Kell Shaw
@kellshaw.com
Kell Shaw writes in the Vestiges of Magic urban fantasy universe. His books feature diverse characters and thrilling supernatural mysteries.
https://kellshaw.com
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Kell Shaw
@kellshaw.com
· Nov 14
Hi all. I’m Kell Shaw, urban fantasy author, and I’m checking out BlueSky! I write urban fantasy in my Vestiges of Magic Setting with diverse characters, where romance isn’t the main focus! It’s more about mysteries, found-families and relationships. I have two books out in my current series!
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New book review on my blog: Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka. Hard magic meets urban fantasy.
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An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka
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December 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
New book review on my blog: Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka. Hard magic meets urban fantasy.
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I hate my family and my small town. Except it's bordered by strange mist, and stalked by monsters. My close friends hate me. I'm getting sucked into a dream world that doesn't make any sense. And yet, I get a cool naginata and everything seems worthwhile. (I'm playing Silent Hill F.)
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I hate my family and my small town. Except it's bordered by strange mist, and stalked by monsters. My close friends hate me. I'm getting sucked into a dream world that doesn't make any sense. And yet, I get a cool naginata and everything seems worthwhile. (I'm playing Silent Hill F.)
Final Night, the first book in my urban fantasy series is now free (or 99 cents) until November 30. It's about a girl who comes back from the dead to solve her own murder, twenty years later... books2read.com/final-night/ #urbanfantasy, #booksky
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Final Night by Kell Shaw
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November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Final Night, the first book in my urban fantasy series is now free (or 99 cents) until November 30. It's about a girl who comes back from the dead to solve her own murder, twenty years later... books2read.com/final-night/ #urbanfantasy, #booksky
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Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal
Kell Shaw is an author and avid tabletop roleplaying gamer, whose lifelong passion for fantasy—especially Shadowrun, the Lord of the Rings, and the World of Darkness—inspired him ...
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#AuthorSpotlight @kellshaw.com
Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal
Kell Shaw is an author and avid tabletop roleplaying gamer, whose lifelong passion for fantasy—especially Shadowrun, the Lord of the Rings, and the World of Darkness—inspired him ...
www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...
#AuthorSpotlight @kellshaw.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Check out Kell Shaw
Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal
Kell Shaw is an author and avid tabletop roleplaying gamer, whose lifelong passion for fantasy—especially Shadowrun, the Lord of the Rings, and the World of Darkness—inspired him ...
www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...
#AuthorSpotlight @kellshaw.com
Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal
Kell Shaw is an author and avid tabletop roleplaying gamer, whose lifelong passion for fantasy—especially Shadowrun, the Lord of the Rings, and the World of Darkness—inspired him ...
www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...
#AuthorSpotlight @kellshaw.com
My character has died in Mothership. “(GM): Vangral has died from stimpak overdose”. After bleeding to death from two failed first aid rolls. Such is life in the harshness of space.... #ttrpgs #mothership
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My character has died in Mothership. “(GM): Vangral has died from stimpak overdose”. After bleeding to death from two failed first aid rolls. Such is life in the harshness of space.... #ttrpgs #mothership
New book review! The Were Chronicles by Alma Alexander. Werewolves meets X-Men. Check out 'hard fantasy' in the urban fantasy genre; recommended read. kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
#bookreview #booksky
#bookreview #booksky
The RIB: The Were Chronicles by Alma Alexander
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November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New book review! The Were Chronicles by Alma Alexander. Werewolves meets X-Men. Check out 'hard fantasy' in the urban fantasy genre; recommended read. kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
#bookreview #booksky
#bookreview #booksky
@kellshaw.bsky.social ran Daggerheart yesterday. It took a few combats to work out how it was supposed to work, but flowed well once that happened. The main thing is reacting to the player's turns with your GM move. If they fail, or roll with Fear, you get to react. #ttrpg #dagggerheart
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@kellshaw.bsky.social ran Daggerheart yesterday. It took a few combats to work out how it was supposed to work, but flowed well once that happened. The main thing is reacting to the player's turns with your GM move. If they fail, or roll with Fear, you get to react. #ttrpg #dagggerheart
What's the best idea for a quickstart RPG adventure setup?
The PCs are working for the police force, solving supernatural mysteries?
