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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Today’s my birthday and the SoBB birthday sale continues until Sunday! I think it’d be a great way to spend your Black Friday money and would make an excellent Christmas gift for the fantasy lover in your life 😁
My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week!
Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today’s my birthday and the SoBB birthday sale continues until Sunday! I think it’d be a great way to spend your Black Friday money and would make an excellent Christmas gift for the fantasy lover in your life 😁
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
-woodlice
-some kinda beetle
-earthworm
-big fucken spider
-Canada goose
-woodlice
-some kinda beetle
-earthworm
-big fucken spider
-Canada goose
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
-sea lion
-American bison
-marmots
-fireflies
-cougar
-sea lion
-American bison
-marmots
-fireflies
-cougar
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Deer Deer Deer Just so many DEER! They raid the garden.
Fox
Hedgehog
what I believe is a wild cat
All the Mice and Voels and a Moel once.
Deer Deer Deer Just so many DEER! They raid the garden.
Fox
Hedgehog
what I believe is a wild cat
All the Mice and Voels and a Moel once.
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
-woodlice
-some kinda beetle
-earthworm
-big fucken spider
-Canada goose
-woodlice
-some kinda beetle
-earthworm
-big fucken spider
-Canada goose
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#NovemberWorldbuilders
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
Heya, #NovemberWorldbuilders! It's the last day of our HISTORY week. Tell me something about the more recent history of your world. What's something important that happened in the last 20 years or so from when your story takes place? Perhaps something that sets off the inciting incident
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
Heya, #NovemberWorldbuilders! It's the last day of our HISTORY week. Tell me something about the more recent history of your world. What's something important that happened in the last 20 years or so from when your story takes place? Perhaps something that sets off the inciting incident
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
Nothing. Living in this world is a *slog*. Nothing notably bad happens. There are always weird things creeping down from the mountains and vampirists lurking in the shadows. Maybe a town like Falmere gets devoured in a landslide, but, grim as it may seem, no one bats an eye.
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
On the hunt for a TV show that aired a handful of times from February-June 2000 called The Others. 13 episodes. Shall post results.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
On the hunt for a TV show that aired a handful of times from February-June 2000 called The Others. 13 episodes. Shall post results.
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Need some light reads for a quiet post-dinner Thanksgiving evening? Look no further than the 750+ dark, weird, and high fantasy chronicles, glimpses, and episodes in Shadows & Sorcery!
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
Shadows & Sorcery | Sean Hill | Substack
Weekly fantasy flash fiction right to your inbox. Click to read Shadows & Sorcery, by Sean Hill, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Need some light reads for a quiet post-dinner Thanksgiving evening? Look no further than the 750+ dark, weird, and high fantasy chronicles, glimpses, and episodes in Shadows & Sorcery!
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
Beware these wise and terrible words😔
Härnäst på tur i gästmånaden av TrollkarlsTorsdag är @wizardhill.bsky.social som kommer med ett VMA:
"THE DANGERS OF UNREGULATED FIRE SORCERY: there's not enough necromancy in the seven realms to bring back this poor wizard's cheese toasty. Maintain your wards!"
Kloka ord, mycket kloka ord.
"THE DANGERS OF UNREGULATED FIRE SORCERY: there's not enough necromancy in the seven realms to bring back this poor wizard's cheese toasty. Maintain your wards!"
Kloka ord, mycket kloka ord.
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Beware these wise and terrible words😔
Need some light reads for a quiet post-dinner Thanksgiving evening? Look no further than the 750+ dark, weird, and high fantasy chronicles, glimpses, and episodes in Shadows & Sorcery!
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
Shadows & Sorcery | Sean Hill | Substack
Weekly fantasy flash fiction right to your inbox. Click to read Shadows & Sorcery, by Sean Hill, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Need some light reads for a quiet post-dinner Thanksgiving evening? Look no further than the 750+ dark, weird, and high fantasy chronicles, glimpses, and episodes in Shadows & Sorcery!
