#fantasyfiction — Public Fediverse posts

#fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fiction #fantasyfiction

http://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/27/the-old-ways-chapter-29-aftermath/

#fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fiction #fantasyfiction

http://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/27/the-old-ways-chapter-29-aftermath/

#fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fiction #fantasyfiction

http://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/27/the-old-ways-chapter-29-aftermath/

#fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fiction #fantasyfiction

http://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/27/the-old-ways-chapter-29-aftermath/

#fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fiction #fantasyfiction

http://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/27/the-old-ways-chapter-29-aftermath/

The Old Ways: Chapter 29–Aftermath

https://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/27/the-old-ways-chapter-29-aftermath/

#WorldOfOntyre 27

Practitioners, the Ministry’s preachers. Except, not.

In truth, they are sadistic torturers wielding fire who seek out those with magic, killing them outright, or taking them to Knoss to have their lifeforce added to the crypt vessel.

For a while, I also called them “the unseen” because their faces were hidden, but it was confusing so I went with the innocuous name only

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 27

Practitioners, the Ministry’s preachers. Except, not.

In truth, they are sadistic torturers wielding fire who seek out those with magic, killing them outright, or taking them to Knoss to have their lifeforce added to the crypt vessel.

For a while, I also called them “the unseen” because their faces were hidden, but it was confusing so I went with the innocuous name only

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 27

Practitioners, the Ministry’s preachers. Except, not.

In truth, they are sadistic torturers wielding fire who seek out those with magic, killing them outright, or taking them to Knoss to have their lifeforce added to the crypt vessel.

For a while, I also called them “the unseen” because their faces were hidden, but it was confusing so I went with the innocuous name only

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 27

Practitioners, the Ministry’s preachers. Except, not.

In truth, they are sadistic torturers wielding fire who seek out those with magic, killing them outright, or taking them to Knoss to have their lifeforce added to the crypt vessel.

For a while, I also called them “the unseen” because their faces were hidden, but it was confusing so I went with the innocuous name only

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 27

Practitioners, the Ministry’s preachers. Except, not.

In truth, they are sadistic torturers wielding fire who seek out those with magic, killing them outright, or taking them to Knoss to have their lifeforce added to the crypt vessel.

For a while, I also called them “the unseen” because their faces were hidden, but it was confusing so I went with the innocuous name only

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 26

I discovered that I was an INFJ in 2014. I cried. Before I made the discovery, I’d thought I was crazy, and was too often treated that way.

It had a profound impact on my writing, ushering in the “new age” where I changed how I wrote, what I wrote, and my worldbuilding in 2015.

It isn’t easy being an INFJ. In fact, it’s a lonely road in life, but at least I understand me.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 26

I discovered that I was an INFJ in 2014. I cried. Before I made the discovery, I’d thought I was crazy, and was too often treated that way.

It had a profound impact on my writing, ushering in the “new age” where I changed how I wrote, what I wrote, and my worldbuilding in 2015.

It isn’t easy being an INFJ. In fact, it’s a lonely road in life, but at least I understand me.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 26

I discovered that I was an INFJ in 2014. I cried. Before I made the discovery, I’d thought I was crazy, and was too often treated that way.

It had a profound impact on my writing, ushering in the “new age” where I changed how I wrote, what I wrote, and my worldbuilding in 2015.

It isn’t easy being an INFJ. In fact, it’s a lonely road in life, but at least I understand me.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 26

I discovered that I was an INFJ in 2014. I cried. Before I made the discovery, I’d thought I was crazy, and was too often treated that way.

It had a profound impact on my writing, ushering in the “new age” where I changed how I wrote, what I wrote, and my worldbuilding in 2015.

It isn’t easy being an INFJ. In fact, it’s a lonely road in life, but at least I understand me.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 26

I discovered that I was an INFJ in 2014. I cried. Before I made the discovery, I’d thought I was crazy, and was too often treated that way.

It had a profound impact on my writing, ushering in the “new age” where I changed how I wrote, what I wrote, and my worldbuilding in 2015.

It isn’t easy being an INFJ. In fact, it’s a lonely road in life, but at least I understand me.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

The Old Ways: Chapter 28–The Raid

https://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/25/the-old-ways-chapter-28-the-raid/

#WorldOfOntyre 25

Depression is common for writers and INFJs. I’m both, and can’t take medication for it.

I used to suffered through it, but these days, I battle it, I do everything in my power to loosen its grip, and it works. Depressive episodes of weeks have become days.

Depression wants me to retreat. No thanks.

