Ryan Consell
@stealingfromwizards.com
Discount Canadian store brand Green brother, fantasy author, lapsed bicycle scientist, Muppet biologist, waistcoat enthusiast, cosplayer, cat haver, he/him. I contain multitudes, sometimes they leak out.
Books: https://stealingfromwizards.com
Books: https://stealingfromwizards.com
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Ryan Consell
@stealingfromwizards.com
· Nov 17
The Stealing from Wizards quadrilogy is complete!
Pickpocketing
Burglary
Kidnapping
Arson
Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime.
📚💙
stealingfromwizards.com
Pickpocketing
Burglary
Kidnapping
Arson
Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime.
📚💙
stealingfromwizards.com
Merry Christmas SfW fans! We're releasing the first audio chapter of Arson today to help with all your long holiday drives!
#booksky #audiobooks #podcasts
stealingfromwizards.com/podcast
#booksky #audiobooks #podcasts
stealingfromwizards.com/podcast
Stealing from Wizards Audiobook Podcast — Stealing from Wizards
A story of magic, mischief, theft, and friendship.
stealingfromwizards.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Merry Christmas SfW fans! We're releasing the first audio chapter of Arson today to help with all your long holiday drives!
#booksky #audiobooks #podcasts
stealingfromwizards.com/podcast
#booksky #audiobooks #podcasts
stealingfromwizards.com/podcast
Alright! I feel pretty good about that. I'm going to step away and come back later with fresh eyes, but that feels like pretty good progress for Christmas morning.
How do y'all feel about it?
How do y'all feel about it?
December 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Alright! I feel pretty good about that. I'm going to step away and come back later with fresh eyes, but that feels like pretty good progress for Christmas morning.
How do y'all feel about it?
How do y'all feel about it?
Working on a new SfW merch design. Not sure it will work out yet, but happy so far.
December 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Working on a new SfW merch design. Not sure it will work out yet, but happy so far.
To all the people who left shopping too late and are buying books today hoping that Amazon will deliver a copy of SfW before Christmas, I see you, and I pray for you.
(real-time sales updates are sometimes hilarious)
#booksky
(real-time sales updates are sometimes hilarious)
#booksky
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
To all the people who left shopping too late and are buying books today hoping that Amazon will deliver a copy of SfW before Christmas, I see you, and I pray for you.
(real-time sales updates are sometimes hilarious)
#booksky
(real-time sales updates are sometimes hilarious)
#booksky
Once again, for those at the back:
Just a reminder, y’all:
If you love a book, especially an indie-published one, tell the world! They can always use the help. And the authors (and publishers) love hearing it🖤☠️
If you love a book, especially an indie-published one, tell the world! They can always use the help. And the authors (and publishers) love hearing it🖤☠️
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Once again, for those at the back:
It has been pointed out to me that Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is a Christmas story, but mostly in the way Die hard is a Christmas movie. 🔥
stealingfromwizards.com
#booksky
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#booksky
December 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It has been pointed out to me that Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is a Christmas story, but mostly in the way Die hard is a Christmas movie. 🔥
stealingfromwizards.com
#booksky
stealingfromwizards.com
#booksky
This is my favourite D&D magic item I've ever made: the Legendary Orery,
It started as just the top two disks, giving the player one of four random cantrips each day. They discovered more disks as they adventured, giving them a random set of extra prepared spells each day up to level five.
#D&D
It started as just the top two disks, giving the player one of four random cantrips each day. They discovered more disks as they adventured, giving them a random set of extra prepared spells each day up to level five.
#D&D
December 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is my favourite D&D magic item I've ever made: the Legendary Orery,
It started as just the top two disks, giving the player one of four random cantrips each day. They discovered more disks as they adventured, giving them a random set of extra prepared spells each day up to level five.
#D&D
It started as just the top two disks, giving the player one of four random cantrips each day. They discovered more disks as they adventured, giving them a random set of extra prepared spells each day up to level five.
#D&D
What's the right meme for when the office therapy dog comes over to you during the Christmas lunch and won't leave your side?
December 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What's the right meme for when the office therapy dog comes over to you during the Christmas lunch and won't leave your side?
I cannot get over the Williams Sonoma toaster in this year's haters guide. Do they know? They must know. They're trolling us right?
defector.com/the-2025-hat...
defector.com/the-2025-hat...
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I cannot get over the Williams Sonoma toaster in this year's haters guide. Do they know? They must know. They're trolling us right?
defector.com/the-2025-hat...
defector.com/the-2025-hat...
Reposted by Ryan Consell
The Stealing from Wizards quadrilogy is complete!
Pickpocketing
Burglary
Kidnapping
Arson
Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime.
📚💙
stealingfromwizards.com
Pickpocketing
Burglary
Kidnapping
Arson
Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime.
