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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · 3d

#Samhain #MythicFiction #CelticMythology #Storytelling #EverWeaversLedger

Tonight is Samhain—when the veil thins, and memory walks beside the living. In the old tale, Aillen the Fire-Dreamer sang the warriors of Tara to sleep, then burned their hall to ash. Only Fionn stayed awake—pressing his spear to his brow to fight the spell. Pain kept him conscious. Truth burned brighter than the dream. So as lanterns glow and children wander in disguise, remember: Not every song is a friend. Some stories wake us. 🔥 What keeps you awake when the veil grows thin? #Samhain #MythicFiction #Storytelling #CelticMythology #Halloween #EverWeaversLedger

The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · 5d

“The tide was black with ash, and memory walked upon it.”

The Geis of Sable – Part V now live. 
A tale of oaths, sorrow, and the spear of wounds that never close.

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#MythicFiction #TheGeisofSable #FantasyReaders

The Geis of Sable – Part V

The tide was black with ash, and memory walked upon it. Not kelpies, not merrow guards—only a single figure cloaked and unyielding, bearing Gáe Bulg, the spear of wounds that never close.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · 12d

The oath still burned in Cael’s marrow when dawn broke.

The Geis of Sable – Part IV publishes today.
The penultimate chapter of oath, fire, and memory.

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The Geis of Sable - Part IV

In the coral hall where silence reigned, fire now spoke. Cael stood spear in hand, the medallion cold upon his chest, while Sable’s hand rose from ash to claim him.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · 19d

The Cailleach’s prophecy has begun.
Will Cael rise—or be broken?

🜂 The Geis of Sable – Part III
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#Fantasy #MythicFiction #TheFiannaChronicles #CelticMyth #ShortFiction

The Geis of Sable – Part III

The Cailleach has spoken, but her prophecy is only the beginning. Will Cael rise—or be broken?

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · 26d

I just published What Is Storytelling? A Bard’s Reflection on the Fire We Share medium.com/p/what-is-st...

What Is Storytelling? A Bard’s Reflection on the Fire We Share

Stories live beyond ink and page — they breathe through those who listen, remember, and dare to believe.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Oct 1

🌑 The Geis of Sable – Part I is live.

A protector bends. A ruler demands. The bard’s lament marks the night Cael’s name begins to break.

Read here: hopperj.substack.com/p/the-geis-o...

#EpicFantasy #TheFiannaChronicles

The Geis of Sable Part I

In Dún Carraig’s square, Cael learns the cost of power: to be remembered not as protector, but as warning.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Sep 24

Ogham once carved into stone—now glows through the stream.

These runes do not whisper meaning.
They demand memory.

🪶 Part of The Fianna Chronicles universe

🔗 Read the latest tale: “An Allegory on Naming and Power”
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A tall standing stone etched with vertical ogham script rises from a misty moor, weathered and marked with moss.

The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Sep 17

Loyalty shatters. Oaths fracture. The Deceiver moves.

Part V of The Geis of Muirín — the first crack in the Fianna’s bond begins.
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#EpicFantasy, #WritersOfBluesky, #ReadersOfBluesky, #FantasyCommunity, #FiannaSaga

The Geis of Muirín – Part V

The tide’s end is never silence — it is riptide, and ruin. Here, Cael’s oath collides with the Deceiver’s design, and the first crack in loyalty becomes the song that will echo across the Fianna’s age

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Sep 10

🗡️ The Geis of Muirín – Part IV is live.

When waiting becomes a wound, a man walks the cliffs.
Cael feels the silence of the medallion as judgment.
In the mist, a choice waits—sharper than any blade.

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#MythicFantasy #TheFiannaChronicles

The Geis of Muirín, Part IV

When waiting becomes a wound, a man turns toward the cliffs. Cael feels the medallion’s silence not as rest, but as judgment. And in the mist, a choice is drawn sharper than any blade.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Sep 3

📖 The Geis of Muirín – Part III is now live.

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If these tales speak to you, you can help the bard keep the fire burning:
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—Lirian Ever-Weaver
Teller of Tales

The Geis of Muirín, Part III

No oath stands untested. At the inlet, Cael finds battle — but no victory. Only the silence of the medallion, and the first taste of what it means to fight alone.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Geis of Muirín, Part II is out now.
Cael stands alone. The medallion burns. A red-cloaked figure whispers near the tide road.

Read the mythic tale:
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Ever-Weaver’s Ledger: Tales from the Edge of Legend | Lirian Ever-Weaver | Substack

Tales from the world of The Fianna Chronicles—lore scrolls, mythic echoes, and whispers from the Ever-Weaver’s pen. Click to read Ever-Weaver’s Ledger: Tales from the Edge of Legend, by Lirian Ever-We...

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Aug 21

The oath has been spoken.