Editing, hiking, meditation, reading, walking, writing, yoga, I do it all.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 25

Depression is common for writers and INFJs. I’m both, and can’t take medication for it.

I used to suffered through it, but these days, I battle it, I do everything in my power to loosen its grip, and it works. Depressive episodes of weeks have become days.

Depression wants me to retreat. No thanks.

Editing, hiking, meditation, reading, walking, writing, yoga, I do it all.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 25

Depression is common for writers and INFJs. I’m both, and can’t take medication for it.

I used to suffered through it, but these days, I battle it, I do everything in my power to loosen its grip, and it works. Depressive episodes of weeks have become days.

Depression wants me to retreat. No thanks.

Editing, hiking, meditation, reading, walking, writing, yoga, I do it all.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 25

Depression is common for writers and INFJs. I’m both, and can’t take medication for it.

I used to suffered through it, but these days, I battle it, I do everything in my power to loosen its grip, and it works. Depressive episodes of weeks have become days.

Depression wants me to retreat. No thanks.

Editing, hiking, meditation, reading, walking, writing, yoga, I do it all.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 25

Depression is common for writers and INFJs. I’m both, and can’t take medication for it.

I used to suffered through it, but these days, I battle it, I do everything in my power to loosen its grip, and it works. Depressive episodes of weeks have become days.

Depression wants me to retreat. No thanks.

Editing, hiking, meditation, reading, walking, writing, yoga, I do it all.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 25
senses other than sight…

After sight, touch is typically most dominate, including self-touch (pinching the bridge of the nose, for instance).

Hearing is fascinating, and at times replaces sight, but demands deeper analysis. Taste and smell have their moments, and at times work together (ale, for instance).

I strive to use all the senses, which can be a challenge, and which is growing my writing.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 25
senses other than sight…

After sight, touch is typically most dominate, including self-touch (pinching the bridge of the nose, for instance).

Hearing is fascinating, and at times replaces sight, but demands deeper analysis. Taste and smell have their moments, and at times work together (ale, for instance).

I strive to use all the senses, which can be a challenge, and which is growing my writing.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 25
senses other than sight…

After sight, touch is typically most dominate, including self-touch (pinching the bridge of the nose, for instance).

Hearing is fascinating, and at times replaces sight, but demands deeper analysis. Taste and smell have their moments, and at times work together (ale, for instance).

I strive to use all the senses, which can be a challenge, and which is growing my writing.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 25
senses other than sight…

After sight, touch is typically most dominate, including self-touch (pinching the bridge of the nose, for instance).

Hearing is fascinating, and at times replaces sight, but demands deeper analysis. Taste and smell have their moments, and at times work together (ale, for instance).

I strive to use all the senses, which can be a challenge, and which is growing my writing.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 25
senses other than sight…

After sight, touch is typically most dominate, including self-touch (pinching the bridge of the nose, for instance).

Hearing is fascinating, and at times replaces sight, but demands deeper analysis. Taste and smell have their moments, and at times work together (ale, for instance).

I strive to use all the senses, which can be a challenge, and which is growing my writing.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 24

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time in five decades. The short novel is well remembered for burning books and suppressing knowledge.

Yet, what struck me was how people had lost interest, their attention spans virtually nil, their obsession sitting in front of screens and watching programs.

It required no imagination at all to translate it to today.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 24

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time in five decades. The short novel is well remembered for burning books and suppressing knowledge.

Yet, what struck me was how people had lost interest, their attention spans virtually nil, their obsession sitting in front of screens and watching programs.

It required no imagination at all to translate it to today.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 24

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time in five decades. The short novel is well remembered for burning books and suppressing knowledge.

Yet, what struck me was how people had lost interest, their attention spans virtually nil, their obsession sitting in front of screens and watching programs.

It required no imagination at all to translate it to today.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 24

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time in five decades. The short novel is well remembered for burning books and suppressing knowledge.

Yet, what struck me was how people had lost interest, their attention spans virtually nil, their obsession sitting in front of screens and watching programs.

It required no imagination at all to translate it to today.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 24

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the first time in five decades. The short novel is well remembered for burning books and suppressing knowledge.

Yet, what struck me was how people had lost interest, their attention spans virtually nil, their obsession sitting in front of screens and watching programs.

It required no imagination at all to translate it to today.

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 24
book discovered in 5,000 years

That’d be the equivalent of looking back past the Bronze Age, written language in its infancy. That’s a few years!

Assuming they could read the book, and assuming humans remain, I don’t know how much the books would tell them about the uniqueness of this time given they aren’t in this time or world.

I’d hope that they’d still speak of the human condition.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 24
book discovered in 5,000 years

That’d be the equivalent of looking back past the Bronze Age, written language in its infancy. That’s a few years!

Assuming they could read the book, and assuming humans remain, I don’t know how much the books would tell them about the uniqueness of this time given they aren’t in this time or world.

I’d hope that they’d still speak of the human condition.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 24
book discovered in 5,000 years

That’d be the equivalent of looking back past the Bronze Age, written language in its infancy. That’s a few years!

Assuming they could read the book, and assuming humans remain, I don’t know how much the books would tell them about the uniqueness of this time given they aren’t in this time or world.

I’d hope that they’d still speak of the human condition.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 24
book discovered in 5,000 years

That’d be the equivalent of looking back past the Bronze Age, written language in its infancy. That’s a few years!

Assuming they could read the book, and assuming humans remain, I don’t know how much the books would tell them about the uniqueness of this time given they aren’t in this time or world.

I’d hope that they’d still speak of the human condition.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 24
book discovered in 5,000 years

That’d be the equivalent of looking back past the Bronze Age, written language in its infancy. That’s a few years!

Assuming they could read the book, and assuming humans remain, I don’t know how much the books would tell them about the uniqueness of this time given they aren’t in this time or world.

I’d hope that they’d still speak of the human condition.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 23

Where I live used to be at the bottom of vast Glacial Lake Missoula during the 100 times it flooded and drained to the west.

I’m pretty excited about that. Geology is fascinating, but I’ve always been in love with the ice age.

That’s why Ontyre has mammoths and sabertooth cats, and even ice age gargoyles (it is otherworld fantasy, after all). It was the demand my school age self made.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 23

Where I live used to be at the bottom of vast Glacial Lake Missoula during the 100 times it flooded and drained to the west.

I’m pretty excited about that. Geology is fascinating, but I’ve always been in love with the ice age.

That’s why Ontyre has mammoths and sabertooth cats, and even ice age gargoyles (it is otherworld fantasy, after all). It was the demand my school age self made.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 23

Where I live used to be at the bottom of vast Glacial Lake Missoula during the 100 times it flooded and drained to the west.

I’m pretty excited about that. Geology is fascinating, but I’ve always been in love with the ice age.

That’s why Ontyre has mammoths and sabertooth cats, and even ice age gargoyles (it is otherworld fantasy, after all). It was the demand my school age self made.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 23

Where I live used to be at the bottom of vast Glacial Lake Missoula during the 100 times it flooded and drained to the west.

I’m pretty excited about that. Geology is fascinating, but I’ve always been in love with the ice age.

That’s why Ontyre has mammoths and sabertooth cats, and even ice age gargoyles (it is otherworld fantasy, after all). It was the demand my school age self made.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 23

Where I live used to be at the bottom of vast Glacial Lake Missoula during the 100 times it flooded and drained to the west.

I’m pretty excited about that. Geology is fascinating, but I’ve always been in love with the ice age.

That’s why Ontyre has mammoths and sabertooth cats, and even ice age gargoyles (it is otherworld fantasy, after all). It was the demand my school age self made.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 23
sex scenes

It depends on the story, but in general, I’m willing to go beyond kissing, but “fade to black” no later than when the clothing starts to disappear.

This is my reading preference. I’ll read a sex scene if it serves the story and isn’t there simply to titillate. If so, I skim and avoid the author thereafter.

As a demisexual, I want a deep bond between characters first (a slow burn in fiction).

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 23
sex scenes

It depends on the story, but in general, I’m willing to go beyond kissing, but “fade to black” no later than when the clothing starts to disappear.

This is my reading preference. I’ll read a sex scene if it serves the story and isn’t there simply to titillate. If so, I skim and avoid the author thereafter.

As a demisexual, I want a deep bond between characters first (a slow burn in fiction).

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 23
sex scenes

It depends on the story, but in general, I’m willing to go beyond kissing, but “fade to black” no later than when the clothing starts to disappear.

This is my reading preference. I’ll read a sex scene if it serves the story and isn’t there simply to titillate. If so, I skim and avoid the author thereafter.

As a demisexual, I want a deep bond between characters first (a slow burn in fiction).

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 23
sex scenes

It depends on the story, but in general, I’m willing to go beyond kissing, but “fade to black” no later than when the clothing starts to disappear.

This is my reading preference. I’ll read a sex scene if it serves the story and isn’t there simply to titillate. If so, I skim and avoid the author thereafter.