📚💙
stealingfromwizards.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Stealing from Wizards quadrilogy is complete!
Pickpocketing
Burglary
Kidnapping
Arson
Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime.
📚💙
stealingfromwizards.com
Pickpocketing
Burglary
Kidnapping
Arson
Wizards, thieves, and misfits engaging in high adventure and petty crime.
📚💙
stealingfromwizards.com
Reposted by Ryan Consell
Oh hot diggity dang! I'm playing wintertimes tunes with @mariancall.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY.
Join us for (drumroll) 🥁…
🎉 Call & Molly's Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!
mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
Dec 19 6pm PT / 9pm ET.
$10+, replay available 48 hours after.
Join us for (drumroll) 🥁…
🎉 Call & Molly's Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!
mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
Dec 19 6pm PT / 9pm ET.
$10+, replay available 48 hours after.
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Oh hot diggity dang! I'm playing wintertimes tunes with @mariancall.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY.
Join us for (drumroll) 🥁…
🎉 Call & Molly's Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!
mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
Dec 19 6pm PT / 9pm ET.
$10+, replay available 48 hours after.
Join us for (drumroll) 🥁…
🎉 Call & Molly's Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!
mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
Dec 19 6pm PT / 9pm ET.
$10+, replay available 48 hours after.
Well hello five am. Thank you brain for waking me up to ruminate on an email I need to send for work.
😴
😴
December 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Well hello five am. Thank you brain for waking me up to ruminate on an email I need to send for work.
😴
😴
Sometimes folks like to tell me how much their kids likes my books. This is the correct use of the internet: cute animal photos and unmitigated praise of specifically my books. 😋
Please continue.
#booksky
Please continue.
#booksky
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Sometimes folks like to tell me how much their kids likes my books. This is the correct use of the internet: cute animal photos and unmitigated praise of specifically my books. 😋
Please continue.
#booksky
Please continue.
#booksky
Q for other authors: what units do you use and why?
I used imperial for SfW because a: largely US audience doesn't understand SI
b: miles scans better than kilometers
c: they felt appropriately anachronistic for the setting.
I used imperial for SfW because a: largely US audience doesn't understand SI
b: miles scans better than kilometers
c: they felt appropriately anachronistic for the setting.
HOW DARE YOU QUESTION OUR VICTORY UNITS
(Also I don't know how to break it to you but most actual scientists here in the US *also* use Victory Units in their daily lives and use the Socialist Units for professional work)
ALL HAIL THE VICTORY UNITS
(Also I don't know how to break it to you but most actual scientists here in the US *also* use Victory Units in their daily lives and use the Socialist Units for professional work)
ALL HAIL THE VICTORY UNITS
As a *science* fiction writer (amonst many talents 😀) why, oh why, do you present the weather forecast in Fahrenheit?!? Let's get real and stick to SI units .... Centigrade rules! (everywhere but USA)
December 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Q for other authors: what units do you use and why?
I used imperial for SfW because a: largely US audience doesn't understand SI
b: miles scans better than kilometers
c: they felt appropriately anachronistic for the setting.
I used imperial for SfW because a: largely US audience doesn't understand SI
b: miles scans better than kilometers
c: they felt appropriately anachronistic for the setting.
Reposted by Ryan Consell
Just finished the last volume of @stealingfromwizards.com. I've never read a series finale that left me 100% satisfied, until now. If you haven't picked up Stealing from Wizards yet, and you enjoy fantasy suited for both children and adults, run to a bookstore and you'll have a great holiday. #books
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Just finished the last volume of @stealingfromwizards.com. I've never read a series finale that left me 100% satisfied, until now. If you haven't picked up Stealing from Wizards yet, and you enjoy fantasy suited for both children and adults, run to a bookstore and you'll have a great holiday. #books
Stealing from Wizards: books for precocious misfits.
Give them to your weird little readers this holiday season. Gift them the opportunity to bury their nose in a book and forget their family exists.
#booksky
Give them to your weird little readers this holiday season. Gift them the opportunity to bury their nose in a book and forget their family exists.
#booksky
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Stealing from Wizards: books for precocious misfits.
Give them to your weird little readers this holiday season. Gift them the opportunity to bury their nose in a book and forget their family exists.
#booksky
Give them to your weird little readers this holiday season. Gift them the opportunity to bury their nose in a book and forget their family exists.
#booksky
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A review does not have to be long or sophisticated either! Just say you liked it, or something you liked about it!
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A review does not have to be long or sophisticated either! Just say you liked it, or something you liked about it!
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
One of the best reviews of all time was that one-liner on ye olde Twitter from *checks notes* bigolas dickolas
It does matter, it does help.
KW folks! Come visit me and a host of other local authors at the Waterloo Public Library this Thursday (Dec 11).
