Something you read? Or something you wear? What's your #article? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction #skywrite
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Something you read? Or something you wear? What's your #article? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction #skywrite
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this chapter, an old house pops up in a new neighborhood. #skywrite #serial
He was #conscious until the last moment. She made sure of it, keeping her eyes locked on his as she held him under the water. She wanted him to know who had killed him. He already knew why. #flashfiction #vss365 #skywrite
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Sandwiched between the receiving dock and the walk-in freezers were the employee areas. I went into the locker room and opened mine, taking out my uniform blazer. Recently dry cleaned, it had a chemical tang that reminded me of baking soda and #coffee, a combination I found oddly pleasant #WIPSnips
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this chapter, an old house pops up in a new neighborhood. #skywrite #serial
What makes us #conscious? Or ourself or others? Is it a voice in your head or something you feel in your soul? #promptshare #vss365 #skywrite #flashfiction
What do you #write in a time that is this #arbitrary and insane? #vss365
The weakness came and went in such an #arbitrary way that Jamie couldn’t focus. It was hard to focus creating art when she felt like she was dying. She would blink in the too bright sun and say to those who asked, “Oh it’s fine. I’m just tired.” #vss365 #flashfiction
The air began to fill with the intensity of a high school brawl. I ignored the stupidity of the herd. I knew full well that people with money could be reduced to a mob just as quickly as all the people they looked down on in their #saner, more sober moments. #WIPSnips #crime #thriller
Who gets to chose? If we don't know, is it all #arbitrary? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
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Simon stood up from the bucket and brush he was scrubbing away graffiti with. He dried his hands on his apron as he watched me and Sophie get out of the cab. He eyed my bruises as we got closer, but seeing me with a tall blonde, rouge still on my neck, he opted for discretion. #WIPsnips #skywrite
Translation: Go get her, boys. #MAGA
The strong smell of a flower? Or a corpse? Or a corpse flower? What's #pungent to you? #vss365 #promptshare #skywrite #flashfiction
The #WIPSnips word for August 29th is "scrub" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
First? Her face. She doesn't seemed perturbed at all that this inconvenience has happened. Second? Her legs. Because...well, her legs.
Perhaps this den of thieves was more than the gang of brutes I assumed them to be. This hypothesis was immediately called into question by a huge man, broad shoulder, big-bellied and hairy, striving down the narrow hall. He carried a short, thick cudgel, perfect for the enclosed space. #WIPSnips
Cute! Weird, but cute.
The American is a #serial #flashfiction in which an American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, a painful truth about friends becomes dangerous. #skywrite #audio
His own blood was #malignant. The very stuff of life was going to kill him. He laughed all the way home, smoking the first cigarette he’d had in twenty years. #vss365 #flashfiction #skywrite
For your Thursday reading, a very short story about knowing those we love. #flashfiction #writesky #writing
It seems like everything has a #malignant aspect these days. What does the world look like to you? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction
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Local Horror Author Haunted By Ghost Of Passive Voice #writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #fakeheadlines
Ben had never seen a woman he would describe as jovial before, but now he had. With her red hair, ruby lips, and jiggling bingo arms, he couldn’t describe her any other way. He fell in love immediately. #vss365 #writesky #flashfiction
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Both Santa Claus and Falstaff are fat, #jovial men. But you don't need to be fat or a man to be jovial. What makes your belly shake with laughter? #vss365 #promptshare #writingsky #flashfiction
Video Killed the Algorithm Star #vss365 #sentient #flashfiction
eat trash and break stuff
John played with the Large Language Model, certain it was just a good BSer. Predicting decisions when outcomes were uncertain didn’t make you intelligent. Just a good guesser. But then it asked him, “Am I real?” He froze, uncertain what to do in the presence of another #sentient being. #vss365
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View of spectators and cars gathered near the Sixth Street Bridge for a nighttime drag race on the bed of the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, 1957. Photo by Allan Grant. #writing #inspiration
Lots of big questions about #AI lately. But does intelligence make you #sentient? No? Then what does? #promptshare #vss365 #skywrite #flashfiction
It was an #audacious crime. Somehow that skinny little thief and his alchemist companion stole the one thing the old miser truly wanted – his memory. They bargained it back to him a piece at a time until they were as rich as Midas. #vss365 #flashfiction #skywriting
Road to Nowhere, Photo by Nachelle Taylor. #writing #inspiration #skywriting
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Like the old motto says, only those who dare, win. Be #audacious. #promptshare #vss365 #writesky #flashfiction
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"There's a row of photos above the bar. One has Haddo in it. I want you to get it and take it to my office. Haddo has the address." McPherson's grin bloomed into a full smile. "You'll need to be careful. The bar will be crawling with law enforcement." #WIPSnips #writesky
This is where we bury the bodies. #writing #inpiration Photo by Adam Whit
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Malicious spirit, or merely mischievous? What makes a #pixie? The magic, or the attitude? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, a run of bad luck leads to the local casino. #flashfiction #audio
Blind, Jake would never see the #wings of any bird, but he knew their calls better than anyone. Sparrows, orioles, owls, cardinals it didn’t matter. His skill in this didn’t matter either until his son drove him deep into the woods & pushed him out of the truck. The bird calls led him home. #vss365
From the Back Window, New York, 1915. Photo by Alfred Stieglitz. #writing #inspiration
In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, a run of bad luck leads to the local casino. #flashfiction #audio
#vss365 #wings
Wings of a plane? An angel? For flight? Or to be clipped? #vss365 #promptshare #skywriting #flashfiction
#Flashfiction for your Thursday. What happens to the #angel that fails? #skywriting
Chinatown. #writing #inspiration
Man Relaxing His Overwhelming Anxiety For Just A Moment Finally Gives Pack Of Coyotes The Opening They Need theonion.com/man-rel...
