Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author
@stephens.website
Self-published author, mostly sci-fi and fantasy with occasional forays into other fields. I also offer editing and beta-reading services. If you share A.I.-generated content, I'll Mute you; if you *create* it, I'll Block you. #ActuallyAutistic He/Him/His
There's a region in my "Trials" fantasy series called the Midlands, and I keep bouncing back and forth on whether to capitalize the M. The region doesn't belong to any one power. Before the old empire, it was known as the central territories. Under the empire, it was the midland regions. Now...
February 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
There's a region in my "Trials" fantasy series called the Midlands, and I keep bouncing back and forth on whether to capitalize the M. The region doesn't belong to any one power. Before the old empire, it was known as the central territories. Under the empire, it was the midland regions. Now...
And now, we wait. (Good thing this little experiment is taking place indoors, 'cause the cubes would *never* melt in *this* weather.)
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
And now, we wait. (Good thing this little experiment is taking place indoors, 'cause the cubes would *never* melt in *this* weather.)
It's been a few days since I moved my desk, and my autistic brain is torn between wanting to see how long it takes for these carpet ruts to "heal" on their own and wanting to test that method I once heard about where you put ice cubes in the ruts and let them melt. The answer, of course, is do both.
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
It's been a few days since I moved my desk, and my autistic brain is torn between wanting to see how long it takes for these carpet ruts to "heal" on their own and wanting to test that method I once heard about where you put ice cubes in the ruts and let them melt. The answer, of course, is do both.
I usually do these prompts a week at a time, but I guess I can share this one by itself. This is a map of the whole continent in my "Trials" #fantasy series. Most of the story takes place in the Kingdom of Mer'cil in the east, but the other regions are mentioned, at least. #FebruaryWorldbuilders
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 AM
I usually do these prompts a week at a time, but I guess I can share this one by itself. This is a map of the whole continent in my "Trials" #fantasy series. Most of the story takes place in the Kingdom of Mer'cil in the east, but the other regions are mentioned, at least. #FebruaryWorldbuilders
Soi Fon can be funny when she wants to be.
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Soi Fon can be funny when she wants to be.
Took a little walk earlier before the snow got *too* bad. This is a river near my apartment on one side of the bridge and then the other.
February 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Took a little walk earlier before the snow got *too* bad. This is a river near my apartment on one side of the bridge and then the other.
I found the lamp post last week.
January 31, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I found the lamp post last week.
An even better idea: #WataOshi #CLUE.
The Dinner Guests:
Miss Claire Scarlett
Mr. Yu Green
Mrs. Loretta White
Col. Rod Mustard
Mrs. Pepi Peacock
Prof. Thane Plum
The Staff:
Misha the Cook
Lene the Maid
and Rae Wadsworth, the Butler
Who killed Manaria Boddy?
#ImInLoveWithTheVillainess #ILTV
The Dinner Guests:
Miss Claire Scarlett
Mr. Yu Green
Mrs. Loretta White
Col. Rod Mustard
Mrs. Pepi Peacock
Prof. Thane Plum
The Staff:
Misha the Cook
Lene the Maid
and Rae Wadsworth, the Butler
Who killed Manaria Boddy?
#ImInLoveWithTheVillainess #ILTV
January 31, 2026 at 10:18 PM
An even better idea: #WataOshi #CLUE.
The Dinner Guests:
Miss Claire Scarlett
Mr. Yu Green
Mrs. Loretta White
Col. Rod Mustard
Mrs. Pepi Peacock
Prof. Thane Plum
The Staff:
Misha the Cook
Lene the Maid
and Rae Wadsworth, the Butler
Who killed Manaria Boddy?
#ImInLoveWithTheVillainess #ILTV
The Dinner Guests:
Miss Claire Scarlett
Mr. Yu Green
Mrs. Loretta White
Col. Rod Mustard
Mrs. Pepi Peacock
Prof. Thane Plum
The Staff:
Misha the Cook
Lene the Maid
and Rae Wadsworth, the Butler
Who killed Manaria Boddy?
#ImInLoveWithTheVillainess #ILTV
A.I. bros are calling real artists’ work “Pencilslop”?
QT with your "Pencilslop"
(It's a sketch I made of a selfie I took after a workout. I call it "Selfie Portrait".)
QT with your "Pencilslop"
(It's a sketch I made of a selfie I took after a workout. I call it "Selfie Portrait".)
