„Buchmesse“, sagt Kryll. „Dann brauchen wir auch einen Preis."
Er öffnet sein Notizbuch.
„Der Alarich-von-Schwermuth-Gedächtnispreis für avancierte Sprachflächen mit minimaler Leserfreundlichkeit“
„Besonders ausgezeichnet werden Texte, die“, liest Kryll weiter, „sich erfolgreich dem Verdacht […]
He climbed the mountain where the guru was meditating.
"Wise guru? Is it true that microfiction must rely on stereotypes, because there is so little space to convey novelty?"
"No. If we were in a story, readers would be able to surmise from style and nuance that we are both anthropomorphic […]
Half-eaten chocolate pastry on a ceramic plate in a busy Stockholm café, its flaky layers broken open to reveal dark filling and topped with a glossy chocolate dollop, crumbs scattered around while blurred café patrons stand and talk against a bright yellow wall in the background.
The last witness was consumed
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A fluffy squirrel tail waving from above, a wet dog watching from below.
No winners, no losers — just a playful moment breaking a grey winter day.
#UrbanNature #SmallStories #WinterMood #Photography
In 2016 I found a four-leaf clover and left it behind when I moved.
Almost ten years later, I’m a published author.
Some luck is quiet. 🍀
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#SciFi
Her eyes harden, a slight frown flickers across her forehead, although there is nothing else to suggest that she has moved one iota.
“Did you see that?” You cast.
“Affirmative “
“Does it change the plan?” […]
a #tootfic series!
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Truly, I tell you. One moment there was nothing, and then suddenly this winged man stood before me! A lean, muscular guy it was. He just appeared out of thin air! And then he spoke to me saying that I was 'chosen' or such bullshit. He used such old-fashioned speech, I […]
The fierce Nadaen’s are great warriors, feared throughout the whole of the Maad world. Hailing from the Yndar clan, they are renowned as fierce hunters and formidable warriors, with Jahki and his brother Erius being the most notable.
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In what might have been termed nanoscale in the old times, the linear actuator slid home. This final step, culmination of myriad experiments, plans, subversions and ruses, brought into play the most […]
#arrival
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#SciFi
The comm vibrated in bravo’s arm, barely perceptible physically and virtually impossible to detect by anyone outside the group. no one else had this old fashioned tech implant, and it gave them a link […]
#poll
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#SciFi
The optics on this one are not looking good
Fuck the optics, we need action
Why are you even considering a course of action that will bring the thrown into the sector
The thrown aren’t looking in this […]
#golden
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Glistening in the late evening sunshine. The moisture in the sea air condensing where it meets the almost ice cold glass, forming microscopic droplets which gradually coalesce into larger amalgamations […]
#halogen
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They call them SevenA17. The Corpos hire them when they need unmentionable shit sorting. Fast, expensive, no fuss.
(1/2)
#tell
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I still see them. Maybe a kilometer away, maybe 10, it’s impossible to tell out here, there is so little to define distance. The screaming feels like an eternity ago, lifetimes in a different universe […]
#beyond
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Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. Thunder booms in my head, pulsing rapidly, swooshing through my ears. Heart thundering in my chest, unceasing crashing waves against my ribs. Time slows, or speeds, I can’t […]
Must admit I’ve been enjoying stretching my writing muscles again with short form text thanks to #MastoPrompt
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#Over
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You know, they are fascinating creatures. Most people don’t realise that they have a shell, just like a snail, but it’s so small it is easily overlooked.
This one here is Deroceras reticulatum. Grey, just like […]
#Courage
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Under fire.
On stage.
In silence.
Against oppression.
For the future.
In darkness.
To go again.
To look inwards.
To be selfless.
Courage.
Querulous
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Petulant whining,
Demanding to see the man
Haud yer wheesht, Karen
[Self harm Suicide incarceration]
Vend
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Man you gotta do it, get it before the goons come back
I pause, credit chip clutched in my trembling, sweaty palm
I can’t, remember what happened last time. My mask […]
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Inhale. Eyes closed in the dark chaos of the alleyway, feeling the reek entering my lungs, the crackle of the embers as I draw. The flare of heat, fast intensity then fading. I flick the dogend away, pause , and exhale.
(1/5)
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Falling from a stage
First night impact of femur
Oh Give me a break
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Whoa - Rewind and replay that!
Slowly, frame by frame, I need to understand what happened there.
There. That blip. A sudden ramping of heat energy and then nothing. Deceleration almost to background norms […]
#SpearsofRedriver Chapter 3 is live in our digital library! Check it out today!
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Discover the remarkable and valuable insects in your garden and why making space for them is so important with our #SmallStories series in collaboration with Gardens Illustrated 🔽
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📸 Honeybees on milk thistle © Tammy Marlar
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80 years ago today WWII ended in Norway, and the Germans capitulated. The nation went wild, as so many others did around the same time.
On that day, my father was on an airforce base in England. Having completed his training as a fighter pilot for the Norwegian Air Force a few months earlier […]
And here are a few of my whale paintings on paper. Thank you so much for all the love you showed my wooden whale paintings! 🩵 it’s so appreciated!
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#whaleillustration #whales #savethewhale #kidlitillustration #scottishillustrator #whalepainting #smallstories
Not every story is loud. Some slip in quietly, and stay with you.
This one stayed.
Read + share if it finds you, too.
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(from the mastodon instance I'm on but will not share the address to, because I'm a horrible girl.)
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#TootFic
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