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
#FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Thanksgiving 💙📚
Carloman corners this reporter after they catch a glimpse of something That Should Not Be, because very little escapes a dude who calls down gods for aid on the regular, and has to get The Talk from a very mad and concerned wizard. Said reporter lives out their life in a Silverden monastery.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
A reporter from a scandal magazine has been secretly following your characters around.
What shocking headlines could they publish about them?
Did they have to take their actions out of context to get there?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
A reporter from a scandal magazine has been secretly following your characters around.
What shocking headlines could they publish about them?
Did they have to take their actions out of context to get there?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Carloman corners this reporter after they catch a glimpse of something That Should Not Be, because very little escapes a dude who calls down gods for aid on the regular, and has to get The Talk from a very mad and concerned wizard. Said reporter lives out their life in a Silverden monastery.
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#NovemberWorldbuilders
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
Greetings, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about a legendary event that happened in your world's history. Perhaps a terrific cataclysm, or maybe something good like the growth of an amazing tree or the greatest rock concert ever. Something that the storytellers in your world love to sing about.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
#NovemberWorldbuilders
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
Greetings, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about a legendary event that happened in your world's history. Perhaps a terrific cataclysm, or maybe something good like the growth of an amazing tree or the greatest rock concert ever. Something that the storytellers in your world love to sing about.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
I've mentioned it enough, so now here's exactly what the Coming of the Mountains was: in a time just long enough past, a series of MASSIVE earthquakes caused continent-scale catastrophe. Hamlets and cities wiped out. These quakes caused rivers to break their banks,
1/4
Shadows & Sorcery: subtle beauty, magical wonder, golly gee gosh wizards
Also Shadows & Sorcery: we stole fire from the gods and they burnt the world to cinders / the universe is evil and hates you / psychological torture sorcery war crimes
Also Shadows & Sorcery: we stole fire from the gods and they burnt the world to cinders / the universe is evil and hates you / psychological torture sorcery war crimes
Shadows & Sorcery is cool because you can't effectively slap a YA or MG or adult label on 750+ flash fiction stories. They might not feature any sex, but I don't particularly fuck around with the gore or horror, and I don't see some of the weirder three-parter stories being a hit with the kids.
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Shadows & Sorcery: subtle beauty, magical wonder, golly gee gosh wizards
Also Shadows & Sorcery: we stole fire from the gods and they burnt the world to cinders / the universe is evil and hates you / psychological torture sorcery war crimes
Also Shadows & Sorcery: we stole fire from the gods and they burnt the world to cinders / the universe is evil and hates you / psychological torture sorcery war crimes
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Everyone and their dog has ideas on what the mountains are, why they rose up, and just what's inside them. The crimson theurgy, the dominant religion that spread in their wake, doesn't have an official statement. Not even the vampirists even really know.
Everyone and their dog has ideas on what the mountains are, why they rose up, and just what's inside them. The crimson theurgy, the dominant religion that spread in their wake, doesn't have an official statement. Not even the vampirists even really know.
#NovemberWorldbuilders Heya, friends! In your fictional world, are there any lies or conspiracy theories (or maybe just incorrect beliefs) about a historical event? Is the government of your (fictional) world hiding anything? Please keep it fictional! No real-world stuff here, please!
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Everyone and their dog has ideas on what the mountains are, why they rose up, and just what's inside them. The crimson theurgy, the dominant religion that spread in their wake, doesn't have an official statement. Not even the vampirists even really know.
Everyone and their dog has ideas on what the mountains are, why they rose up, and just what's inside them. The crimson theurgy, the dominant religion that spread in their wake, doesn't have an official statement. Not even the vampirists even really know.
Shadows & Sorcery is cool because you can't effectively slap a YA or MG or adult label on 750+ flash fiction stories. They might not feature any sex, but I don't particularly fuck around with the gore or horror, and I don't see some of the weirder three-parter stories being a hit with the kids.
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Shadows & Sorcery is cool because you can't effectively slap a YA or MG or adult label on 750+ flash fiction stories. They might not feature any sex, but I don't particularly fuck around with the gore or horror, and I don't see some of the weirder three-parter stories being a hit with the kids.
This is one of the most beautiful images to ever exist and if you don't think so I will destroy you #WizardWednesday
(art: Robert John Wolfenden)
(art: Robert John Wolfenden)
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is one of the most beautiful images to ever exist and if you don't think so I will destroy you #WizardWednesday
(art: Robert John Wolfenden)
(art: Robert John Wolfenden)
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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 💙📚
Maybe one day I'll write a long, rambling, incoherent, seething article that will get me straight up killed about why I find the analysis of all genre fiction as metaphor contrived, and the inherent worth placed upon that over any other artistic intent as narrow-minded and weirdly reductive
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Maybe one day I'll write a long, rambling, incoherent, seething article that will get me straight up killed about why I find the analysis of all genre fiction as metaphor contrived, and the inherent worth placed upon that over any other artistic intent as narrow-minded and weirdly reductive
#CreativesConcourse
Sepp from The Path of Poison is my youngest character at 18-19 years old. His youth is NOT a benefit: the mental faculties of an adult, but no experience. No idea where to go or what to do. Good kid, but makes rash decisions with only a natural reticence to stem the tide.
Sepp from The Path of Poison is my youngest character at 18-19 years old. His youth is NOT a benefit: the mental faculties of an adult, but no experience. No idea where to go or what to do. Good kid, but makes rash decisions with only a natural reticence to stem the tide.
For this week's #CreativesConcourse, we discuss our heroes!
Who is the youngest protagonist in your main cast, or who's your youngest MC if you have multiple WIPs? Does their youth serve as more of a benefit or hindrance to accomplishing their goals?
My answer below, as usual!
Who is the youngest protagonist in your main cast, or who's your youngest MC if you have multiple WIPs? Does their youth serve as more of a benefit or hindrance to accomplishing their goals?
My answer below, as usual!
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#CreativesConcourse
Sepp from The Path of Poison is my youngest character at 18-19 years old. His youth is NOT a benefit: the mental faculties of an adult, but no experience. No idea where to go or what to do. Good kid, but makes rash decisions with only a natural reticence to stem the tide.
Sepp from The Path of Poison is my youngest character at 18-19 years old. His youth is NOT a benefit: the mental faculties of an adult, but no experience. No idea where to go or what to do. Good kid, but makes rash decisions with only a natural reticence to stem the tide.
Never particularly been a fan of the concept of "magitech" because all the examples I've come across are just "sci-fi powered by electricity with a weird name", instead of "my toaster operates on the principles of sacred geometry and bound demons project illusions from behind my tv"
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Never particularly been a fan of the concept of "magitech" because all the examples I've come across are just "sci-fi powered by electricity with a weird name", instead of "my toaster operates on the principles of sacred geometry and bound demons project illusions from behind my tv"
Nightreign DLC looks diabolical with the SotE stuff
Scholar (OF THE FIRST SIN???) looks very cool
Since the base characters were meant to fulfil party roles and not builds, I'm wondering what this chap will be--magic support?
Just be anything but Dragon's Dogma 2's Trickster and we're golden
Scholar (OF THE FIRST SIN???) looks very cool
Since the base characters were meant to fulfil party roles and not builds, I'm wondering what this chap will be--magic support?
Just be anything but Dragon's Dogma 2's Trickster and we're golden
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Nightreign DLC looks diabolical with the SotE stuff
Scholar (OF THE FIRST SIN???) looks very cool
Since the base characters were meant to fulfil party roles and not builds, I'm wondering what this chap will be--magic support?
Just be anything but Dragon's Dogma 2's Trickster and we're golden
Scholar (OF THE FIRST SIN???) looks very cool
Since the base characters were meant to fulfil party roles and not builds, I'm wondering what this chap will be--magic support?
Just be anything but Dragon's Dogma 2's Trickster and we're golden
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Remember our joy pop-up? It’s going to keep popping. We’re permanently opening subs for flashes of joy (well, as permanent as anything, which is not very but you get the idea). If we love it and it’s joyful we’ll add it to the issue. Like a little library of joy.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Remember our joy pop-up? It’s going to keep popping. We’re permanently opening subs for flashes of joy (well, as permanent as anything, which is not very but you get the idea). If we love it and it’s joyful we’ll add it to the issue. Like a little library of joy.
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
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...