Or the PCs are drawn to a small town by strange dreams, where there is a strange cult and a mystery going on that links them together? #ttrpg #ttrpgdesign
The PCs are working for the police force, solving supernatural mysteries?
Or the PCs are drawn to a small town by strange dreams, where there is a strange cult and a mystery going on that links them together? #ttrpg #ttrpgdesign
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What's the best idea for a quickstart RPG adventure setup?
The PCs are working for the police force, solving supernatural mysteries?
Or the PCs are drawn to a small town by strange dreams, where there is a strange cult and a mystery going on that links them together? #ttrpg #ttrpgdesign
The PCs are working for the police force, solving supernatural mysteries?
Or the PCs are drawn to a small town by strange dreams, where there is a strange cult and a mystery going on that links them together? #ttrpg #ttrpgdesign
RPG update - I've playtested the Fudge version of the game at a convention, and in an ongoing playtest campaign. It's holding together nicely. Hopefully if this keeps up, I can stop designing systems and get some content out! #ttrpg #ttrpgdesign
October 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
RPG update - I've playtested the Fudge version of the game at a convention, and in an ongoing playtest campaign. It's holding together nicely. Hopefully if this keeps up, I can stop designing systems and get some content out! #ttrpg #ttrpgdesign
New book review - Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella. Fight Club meets werewolves.
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#urbanfantasy #booksky
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#urbanfantasy #booksky
The RIB: Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella
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October 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New book review - Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella. Fight Club meets werewolves.
kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
#urbanfantasy #booksky
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#urbanfantasy #booksky
Just back from a ttrpg convention where I got to run a game nine times in a row. While my mind is now a bowul of mush, the actual mechanics for the draft RPG worked well! Especially for the late night session, when it’s easy to interpret a ‘Medicore’ or ‘Superb’ result. #ttrpg
October 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Just back from a ttrpg convention where I got to run a game nine times in a row. While my mind is now a bowul of mush, the actual mechanics for the draft RPG worked well! Especially for the late night session, when it’s easy to interpret a ‘Medicore’ or ‘Superb’ result. #ttrpg
Currently mothballed builds of the game include OpenQuest, d6 dicepool, and a few d12 variants (2d12 roll under was getting fairly mature...) Basically, I was designing all of these complicated subsystems I wasn't using at the table, so the lighter Fudge build is close to how I was GMing. #ttrpg
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Currently mothballed builds of the game include OpenQuest, d6 dicepool, and a few d12 variants (2d12 roll under was getting fairly mature...) Basically, I was designing all of these complicated subsystems I wasn't using at the table, so the lighter Fudge build is close to how I was GMing. #ttrpg
Okay, I've started a new version of my game in Fudge! At least after rebuilding the universe in so many different systems, I know how it all works now. And the Fudge build is progressing well. #ttrpg
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Okay, I've started a new version of my game in Fudge! At least after rebuilding the universe in so many different systems, I know how it all works now. And the Fudge build is progressing well. #ttrpg
#WritingLifeMonthly - I will open the manuscript chock-full of edits I've been hiding and confront them!
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly - I will open the manuscript chock-full of edits I've been hiding and confront them!
Anyone still like/play/design Fudge? After getting a bit burned in my WIP RPG, I found my old blue Fudge book, and started converting my game to it as a mental exercise, and it's working! Except when I told a close friend, he told he hated the 'boring' bell curve of the four Fudge/Fate dice!
#ttrpg
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September 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Anyone still like/play/design Fudge? After getting a bit burned in my WIP RPG, I found my old blue Fudge book, and started converting my game to it as a mental exercise, and it's working! Except when I told a close friend, he told he hated the 'boring' bell curve of the four Fudge/Fate dice!
#ttrpg
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New book review - Existentially Challenged by Yahtzee Croshaw. The second book in the DEDA series. Incompetent investigators resolve a case involving elder gods, religion and social media.
kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
New book review - Existentially Challenged by Yahtzee Croshaw. The second book in the DEDA series. Incompetent investigators resolve a case involving elder gods, religion and social media.
kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
#booksky
kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
#booksky
Websites for authors - do you feel as though you need one? Do put lots of effort into pages and blogposts? Do you link each individual shopfront to your book pages? Or do you get by with your social media/linktree? Do you maintain it yourself or outsource?
