Cieran
cieran.co.uk
Cieran
@cieran.co.uk
Writer, north of England. Currently working on a SF novel and a retro adventure game 🧙‍♂️
>portfolio: www.cieran.co.uk
Second,
@bladesonggame.bsky.social

Fantasy narrative crafting game. Play time: 4.9hr

My new favourite game... I've been playing the story mode all day. Love the curious blend of visual novel and skill-based choice elements alongside great creative crafting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
#steam #nextfest #craftinggame
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Okay I knew I had a good one so...
Here's a sneaky #WIPSnips excerpt from Chapter 4 of my SF/cyberpunk novel 'Worm'.
⚠️ Content Warning: Surgery ⚠️

Cool thing about this section is I had it reviewed by a doctor to make sure the process sounds reasonable.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Two lovely atmospheric scares back to back from my folk horror screenplay...
Gotta love an omen.

#SFFChat #folkhorror
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
First up, @finalsentence.bsky.social
Dystopian multiplayer typing battle royale. Play time: 1hr

For a writer who spends most of his time typing, this is as addictive as it is challenging. No autocorrect here - each spelling mistake could be the last you ever make. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#steam #nextfest #typinggame
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fun one at the opening of 'Worm', where our "diver" explains how they disguise illicit Metanet activity; laundering income through tips on a tech-troubleshooting forum.
Character tone set on the second page here: Creative, tongue-in-cheek and morally ambiguous.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Well, looks like everyone in 'Worm' is pretty agreeable so far.
First person writing though, perhaps it makes sense that the narrator is consistent?
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Aaand... Day two, with a fresher and much warmer sounding vintage coated snare head 😎🥁
September 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
These vibes 🎤 🥁
Recording weekend with my band... Excited to hear what the day's efforts bring!
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#WIPSnips word: "worst"
And I have a double!
From chapter one of my SF-noir WIP.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Thanks for the prompts! Here's the snippet I posted for Q1 to share... How does it land? Interesting? Left wanting to read more?
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A snippet from Worm, SF-noir novel I put all my favourite ideas into at the moment.
And I didn't answer the question from before - a strength in my writing is rhythm. I have played music since I was young, and listen to music while I write. A satisfying rhythm in phrasing is often my aim. #SFFChat
September 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We're all using @heroforgeminis.bsky.social to conceptualise characters for our TTRPG, right...?

#gamedesign #ttrpg
September 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What's folk horror without white robes and Latin incantations?

Little segment from my feature screenplay, 'Lady in the Fen'...

#folkhorror #screenplay #writer
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wonderful trip away to the Yorkshire Dales, perfect scenery for inspiring a fantasy world ✨🧙‍♂️

This is the #ingletonwaterfallstrail - right by the village of Ingleton 🥾
August 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Little grab from the trailer of #28yearslater - was awesome to see this in production as one of the Islanders, and be immortalised by the art dept. in this mural!

See if you can spot me...

#film #horror
August 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Another from the screenplay... Loved visualising all the omens for this moody folk-horror atmosphere.
I learned a lot about wetland bird species writing this 😎

#horror #writer #screenplay
August 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Hob of Eastleah! This is a little rhyme/folk song that players discover in-game. The brief here was to reward the player's curiosity with a clue to solving the Hob's puzzle...

This segment was for a level prototype made in Unreal 5 👨‍🌾
#gamewriting #writer #indiegames
August 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'should'a known that, local lad'

Bit from my folk-horror feature screenplay - Lady in the Fen
#folkhorror #writer
August 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM