity in this world for all time. Veney wasn't there for it, but he feels the effects all the same. In fact, he knows them just a little better than most, considering the Mountains brought with them Vampirism.
#NovemberWorldbuilders Let's talk about how the world's history directly impacts your main character (or some other important character in the world you're developing). Do they have an important ancestor? Was there a specific event, say a war or diaspora, that impacted their current life?
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
The Coming of the Mountains will impact the lives of humanity in this world for all time. Veney wasn't there for it, but he feels the effects all the same. In fact, he knows them just a little better than most, considering the Mountains brought with them Vampirism.
The Coming of the Mountains will impact the lives of humanity in this world for all time. Veney wasn't there for it, but he feels the effects all the same. In fact, he knows them just a little better than most, considering the Mountains brought with them Vampirism.
Reposted by Seán
In the new SHADOWS & SORCERY, witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
Shadows & Sorcery #190
This week, we witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and we descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In the new SHADOWS & SORCERY, witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
Started watching the 80s Robin of Sherwood TV series
It's very cozy, relaxed energy even in action scenes, the production design is top notch, locations are gorgeous, though the pacing's a little off, removing some of the impact
That entire sequence in Simon de Belleme's wizard castle tho👀
It's very cozy, relaxed energy even in action scenes, the production design is top notch, locations are gorgeous, though the pacing's a little off, removing some of the impact
That entire sequence in Simon de Belleme's wizard castle tho👀
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Started watching the 80s Robin of Sherwood TV series
It's very cozy, relaxed energy even in action scenes, the production design is top notch, locations are gorgeous, though the pacing's a little off, removing some of the impact
That entire sequence in Simon de Belleme's wizard castle tho👀
It's very cozy, relaxed energy even in action scenes, the production design is top notch, locations are gorgeous, though the pacing's a little off, removing some of the impact
That entire sequence in Simon de Belleme's wizard castle tho👀
In the new SHADOWS & SORCERY, witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
Shadows & Sorcery #190
This week, we witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and we descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In the new SHADOWS & SORCERY, witness a test of the Sorcery of Steel, the red wizard travels across the sea to renew a bond in a Flame Tower, and descend, lantern in hand, into the Depths of the Graveyard…
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
#FlashFiction #Fantasy #Wizards #Writing
You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like #carlofans
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like #carlofans
Carloman has the head of an ageing rocker from the glory days: pure chrome dome emerging from a mass of silver-gold
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Carloman has the head of an ageing rocker from the glory days: pure chrome dome emerging from a mass of silver-gold
"she frank on my stein til ITS ALIVE" might be my favourite post I've ever seen
Still thinking about it weeks later
Still thinking about it weeks later
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"she frank on my stein til ITS ALIVE" might be my favourite post I've ever seen
Still thinking about it weeks later
Still thinking about it weeks later
New Shadows & Sorcery out later today! Sword wizards, fire altars, and a trip into a flooded graveyard await...
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New Shadows & Sorcery out later today! Sword wizards, fire altars, and a trip into a flooded graveyard await...
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Trying to think who tf my favourite characters are since I'm not a very character-focused person. Like I don't spend time thinking or writing about them, I just know they were cool. I'm more impressed by well-executed concepts, presence, or performance than arcs or development.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trying to think who tf my favourite characters are since I'm not a very character-focused person. Like I don't spend time thinking or writing about them, I just know they were cool. I'm more impressed by well-executed concepts, presence, or performance than arcs or development.
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#NovemberWorldbuilders
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
We're talking about our fictional world's history this week, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about a ruler or leader who made an impact in your world. How are they remembered by those living in the future?
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
We're talking about our fictional world's history this week, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about a ruler or leader who made an impact in your world. How are they remembered by those living in the future?
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
This world was once a mess of useless ever-obliged nobility, would-be enlightened despots, and just straight up cult of personality tyrants. Then the Mountains broke the world and like 99% of them died and were forgotten. Their descendants suck marginally less.
Thank you everyone🙏
I really shouldn't post these because I recede into my own abdomen over literally anything approaching a compliment, but I feel it's necessary
I really shouldn't post these because I recede into my own abdomen over literally anything approaching a compliment, but I feel it's necessary
Someone (me) got a magazine acceptance today👀
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thank you everyone🙏
I really shouldn't post these because I recede into my own abdomen over literally anything approaching a compliment, but I feel it's necessary
I really shouldn't post these because I recede into my own abdomen over literally anything approaching a compliment, but I feel it's necessary
1,053 words written this session for another little Carloman episode, visiting somewhere we don't really go
This story was being difficult until it wasn't, came together quite neatly in the end I think
This story was being difficult until it wasn't, came together quite neatly in the end I think
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
1,053 words written this session for another little Carloman episode, visiting somewhere we don't really go
This story was being difficult until it wasn't, came together quite neatly in the end I think
This story was being difficult until it wasn't, came together quite neatly in the end I think
*ten thousand divine trumpets sounding in unison*
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
*ten thousand divine trumpets sounding in unison*
Just making sure real quick
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Just making sure real quick