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Seann, or: a Wretched Beast
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The Greatest Fantasist Who Ever Lived, as voted on and awarded by me, The Greatest Fantasist Who Ever Lived. Writer of fantasy and horror. Lover of dumb shit. 33. He/Him

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The Acknowledgments page for my upcoming vampire horror novella, It Came from the Floodwaters.
Sometimes, a story turns out different from what you originally envisioned. When I first sat down to write It Came from the Floodwaters, I did so with the intention of writing an ultraviolet splatterpunk story. When I completed the first draft, I was surprised to realize that I had instead written something closer to the Gothic end of the horror spectrum. In retrospect, this should not have surprised me. Looking at the completed novella, it’s obvious to me that there were three major literary influences at play here. While one of those influences, Chasers by Eve Harms and Mariah Darling, is a recent indie splatterpunk story, the other two, Dracula by Bram Stoker and The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, are firmly Gothic tales. What can I say? I love Gothic horror. As a character, Tam presented a special challenge for me, being a protagonist very far removed my own lived experience. It was important to me that they felt authentic, and to that end I want to thank my friend Frankie for serving as a sensitivity reader, and I would like to thank as well the membership of a certain Discord server, who gave me helpful feedback on the excerpts I posted there. Writing is not a lucrative field, so I’d also like to thank all those who have supported me on Patreon and Ko-Fi, including but not limited to: Cesar Herrera, Dakota Yarbrough, Jodi, Owen, Queen Kyobi, Robert L. Gracchus, and Sean O’Neil. If you’d like to see yourself thanked like this in a future book, please check out either Patreon.com/SeannWritesStuff or Ko-Fi.com/SeannB. Lastly, a heartfelt thanks to my fiancée, Natalie. Her continued support and faith in me makes all the difference.
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A bell curve meme. The lower end of the curve states "half your age plus seven." The average states "no! Only date people within a year or two of you!" The high end states "half your age plus seven."
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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!!!
Screenshot of a spreadsheet, indicating that 99 people have accepted an ARC.
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Still accepting ARC readers!
Cover to It Came from the Floodwaters by Seann Barbour, depicting a blue vampire skull on a black background. "So you're like a vampire? All we have to do is survive until morning?" Silence settled over the apartment as everyone processed this. The Elder replied: "You won't." Tam is alone in their Savannah apartment when a hurricane blows in. Rain falls, streets flood. When water comes pouring into the building's lobby, it brings with it an old pine box. Inside that box is something ancient, something evil. It arises, and it begins its feast. Now as people are dying, the survivors gather together in one small apartment, desperate to live through the storm and live through the night. But the evil lurks right outside their door. It's hungry, it's patient, and it has all night long to kill every last one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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It is finished.
Part of a spreadsheet. It indicates that Seann has emailed or contacted 455 people with offers of an advance copy of his upcoming book, and that so far 53 people have accepted the offer while 3 have rejected it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Probably the vampire that's trying to kill everyone, I think.
Cover for "It Came from the Floodwaters" by Seann Barbour.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Gonna start using the Jack Frost shopkeep meme to market my books
Jack Frost from Shin Megami Tensei. He is a cute and happy snowman. Above his head is a text box. The text box reads: "Buy it or I'll commit suicide."
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Fun fact: this design was a happy accident. I painted a vampire skull in Krita, and I wasn't super happy with the result. When I imported it to GIMP to make the cover, I started fiddling with the color settings, pushed the contrast up way too high, and then shouted "holy shit!" when I saw the result
Book cover for It Came from the Floodwaters by Seann Barbour. It depicts a blue vampire skull on a black background, with all text in red.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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We are discussing our guinea pig.
Text conversation between Seann and his fiancée. Fiancée: Why is your son yelling at me at 2:30 as if it's time for dinner? Seann: OH so he's my son now Fiancée: Yes because my son would never!
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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www.patreon.com/SeannWritesS...
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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A new vampire horror novella is coming. Reveal Thursday, October 30th.
October 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The newest chapter of my webnovel has gone public and I think it's one of the best chapters yet, so check it out:

