A candlelit study lined with bookshelves: a dwarf in runed armor pores over a hand-drawn map by a crackling fireplace, a hound asleep at his feet, tea steaming beside the inkwell.

P. H. Blackwood

The worlds worth returning to — warm, wicked, and worth puzzling over.

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About the Author

Every world
has a mood.

P. H. Blackwood has spent the better part of two decades building worlds — in code, across tabletops, and lately on the page — and somewhere in there discovered that every world has a mood.

Some of his worlds are warm: found family, second chances, a good ending that feels like coming home. Others are considerably less forgiving — dungeon-crawls where the fine print is more dangerous than the monsters and heroism is a line item on the contract. He hides puzzles in the margins for readers who aren't ready to leave.

He lives on the Florida coast, where the weather refuses to cooperate with the idea of a cozy autumn, so he writes one anyway. Then writes its darker cousin.

He drinks far more tea than is strictly defensible.

Series & Books

The Shelves So Far

Series II

The Delver's Charter

  • The Selection Institute: The Enrollment Clause Coming Soon

Series III

Fantasy Puzzles

  • Fantasy Word Puzzles Vol. 1 Coming Soon

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