Seriah Black
@seriahblacksheep.bsky.social
Author. Teaholic. World traveler. Musician. Inscribing fantasy and heat one power user at a time. Curveballs, angsty antiheroes, sensual shifters, immersive worlds. Always scribed by a beast, not by bot.
https://seriahblack.com
https://seriahblack.com
Flying catfish AND black swan and phoenix? Now you KNOW you need to check this out.
#fictionanthology #shortreads #tbr #wegotyou #Roulette #transformations #beginnings #endings #newrelease
#fictionanthology #shortreads #tbr #wegotyou #Roulette #transformations #beginnings #endings #newrelease
Everybody's favorite flying catfish is featured in the first (first!) story in this anthology.
I haven't read the rest yet, but they're sure to be great too. :D
www.amazon.com/Beginnings-E...
I haven't read the rest yet, but they're sure to be great too. :D
www.amazon.com/Beginnings-E...
Beginnings and Endings (San Joaquin Valley Writers Anthology Series)
Beginnings and Endings (San Joaquin Valley Writers Anthology Series) [Writers, San Joaquin Valley, Van Allen, Pam, VanPatten, Bill] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Beginnings and Endings (San Joaquin Valley Writers Anthology Series)
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Flying catfish AND black swan and phoenix? Now you KNOW you need to check this out.
#fictionanthology #shortreads #tbr #wegotyou #Roulette #transformations #beginnings #endings #newrelease
#fictionanthology #shortreads #tbr #wegotyou #Roulette #transformations #beginnings #endings #newrelease
I got in a plant-watering fight with my curtains and I lost.
Water hit the floor.
A pillar got moved.
And now everyone from the outside gets to see me as I type.
But yes, the curtains still exist. In a knot.
#reallifestory
Water hit the floor.
A pillar got moved.
And now everyone from the outside gets to see me as I type.
But yes, the curtains still exist. In a knot.
#reallifestory
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I got in a plant-watering fight with my curtains and I lost.
Water hit the floor.
A pillar got moved.
And now everyone from the outside gets to see me as I type.
But yes, the curtains still exist. In a knot.
#reallifestory
Water hit the floor.
A pillar got moved.
And now everyone from the outside gets to see me as I type.
But yes, the curtains still exist. In a knot.
#reallifestory
IT'S LAUNCH DAY! The portal to the dystopian ruins has opened! Step through and see what a mysterious black octagon unlocked, and who it trapped in the ruins of a fallen world. Spin the wheel, live or die. 📢📚 #Roulette
a.co/d/fth1eVy
#newrelease #riddles #risk #adventure #short #fiction #20minread
a.co/d/fth1eVy
#newrelease #riddles #risk #adventure #short #fiction #20minread
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
IT'S LAUNCH DAY! The portal to the dystopian ruins has opened! Step through and see what a mysterious black octagon unlocked, and who it trapped in the ruins of a fallen world. Spin the wheel, live or die. 📢📚 #Roulette
a.co/d/fth1eVy
#newrelease #riddles #risk #adventure #short #fiction #20minread
a.co/d/fth1eVy
#newrelease #riddles #risk #adventure #short #fiction #20minread
Less than a day left until you stumble upon the guardian! 🗿🚧📚 How long has he been in that tiny room? 🧱📦 Is it still a room if the floor falls out? 🕳️⛳️
#oneday #day1 #countdown #almostthere #tbr #anthologylaunch #dungeonguardian #stonelife #getlost #findme #breakout #amwritingfantasy #fantasystory
#oneday #day1 #countdown #almostthere #tbr #anthologylaunch #dungeonguardian #stonelife #getlost #findme #breakout #amwritingfantasy #fantasystory
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Less than a day left until you stumble upon the guardian! 🗿🚧📚 How long has he been in that tiny room? 🧱📦 Is it still a room if the floor falls out? 🕳️⛳️
#oneday #day1 #countdown #almostthere #tbr #anthologylaunch #dungeonguardian #stonelife #getlost #findme #breakout #amwritingfantasy #fantasystory
#oneday #day1 #countdown #almostthere #tbr #anthologylaunch #dungeonguardian #stonelife #getlost #findme #breakout #amwritingfantasy #fantasystory
A thief, a swan shifter, and a grumpy girl walk into a bar...well, darn, it's a labyrinth and there are no drinks. 😇 2 days until "Roulette" opens the door to a tomb on a distant world! Watch your step. Traps abound.