🌊The tide waits to collect its due.

Did you miss the telling of The Geis of Muirín?
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The Chronicle remembers, but only if the tale is heard.

#indieauthor #CelticMythology #storytelling #FiannaChronicles

Hand holding a piece of ribbon. Ocean beach and waves in the background. The Geis of Muirin

The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some oaths are stronger than steel.
Some are the chains that break a man.

🌊 The Geis of Muirín — Part I
Cael swore beneath the tide-moon. The sea has not forgotten.

🔥 Read the new Chronicle: hopperj.substack.com/p/the-geis-o...

#TheFiannaChronicles #FantasyFiction #BardicTales

The Geis of Muirín

Some tales do not wait for song —

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Aug 19

Some oaths are stronger than steel. Some are the chains that break a man.

The Geis of Muirín begins tomorrow. Will you take the oath?

The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Aug 13

Every oath has a price.

In The Medallion’s First Betrayal, the Fianna’s bond is tested when the relic that binds them chooses a different truth.

Firelight. Shadow. A decision that will echo through the ages.

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The Medallion's First Betrayal

Told in the old tongue by Lirian Ever-Weaver, Bard of Mórradún

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Aug 6

A winter’s night. A nameless bard. A hero undone.

What Was Not Remembered—new on the Ever-Weaver’s Ledger.

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If the ember catches, follow the thread to The Fianna Chronicles: Awakening—where memory burns brighter than magic.

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What Was Not Remembered

Told in the old tongue by Lirian Ever-Weaver, Bard of Mórradún

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 31

"Not all futures can be predicted. Some must be carried."
New post live: Not Calculated but Remembered
A reflection on Asimov’s Foundation and the fire at the heart of The Fianna Chronicles.

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#AmReadingFantasy #myth

Not Calculated but Remembered:

How the Fianna Bear the Flame That Foundation Tried to Quench

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 30

“I remember you.”

The Dream of the Second Bearer is live—a tale of memory, fire, and the one who came before.

🕯️ Read it: hopperj.substack.com/p/the-dream-...

📖 Begin the legend: The Fianna Chronicles: Awakening
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#EpicFantasy #MythicFiction #FiannaChronicles

The Dream of the Second Bearer

Told in the old tongue by Lirian Ever-Weaver, Bard of Mórradún

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Role of the Bard
What is a bard’s place in the modern world—and why does myth still matter?
Read: medium.com/@jfhopper/th...

Then journey into The Fianna Chronicles: Awakening—where prophecy, grief, and fire shape new legends.
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#FantasyBooks #MythicFantasy

The Role of the Bard

Why Storytelling Is a Sacred Act

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 23

Two souls. One fire. A meeting that alters the telling.
A new reflection from Lirian Ever-Weaver:

A Meeting at the Crossroads
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For those who still believe that stories matter—and that being witnessed changes the road.

#MythicFantasy #SubstackWriters

A Meeting at the Crossroads

A Reflection on Shared Light Along the Long Road

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 21

Not every story is meant for a crowd.
Some are meant for you—and the silence you break when you tell them.

When the Story Is Yours Alone to Carry — a new reflection on Medium:
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#BardicWriting #StorytellersCircle #TheFiannaChronicles #WritingCommunity

When the Story Is Yours Alone to Carry

You don’t need to win the conversation to keep the flame alive.

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 16

The flame-child faded. No ember remained. Only Calla—barefoot, breathless, burning with a question she did not yet know how to ask.
Part VI – The Ash Path is live.
For those who burn not to destroy—but to know.
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#TheFiannaChronicles #MythicFantasy #BardsStillSpeak

A barefoot girl stands alone in a misty forest, her silhouette dimly lit by flickering embers that hover in the air. The ancient trees around her seem to watch in silence, and a soft golden light pulses faintly in the distance. The scene radiates mystery and quiet yearning.

The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 15

I write as Lirian Ever-Weaver, bard of firelight and fading memory. Myth-touched tales where memory is magic and forgotten heroes rise. Not escape—but remembrance.
Gather the circle: hopperj.substack.com
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#MythicFantasy #storytelling

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Threads Remember is live.
The final thread of The Flame That Waited—Calla’s story of fire, guilt, and healing—is now on Substack.

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Part VII – The Threads Remember

As told by Lirian Ever-Weaver

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The Fianna Chronicles @seamash.bsky.social · Jul 3

The road begins with myth, memory, and firelight.

My Atmosphere Press interview is live—where I speak of stories that whisper, songs that linger, and the broken who rise.

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An Interview with J.F. Hopper | Atmosphere Press

J.F. Hopper writes mythic fantasy through the voice of Lirian Ever-Weaver, a bard born of firelight and fading memory. Rooted in Celtic myth and shaped by a love of storytelling, his work blends the e...

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