Michael C. Sahd

Good evening, readers! Have you read The Unfettered Child or Assassin Marked yet? (And did you know that I have continued The DuFonte Chronicles on Kindle Vella?) I'd love to hear what you think! #darkfantasy #horror #TheUnfetteredChild #AssassinMarked

Omar's been thrown in a cell for a theft he swears he didn't commit. His questioner doesn't care about the theft. He only wants to know where Omar learned one particular song. Omar's answer is smarter than it should be. #WritingCommunity #DarkFantasy Find more updates at michaelcsahd.net

The Unfettered Child is already out in the world. The Immortal Child is still taking shape, one night's writing at a time. Writing a sequel means keeping the first book close while giving the new one room to grow. #WritingCommunity

Tonight's work on The Immortal Child: finding the turn from uncertainty to tenderness. Chapter 5 is still underway, and this quiet moment needs room to breathe. #WritingCommunity Find more updates at michaelcsahd.net

Tonight's Chapter 5 work: tenderness giving way to a conversation neither person wants to have. Finding that turn is where I'm spending my time in The Immortal Child. Find more updates at michaelcsahd.net #WritingCommunity

Worked on the hut scene for Chapter 5 of The Immortal Child tonight. They're inside now, in a place that still smells like old medicine and home, holding on a little longer than they need to. Morning is going to change everything. #WritingCommunity Find more updates at michaelcsahd.net

Reworked the walk-home scene for Chapter 5 of The Immortal Child tonight. Two people on a pine path, most of it unspoken, until they reach a hut that used to be theirs. The talk turns to the Immortal Child, and to someone they'd rather forget. #WritingCommunity Find more updates at michaelcsahd.net

Finished the walk-home scene for Chapter 5 of The Immortal Child tonight. It's two people who can hear each other without speaking, on what might be their last quiet night. And one question neither can let go of: who is the Immortal Child? #WritingCommunity Find more updates at michaelcsahd.net

Sunat Kabisa is the bazaar city at the heart of The Immortal Child. Spice stalls, lantern light, and a street musician named Omar. I wrote up how I built it: michaelcsahd.net/blog/buildi… #FantasyWorldbuilding #WritingCommunity

Wrote a small, quiet section tonight for Chapter 5 of The Immortal Child. After all the tension in the clan hall, it's just two people walking home under the pines. It might be my favorite thing I've written this week. #WritingCommunity

Some arguments end when someone leaves the table. Wrote the walk home after one tonight. The Immortal Child, Chapter 5. #DarkFantasy #WritingCommunity

The stranger who knows the enemy best is the one nobody wants to hear. Worked on a feast-hall warning in The Immortal Child tonight. The hall went very quiet. #DarkFantasy #WritingCommunity

Halloween's tomorrow. What's the one dark book you'd hand to someone who says "I don't read scary stuff"? #SpooktasticReads #DarkFantasy

One display of magic in a crowded feast hall, and a whole clan has to decide who belongs. Chapter 5 of The Immortal Child keeps moving. 🕯️ #darkfantasy #amwriting

Two days till Halloween. 🎃 What's on your reading pile this weekend? #SpooktasticReads

Missed yesterday because I pulled an all-nighter on accounting quizzes. Tonight I'm back in The Immortal Child with an empty gem, a hard journey, and two rings that still find each other. 🕯️ #amwriting #darkfantasy

I replaced my office chair. 💪

Revision night on The Immortal Child: a tighter prologue, cleaner threads, and a clan hall on edge. #amrevising #darkfantasy

Just in case you're wondering, I haven't been posting any ai videos and images to my latest update posts because I just started a new accounting class and it's taking a lot of my time.

New pages tonight in The Immortal Child. The clan packs by firelight, ready to move at dawn, and not everyone is ready to go. #amwriting #darkfantasy

Quiet night at the worldbuilding table: back through Book 1, digging into old folklore, and a few new lines for The Immortal Child. #amwriting #darkfantasy