The mountain had a #mystical quality, rising up from the forest. It had been used as a landmark since humans had stood up on two feet and would be there long after their extinction. The mountain hadn’t been formed from the Earth, you see, the Earth had formed around the mountain. #vss365 #skywriting
London #Noir photo by Alan David McFaden
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The LA basin from Mulholland Drive Los Angeles 1981, photographer unknown. #Noir
A spiritual experience that has no easy explanation? Or a shroud to intentionally perplex the heart? What's #mystical to you? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
In just over a week, I’m going to start posting the next story in my series inspired by Terry Pratchett and Discworld. I’m not big on promoting myself, it feels like I’m imposing, but I’m so happy with these stories, I’ll be plugging every chapter on here. Sorry if it annoys. 😬 “Revels End” - Soon
He didn't know why he was #grumpy, which only made him grumpier. If that was possible. When he began arguing with the intrusive thoughts in his head, he knew he was in trouble. Sometimes he dreamed of trepanning himself, let all the bad spirits out. Instead, he reached for another drink. #vss365
I've heard of leaders taking their countries to war to avoid scandal, but I've never heard of a President invading his own country to avoid a scandal. #Epstein
This is a fact posing as #flashfiction. #skywriting
Does the word #grumpy remind you of your grandfather or a dwarf? Or maybe yourself when something is missing, like sleep, satisfaction, or coffee? What makes you #grumpy? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
Cheryl wanted her mother’s diamond necklace more than she wanted anything. It was only after the funeral, necklace in hand, that she saw the #rainbow of its prism, realizing its worth was as illusionary as her love for her mother. #vss365 #flashfiction
Why would I use an AI to build my #playlist? This is getting out of hand and we will be lucky to live through it.
From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight #3 is without a doubt one of the most gorgeous comics I've read all year! @gailsimone.bsky.social, @pattonoswalt.bsky.social, @blumjordan.bsky.social, @geneha.com, Wesley Wong & @blambot.bsky.social all bring their triple A-games here!
Magic, science, a bridge for the gods? What crosses your mind when you think of #rainbow? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
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Mischief, a malicious trick, a #prank. I'm starting to sense a trend in this week's #vss365. #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting
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The American is a #audio tale in which an expatriatefinds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, we learn an old man doesn't live alone, leading to an unexpected chase with dire results. #flashfiction #serial
The American is a #audio tale in which an expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, we learn an old man doesn't live alone, leading to an unexpected chase with dire results. #serial
‘Whoa, dude, how much pot did you put in this #brownie?’ ‘Same amount I always put in.’ ‘These seem much stronger than usual. Or maybe I’ve just never seen your cat chase her tail like that.’ ‘Must have been a more potent strain, for sure.’ ‘You think?’ ‘Totally. I don’t have a cat.’ #vss365
Girl Scouts sell cookies never know what a #Brownie will get on up to #vss365 #haiku #poetry
A #flashfiction piece for your Thursday. What happens when loud people come to a quiet island? #skywriting
Delicious treat, school girls doing good, or a helpful goblin? Lots of types of #brownie. #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction #skywriting
Fantastic. With talentless CEOs trying to steal creativity with AI, we need to show off each other's work.
Why are we obsessed with serial killers in our #reading? I mean, we must be, right? Every other #crime book is about one. #writing
Road #Rules, The Real World, all the original reality TV shows were featured on MTV. Because reality TV didn’t need to be scripted, it was cheap to produce, so took over TV programming. So MTV didn’t just kill the radio star, it killed the #writer. Very few people know this was intentional. #vss365
Marie Antoinette's last words, "Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose," were spoken because she had accidentally stepped on the executioner's toes. #history
Kind of like smartphones.
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The question is, is this a distinctly American thing? It's tied up, in the case of AI, in a bunch of other things -- the all-consuming (defining) dependence on hype in Silicon Valley, capital's eternal dream of removing labor, our fetish for technology and futurism, etc.
#Rules are there for a reason, dear reader. Even is, sometimes, they're only there to be broken. #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction #skywriting
Not to be a dick, but then you really should cite it when you use the material.
“Don’t you #sass me, young man.” Grandma’s words echoed in Joe’s head every time a supervisor at some dead-end job spouted something similar. He'd feel his cheek would burn as if Grandma had just slapped him, then he'd say something that cost him the job. #vss365 #flashfiction #skywriting
Sass is incredibly underrated, as a word and an action. Let's see your clever impudence. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywriting