#MayWorldbuilders Long ago, burials took the form of trees, earthen graves, communal (mass) bog or lake burials, even elaborate mausoleums and columbaria. These days, ashes are stored in sealed urns along on shelves and around the floors in crimson churches, which are usually wanting for space.

#Mememay I struggle with this. Who would play Carloman? Paul Giamatti has the features, but not the personality. Too sardonic. Stick a chest-length beard on an older Ralph Richardson and we're looking good. He was the wizard Ulrich in Dragonslayer (1982) and the Supreme Being in Time Bandits (1981).

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Oh yeah, it's all coming together I can make use of all the colossal weapons with minimal int/fth/arc investment. I'll get someone to drop me the Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword from the DLC, aint waiting around for that--this build will have MUCH farming to do.

Long ago, a pact was made between the people of a small village and the descendent of a cursed tribe. Now, a favour is being called in. Read the full tale, free for all. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #writing #flashfiction #fantasy #vampires

There goes the neighbourhood #WizardWednesday

Actually holy shit it's Vincent Price Day AND it's #WizardWednesday so have this too

This #WizardWednesday is brought to you by this guy from the Granada Sherlock Holmes episode "The Golden Pince-Nez", who looked like he was about to start casting any second (played by actor Frank Finlay)

Long ago, a pact was made between the people of a small village and the descendent of a cursed tribe. Now, a favour is being called in. Read the full tale, free for all. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #writing #flashfiction #fantasy #vampires

#Mememay The Godhead is kind of a bigger AM if you think about that

#MayWorldbuilders The coming of the mountains put a stop to war, but the vampiric sorcery it birthed only enabled the spreading of plagues. There's a Shadows & Sorcery two-parter dealing with a vampirist spread a disease in Veney's town. It's not a common occurrence, but also not exactly noteworthy.

Carloman: 5 ! CONTEXT SENSITIVE ! Sepp: 9, he's a good lad Alzared: 6, shockingly Kastaine: 5 at work, 8 at home Veney: 0, I am worried for him Verrus: 5, Violence Is Necessary Lyza: 6, non-lethal but hands are thrown Sutch: 7, coward but a violent one Nettie: 10, not paid enough for that🙏

The heat this week has absolutely devoured my energy, I just cannot post

Since Elden Ring runs are just my background noise, rate my idea for the next one: Caveman build -Can only use weapons made of wood, bone, and stone (of which there's a surprising abundance) -Can't wear metal armour -On the fence about bestial and fire incantations

#Mememay I really don't think in tropes tbh, and I kind of resent how the concept has been used to make writing this modular exercise. That being said, I guess the closest is the idea of Carloman himself, normally he'd be a secondary character, the wise old mentor, but here he's the MC.

#MayWorldbuilders There was a time they believed in various forms of rebirth/existence through the earth, but now? The crimson theurgy preaches only a silent, senseless slumber as the end. The star mages believe in some form of tranquil transcendence in the cold, distant stars.

NEW SHADOWS & SORCERY IS OUT Three tales of vampiric horror and tragedy, free for all to read. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #Horror #FlashFiction #Vampires

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Anyone know of any good flash fiction magazines that accept self-pub reprints? I'd love to get some of my Shadows & Sorcery stories further afield if I could #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #ShortFiction #WritingCommunity

#MayWorldbuilders Are you kidding me👁️👁️ Veney's killed multiple vampirists. He's seen a good few people he's responsible for get killed. He was nearly killed in his first appearance. But the worst time was when a vampirist spreading sickness turned out to be an 18 year old kid he...had to deal with.

#Mememay I'm not really up to date with many of the newer Pokémon (I'm firmly of the 1st/2nd gen era) but I think Abra is Carloman-coded tbh. Just a cozy little guy with powers. Maybe Kadabra because I like that design more than Alakazam. I saw Mismagius but that's more of a dark mage kinda deal.

NEW SHADOWS & SORCERY IS OUT Three tales of vampiric horror and tragedy, free for all to read. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #Horror #FlashFiction #Vampires

Carloman is nebulously 60+ years old. Not quite elderly, but getting up there in age. Lots of life and experience behind him, meaning potency, power, and magic. But my man also finds himself getting a bit tired these days, so his age can being a little risk to certain situations.