#dungeonwalk #dungeontraps #trapdoor #treasurehunt #escaperoom #tbr #comingsoon
#dungeonwalk #dungeontraps #trapdoor #treasurehunt #escaperoom #tbr #comingsoon
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A thief, a swan shifter, and a grumpy girl walk into a bar...well, darn, it's a labyrinth and there are no drinks. 😇 2 days until "Roulette" opens the door to a tomb on a distant world! Watch your step. Traps abound.
#dungeonwalk #dungeontraps #trapdoor #treasurehunt #escaperoom #tbr #comingsoon
#dungeonwalk #dungeontraps #trapdoor #treasurehunt #escaperoom #tbr #comingsoon
Starting up the countdown until anthology launch day! 3 days left until Poppin stumbles into a locked labyrinth chamber, Indiana Jones style.
#Roulette #shortstory #dystopian #booklaunch #newrelease #fantasy #labyrinth #ruins #teleportation #riddlemethis #day3 #countdown #dontgetlost 🪐📚📢
#Roulette #shortstory #dystopian #booklaunch #newrelease #fantasy #labyrinth #ruins #teleportation #riddlemethis #day3 #countdown #dontgetlost 🪐📚📢
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Starting up the countdown until anthology launch day! 3 days left until Poppin stumbles into a locked labyrinth chamber, Indiana Jones style.
#Roulette #shortstory #dystopian #booklaunch #newrelease #fantasy #labyrinth #ruins #teleportation #riddlemethis #day3 #countdown #dontgetlost 🪐📚📢
#Roulette #shortstory #dystopian #booklaunch #newrelease #fantasy #labyrinth #ruins #teleportation #riddlemethis #day3 #countdown #dontgetlost 🪐📚📢
Reposted by Seriah Black
⚔️Did you know today is the 4th annual DAY OF MIGHT, a holiday dedicated to Sword & Sorcery?⚔️
Inaugurated by The Skull, though rumor has it Howard Andrew Jones may be its true author, this is a day to think about and enjoy Sword & Sorcery!
Learn more here: goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/1...
Inaugurated by The Skull, though rumor has it Howard Andrew Jones may be its true author, this is a day to think about and enjoy Sword & Sorcery!
Learn more here: goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/1...
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
⚔️Did you know today is the 4th annual DAY OF MIGHT, a holiday dedicated to Sword & Sorcery?⚔️
Inaugurated by The Skull, though rumor has it Howard Andrew Jones may be its true author, this is a day to think about and enjoy Sword & Sorcery!
Learn more here: goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/1...
Inaugurated by The Skull, though rumor has it Howard Andrew Jones may be its true author, this is a day to think about and enjoy Sword & Sorcery!
Learn more here: goodman-games.com/tftms/2021/1...
In case you wanted to be a hippo for your costume party this month, here are your Zaina-style ears, courtesy of another creator:
www.etsy.com/listing/1786...
#QuenchtotheHilt #animalears #costumecreation #fantasycostumes #shifters #costumeparty #masquerade
www.etsy.com/listing/1786...
#QuenchtotheHilt #animalears #costumecreation #fantasycostumes #shifters #costumeparty #masquerade
October 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you wanted to be a hippo for your costume party this month, here are your Zaina-style ears, courtesy of another creator:
www.etsy.com/listing/1786...
#QuenchtotheHilt #animalears #costumecreation #fantasycostumes #shifters #costumeparty #masquerade
www.etsy.com/listing/1786...
#QuenchtotheHilt #animalears #costumecreation #fantasycostumes #shifters #costumeparty #masquerade
"I’ve spent half my time sculpting glaciers into arches with my claws. I watch Wishe out of the corner of my eye. It’s shameful, but I want him to care." -Hoth, 'Abominably Yours' ❄️💙📚
#WIPSnips #abominablesnowman #pleasecare #shifters #sleighride #amwritingfantasy #newstory #comingsoon
#WIPSnips #abominablesnowman #pleasecare #shifters #sleighride #amwritingfantasy #newstory #comingsoon
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"I’ve spent half my time sculpting glaciers into arches with my claws. I watch Wishe out of the corner of my eye. It’s shameful, but I want him to care." -Hoth, 'Abominably Yours' ❄️💙📚
#WIPSnips #abominablesnowman #pleasecare #shifters #sleighride #amwritingfantasy #newstory #comingsoon
#WIPSnips #abominablesnowman #pleasecare #shifters #sleighride #amwritingfantasy #newstory #comingsoon
Picky, articulate, picturesque semantics make fantasy weirder. It doesn’t break the genre…it loads it with new meaning.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Picky, articulate, picturesque semantics make fantasy weirder. It doesn’t break the genre…it loads it with new meaning.
"It does me no good if these louts figure it out and she gets thrown into a hole beneath a lord’s mansion, or worse, becomes a magic battery for a two-bit charlatan." -Wishe
#WIPSnips #winterstory #Cheshirecat #shifters #magicpowers #makeawish #henchmen #SwiperNoSwiping #letsmakeadeal #quote
#WIPSnips #winterstory #Cheshirecat #shifters #magicpowers #makeawish #henchmen #SwiperNoSwiping #letsmakeadeal #quote
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"It does me no good if these louts figure it out and she gets thrown into a hole beneath a lord’s mansion, or worse, becomes a magic battery for a two-bit charlatan." -Wishe
#WIPSnips #winterstory #Cheshirecat #shifters #magicpowers #makeawish #henchmen #SwiperNoSwiping #letsmakeadeal #quote
#WIPSnips #winterstory #Cheshirecat #shifters #magicpowers #makeawish #henchmen #SwiperNoSwiping #letsmakeadeal #quote
"His fingers were swift and featherlight, like they’d never stayed in place more than a moment in his life. I had the sudden certainty that things tended to go missing in his presence."
-'Roulette' short story 🗿🪐📚
#WIPSnips #comingsoon #FireAndLyra #portalfantasy #dystopian #Octoberrelease #tbr
-'Roulette' short story 🗿🪐📚
#WIPSnips #comingsoon #FireAndLyra #portalfantasy #dystopian #Octoberrelease #tbr
Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips
The word for October 6th is "miss"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The word for October 6th is "miss"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"His fingers were swift and featherlight, like they’d never stayed in place more than a moment in his life. I had the sudden certainty that things tended to go missing in his presence."
-'Roulette' short story 🗿🪐📚
#WIPSnips #comingsoon #FireAndLyra #portalfantasy #dystopian #Octoberrelease #tbr
-'Roulette' short story 🗿🪐📚
#WIPSnips #comingsoon #FireAndLyra #portalfantasy #dystopian #Octoberrelease #tbr
"Right now, a deal is possible. I keep my pink-striped paws moving. I’m not about to miss out." -Wishe, Cheshire cat shifter
#WIPSnips #CheshireCat #catchmeifyoucan #quotes #bookquotes #amwritingfantasy #romantasy #romancelandia #feydeal #antihero #amwriting #writingprompts
#WIPSnips #CheshireCat #catchmeifyoucan #quotes #bookquotes #amwritingfantasy #romantasy #romancelandia #feydeal #antihero #amwriting #writingprompts
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"Right now, a deal is possible. I keep my pink-striped paws moving. I’m not about to miss out." -Wishe, Cheshire cat shifter
#WIPSnips #CheshireCat #catchmeifyoucan #quotes #bookquotes #amwritingfantasy #romantasy #romancelandia #feydeal #antihero #amwriting #writingprompts
#WIPSnips #CheshireCat #catchmeifyoucan #quotes #bookquotes #amwritingfantasy #romantasy #romancelandia #feydeal #antihero #amwriting #writingprompts
This is totally something my Cheshire cat would say. Both parts of it.
#cheshiresmile #whyyouupinthemonstersgrill #letsmakeadeal
#cheshiresmile #whyyouupinthemonstersgrill #letsmakeadeal
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is totally something my Cheshire cat would say. Both parts of it.
#cheshiresmile #whyyouupinthemonstersgrill #letsmakeadeal
#cheshiresmile #whyyouupinthemonstersgrill #letsmakeadeal
Reposted by Seriah Black
It's not possible for my empire to have problems. My courtiers are always nervously smiling and telling me everything is great
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's not possible for my empire to have problems. My courtiers are always nervously smiling and telling me everything is great
Wife and I went to IKEA for no specific thing, just to look at furniture and
pontificate on what we might need. And IKEA without a purpose is a vastly different experience. It’s like you’re wandering through a dungeon in a video game that you already beat.
pontificate on what we might need. And IKEA without a purpose is a vastly different experience. It’s like you’re wandering through a dungeon in a video game that you already beat.
September 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Seriah Black
this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
March 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
In case you weren’t a happy cucumber yet today.
September 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In case you weren’t a happy cucumber yet today.
Reposted by Seriah Black
I was lost
But somehow found myself
On the long way back to nowhere.
It was quiet but that’s what made it so loud.
Lighting hit the lamps
On streets painted black,
Where each home was a tombstone
With each address
marking the date of death.
#poetry
But somehow found myself
On the long way back to nowhere.
It was quiet but that’s what made it so loud.
Lighting hit the lamps
On streets painted black,
Where each home was a tombstone
With each address
marking the date of death.
#poetry
December 11, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I was lost
But somehow found myself
On the long way back to nowhere.
It was quiet but that’s what made it so loud.
Lighting hit the lamps
On streets painted black,
Where each home was a tombstone
With each address
marking the date of death.
#poetry
But somehow found myself
On the long way back to nowhere.
It was quiet but that’s what made it so loud.
Lighting hit the lamps
On streets painted black,
Where each home was a tombstone
With each address
marking the date of death.
#poetry
Looking for portals everywhere.
#portalfantasy #arches #ruins #ruin #pathlesstraveled #lostcivilization
#portalfantasy #arches #ruins #ruin #pathlesstraveled #lostcivilization
September 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Looking for portals everywhere.
#portalfantasy #arches #ruins #ruin #pathlesstraveled #lostcivilization
#portalfantasy #arches #ruins #ruin #pathlesstraveled #lostcivilization
Reposted by Seriah Black
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Ashurbanipal describing restorations of the city wall and gates at Borsippa https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321670
September 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Ashurbanipal describing restorations of the city wall and gates at Borsippa https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321670
2025年9月8日
#考古学のおやつ
トルコ、ヴァン県（Van il）のエレク山（Erek）の斜面にあるケヴェンリ城（Kevenli Kalesi）で、ウラルトゥ王国の最大の貯蔵施設。2700年前。楔形文字で内容物と分量を記したを貯蔵用の大甕ピトス（πίθος；pitos）76口出土。
[Anatolian Archaeology]
www.anatolianarchaeology.net/76-cuneiform...
#考古学のおやつ
トルコ、ヴァン県（Van il）のエレク山（Erek）の斜面にあるケヴェンリ城（Kevenli Kalesi）で、ウラルトゥ王国の最大の貯蔵施設。2700年前。楔形文字で内容物と分量を記したを貯蔵用の大甕ピトス（πίθος；pitos）76口出土。
[Anatolian Archaeology]
www.anatolianarchaeology.net/76-cuneiform...
76 Cuneiform-Inscribed Pithoi Unearthed in Kevenli Fortress: Uncovering Urartu’s Largest Ancient Storage Center - Anatolian Archaeology
Archaeologists in Van, Türkiye, have uncovered 76 cuneiform-inscribed pithoi at Kevenli Fortress. The discovery reveals a sophisticated.
www.anatolianarchaeology.net
September 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Next month, my story "Roulette," is going to dip into a dystopian labyrinth of ruins. You don't mind if I start dipping you now, do you? 😉👻🙃🗿 Turning up the dial now. ⏲️🎚️ Don't let the sun catch you on your way in. ⛅️🔦
#comingsoon #Roulette #shortstory #tombraider #guardians #portal #riddlemethis #tbr
#comingsoon #Roulette #shortstory #tombraider #guardians #portal #riddlemethis #tbr
September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Next month, my story "Roulette," is going to dip into a dystopian labyrinth of ruins. You don't mind if I start dipping you now, do you? 😉👻🙃🗿 Turning up the dial now. ⏲️🎚️ Don't let the sun catch you on your way in. ⛅️🔦
#comingsoon #Roulette #shortstory #tombraider #guardians #portal #riddlemethis #tbr
#comingsoon #Roulette #shortstory #tombraider #guardians #portal #riddlemethis #tbr
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September 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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If you were trapped in a dusty, stone Escape Room for 100 or even 1,000 years, and then a thief opened up a portal…but if the portal didn’t work, there was a steep dropoff on the other side...would you jump? #poll #whatif #Roulette #escaperoom
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If you were trapped in a dusty, stone Escape Room for 100 or even 1,000 years, and then a thief opened up a portal…but if the portal didn’t work, there was a steep dropoff on the other side...would you jump? #poll #whatif #Roulette #escaperoom