January 29, 2026 at 9:54 PM
A.I. bros are calling real artists’ work “Pencilslop”?
QT with your "Pencilslop"
(It's a sketch I made of a selfie I took after a workout. I call it "Selfie Portrait".)
QT with your "Pencilslop"
(It's a sketch I made of a selfie I took after a workout. I call it "Selfie Portrait".)
Anyone know what this yellow "light bulb" indicator means? Somehow, I doubt it means my Hyundai just had a great idea.
January 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Anyone know what this yellow "light bulb" indicator means? Somehow, I doubt it means my Hyundai just had a great idea.
There are some cereal boxes that just look so damned cool that I don't even care if the cereal's good or not. (Fortunately, these cereals not only tasted good, they tasted good *together*, as well.) #BatmanVSuperman
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
There are some cereal boxes that just look so damned cool that I don't even care if the cereal's good or not. (Fortunately, these cereals not only tasted good, they tasted good *together*, as well.) #BatmanVSuperman
From the front room to the bedroom, my writing desk has a new resting place. How did I move it there by myself, you ask? The same way I put it together in the first place: with great determination and care.
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
From the front room to the bedroom, my writing desk has a new resting place. How did I move it there by myself, you ask? The same way I put it together in the first place: with great determination and care.
I had a narrow window after the snow started falling and before it became freezing rain to get down to the oceanfront and take some images.
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 AM
I had a narrow window after the snow started falling and before it became freezing rain to get down to the oceanfront and take some images.
I knew I'd seen it before:
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I knew I'd seen it before:
I don't believe this. We've got a whole *week* of freezing temperatures coming up, but the only time we're getting precipitation, it'll be in the forties. Snow, the only good part of winter, is being denied to me once again. *sighs*
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I don't believe this. We've got a whole *week* of freezing temperatures coming up, but the only time we're getting precipitation, it'll be in the forties. Snow, the only good part of winter, is being denied to me once again. *sighs*
Who did it better?
January 24, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Who did it better?
Hello. This is a project I have previously published but am currently revising in order to re-release them. They are the first three novellas in my "Trials" fantasy series. They focus on the character Seffin Phel, but later books in the series will have other protagonists. #WriterShareWednesday
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Hello. This is a project I have previously published but am currently revising in order to re-release them. They are the first three novellas in my "Trials" fantasy series. They focus on the character Seffin Phel, but later books in the series will have other protagonists. #WriterShareWednesday
My adventuring party:
@joannamasters.bsky.social
@thatnerdemi.bsky.social
@marveloushebden.bsky.social
@laurishore.bsky.social
@sydneyscottauthor.bsky.social
@armchairclassicist.bsky.social
@reneegendron.bsky.social
@beverlyannemichel.bsky.social
@natania.bsky.social
And I'm the Bard
@joannamasters.bsky.social
@thatnerdemi.bsky.social
@marveloushebden.bsky.social
@laurishore.bsky.social
@sydneyscottauthor.bsky.social
@armchairclassicist.bsky.social
@reneegendron.bsky.social
@beverlyannemichel.bsky.social
@natania.bsky.social
And I'm the Bard
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
I love going for runs/walks at the oceanfront, even when it's 40F. The sky and the ocean were both so blue.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I love going for runs/walks at the oceanfront, even when it's 40F. The sky and the ocean were both so blue.
In the last six and a half hours, I've added over 3,200 words to the first novella in my fantasy series "The Trials of Seffin Phel", concluding the major editing for that book, leaving one more new section to be added to Book Three and some minor editing across all three books before republishing.
January 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
In the last six and a half hours, I've added over 3,200 words to the first novella in my fantasy series "The Trials of Seffin Phel", concluding the major editing for that book, leaving one more new section to be added to Book Three and some minor editing across all three books before republishing.
To help with both motivation and keeping up with word count, I have devised a very simple method. #WriterSky #AuthorSky #BookSky
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
To help with both motivation and keeping up with word count, I have devised a very simple method. #WriterSky #AuthorSky #BookSky
I will always ship these two (and maybe Kay as a co-top).
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I will always ship these two (and maybe Kay as a co-top).
It's been exactly 30 years since the final #CalvinAndHobbes comic strip. Happy New Year, explorers!
December 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's been exactly 30 years since the final #CalvinAndHobbes comic strip. Happy New Year, explorers!