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A photo of the front cover of BLACK DIADEM issue 1

A photo of the table of contests showing three of my pieces in BLACK DIADEM issue 1

My copy of BLACK DIADEM arrived 🙏🙂 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXWFZ7J...?

Soon home. Sleep please. 😴😴😴

a man in a black jacket is standing in the snow and says `` my watch has ended '' . ALT: a man in a black jacket is standing in the snow and says `` my watch has ended '' .

;)

😂😂
Bring out the giant hankies!

This was one powerful sorcerer or, who managed to hold at bay a series of players, all determined to bear the hell out of the guy.

As each, multi-coloured #ray of magic emerged from his staff, he caught another character, draining vitality. Even Rory wasn’t spared, and he was cautious.

#vss365

Emra, the physicist Dylan had searched out, thought about his idea and, between searching for her clothing, which was in various parts of her cabin, told him she could do it, as soon as she found her hair.

Another #ray of light in an otherwise pitch-black set of difficult circumstances.

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T’was the fourteenth night before Festivus and all through the house, quite a lot of things were stirring. Including, but not limited to, a family of bats in the rafters, a few chickens in the attached barn, alongside the cows, a cat, the mice that the cat refused to kill, a rather surprised fox that the cat sat staring at but wouldn’t allow to escape through the broken barn door, a little girl and her father. Despite his name, Boulder Grimace was not, in fact, built like a large chunk of stone that had tumbled down the adjacent mountainside, nor did he look particularly angry or upset. In fact, he was rather a pleasant, easygoing fellow that just happened to be named by a deluded father who wanted a big, strong lad to help lift the cows, and was saddled with a family name that no-one in the history of the said family had the first clue how they had come to gain the unfortunate name. His daughter, Pipistrelle, informally known as Pippy, looked as forlorn as any child told that she can’t do something would look in the same situation. Boulder took down the threadbare shoe from the windowsill and replaced it under her bed with its partner, and eased his daughter back down to the thin mattress, heaving the thick blankets over her and under her chin. “But why can’t I put out my shoe, Papa?” She, like most children, had difficulty understanding difficulties, because it was the job of a parent to ensure they never had to deal with them. “Even if I’ve been disbobdediant, we’d get a potato. You can plant potatoes. Or eat them.” “Well, my sweet little princess …” All daughters were princesses to their fathers, whether they had even seen a tiara or not. He swallowed the sigh. “For a start, you have never been disobedient …” He said the word slowly, pronouncing it for her so she wouldn’t make the mistake again, but also because he wasn’t entirely certain he’d pronounced it properly himself. And where she’d heard such a big word, he would never know. Probably from the local

Cover for ‘Reign, Dear’, a ‘Christmas’ story I’m foolishly trying to write and post over the Christmas period. Because I’m an idiot who does this kind of thing for fun.

And so begins ‘Reign, Dear’, set in my Discworld-inspired series, that I’m hoping to write a good few chapters before I start posting over the (extended) Christmas period, hopefully to end on Christmas Day. 🤞

This’ll be fun. 😬😅

Very snotty, and tired after zero sleep. 😴so best I can do folks.

#vss365 The Martian threat was here and causing mayhem on the streets. Taking no prisoners they laughed maniacally as they field tested their new issue weapons.
The snot #ray literally turned people and objects into piles of mucus - to what end no one knew. The green heaps proved tricky…

Thanks for all the prompts 🙏🙂

Thanks Steve 🙏🙂

What if you found yourself trapped in a town that shouldn’t exist? A town that harboured your every nightmare. What if you were to find your soulmate within its terrifying boundaries? What would you do if you found yourself in Cutter’s Deep?
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James must ride the mysterious train to Dreamland, if he ever wants to fall asleep again. Waiting for him are creatures and places beyond your imagination. Can he survive the trials and tribulations that await him? Hop aboard and find out.
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Pictures Posed a Simple Poem - C. Oulens I smile every time you click a button and I’ve lied some smiles sometimes when you’ve clicked the button and I ponder if some pics will crack under weight of fakes but I wonder still more how many truly lovely trues escaped even as you were bound by a frame sold on a take focused on the tick of a button.

For #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera
Thanks to hosts @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
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Also thanks to everyone for taking a pause to read my poetry. It’s greatly appreciated. Enjoy your week🙏💫
#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

Read Ghost Light Lit

Hello lovelies. Ghost Light Lit's Myths and Monsters finds beauty and hope in the darkness.

I'm so excited that my story is included with these inspiring works of poetry and fiction.

Hope you enjoy. 🧡

#amwriting #fiction #writingcommunity

www.ghostlightlit.com/read.html

Not as Easy as Ecdysis - C. Oulens my perfect second skin… since baby skin scales glow— ‘understanding’ asphyxiating… insidious. “shed dead trap!”

For #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould
trying to break the mould of my poetry writing (not easy too, like the mould in my poem) with a #seox.
For hosts @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

Rory didn’t know much about heraldry, all those passants and things. This knight didn’t seem to know much either, because his coat of arms consisted of a raised finger on a field of #argent and that was it.

But dull, but it got the general idea across, Rory supposed. He needed to pass.

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For any other opponent, Dylan could rely upon an opponent’s visuals to become distorted as a ship passed above a planet into the dawn, with trails of colour, reds & golds and #argent flashing into the camera.
But The Enemy may have better visuals, or other methods. They couldn’t rely on it.

#vss365

Ah typos - that'll teach me to write on the phone on the commute :D

#vss365 under the crackling nuclear winter skies, the ash storm fell in heavy layers. Drifted and settled before two cracks formed in the sky, turning the cover #argent.
Our eyes cover against the blinding…

James must ride the mysterious train to Dreamland, if he ever wants to fall asleep again. Waiting for him are creatures and places beyond your imagination. Can he survive the trials and tribulations that await him? Hop aboard and find out.
www.amazon.com/James-Journe...

Just had to tot up the number of different publications my work is in (not including websites back in the day) and it's 10 now. Not too shabby!

Always room for more. :)

Definitely - and I find myself replaying Sepultura's Roots (Remastered) so much - when I heard it live, the first time it was played in the UK, it wasn't really my thing. It is now! :D

YouTube video by Blue Öyster Cult - Topic Cities On Flame with Rock and Roll

Some classic prog n roll www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ef... 🤘

Yeah! Listened to the whole thing though. I love the vibe. But I'm not sure it's a grower

a man in a military uniform is sitting at a table and talking to someone . Alt: a man in a military uniform is sitting at a table and talking to someone and says "save me" .

Holy schnikeys!

My tiny brain trying to deal with it 🤯. Love the artwork though

His body was laid to rest. Beneath the chestnut tree. His remains would be #absorbed as nutrients to the living tree. His descendants would visit the tree in remembrance for years to come. His grandchildren would climb it and their laughter fill the silence.
#emoetry

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! November’s theme is FIRE. The deadline for submissions is November 20th, 2025.

Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Submissions are open for November’s #SciFanSat issue until 11.20.2025 at scifansat.com/landing.html!

Our theme this month is… FIRE!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

The Violet Glow of the Daytens

It's release day for The Violet Glow of the Daytens! Pick up your copy and find out what awaits you in the glow.

#horror #booksky #horrorbooks

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AT MIDNIGHT, THEY FEAST Amazon.com: AT MIDNIGHT, THEY FEAST eBook : Nola, Candace, Delani, Cat, Celia, Cassandra: Kindle Store

Happy release day to the lovely @candacenola.bsky.social!

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