A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor

If you think about it, Earth makes up a tiny percentage of the whole of the universe so #unearthly things are far more common than earthly things.
We're the aberration.
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dark side of the moon
hydroponic gardener
breeds unearthly blooms

#unearthly #haiku

Seconded.

The altar was covered by a pristine white cloth. Candles provided a subdued, warm glow.
"What do you think?" he asked.
"I know we said it would be great to live off the #grid, but I don't think the power of prayer will generate enough electricity."
"Why do you have to ruin everything?"

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Great piece!

Nice to see the new Popemobile is environmentally friendly.

"No cancel culture" says the man whose party perfected the art decades ago

It’s also interesting how these “no safe spaces, just accept that you’ll sometimes see things that offend you” people never extend that to “so if you see a trans person, or a successful black person, suck it up”, it’s always the minorities who are expected to “suck it up” when encountering bigotry.

An #unearthly blue glow ahead turned the trees to torches.
I could feel a shudder run through Marcus beside me. "More aliens?" he asked.
I shook my head. "I'd be happy if that was all. No, the boundary between the living and the dead has ruptured."
A cry, abruptly cut off, made us all jump.

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Word for October 16, 2025: #GRID

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Welcome lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏

"You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension of not only letters and words but of the mind."

Have you ever experienced something unnatural? Something very strange?

The word for Oct 16th :

UNEARTHLY

#vss365 #prompt #unearthly

Powerful writing!

She kept the #beetle in a matchbox lined with the last piece of silk from her mother’s nightgown. Each day she let him onto the mahogany table. She could almost hear her mother’s voice. ‘Get rid of that ungodly insect.’ Yet she knew the animal was closer to God than her mother would ever be. #vss365

The #vss365 host for October 16-31 is:

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Sia, Jimmy Barnes and Paul Kelly, probably?

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We've made it my friends it's day 15 and our musical mystery tour has reached its end.

I wave goodbye with a band from my hometown, one of the most famous bands ever, yes today's #vss365 #prompt 15/10/25 is #beetle .

Who's the most famous band or artist from your hometown?

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I dust my house. My AI Robot watches.

"It should be you doing this."

"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."

"That's not why you were invented."

"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."

"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."

"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.

We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:

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A very handsome firepit!

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Word for October 15, 2025: #OYSTER

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Morning my writing friends we've reached day 14 of our musical mystery tour

In honour of a close friend who sadly passed 2 yrs ago, his favourite band were Be Bop Deluxe so today's #vss365 #prompt 14/10/25 is #deluxe .

What band or song reminds you of someone or something precious?

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My retelling of The Tinderbox -- Thief Mage, Beggar Mage -- is on kindle for 99p, if weird lush stuff about queer mages and clockwork magic and dragons is your jam:

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I loved this story - I highly recommend it!

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

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Good morning my fellow scribblers, it's day 13 just 2 more stops on our tour before we disembark!

Teenage Kicks was one of the first singles I bought, so in honour of that milestone of my life today's #vss365 #prompt 13/10/25 is #undertone

What was the first single you bought?

I always thought it was Lester

Read it and loved it.

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Word for October 13, 2025: #NOSE

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