As a demisexual, I want a deep bond between characters first (a slow burn in fiction).

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 23
sex scenes

It depends on the story, but in general, I’m willing to go beyond kissing, but “fade to black” no later than when the clothing starts to disappear.

This is my reading preference. I’ll read a sex scene if it serves the story and isn’t there simply to titillate. If so, I skim and avoid the author thereafter.

As a demisexual, I want a deep bond between characters first (a slow burn in fiction).

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 22

Looking back at January 2018:

• Began 1st year recovered from an 8-year illness
• 1st year working in 4 years.
• Started a writing journal (still going strong!)
• Struggling to continue Kovenlore Chronicles, I decided to change my MC to Riparia
• Drafted Riparia’s origin poem in one sitting
• Was colorizing the Tremjara map
• Oddly enough, it wasn’t a great month, or year, for writing

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 22

Looking back at January 2018:

• Began 1st year recovered from an 8-year illness
• 1st year working in 4 years.
• Started a writing journal (still going strong!)
• Struggling to continue Kovenlore Chronicles, I decided to change my MC to Riparia
• Drafted Riparia’s origin poem in one sitting
• Was colorizing the Tremjara map
• Oddly enough, it wasn’t a great month, or year, for writing

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 22

Looking back at January 2018:

• Began 1st year recovered from an 8-year illness
• 1st year working in 4 years.
• Started a writing journal (still going strong!)
• Struggling to continue Kovenlore Chronicles, I decided to change my MC to Riparia
• Drafted Riparia’s origin poem in one sitting
• Was colorizing the Tremjara map
• Oddly enough, it wasn’t a great month, or year, for writing

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 22

Looking back at January 2018:

• Began 1st year recovered from an 8-year illness
• 1st year working in 4 years.
• Started a writing journal (still going strong!)
• Struggling to continue Kovenlore Chronicles, I decided to change my MC to Riparia
• Drafted Riparia’s origin poem in one sitting
• Was colorizing the Tremjara map
• Oddly enough, it wasn’t a great month, or year, for writing

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#WorldOfOntyre 22

Looking back at January 2018:

• Began 1st year recovered from an 8-year illness
• 1st year working in 4 years.
• Started a writing journal (still going strong!)
• Struggling to continue Kovenlore Chronicles, I decided to change my MC to Riparia
• Drafted Riparia’s origin poem in one sitting
• Was colorizing the Tremjara map
• Oddly enough, it wasn’t a great month, or year, for writing

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 22
winning lots and lots of cash

In Book-1 of Kovenlore Chronicles, Riparia’s choices would be few. She could donate it to the needy, or use it to help fund the rebels in their opposition to the government and Ministry.

Or, of course, some combination of the above.

As is shown in Book-3, the rebels have a team in the capital that specialize in stealing from the wealthy to fund the cause.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 22
winning lots and lots of cash

In Book-1 of Kovenlore Chronicles, Riparia’s choices would be few. She could donate it to the needy, or use it to help fund the rebels in their opposition to the government and Ministry.

Or, of course, some combination of the above.

As is shown in Book-3, the rebels have a team in the capital that specialize in stealing from the wealthy to fund the cause.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 22
winning lots and lots of cash

In Book-1 of Kovenlore Chronicles, Riparia’s choices would be few. She could donate it to the needy, or use it to help fund the rebels in their opposition to the government and Ministry.

Or, of course, some combination of the above.

As is shown in Book-3, the rebels have a team in the capital that specialize in stealing from the wealthy to fund the cause.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 22
winning lots and lots of cash

In Book-1 of Kovenlore Chronicles, Riparia’s choices would be few. She could donate it to the needy, or use it to help fund the rebels in their opposition to the government and Ministry.

Or, of course, some combination of the above.

As is shown in Book-3, the rebels have a team in the capital that specialize in stealing from the wealthy to fund the cause.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

#PhantastikPrompts 22
winning lots and lots of cash

In Book-1 of Kovenlore Chronicles, Riparia’s choices would be few. She could donate it to the needy, or use it to help fund the rebels in their opposition to the government and Ministry.

Or, of course, some combination of the above.

As is shown in Book-3, the rebels have a team in the capital that specialize in stealing from the wealthy to fund the cause.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon

The Old Ways: Chapter 27 — One Secret At A Time

https://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/21/the-old-ways-chapter-27-one-secret-at-a-time/

The Old Ways: Chapter 27 — One Secret At A Time

https://gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/08/21/the-old-ways-chapter-27-one-secret-at-a-time/