New Shadows & Sorcery out VERY SOON

FromSoftware have a thing for making cool fuckin names and terminology but nothing else has altered my fantasy vocabulary like "holy halfwheel wound of the centipede" and "cursemark of death" from Elden Ring

Remember when I said I'd started a story about two sapphic women making a bestiary? Here's the first chapter where we're introduced to the MC! (Full chapter=paid members only) Artwork is on the way~ But I wanted to get the chapter written sooner rather than later. www.patreon.com/posts/domini...

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Anyone know any good flash fiction magazines that accept genre fiction AND reprints? I'd love to get some Shadows & Sorcery stories further afield if I could #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #ShortFiction #WritingCommunity

In a far off desert the wind carves gods into the primal stone...or is it warnings? Or perhaps dark secrets? There's a reason it's called the Desert of Witches. Find out why in this week's edition, free for all to read. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #FlashFiction

In a far off desert the wind carves gods into the primal stone...or is it warnings? Or perhaps dark secrets? There's a reason it's called the Desert of Witches. Find out why in this week's edition, free for all to read. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #FlashFiction

#MayWorldbuilders In Veney's town, the dead are exsanguinated and cremated by the crimson theurgy with little ceremony. Blood removal is a defence against vampirists (this...slightly works against tampering with spirits). Cremation is for space, as well as a kind of pseudo-preservation method. 1/2

#Mememay Obvious the short fiction writer curse strikes again here, but I can tell you a solid 90% of all Shadows & Sorcery tales, especially tales featuring Carloman, end like this

Long ago, five knights swore five eternal oaths. But a lot has changed since then. Or has it? And where are they now? Find out in this week's Shadows & Sorcery! Free for all to read. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #FlashFiction

That "North" Korean black metal band Gulyong just put out a new split EP, time to lock in

Long ago, five knights swore five eternal oaths. But a lot has changed since then. Or has it? And where are they now? Find out in this week's Shadows & Sorcery! Free for all to read. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #FlashFiction

In the latest Shadows & Sorcery, for one brief, shining moment, there was Magic, but now all that's left are the echoes, and the race is on to find them all before they vanish forever... Read for free! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #FlashFiction

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Anyone know any good flash fiction magazines that accept genre fiction AND reprints? I'd love to get some Shadows & Sorcery stories further afield if I could #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #ShortFiction #WritingCommunity

Have only one story left to do for the next vampire-themed Shadows & Sorcery and I think I just figured out how to approach it

In the latest Shadows & Sorcery, for one brief, shining moment, there was Magic, but now all that's left are the echoes, and the race is on to find them all before they vanish forever... Read for free! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Writing #Fantasy #FlashFiction

#Mememay "Carloman's a nice old man, and a champion and guardian of humanity" WRONG he is a nosy lil shit, busybody, know-it-all, total drama queen, is clearly always telling half truths, has killed and will kill again, and he's a wizard. They're always doing weird secret creepy stuff.

#MayWorldbuilders There was a time when bog, lake, hillock, even great tree spirits of the ancient shamanic traditions would have been the keepers of the dead. But those beings were either killed or driven to madness when the mountains came, which while not alive, are symbols of death and ruin. 1/2

1,382 words down tonight and two S&S vampirics tories finished! Now I am become sleepy, the goer to bed

What am I writing about next, gotta do at least half of one of these tonight -organic catacombs growing to accommodate more corpses -undead reanimated by sunlight they then hunger for

I'm gonna have to get more done tonight and tomorrow, but the story I was actually worried about is done in 708 words this session! Who's up for a vampire-themed edition this Sunday?

Becoming a vampire specifically so I can experience the unmatched joy of waking up just to hit the snooze and go right back to sleep, over and over again until the end of time itself

So here's the problem: I wrote and finished a story for the next S&S but now an idea for a themed edition I really like has reared its head and I have tw days to write three flash fic stories. I kinda don't want to do that, yet I don't want to break up the themed idea like I would have originally.

QTP with a red-haired girl!

My new urban fantasy murder mystery is set for release August 7. Look at the cover! So pretty! There are badass faeries! I'm looking to hand out some ARCs: forms.gle/K1U591yyDd7Q...