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Day 11: Wander - “Untethered” Cut these ties. Set me free. Let me wander this world, tasting its wonders, basking in its beauty. When I close my eyes, I’ll leave it behind with no regrets. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #Microlit #microfiction

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‘What activities does she like?’ The walls are hung with bright, daubed paintings and clumsy needlework. The care home nurse smiles; I fight back tears. The parent-child switch is complete. #30Words30Days #Switch

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Belated Day 10: Switch - “Perspective” Dread fills her daily drive into her soul-sucking job. Until another driver blows a red, a near miss. She’s given a second chance to switch paths and pursue her dreams. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit

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So excited for @victorcabinta.bsky.social and his new book!!! Get your copy of Superstring, I promise it will be worth it! 💜

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Okay. There's a lot going on right now, and I do mean a LOT. And while it's important to stay aware, stay informed, a doomscrolling spiral won't help you or anyone else. So. Pick one thing. One thing you can do now, one action you can take, no matter how small. Do that. That's where you start. ❤️

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I watch the cormorant dive into the sea and surface with a live fish flapping in its bill. I will the fish to escape, but death is a one-sided battle. ✍️ #30words30days #writingcommunity #amwriting #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity #bluesky 9/30 #dive

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Day 9: Dive - “Dissolution” She had plans. But none involved him leaving her for a younger woman. Now she’s a fixture in this dive bar, looking for answers at the bottom of a bottle. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #Microfiction #microlit

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Day 8: Jangle - “Illegal” Men shuffle in a line, heads down. The jangle of their chains as discordant as cheers from the desensitized multitudes. The wolves wait, licking their lips, anticipating their unwitting feast. #30words30days #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit #writingcommunity

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Day 7: Flip - “Worship” Decks shuffling and dice rattling provide percussion for a slot machine choir. This casino is my church. I whisper my prayers for fortune’s blessing before the flip of a card… #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit

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Day 6: Swivel - “Nascent” I wanted a fresh start. Now I’m in a foreign cobblestone street, crying over a suitcase’s broken swivel wheel. A man’s warm voice interrupts, offering help. A handsome fresh start. #30words30days #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit #writingcommunity

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Butterflies Inside Noses brush. Eyelashes flutter. We’re just a breath apart, until our lips reach for each other like flowers to the sun. A kiss. One kiss that releases a thousand chrysalises.

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Nothing. Inky black. Dark blue at the edges. Faint streaks bled through the void from an indiscernible somewhere. Something. An image. Collecting in waves, forming in blobs, it trickled in from all sides as new cells settled. #1stlinepit #wip #a #h #sf

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ATLA X The Underland Chronicles “Three days into being thirteen, Zahraa Husain knew that Mumbai in the rain is not everyone's best friend, especially not hers.” Three teens find themselves transported to a magical realm, unravelling assassinations and dark, hidden secrets #MG #F #Q #1stlinepit

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"The second sun crested the sky, and the forest smelled of death. There was a saying, in the mountains, that to walk carelessly through the woods was like attending a funeral; the acrid scent overwhelms, but wild flowers offer their condolences." #1stLinePit #SF #WIP #YA #CMe

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Rain fell from the same starless periwinkle fog that the infinite rows of buildings seemed to descend from. The polluted haze was a splotchy rainbow glow of neon signs advertising pasta shops, holo-phone outlets, and defunct video game corporations. #1stlinepit #a #sf #com

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August 4, 1577 - Bungay, England "At first, the congregants believe the slight rattling is only wind insisting upon the church door." #1stlinepit #astrangeandterriblewonder #histfic #historicalfiction

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THE IMMORTAL’S ASSISTANT Supernatural X Ninth House “Ten minutes. It took ten minutes to get to her dad’s office—seven if she ran.” #1stLinePit #Q #A #F #P #agentguide #litagents #querying

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THIS ENDS NOW A change is as good as a rest, my Great Uncle Tobias was fond of saying, but he’d never had to cram a bulging suitcase in the receipt-strewn backseat of an Audi and strike out in the middle of a snowstorm for Slaughters Falls, Vermont in search of change. #1stLinePit #WF #A #Q

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"I ran. It’s what I do best if you ask me. Or if you ask the counselors at the special school they decided to place me in due to my grades. I glanced up at the moon. Tonight it seemed closer, as if I could reach up and grab it out of the sky." #1stLinePit #MG #Q #CMe

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"He was told she could speak to the dead. He hoped against all hope that it was true." #1stLinePit #wip #a #st #amwriting #supernaturalthriller

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5 yo Jennifer in 1987 “When I lay in the yard and stare at the sky, I look for Daddy to send me a signal from the stars. Mommy says he’s up there, exploring with other people. They are looking for new things to show us here on Earth.” #WIP #A #SF #SPF #CMe #1stLinePit

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#1stLinePit #WIP #A #R #CON light #F #CMe Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell X Orpheus X High Times in the Low Parliament Sequel to duology: Rotten Luck, Romance and Other Perils of Writing and Murder, Marriage and Other Perils of Mothers Picks up 8 years after end of MM&OPoM

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#1stLinePit Moonium "Eons ago, asteroids and meteors of all sizes, from the farthest reaches of the universe, crashed into what is now called The Moon." #SF #S #A #M #T

