Getting Fucking Stuck as April’s Productivity Suck I crave more pizza

I asked myself 10 disgusting "would you rather" questions so you don't have to. The pizza answer will haunt you. 🍕💨
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#humor #satire #medium

Meditation Practices #4: Stillness The practice of coming home to yourself in a busy world

Busyness is an addiction. Resting feels like losing control. But stillness is just one minute away. No lotus position required. 🧘
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#MeditationForBeginners #Stillness #Mindfulness

An Echo from the Past Forgiving isn’t the same as forgetting

Some suitcases are heavier than the things inside them.
A man opens an old suitcase. His ex wants her letters back. But the suitcase is empty — until it isn't.
Flash fiction about guilt, secrets, and the weight of the past.
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#FlashFiction #ShortStory #Guilt

It’s Time to Wake Up — For All of Us No exceptions

Nobody is fully awake. We point fingers at everyone else's sleep while our own ego runs the show. An essay about the rabbit hole, the lies we tell, and why most people stop before the real work begins.
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#Awakening #Philosophy

An Experience that Changes Everything Between light and darkness lies an experiment

She opened the door expecting darkness. Then the light filled her body — and that feeling was love.
A flash fiction about what happens when you stop understanding and start feeling.
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#FlashFiction #ShortStory #SpiritualGrowth

Hired for skills.
Fired for behavior.

My Top 10 Biggest Pet Peeves This doesn’t make me happy — but maybe you laugh

I ranked my biggest pet peeves from "mildly annoying" to "washing machine that won't shut up." The winner will surprise no one who's ever tried to sleep. 😤
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#PetPeeves #Humor #Rant

A Cozy Dinner at the Italian Place You really find out who your friends are

My friend said "Tu Vas le Regretter" is Italian for "We Make Memories." It wasn't. A restaurant without pictures, a menu in French, and a webcam. I left without paying. 🍝💀
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#RestaurantNightmare #Humor #Rant

The Writer’s Journey in Twelve Lessons - Nico Cost's Ko-fi Shop Twelve practical writing lessons that train your writing craft through doing. Build tension, reveal character, and write scenes that resonate — one ex...

A writing workbook that actually hurts a little.
Lesson 3: two people lay a garden path. By the end, you understand: this is the last time they’ll build anything together.
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You Have to Love Dogs Everything old has walked a mystical path

She bought a painting of a dog. Then the dog disappeared from the canvas. And led her somewhere she never expected.
A flash fiction with a twist you won't forget.
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#FlashFiction #ShortStory #MagicRealism

Two Days of Laughter Is Two Too Many This is a serious attempt to keep you from laughing (no, really — don’t)

There are two official days for laughter. This article explains why both are a waste of your time. Also: poop nuggets, a donkey who isn't laughing, and a guy named Bob who definitely isn't funny.
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#Satire #Humor #Medium

The Elevator That Never Opens to the Same Floor Just a few stops

He stepped into an elevator to see his divorce lawyer. His mother, grandmother, best friend, daughter, and grandson stepped in instead. Open ending. No answers. 🔗 medium.com/microcosm/th...
#FlashFiction #CreativeWriting #ShortStory

We Lose Loved Ones — But Their Music Remains Will you come on a journey with me?

We lose loved ones. We lose ourselves. Music stays.
A journey through 4 devastating covers — from She Used to Be Mine to I’ll Never Love Again.
What song helps you heal?
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#MusicHeals #CoverSongs #GriefAndMusic

At the checkout, a woman asked me to hold her bag. She said she forgot her wallet and would be right back. I waited a long time, but she never came back. What was in that bag? You won't believe it — nine other fishy stories.

Any editor available for my 3-word-story?

What Do Alpha Waves Have to Do With Pi? Logical diameters and cyclic creativity in one formula

A writer gets a prompt: "At 3:14 a.m., the world went silent." His logical mind breaks. The result is a brilliant meta-flash fiction about creativity vs. math.
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#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #Meta

You don’t learn to write by talking about writing.
You learn by doing. With sharp boundaries. And a focus on what doesn’t appear on the page.
That’s why I wrote this workbook.
12 lessons: €7. Start today.
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I’m the Boss When I say I’m going to vacuum, then I’m going to vacuum

I've been practicing being the boss in front of the mirror for 43 years. My wife thinks she's in charge. Don't tell her.
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#MarriageHumor #Satire #DomesticLife

The Consciousness Compass: The Compass in Your Heart Now the Real Work Begins — The Practice

The map is learned. Now the real work begins: The practice. The Compass in Your Heart. The final part. Part 12 of 12. Friend Link inside to Read for Free.
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#Practice #Integration

It’s a Fucking Joke, Yeah How one tiny boundary lesson turns into full‑blown psychological warfare

Your colleague steals your ideas? Here's how NLP, hedge clippers, and three terrifying anecdotes fixed that problem.
It's a fucking joke. Yeah.
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#WorkplaceRevenge #Satire #NLP

The Writer’s Journey in Twelve Lessons - Nico Cost's Ko-fi Shop Twelve practical writing lessons that train your writing craft through doing. Build tension, reveal character, and write scenes that resonate — one ex...

Most writing advice is too nice.
My workbook isn’t.
Forbidden words. Strict rules. No “felt”, no “thought”. Just 12 lessons that force you to show, not explain.
The Writer’s Journey in Twelve Lessons: €7.
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Not Knowing Things is so Peacefully Delightful It’s never again too late

They didn't need to silence us. We already knew how to stay quiet. A flash fiction about implants, underground conversations, and the horror of peace.
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#FlashFiction #Dystopian #ShortStory

Finally, a Standing Ovation for “The Little Guy” He was always there — in all weather, always on the front line to take the hits

After so many years of silent service, "The Little Guy" finally gets a standing ovation. A press release so corporate it hurts. So absurd it heals.
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#Satire #MediumChallenge #Humor

Delegate =
Trust someone else to do it differently.

Between Thinking and Saying It Out Loud The different orbits of Venus and Mars

She thought a dozen things. He said what she was thinking. A flash fiction about the gap between our inner voice and our spoken words. 🚪
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#FlashFiction #DatingStories #Medium

The most important lesson I learned from 12 weeks of writing? Trust. Let the reader fill in the gaps. What you leave out is often stronger than what you say.
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#WritingCommunity #WritingTips

Why Every Institution Eventually Corrupts And what we do with this knowledge

Charities start with ideals. But they have no interest in actually solving the problem — that would put them out of business. Why every institution eventually corrupts (and what we do about it).
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#InstitutionalCorruption #Consciousness #Philosophy

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They Say “Follow Your Dreams” — I’d Rather Not How one last game in the backyard became a bloodbath

A boy. A brick wall. A crow that won’t stop watching. My latest horror flash fiction for MicroCosm explores what happens when your nightmares start to follow you — even after you wake up. 🖤
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#HorrorFlashFiction #Microfiction #ShortStory

The Consciousness Compass: Presence Brings Unity The Homecoming to Yourself and the Whole

You are not your thoughts. You are the awareness behind them. Presence Brings Unity. The culmination of the compass. Part 11 of 12.
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#Presence #Awakening