#writingcommunity #websites
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August 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Websites for authors - do you feel as though you need one? Do put lots of effort into pages and blogposts? Do you link each individual shopfront to your book pages? Or do you get by with your social media/linktree? Do you maintain it yourself or outsource?
#writingcommunity #websites
#writingcommunity #websites
Here's a blog post about my website shift from WordPress to Joomla: kellshaw.com/blog/wordpre...
#writingcommunity #websites
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WordPress to Joomla!
Website of Kell Shaw, immersive urban fantasy author.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Here's a blog post about my website shift from WordPress to Joomla: kellshaw.com/blog/wordpre...
#writingcommunity #websites
#writingcommunity #websites
New book review on the blog: Differently Morphous by Yahtzee Croshaw. Yahtzee Croshaw? Didn’t he do those video game reviews back in the day for the Escapist? What’s he doing writing urban fantasy? Let's check it out. #booksky
www.kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
www.kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
The RIB: Differently Morphous by Yahtzee Croshaw
Website of Kell Shaw, immersive urban fantasy author.
www.kellshaw.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
New book review on the blog: Differently Morphous by Yahtzee Croshaw. Yahtzee Croshaw? Didn’t he do those video game reviews back in the day for the Escapist? What’s he doing writing urban fantasy? Let's check it out. #booksky
www.kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
www.kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
Superman! Saw it on opening night. Fantastic, comicbooky tone. Superman is done right, the cast is amazing and I had a great time.
July 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Superman! Saw it on opening night. Fantastic, comicbooky tone. Superman is done right, the cast is amazing and I had a great time.
A new RIB (Review of Interesting Books) - Luda, by Grant Morrison: kellshaw.com/blog
Is this book pretentious? Is it a work of brilliance? I’ve read it twice, and I’m still not sure...
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Is this book pretentious? Is it a work of brilliance? I’ve read it twice, and I’m still not sure...
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June 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A new RIB (Review of Interesting Books) - Luda, by Grant Morrison: kellshaw.com/blog
Is this book pretentious? Is it a work of brilliance? I’ve read it twice, and I’m still not sure...
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Is this book pretentious? Is it a work of brilliance? I’ve read it twice, and I’m still not sure...
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I notice that a lot of Euro boardgames have gone to BEHOLD MY SPACE EMPIRE to "let's build a cute animal sanctuary."
June 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I notice that a lot of Euro boardgames have gone to BEHOLD MY SPACE EMPIRE to "let's build a cute animal sanctuary."
RIB: Lord Darcy, by Randall Garret. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Sherlock Holmes! "In the space of each short story, Garret expertly introduces a mystery, magic system, alternate history and a usual cast of suspects and weaves a satisfying tale." kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
The RIB: Lord Darcy by Randall Garrett
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May 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
RIB: Lord Darcy, by Randall Garret. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Sherlock Holmes! "In the space of each short story, Garret expertly introduces a mystery, magic system, alternate history and a usual cast of suspects and weaves a satisfying tale." kellshaw.com/blog/the-rib...
Doing editing. A freudian slip? "A scoop full of chocolate source gathered at the bottom of the cup." Perhaps this vessel connects to the demiplane of sugary delights..
#writing #writingcommunity
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April 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Doing editing. A freudian slip? "A scoop full of chocolate source gathered at the bottom of the cup." Perhaps this vessel connects to the demiplane of sugary delights..
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
A new Review of Interesting Books (RIB). This is David Niall Wilson's DeChance Chronicles. A solid book with great characters, about a wizard in a setting inspired by White Wolf's urban fantasy RPGs. kellshaw.com/blog/dechanc...
#booksky #bookreview #whitewolf
#booksky #bookreview #whitewolf
The RIB: DeChance Chronicles - The Omnibus Collection by David Niall Wilson
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April 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A new Review of Interesting Books (RIB). This is David Niall Wilson's DeChance Chronicles. A solid book with great characters, about a wizard in a setting inspired by White Wolf's urban fantasy RPGs. kellshaw.com/blog/dechanc...
#booksky #bookreview #whitewolf
#booksky #bookreview #whitewolf