Meet writers, talk about books, and collect your entire haul of stocking stuffing paperbacks in one go.
See you there!
www.facebook.com/share/16GVUf...
Meet writers, talk about books, and collect your entire haul of stocking stuffing paperbacks in one go.
See you there!
www.facebook.com/share/16GVUf...
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
KW folks! Come visit me and a host of other local authors at the Waterloo Public Library this Thursday (Dec 11).
Meet writers, talk about books, and collect your entire haul of stocking stuffing paperbacks in one go.
See you there!
www.facebook.com/share/16GVUf...
Meet writers, talk about books, and collect your entire haul of stocking stuffing paperbacks in one go.
See you there!
www.facebook.com/share/16GVUf...
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Are raccoons on the fast track (or very, very slow track) to domestication?
I don't think so. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...
Except that drunk one passed out in the Virginia liquor store. She gets a pass.
I don't think so. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...
Except that drunk one passed out in the Virginia liquor store. She gets a pass.
Raccoons: Domesticated by a nose?
Are raccoons headed toward pet-dom?
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Are raccoons on the fast track (or very, very slow track) to domestication?
I don't think so. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...
Except that drunk one passed out in the Virginia liquor store. She gets a pass.
I don't think so. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...
Except that drunk one passed out in the Virginia liquor store. She gets a pass.
Bragplaining: I have fans demanding more merch, but SfW is a series of secrets and mysteries. Almost anything identifiable from the books beyond the cover art is a spoiler for one of the novels.
This is a design challenge. 🫠
This is a design challenge. 🫠
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Bragplaining: I have fans demanding more merch, but SfW is a series of secrets and mysteries. Almost anything identifiable from the books beyond the cover art is a spoiler for one of the novels.
This is a design challenge. 🫠
This is a design challenge. 🫠
This is the thirstiest post I'll ever make.
It's nomination season! If you're the sort to nominate books for awards, Arson is eligible as is the series as a whole since it's now complete.
If you love Stealing from Wizards, let those award folks know.
#booksky
It's nomination season! If you're the sort to nominate books for awards, Arson is eligible as is the series as a whole since it's now complete.
If you love Stealing from Wizards, let those award folks know.
#booksky
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is the thirstiest post I'll ever make.
It's nomination season! If you're the sort to nominate books for awards, Arson is eligible as is the series as a whole since it's now complete.
If you love Stealing from Wizards, let those award folks know.
#booksky
It's nomination season! If you're the sort to nominate books for awards, Arson is eligible as is the series as a whole since it's now complete.
If you love Stealing from Wizards, let those award folks know.
#booksky
Social media experiences when sharing book news:
Insta: my kids love your book
Bsky: I love your book
Threads: 🦗🦗🦗
Twitter: I love you. Follow me and give me your bank information maybe ❤️💋🍑
Insta: my kids love your book
Bsky: I love your book
Threads: 🦗🦗🦗
Twitter: I love you. Follow me and give me your bank information maybe ❤️💋🍑
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Social media experiences when sharing book news:
Insta: my kids love your book
Bsky: I love your book
Threads: 🦗🦗🦗
Twitter: I love you. Follow me and give me your bank information maybe ❤️💋🍑
Insta: my kids love your book
Bsky: I love your book
Threads: 🦗🦗🦗
Twitter: I love you. Follow me and give me your bank information maybe ❤️💋🍑
Stealing from Wizards is a perfect holiday gift. It's a complete series with a good old fashioned Christmas episode in each except not actually Christmas since they're in a fantasy world so it's solstice.
Get them for the precocious pagans in your life!
stealingfromwizards.com/where-to-buy
Get them for the precocious pagans in your life!
stealingfromwizards.com/where-to-buy
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Stealing from Wizards is a perfect holiday gift. It's a complete series with a good old fashioned Christmas episode in each except not actually Christmas since they're in a fantasy world so it's solstice.
Get them for the precocious pagans in your life!
stealingfromwizards.com/where-to-buy
Get them for the precocious pagans in your life!
stealingfromwizards.com/where-to-buy
With all the posts poking fun of AI fails and showing the "tells" of AI, this is your regular wet blanket reminder of the toupee fallacy.
Don't let the fact that we can spot some AI generated work deceive us into believing we can spot it all.
The bad stuff provides a smokescreen for the good.
Don't let the fact that we can spot some AI generated work deceive us into believing we can spot it all.
The bad stuff provides a smokescreen for the good.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
With all the posts poking fun of AI fails and showing the "tells" of AI, this is your regular wet blanket reminder of the toupee fallacy.
Don't let the fact that we can spot some AI generated work deceive us into believing we can spot it all.
The bad stuff provides a smokescreen for the good.
Don't let the fact that we can spot some AI generated work deceive us into believing we can spot it all.
The bad stuff provides a smokescreen for the good.