yeah like how the prevalence of ai is straight up ruining our ability to discern reality. the death of truth is far more of a doomspell for civilization as we know it than the loss of some abstract idea of humanity that isn't even agreed upon
November 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
yeah like how the prevalence of ai is straight up ruining our ability to discern reality. the death of truth is far more of a doomspell for civilization as we know it than the loss of some abstract idea of humanity that isn't even agreed upon
#Day10 is from an old ya #bookseries my sister and I devoured when we were like 9 or 10. This lovely lady is the #witch #Dragwena from the #Doomspell series, written by #CliffMcNish . If you should ever trip over these books, yoink em! They're awesome :3
#Inktober #traditionalart #fantasy #inkart
#Inktober #traditionalart #fantasy #inkart
October 26, 2026 at 3:37 PM
#Day10 is from an old ya #bookseries my sister and I devoured when we were like 9 or 10. This lovely lady is the #witch #Dragwena from the #Doomspell series, written by #CliffMcNish . If you should ever trip over these books, yoink em! They're awesome :3
#Inktober #traditionalart #fantasy #inkart
#Inktober #traditionalart #fantasy #inkart
Core keeper with @nyxeonfox.bsky.social @akanekoninja.bsky.social and Doomspell :D
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October 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Core keeper with @nyxeonfox.bsky.social @akanekoninja.bsky.social and Doomspell :D
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October 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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I think USL should be kicking doors in if USLS does not get a league-based spot. Would be a massive departure from precedent in the U.S./Concacaf itself. It would basically doomspell USLP.
October 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I think USL should be kicking doors in if USLS does not get a league-based spot. Would be a massive departure from precedent in the U.S./Concacaf itself. It would basically doomspell USLP.
Realized I’ve had an extremely rare Harry Potter piece in my drawer for 25 years; an early promo counter display calling book 4 “the doomspell tournament.” Can’t see many examples of sales online, just people saying how rare it is. Maybe I’ll sell and donate to trans orgs.
October 5, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Realized I’ve had an extremely rare Harry Potter piece in my drawer for 25 years; an early promo counter display calling book 4 “the doomspell tournament.” Can’t see many examples of sales online, just people saying how rare it is. Maybe I’ll sell and donate to trans orgs.
It’s very important that the Order of Eternal Sorcerous Darkness and its prophet, Eljiff Yarbrave, be allowed to control all sorcerous towers and bound elemental spirits, because Yarbrave’s Prophecy of Doomspell says that if we don’t all life will end.
September 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It’s very important that the Order of Eternal Sorcerous Darkness and its prophet, Eljiff Yarbrave, be allowed to control all sorcerous towers and bound elemental spirits, because Yarbrave’s Prophecy of Doomspell says that if we don’t all life will end.
Everytime I see the "generation of readers" bs I think, Did I read HP as a child, yes. But ya know what I also read? His Dark Materials, Discworld, Redwall, Doomspell, ANIMORPHS & when I was 14 my mum gave me Clive Barker's Weaveworld which is my favourite book to this day.
Go fuck yourself Joanne.
Go fuck yourself Joanne.
September 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Everytime I see the "generation of readers" bs I think, Did I read HP as a child, yes. But ya know what I also read? His Dark Materials, Discworld, Redwall, Doomspell, ANIMORPHS & when I was 14 my mum gave me Clive Barker's Weaveworld which is my favourite book to this day.
Go fuck yourself Joanne.
Go fuck yourself Joanne.
Read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel. Read The Old Kingdom Series (Sabriel, Lirael etc). Read the Bartimaeus trilogy. Read Doomspell. Read Mirror Dreams! Just to name a few off the top of my head from the 90s/early 2000s
Do people understand how many other fantasy books are out there that they could be enjoying instead???
Even when I was a fan of the books as they were coming out I was struck by the poor quality of each subsequent doorstopper that came out. They are not special.
Even when I was a fan of the books as they were coming out I was struck by the poor quality of each subsequent doorstopper that came out. They are not special.
Even aside from Rowling being an insane monster, Jesus fuck I am sick of hearing about Harry Potter
September 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel. Read The Old Kingdom Series (Sabriel, Lirael etc). Read the Bartimaeus trilogy. Read Doomspell. Read Mirror Dreams! Just to name a few off the top of my head from the 90s/early 2000s
It’s called “Doomspell,” and every wrong guess deletes a word from your vocabulary.
September 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
It’s called “Doomspell,” and every wrong guess deletes a word from your vocabulary.
17. Oooh hmm. Gonna quantify this as middle grade and below, and 1. Doomspell Trilogy - Cliff McNish 2. Seeing Stone Trilogy - Kevin Crossley-Holland 3. The Little Prince - Antoine de St.-Exupery 4. The Serpents Egg - J. Fitzgerald McCurdy and 5. Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
August 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
17. Oooh hmm. Gonna quantify this as middle grade and below, and 1. Doomspell Trilogy - Cliff McNish 2. Seeing Stone Trilogy - Kevin Crossley-Holland 3. The Little Prince - Antoine de St.-Exupery 4. The Serpents Egg - J. Fitzgerald McCurdy and 5. Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
17. Oooh hmm. Gonna quantify this as middle grade and below, and 1. Doomspell Trilogy - Cliff McNish 2. Seeing Stone Trilogy - Kevin Crossley-Holland 3. The Little Prince - Antoine de St.-Exupery 4. The Serpents Egg - J. Fitzgerald McCurdy and 5. Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
August 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
17. Oooh hmm. Gonna quantify this as middle grade and below, and 1. Doomspell Trilogy - Cliff McNish 2. Seeing Stone Trilogy - Kevin Crossley-Holland 3. The Little Prince - Antoine de St.-Exupery 4. The Serpents Egg - J. Fitzgerald McCurdy and 5. Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
#HorrorWritersChat I've thought about how I would rewrite FMA 03 but tbh, I think it's so firmly rooted in Japanese war trauma that any take I created would become a very distinct thing. Doomspell is a tricky one because I would love to give it a shot as a more adult franchise...but it also fully-
Q3: It's forever part of you, like it or not... but would you infect others? Pick either your answer to Q1 or a strong influence you listed in Q2! #HorrorWritersChat
May 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
#HorrorWritersChat I've thought about how I would rewrite FMA 03 but tbh, I think it's so firmly rooted in Japanese war trauma that any take I created would become a very distinct thing. Doomspell is a tricky one because I would love to give it a shot as a more adult franchise...but it also fully-
#HorrorWritersChat well, my lifelong love for King is definitely obvious. But Doomspell and FMA are huge, omnipresent influences -- the oddity of the creatures of Doomspell + the philosophical musings of FMA are both very present in Elessa, and, of course, several of my works started as FMA fanfics.
Q2: Some of you suspected where this was going already... You've grown strong on foul nectar, and what do you have to show for it? How has the answer to Q1 left its imprint on your writing? #HorrorWritersChat
May 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
#HorrorWritersChat well, my lifelong love for King is definitely obvious. But Doomspell and FMA are huge, omnipresent influences -- the oddity of the creatures of Doomspell + the philosophical musings of FMA are both very present in Elessa, and, of course, several of my works started as FMA fanfics.
Hi all! I'm Elliott Dunstan and I write gothic horror with hints of cosmic, eldritch and lots and lots of body horror. In terms of what made an impact as a kid, my first horror-that-I-knew-was horror was The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by King; but The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish and-
This week we're digging deep, down to your gnarled roots... Introduce yourself, what you write, and something nostalgic that really moved you in some way from the horror genre! #HorrorWritersChat
May 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Hi all! I'm Elliott Dunstan and I write gothic horror with hints of cosmic, eldritch and lots and lots of body horror. In terms of what made an impact as a kid, my first horror-that-I-knew-was horror was The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by King; but The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish and-
Yeah, it... Was one of the few things I largely read because everyone else was, and to a certain point to keep my connection with Britain when I moved
But there are so many other series that deserved this kind of popularity. (Doomspell.....my beloved....)
But there are so many other series that deserved this kind of popularity. (Doomspell.....my beloved....)
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Yeah, it... Was one of the few things I largely read because everyone else was, and to a certain point to keep my connection with Britain when I moved
But there are so many other series that deserved this kind of popularity. (Doomspell.....my beloved....)
But there are so many other series that deserved this kind of popularity. (Doomspell.....my beloved....)
ALSO I looked it up and Doomspell predates Coraline, so if you're grieving the loss of a trustworthy author, I can't say one way or the other about Cliff McNish but Doomspell may have been an influence
Doomspell has a lot of the same "groomer???" vibes but the creep factor is. Somehow, Worse
Doomspell has a lot of the same "groomer???" vibes but the creep factor is. Somehow, Worse
so apparently I've been holding a signed copy of The Wizard's Promise by Cliff McNish for 23 years and haven't noticed because how often do you look at the title page of your favourite childhood book anyway I'm being incredibly normal about this completely and utterly normal
April 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
ALSO I looked it up and Doomspell predates Coraline, so if you're grieving the loss of a trustworthy author, I can't say one way or the other about Cliff McNish but Doomspell may have been an influence
Doomspell has a lot of the same "groomer???" vibes but the creep factor is. Somehow, Worse
Doomspell has a lot of the same "groomer???" vibes but the creep factor is. Somehow, Worse
completely irrelevant note but The Doomspell Trilogy should be adapted with a Black girl lead. I read those books thinking Rachel was Black and I'm still not convinced she's not. (She's probably not but she's very easily read as such.)
For those unfamiliar... so most people... Doomspell starts off-
For those unfamiliar... so most people... Doomspell starts off-
-directly funding violence. (And most of them are British, too! I grew up in the UK!)
If you *really* want some old MG with witches and wizards, try out:
-Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
-The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
-The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
-The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
If you *really* want some old MG with witches and wizards, try out:
-Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
-The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
-The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
-The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
April 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
completely irrelevant note but The Doomspell Trilogy should be adapted with a Black girl lead. I read those books thinking Rachel was Black and I'm still not convinced she's not. (She's probably not but she's very easily read as such.)
For those unfamiliar... so most people... Doomspell starts off-
For those unfamiliar... so most people... Doomspell starts off-
-directly funding violence. (And most of them are British, too! I grew up in the UK!)
If you *really* want some old MG with witches and wizards, try out:
-Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
-The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
-The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
-The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
If you *really* want some old MG with witches and wizards, try out:
-Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
-The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
-The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
-The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
April 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
-directly funding violence. (And most of them are British, too! I grew up in the UK!)
If you *really* want some old MG with witches and wizards, try out:
-Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
-The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
-The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
-The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
If you *really* want some old MG with witches and wizards, try out:
-Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
-The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
-The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
-The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
I loved these books in my tweens! In the Doomspell, the star pupil of an evil witch slowly turns into a monster against her will. In The Silver Child a dying boy drowns his best friend to save his own life. In both, magic is chaotic, frightening, and amoral. What's not to love? 😂💜 #Bookvember
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I loved these books in my tweens! In the Doomspell, the star pupil of an evil witch slowly turns into a monster against her will. In The Silver Child a dying boy drowns his best friend to save his own life. In both, magic is chaotic, frightening, and amoral. What's not to love? 😂💜 #Bookvember
Working titles are fine even, I remember “Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament“ promos.
August 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Working titles are fine even, I remember “Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament“ promos.
Who likes asking questions, fostering dogs and getting up when he wants? All of us, of course, but most of all Cliff McNish! Read our interview with him at
virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/10/13/1...
And why not book a virtual visit while you are at it?
#kidlit #virtualauthorvisit #fantasy #ya
virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/10/13/1...
And why not book a virtual visit while you are at it?
#kidlit #virtualauthorvisit #fantasy #ya
10 Little Questions with Cliff McNish
When did you start writing and why? My first novel, The Doomspell, came out in 2000. I wrote it for my daughter, Rachel, but I was lucky – it got picked up by an agent and published in 26 languages…
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October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Who likes asking questions, fostering dogs and getting up when he wants? All of us, of course, but most of all Cliff McNish! Read our interview with him at
virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/10/13/1...
And why not book a virtual visit while you are at it?
#kidlit #virtualauthorvisit #fantasy #ya
virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/10/13/1...
And why not book a virtual visit while you are at it?
#kidlit #virtualauthorvisit #fantasy #ya
the acquisition of pitchfork (by GQ) has rly been a doomspell for this publication
November 26, 2024 at 8:47 PM
the acquisition of pitchfork (by GQ) has rly been a doomspell for this publication
