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“Are there any other, er, abstract, individuals?” “No.” “What, not at all?” “None, lass. Only me. I am made out of the irrational Fear that Mortals have. I don’t get any say in the matter. Sometimes I...” He fell silent, #lost for words. “You..?” “I can really begrudge them that.” #LossLit

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Write things! Quote your stuff! Let us see your marvellous works! Tomorrow's #thurds prompt word is: #five Five lives, nine-to-five, five-finger death punch...... #WriteSky #AmWriting #WritersLife #BookSky #prompt #poems #haiku #micropoems #senryu #BuyLinks #Thursday #writers

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“We think what he’s doing, it’s going to get you in a whole lotta trouble. And you know what he’ll do then? He’ll use his #connections to get off, and he’ll hang you out to dry. Won’t he? And I could see, you don’t really trust him, huh? You can tell us.” #BookishTues www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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Flash of gold the last #kiss before sunset #Haikuchallenge #俳句 #haiku #prompt

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The MindStormer has hair like strands of gold, but each eye like a #splinter of ice. His hands are thin and cold. He grips the sides of his victim’s face... #vss365

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He was no taller than her, and seated. She had the element of surprise. Her hands flexed, strong. Red flames flashed on the palms, the thumbs; the fingers. Still he hadn’t moved. She positioned herself with care. #MartialMonday #move #TheTwistedGrain #scifi #psychological

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Why are Tory newspapers now referring to roundabouts as 'woke'? Surely they must be happy with anything that gives way to the right?

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Katya staggered to her feet, dazed. The lights of the train shone in the forest: not far away, perhaps less than a verst. She noticed she still clutched the Nagant. Lights, beside the track, were setting off towards her now. She must look away or lose the rest of the night landscape. #WIPSnips

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#Final #impulse shows. I gape, speechless, at the screen - that was my heartbeat. #vss365 #haiku #scifaikusaturday #scifaiku #satsplat #horror

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#Like #most businesses, the Galactic Funeral Corporation had a #vision. And a strategy. The vision was simple: infinite growth. The strategy was never talked about. #2wordprompt #scifi #vss365

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They hadn’t gone #far when Verity’s curiosity got the better of her. What would a city at night look like if you could see everybody’s fears? #scififri #ThePriceOfTime www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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Write things! Quote your stuff! Let us see your marvellous works! Today's #thurds word is: #point Point out, point of order, what's the point, point-and-shoot, pointed look... #WriteSky #AmWriting #WritersLife #BookSky #prompt #poems #haiku #micropoems #senryu #BuyLinks #Thursday #writers

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An indeterminate shape flickered there. It bristled — colourless, jagged; tense — resonating with some atavistic, unpleasant fundamental within her. Like a badly-done special effect it looked there, but also — somehow — #somewhere else. #BookishTues #psychological www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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Lit my seventh #joint trying to #triangulate getting there from here. #OXJ #oxjDailyWords #Haiku #senryu #3lines

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In a red #frenzy vengeful #predator strikes out - #haze before his eyes #haikuchallenge #haiku #martialmonday #vss365

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The sequel to smartphones is... worse: #tech #AI #Adverts www.howtogeek.com/smartphones-...

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#Hone your fighting skills: defend with a #narwhal horn - Legendary stuff! #HaikuChallenge #haiku #senryu #vss365 #LondonBridge metro.co.uk/2019/11/30/n...

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#SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen Bacon street

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They #pursue the wrong career - #homage to a whim. #Haikuchallenge #haikufeels #haiku #senryu #3lines

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“There was talk, the day they released me, of some new method they were going to use. To #extract information. I pray for the men who are still there.” “What...” she shouldn’t ask, but... “...sort of method?” #scififri #TheEveningLands #scifi #psychological www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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Write things! Quote your stuff! Let us see your marvellous works! Today's #thurds prompt word is: #Line Draw the line, toe the line, line-up, skyline, end of the line...... #WriteSky #AmWriting #WritersLife #BookSky #prompt #poems #haiku #micropoems #senryu #BuyLinks #Thursday #writers

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quiet #oracle its words light as a #feather - still #impels me on #fantaiku #climate #haikuchallenge #haiku #scifaiku #scifaikusaturday #impel

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a thousand moments of clarity spectacles #vss365 #senryu

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Behold the case for properly paying your support staff! #Coinbase

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There was something about that woman, Nora Latham, in his house - his dad's house, he corrected himself - that disturbed him. It wasn't #right that she was there and he was two provinces away. #Thurds (Right) #wip 'Resonance'

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"Carson Brimstone, lad." It was like he heard that evil grin. "At your service." He tore his gaze from the glowing Apple – forced himself to stare into those eyes. He froze, like the pale blue ice that reflected him – his deepest fears. #SciFiFri #reflect www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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#Friday 😀

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