Thomas Sheridan
@thomassheridan.bsky.social
Fantasy writer. Working on a literary dark fantasy about fear, responsibility, and the Dead. M.Phil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin
https://linktr.ee/Thomas_Sheridan
https://linktr.ee/Thomas_Sheridan
Loved this essay on Cheever and the New Yorker by @naokan.bsky.social.
Reading long literary essays like this are like revisiting those arguments I had back when I was an MFA student.
#booksky
www.woman-of-letters.com/p/money-and-...
Reading long literary essays like this are like revisiting those arguments I had back when I was an MFA student.
#booksky
www.woman-of-letters.com/p/money-and-...
The New Yorker offered him a deal
Two months ago, I read a seven-hundred-page collection of short stories by John Cheever.
www.woman-of-letters.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Loved this essay on Cheever and the New Yorker by @naokan.bsky.social.
Reading long literary essays like this are like revisiting those arguments I had back when I was an MFA student.
#booksky
www.woman-of-letters.com/p/money-and-...
Reading long literary essays like this are like revisiting those arguments I had back when I was an MFA student.
#booksky
www.woman-of-letters.com/p/money-and-...
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Just boosting this again. Please do have a listen - leave a comment / like if you can.
The latest in our YouTube short story project is a reading of legendary sci-fi and fantasy author @aptshadow.bsky.social ’s The Face of the King. Al Barclay (Slow Horses, Deep Cover, The Crown) breathes new creative life into this brilliant dark fantasy story.
New YouTube short story: The Face of the King by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The latest in our YouTube short story project is a reading of legendary sci-fi and fantasy author Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Face of the King.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Just boosting this again. Please do have a listen - leave a comment / like if you can.
A map of the main setting for my novel; the City of Night after the Fall.
The remnants of the Nightfolk live on one side of the canal while the other is ruled by the Kinless and the Dead.
#booksky #amwriting #worldbuilding
The remnants of the Nightfolk live on one side of the canal while the other is ruled by the Kinless and the Dead.
#booksky #amwriting #worldbuilding
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A map of the main setting for my novel; the City of Night after the Fall.
The remnants of the Nightfolk live on one side of the canal while the other is ruled by the Kinless and the Dead.
#booksky #amwriting #worldbuilding
The remnants of the Nightfolk live on one side of the canal while the other is ruled by the Kinless and the Dead.
#booksky #amwriting #worldbuilding
Yesterday I finished the first draft of Part One of my novel:
Part I.
The Swift Descent of the Sun
30k words done. 100k to go.
#booksky #amwriting
Part I.
The Swift Descent of the Sun
30k words done. 100k to go.
#booksky #amwriting
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Yesterday I finished the first draft of Part One of my novel:
Part I.
The Swift Descent of the Sun
30k words done. 100k to go.
#booksky #amwriting
Part I.
The Swift Descent of the Sun
30k words done. 100k to go.
#booksky #amwriting
Great insight into one of the best to ever do it from her own son.
Of particular insight is the point that she was capable of changing and understanding how she had changed (in a way few others are able to or willing to do.)
Of particular insight is the point that she was capable of changing and understanding how she had changed (in a way few others are able to or willing to do.)
Curating a Show on My Ineffable Mother, Ursula K. Le Guin
I would never have proposed this exhibition in her lifetime. This is, after all, a writer who said in an interview, “Don’t shove me into your damn pigeonhole, where I don’t fit, because I’m all over.”
hyperallergic.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Great insight into one of the best to ever do it from her own son.
Of particular insight is the point that she was capable of changing and understanding how she had changed (in a way few others are able to or willing to do.)
Of particular insight is the point that she was capable of changing and understanding how she had changed (in a way few others are able to or willing to do.)
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VAYAL THE HUNTER is a sword and sorcery novella with modern sensibilities (and genderless frog-people(; 35k words currently in late stages of revision
DMs open to beta readers/swappers, agents, small presses etc.
DMs open to beta readers/swappers, agents, small presses etc.
January 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
VAYAL THE HUNTER is a sword and sorcery novella with modern sensibilities (and genderless frog-people(; 35k words currently in late stages of revision
DMs open to beta readers/swappers, agents, small presses etc.
DMs open to beta readers/swappers, agents, small presses etc.
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Vayal would have been chieftain, if it wasn’t for his brother’s betrayal. Now an arrogant exile and mercenary, he finds a way to restore his destiny: slaying the Creature, a shapeshifting demon that destroys villages.
But the Creature is far more devious than he can imagine...
#BluePit📖
#A #W #F
But the Creature is far more devious than he can imagine...
#BluePit📖
#A #W #F
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Ooh, if fantasy murder mysteries in a deeply weird city with an oddball but loveable cast is your thing, Looks like MORTEDANT'S PERIL is up on Netgalley. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Mortedant's Peril
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Ooh, if fantasy murder mysteries in a deeply weird city with an oddball but loveable cast is your thing, Looks like MORTEDANT'S PERIL is up on Netgalley. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
“I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
January 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
“I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
The existential fear of leaving an Excel cell blank can be the greatest tool in a writer’s arsenal.
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The existential fear of leaving an Excel cell blank can be the greatest tool in a writer’s arsenal.
Only one writing goal this year: finish the first draft of The City of Night.
16k in, so c. 110k to go
16k in, so c. 110k to go
Been struggling to do much of anything lately...so I think my goals should be modest:
- edit the sword and sorcery novella I drafted in 2025 and maybe query it if it has legs
- 5-6 flash/short story publications (less than this year)
- write something for the Apex flash fiction contest each month
- edit the sword and sorcery novella I drafted in 2025 and maybe query it if it has legs
- 5-6 flash/short story publications (less than this year)
- write something for the Apex flash fiction contest each month
What do you hope to accomplish WRT in 2026? #WritingPrompt
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Only one writing goal this year: finish the first draft of The City of Night.
16k in, so c. 110k to go
16k in, so c. 110k to go
Best fantasy reads of 2025 for me:
No Life Forsaken by Steven Erikson
City of Last Chances by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Fugitive Prince by @jannywurts.bsky.social
Written on the Dark and Under Heaven by
@guygavrielkay.bsky.social
Blade of Dreams by @abraham.bsky.social
No Life Forsaken by Steven Erikson
City of Last Chances by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Fugitive Prince by @jannywurts.bsky.social
Written on the Dark and Under Heaven by
@guygavrielkay.bsky.social
Blade of Dreams by @abraham.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Best fantasy reads of 2025 for me:
No Life Forsaken by Steven Erikson
City of Last Chances by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Fugitive Prince by @jannywurts.bsky.social
Written on the Dark and Under Heaven by
@guygavrielkay.bsky.social
Blade of Dreams by @abraham.bsky.social
No Life Forsaken by Steven Erikson
City of Last Chances by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Fugitive Prince by @jannywurts.bsky.social
Written on the Dark and Under Heaven by
@guygavrielkay.bsky.social
Blade of Dreams by @abraham.bsky.social
The map for my epic fantasy WIP “The City of Night.” Ce Nattad after the Fall
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another map from my WIP “The City of Night.”
This one shows the city itself and its hinterlands, where the greatest concentration of the remnant Nightfolk make their homes.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #maps
This one shows the city itself and its hinterlands, where the greatest concentration of the remnant Nightfolk make their homes.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #maps
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Another map from my WIP “The City of Night.”
This one shows the city itself and its hinterlands, where the greatest concentration of the remnant Nightfolk make their homes.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #maps
This one shows the city itself and its hinterlands, where the greatest concentration of the remnant Nightfolk make their homes.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #maps
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another map from my WIP “The City of Night.”
This one shows the city itself and its hinterlands, where the greatest concentration of the remnant Nightfolk make their homes.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #maps
This one shows the city itself and its hinterlands, where the greatest concentration of the remnant Nightfolk make their homes.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #maps
The map for my epic fantasy WIP “The City of Night.” Ce Nattad after the Fall
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The map for my epic fantasy WIP “The City of Night.” Ce Nattad after the Fall
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The Ones Who Visit Omelas Without Doing a Ton of Research But Then on the Tour of Omelas They’re Like “Wait What the Fuck Did the Tour Guide Just Say”
September 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Ones Who Visit Omelas Without Doing a Ton of Research But Then on the Tour of Omelas They’re Like “Wait What the Fuck Did the Tour Guide Just Say”
The older I get, the more convinced I become that Songs About Leaving is the best album ever made.
March 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The older I get, the more convinced I become that Songs About Leaving is the best album ever made.
This epigraph in Bolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM
This epigraph in Bolaño’s Nazi Literature in the Americas
My wife bought me these amazing Folio Society editions of the first three Earthsea books by @ursulakleguin.bsky.social for my birthday
November 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM
My wife bought me these amazing Folio Society editions of the first three Earthsea books by @ursulakleguin.bsky.social for my birthday
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Since folks are talking about the importance of reviewing and sharing books we love on here, I've decided to start doing more of it.
Starting with "Our Share of Night" by Mariana Enriquez - one of the finest horror novels I've had the pleasure of reading
Review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Starting with "Our Share of Night" by Mariana Enriquez - one of the finest horror novels I've had the pleasure of reading
Review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Nick Badot's review of Our Share of Night
5/5: This book is often touted as a future classic and one of the finest modern examples of "literary" (as much as I hate the term) horror - and after reading it I have to agree. This book exceeding i...
www.goodreads.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Since folks are talking about the importance of reviewing and sharing books we love on here, I've decided to start doing more of it.
Starting with "Our Share of Night" by Mariana Enriquez - one of the finest horror novels I've had the pleasure of reading
Review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Starting with "Our Share of Night" by Mariana Enriquez - one of the finest horror novels I've had the pleasure of reading
Review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
My short story “A Personal History of Fire” is in Vol. 3 Issue 4: “BURN” of Hearth and Coffin
www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/a-perso...
www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/a-perso...
January 8, 2024 at 1:16 PM
My short story “A Personal History of Fire” is in Vol. 3 Issue 4: “BURN” of Hearth and Coffin
www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/a-perso...
www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/a-perso...
Pedro Páramo is both amazing and less than 200 pages long so there is no excuse not to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/b...
A Masterpiece That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez to Write His Own
For decades, Juan Rulfo’s novel, “Pedro Páramo,” has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Pedro Páramo is both amazing and less than 200 pages long so there is no excuse not to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/b...