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This week, the last member of a dying race quests to pay a divine debt at an Eternal Altar, we take an atmospheric journey into the Northern Woods, and the red wizard Carloman pulls out all the stops ...

November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Nicolas FitzGerald

@nicolasfitzgeraldauthor.com

This was a very interesting story and so were the other two stories this week!

Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 1d

The last member of a dying race quests across the world to pay a divine debt. Want to join in? Read the full tale in Shadows & Sorcery #188

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Shadows & Sorcery #188

Story Seed # 315 — Day 315 — Nov 10, 2025

November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM

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Neil Shooter

@neilshooter.bsky.social

A year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time. Trigger your imagination. Interrogate your idea. Uncover the implications. Find your story in Seed 315!
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These 366 Story Seeds are a year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM

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Nicolas FitzGerald

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November #EpicFantasy author newsletter coming soon! Sign up for these reasons! 👇🏻😁⚔️

Nicolas FitzGerald @nicolasfitzgeraldauthor.com · 2d

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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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Bella Dunn

@belladunn.bsky.social

Would you read the story of man running away from the ghosts of his past?
#booksky

November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Lorna Suzuki

@authorlsuzuki.bsky.social

Fainting goats, an army of mimes,a shape-shifting Pooka & 1 rogue Sorcerer! A spoiled princess, a jaded court jester & the village idiot are about to save the world! Sample chapters of Dream Merchant Saga Smashwords ow.ly/aoK230mjQnw & Amazon www.amazon.com/stores/Lorna... #YAFantasy #BookSky 📚🪐⚔️💙

November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Nicolas FitzGerald

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November #EpicFantasy author newsletter coming soon! Sign up for these reasons! 👇🏻😁⚔️

Nicolas FitzGerald @nicolasfitzgeraldauthor.com · 2d

Hey #fantasy friends 👋

Newsletter drops in a couple days! Sign up & get📜:
- free opening scene of my upcoming novella
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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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Natalie Kelda

@nataliekelda.bsky.social

Trying to take a cute promo photo with the cosmos but then there's a peeping Tom (or I should say Barry) in the background 😂

Hand holding a paperback book titled Reflections of Lilje Damselfly amongst greenery and pink flowers. In the background behind the foliage a black and white cat is watching.

November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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Nicolas FitzGerald

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Hey #fantasy friends 👋

Newsletter drops in a couple days! Sign up & get📜:
- free opening scene of my upcoming novella
- sneaky look at the novella's book cover (WIP)

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This week, we make the trek to surpass the Spire of Passage, we quest across a world of withered darkness for a Church Moon, and we find out just for what the priests of sleep use the Sword of Slumber...

November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM

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Seán

@wizardhill.bsky.social

Sometimes you gotta step up as a citizen and sort out a problem the way only a priest of the god of sleep and death can. Find out how in latest Shadows & Sorcery!

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Shadows & Sorcery #187

This week, the last member of a dying race quests to pay a divine debt at an Eternal Altar, we take an atmospheric journey into the Northern Woods, and the red wizard Carloman pulls out all the stops ...

November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM

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Seán

@wizardhill.bsky.social

In SHADOWS & SORCERY #188, the last of a dying race quests to pay a divine debt, we take an atmospheric journey into the Northern Woods, and the red wizard Carloman pulls out all the stops to battle his fiercest foe yet…

shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...

#Fantasy #FlashFiction 💙📚

Shadows & Sorcery #188

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November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM

Nicolas FitzGerald

@nicolasfitzgeraldauthor.com

Hey #fantasy friends 👋

Newsletter drops in a couple days! Sign up & get📜:
- free opening scene of my upcoming novella
- sneaky look at the novella's book cover (WIP)

One monthly email, no spam! ⚔️

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Story Seed # 314 — Day 314 — Nov 9, 2025

November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM

Nicolas FitzGerald

@nicolasfitzgeraldauthor.com

Total badass! 🗡️

Lotr Universe @lordoftherings.world · 3d

One of Nine 🔥

November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM

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Neil Shooter

@neilshooter.bsky.social

Each Story Seed is a prompt, a question, or an idea, to give you a starting point. Each seed is a trigger for your imagination. Here is Seed 314!
medium.com/@nshooter11/...
#366StorySeeds #storyidea #storyprompt #writingprompt #inspiration #creativity #writeon #justwrite #amwriting #ideaoftheday

These 366 Story Seeds are a year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time.

Shadows & Sorcery | Sean Hill | Substack

November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM

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Seán

@wizardhill.bsky.social

Drew a nasty filthy impromptu wretch. This guy sounds like the worst kellersynth demo you've ever heard.

#art #myart #fantasyart

Messy pen drawing of a withered being in curling spiked, horned armour, one arm has far more armour and carries a massive battered sword, the other has a wand, the dark warrior also wears a frayed pointed cap

November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Seán

@wizardhill.bsky.social

New Shadows & Sorcery out later
-the last member of a dying race's quest to pay a divine debt
-an atmospheric journey into The North
-the red wizard Carloman faces off against one of the greatest threats yet

Sign up free, I do this for funsies

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Weekly fantasy flash fiction right to your inbox. Click to read Shadows & Sorcery, by Sean Hill, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Sunflower Loop, by Beth Goder

November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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Hannya Kay

@hannyakay.bsky.social

When editing feels like butchering lol. Everything I loved about that story is gone, sigh.
No doom, no gloom! I'll share a story with you instead, from the fantastic @bethgoder.bsky.social, no less. Sure to bring a smile, so fun, so well written 🥰
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I’m riding through space on my bike (as one does) when I see this enormous sunflower.

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November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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Neil Shooter

@neilshooter.bsky.social

The Darkness — Hindsight, Chapter 11, Part 2
Bill leaned on the snow shovel and sighed. His breath made a cloud in front of his face.
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The Darkness — Hindsight, Chapter 11, Part 2

Bill leaned on the snow shovel and sighed. His breath made a cloud in front of his face.

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November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM

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Neil Shooter

@neilshooter.bsky.social

Each Story Seed is a prompt, a question, or an idea, to give you a starting point. Each seed is a trigger for your imagination. Here is Seed 313!

medium.com/@nshooter11/...
#366StorySeeds #storyidea #storyprompt #writingprompt #creativity #inspiration #justwrite #writeon #amwriting #ideaoftheday

Story Seed # 313 — Day 313 — Nov 8, 2025

These 366 Story Seeds are a year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time.

Story Seed # 312 — Day 312 — Nov 7, 2025

November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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Page One

@ukpageone.bsky.social

This week's guest, Francesca Barbini of @lunapress.bsky.social, with advice for authors when thinking about publishing.

Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen on your favourite app: linktr.ee/ukpageone

November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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Neil Shooter

@neilshooter.bsky.social

A year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time. Trigger your imagination. Interrogate your idea. Uncover the implications. Find your story in Seed 312!
medium.com/@nshooter11/...
#366StorySeeds #storyidea #storyprompt #writingprompt #inspiration #creativity #writeon #justwrite #ideaoftheday

These 366 Story Seeds are a year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time.