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‘It took me sixteen years to find a bloom. Wrapped in darkness, breathing in the manufactured oxygen that rafts through the world. I cradle it close, its white limbs glowing beneath the moon that parts the trees.’ #1stLinePit #Q #YA #SF #F #SFF

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MUPPETS × SIN CITY When I slipped into the back alley behind the deli, the crescent moon above tore through the midnight clouds. #1stlinepit #A #M #T #WIP

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Mick Martin was halfway through writing the words “coq au vin” when an eight-foot-tall rock golem rampaged after a rooster down the street just beyond the terrace of his family’s café. #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R

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The black water of the otherworld is nothing like the druids said it would be in this pre-tell ing of the Lady of the Lake’s bog-body origin story set during Caesar’s conquest of Gaul. #1stLinePit #OS #A

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Lowen parked her car in a small, empty lot next to the darkened woods, a chill of ominous foreboding tingling up her spine. The faux antique, purposely-yellowed invitation in her lap beckoned for her to read its words one more time. #1stLinePit #IP #YA #PR

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ADDIE LARUE x DIVINE RIVALS Perhaps the darkness threatening to drown her wasn’t something from which she needed to be saved. Perhaps it was her magic to wield. 🌿two destined soulmates 🌿a god tasked with breaking them apart 🌿a villain-turned-softie 🌿a magical take on the string theory #2025pit

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MOANA X SHADOW AND BONE “Tides of utmost high crept toward the kingdom shores with deception in its midst.” #1stlinepit #WIP #YA #F

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The Fork in the Road: "I've lost Bette’s scent. I close my eyes to focus and adapt. My nose itches as it flattens, tan fur growing over the skin and scratching my browbone. It’s dark and the street’s quiet; no one will see the change. " #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #UF #writingcommunity

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Arthur Gilchrist quickened his steps along the cobblestone path, carefully concealing his bundle. #1stLinePit #SP #YA #F #ADV www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DN...

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The Orchid Apartments I called home had neither the look nor smell of delicate flowers, but then neither did I. Eight brain-deadening hours working checkout at Portland’s finest twenty-four hour Save-Mor hell-hole, should be declared an Olympic sport. #1stLinePit #A #R #P #F

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The house is still empty. I can’t decide if that’s better or worse. There’s a strange comfort in the not-knowing, like a pause before something inevitable. 🪻ALL THE IMAGINARY THINGS🪻 #1stLinePit #Q #A #S

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#1stLinePit #WIP #F #A “Tighten the rigging on the forestay! Somebody get below and man the bilge pumps! Turn, you bitch, turn into that wave! Starboard!”

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Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. ⚔️Age-old clan feud 🧪Unique magic & world 🐉Scandinavian fairytale creatures ❤️‍🔥Steamy forbidden love 🛡️"Who did this?" 🗡️"Touch him & die" #1stLinePit #Romantasy #NA #AgentsGuide

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"Bright droplets of red bloomed against the crisp, white layer of fresh snow. A trail, unbeknownst to my victim, that would be his demise." 👻 PR w/ body horror 🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore 🌦 Set in the PNW #1stLinePit #A #P #R #H #WIP

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“Grandpa, that’s not real.” George and his sister, Lisa, rarely believed in their grandpa's stories. This time, he let out one of his big belly laughs and ran his wrinkly hands through his granddaughter's blonde hair." #1stLinePit #WIP #MG

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One more evening #1stlinepit boost!

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Am I feeding him the right food?” the owner asked. “He’s been chewing on the strangest things.” She stroked the dog’s brown fur with all four scaly hands, her claws trimmed and blunted like many turtledillos in polite society. DOORWAYS IN SPACE #1stLinePit #A #SF #WIP bsky.app/profile/marl...

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Dear Secret Journal- Do not read this. Especially you, Mom. Keep out. I mean it…Something totally sus happened. #1stLinePit, #MG, #ADV, #C, #Q

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#1stLinePit #A #RF #WIP THE CITY OF BRASS X THE WIZARD'S DILEMMA X LAST EVOLUTION KIZUNA I met the love of my life twice in one night. The first time was as myself. The second was as a goddess.

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Twelve vials sat on a shelf where one hundred should rest. Linatta Mosset picked up one of the tapered glasses—thumb-sized and filled to the brim with a warm, green liquid. #1stLinePit #CZ #F #A #Q #dis #ownvoices #Agentsguide #amquerying

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#Q #YA #RF #1stLinePit We run through the forest; the full moon is the only light we need. We know where we are going. A small group of warriors ready to take down the would-be usurper and all who protect him. (my 8am post that I didn't click post on 😅)

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"If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality?" #1stLinePit #Q #F #G #P Agents Guide ⬇️

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Prologue: Lord Biralei, Great Mage and Senator of the Trust of Raxolas, sent out his mind as a signal to his allies. #1stLinePit In a country once a mage empire, Mage Izak is caught by extremist groups. Siblings on all sides, his broken family must choose: loyalty to ideals or each other? #A #F #Q

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“Vantis stretched his stiffening back against the chair and looked at the clock.” Featuring 🐉 a curious dragon 🐁 a loyal shapeshifter 👩🏿 a reluctant ruler ☠️ an aspiring necromancer 🧙🏾 his insurgent brother 📞 & their poor communication #1stlinepit #a #f #amquerying

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