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Iarius had seen combat before. He had witnessed men marching to battle, songs on their lips, and watched as those same lips expelled their final breaths. He had seen blood spilled in honorable duels and in cowardly ambushes, seen mighty warriors reduced to simpering children as their lives bled out from their battle-wounds. As a slave, he'd see men beaten and whipped by their masters, been forced to watch torturous executions where the condemned took days to die as a warning to others. At the Acadaemium, he'd chronicled the exploits of soldiers, and he'd left Remura with his head full of songs of glory. But Iarius had seen soldiers put down uprisings, seen simple tavern brawls spill over into riots. Bit by bit, those glorious songs that had once filled his head were replaced by the screams of dying men and the sharp notes of blade sliding into flesh. Yes, Iarius ex Maritoris was a man who had seen combat, and who now harbored no illusions about it. He recognized it as the base, horrible thing it was, a necessary evil that must taint the soul of every man, no matter how noble, who engages in the act. That youth who'd once dreamed of glory had matured into a man who knew that warfare was ugly and vile, the terrible price we pay for peace, justice, and prosperity. But now, standing on that mountain, watching as Nessalir the Red faced down the Equine Centuria, Iarius saw that combat could be something else as well. It could be beautiful.
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Have you had the privilege of beholding Edgar Allen Pig?
A black guinea pig, laying down on hay.
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Starting the last chapter, which will likely be the longest. I'm guessing the draft will end up around 25k words, and then the final post-revision text will be close to 30k.
Screenshot of a Google Docs document. The document is titled "It Came from the Floodwaters." The Word Count window is open, revealing the document to be 45 pages, with 20222 words.
October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Musty.
Scurry by Seann Barbour.
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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So, here in Virginia Beach, these signs have been popping up all over the city. And they seem serious, right? There's a referendum to take away our voting rights? What could it be? We need to protect our rights!

Except these signs are straight up lies.
Street sign that reads: "Take Back Your Voting Rights. 10-1 Vote No."
October 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Thinking once again about the obscure X-Men side character, Bernard the Poet, whose first appearance consists of what may be one of the all time greatest Stan Lee dialogue exchanges:
A beatnik performs poetry while a woman dances and other beatnik plays bongos. The poet says: "Like it's out to be in, and it's square to be hip, I mean dig the scene, a nap isn't a nip!" The dancing woman replies: "Say it again, Bernard! Those tender sentiments do wonders for my libido!" And the bongo player scolds her: "Cool it, chick! You're melting my bongos!"
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"We're poly," Tam told her. "She's actually not here because she's on a trip with her girlfriend." "Oh. Okay, cool." Should've done the same, thought Tam. Gertie invited me to her farm. I could be with her and Lacy and Rhea, and I could be cuddled up on the couch with them and their dogs, and in the morning we could go out to feed the chickens and I could listen to them talk about Goldman and Parsons and debate whether or not Chomsky is a sellout. And I'd help Gertie clean and cook and… Fucking hell, Tam, stop it. Heather needs someone to come home to, doesn't she?
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Rough draft. Vampire horror story. Current title: It Came From the Floodwaters.
"You need anything, you call Gertie, alright?" Heather's voice said. Gertie was another partner, another girlfriend. Unlike Khloe, she'd built a relationship with both Heather and Tam. "She's tough, and she'll take care of you." "She doesn't even live in the city," Tam pointed out. Gertie had a little farm with her two main girlfriends, each of whom had partners as well. The intricate webs formed by lesbian polycules occasionally made Tam's head spin, and they admired how Heather and Gertie had no trouble keeping everything straight. Well, no, none of it was straight. That was kind of the point. "She's got a bigass truck; she can come to you if she needs to," said Heather. "Look, me and Khloe have a late dinner. Stay safe, Tam, alright? Love you."
September 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Vampire horror novella is coming along nicely
"So you're like a vampire?" asked the redheaded guy. "All we have to do is survive until morning?" Silence settled over the apartment as everyone processed this. The Elder replied: "You won't."
September 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Ice Nine Kills also puts on a fun show.
September 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The Funeral Portrait puts on a fun show.
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Have you read my sword and sorcery webovel about a buff half-dragon barbarian lady? New chapters every Thursday!

www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Banner depicting a redheaded barbarian woman in front of a snowy mountain. Title text reads: "Nessalir the Red."
September 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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News to me.
Twitter screenshot. An account named Gowtham Rajj claims: "NETFLIX bags Seann Barbour SCURRY."
August 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM