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Sylvan
@sylvancantrell.bsky.social
Writer | 30 +| Proudly 🏳️‍⚧️| Genres: fantasy, gothic horror | Currently working on my first novel!

https://sylvancantrell.carrd.co/
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Hi! 👋

I'm Sylvan! I'm currently working on my debut novel, Clockwork Ghouls. Here are some things you can expect to find in my work:

💀 Gothic themes and imagery
👁️ Religious trauma/imagery
👻 The paranormal, themes of death and dying
⚔️ Historical/fantasy settings
🦴 Animated skeletons!

Links below!
#WIPSnps #nsfw

A little freaky mage erotica.
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
As a trans person, I find body horror both compelling and intensely personal, especially when you consider the intersection of being trans and chronically ill, or disabled. It becomes exploring the horror of having a body, and consequently freeing yourself from the fear by writing it out.
January 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#JanuaryWorldbuilders Day 23: A beautiful tradition of ceremony

The city of Ombrelune has a tradition of wearing the death masks of their ancestors during formal events and festivals.
January 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
January 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As a writer with a career separate from writing, I find it hard to actually sit down and create during the week, so I'm humbly asking if anyone would like to share how they set aside time to write in these circumstances.

#WritingCommunity #writers #authors
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I think Notion is really neat, honestly.
January 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In light of today's news, sometimes all we have to do is keep making art.
January 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
So if I can share about my mages real quick, they dress in shrouds, robes, masks and I like their headpieces having the silhouette of medieval hennins like this
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I told myself today was for the WIP, but I spent all day giggling with my friends and cooking, which is just as well. I gotta feed myself before I feed the book sometimes.
January 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Grief! Nearly everything I write has to do with grief; how characters struggle against it, how other characters accept and live with it, what causes them grief.

Beckett, the MC of Clockwork Ghouls fights his grief, and his inability to accept it drives the entire narrative.
#Januwrite 19

What are the main messages and ideas behind your book? How do your characters drive the narrative?

#WritingCommunity #Authors #Writers
January 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#pretendpanel

For today's freebie Sunday, may I offer a WIP:
January 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I've finished my author carrd! Big milestone for me, it's more real now!

sylvancantrell.carrd.co
Sylvan Cantrell
Writer | Poet | Chief Mourner
sylvancantrell.carrd.co
January 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Haha
January 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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before tiktok,
before bluesky,
before twitter,
before meta,
before it all,
there were sewers.

after all, there will be sewers.
January 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
#WritingCommunity #Snippetshare

Quote or reply to share any snippet featuring the word "WALK"

A snip from "Clockwork Ghouls."
January 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🎭
January 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Starting this journey of building community with my fellow creatives with bells on and such a jittery feeling of excitement. That's the joy of jumping into this; commiseration with my fellow creatives. Hi!
January 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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"Porn rots your brain" maybe for YOU. It has made me smarter actually.
January 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hi! 👋

I'm Sylvan! I'm currently working on my debut novel, Clockwork Ghouls. Here are some things you can expect to find in my work:

💀 Gothic themes and imagery
👁️ Religious trauma/imagery
👻 The paranormal, themes of death and dying
⚔️ Historical/fantasy settings
🦴 Animated skeletons!

Links below!
January 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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BOURDAIN: so ive had joints of mutton everywhere. exeter, wroexeter, berwick. Ive never seen a joint of mutton prepared like this

MEDIEVAL SPIT-BOY: we roaste thee meat under a pafte which keeps the juices, and renders the meat moft tendere

BOURDAIN: *chuckling* wow
January 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM