Viola Dawn

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It was barely a skirmish. That fella gave me a dirty look when I ordered my sherry. Grabbed him by the lapels & said,
“Listen sonny, if you’re gonna come at me with your sass and stinkeye, I’m gonna give you a real good reason not to like me. Mind your damn manners next time!” #vss365

Viola Dawn, Author Ghosts, vampires, history, and love...

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Spoiler alert: I am not a marine biologist. This makes me sad. But it’s okay.

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“Get in shape, girl!”
I remember the song. The weighted pastel arm bands. The sparkly batons. The slender girls with cheesy grins. The chart, drawn out so I could emulate them and become perfect. But just looking at it made me wanna pound back pizza like it was a sport. One I’d win. #vss365

Happy Birthday, Monique 🥳🎂💐

Would I spring into action? A spry warrior of word and deed. With truth and justice all I need. No, I would want to survive, however unsavoury the circumstances. We are not here on account of heroes. We exist because those before us, were willing to endure the damage. To rot in silence. #vss365

As far as I’m concerned, these “new” ways are fresh as the morning dew. Alas, they are as old as fruit into wine and salt into brine. Honey and the sea….I’ve tasted neither…both have existed far longer than me. Ancient tastes and the humble bee. A flavourless world….w only those like me. #vss365

Viola Dawn, Author Ghosts, vampires, history, and love...

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And just like that, I was eclipsed. Unlike celestial bodies, this was a darkening without relief. My fault for chasing shadows. Eventually, they catch you instead. It’s never what you thought it would be. Now I am a monster bound to the earth. The heavens couldn’t be further. #vss365

The grey pallor revealed once the overcoat of tea rose flaked off was an indication that all was not silk and lace. She’d tried to be timeless. But even vintage charm can curdle when one’s heart becomes flaccid. Conjuring emotion was as useless as convincing ghosts that life was worth living #vss365

Thank you 🙏

My sutures are quite visible. Trying so hard to make my softness whole. But it’s no use. It’s all too easy to stitch me up. A broken bunny, better off left in bed than to dangle me through this dirty den of a world. My job is to hear you. And I do. That is why my heart is torn in two. #vss365

Come one, come all! Who’s my next customer? Do you crave attention? Validation? The warm embrace of a stranger’s compliment? Yes my little dopamine junkies, climb the wall of short form content. The hits are small…the comedown is brutal…but it’s easy…so so easy. #vss365

Unrequited desire is useful. It can be moulded. Anger is worth its weight in gold. Resentment is a fantastic resource. Burgeoning biases, binged on bloated reports, are a fountain of youth for old scores seeking settlement. Rage bait brings El Dorado to bigots. #vss365

Thank u friend 🤗

Cheers DeRicki 🙏

Buttoned up to the neck. Hair up full and high in a puzzle of pins. Tea roses, lace and linens. Tapping on a bottle of orange blossom perfume. Grandma’s cough medicine…a coked up cherry kirsch. Before the rust sets in, a lullaby like laudanum, singing before the war. Everything will be fine. #vss365

I’d like to say thank you to @marctizura.bsky.social & @fizzytwizler.bsky.social for being supportive towards me on varying platforms. I appreciate it 🙏

Born of Defiance: A Sci-fi & Fantasy Anthology Born of Defiance: A Sci-fi & Fantasy Anthology eBook : Thorne, K. B., Robins, EA, Bell, Freya, Lersch, C. J., Miller, C. P., Ritter, Tabitha, Ritter, Chloe, Rigby, Christi, Chapman, Kat, Dawn, Viola: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Hey BlueSky. Into #SciFi ? Come check out this collection of female protagonist based stories. Action packed, fun and informative collection.

All author proceeds benefit the Women’s March.

Original artwork by the fabulous K.B. Thorne for "Hunting for Tara" in the upcoming "Born of Defiance" anthology, using a quote from the story.

Image used with permission - it looks incredible and captures Reyna's attitude perfectly. 🔥🔥🔥

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Second Chances Second Chances eBook : Johnston, Sadie, Gardener, Dave A., Dawn, Viola: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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A trio of romance reads for your ereader. Sweet and swoony. All author profits go to Many Tears Animal Rescue in Wales, UK.

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The bitterness eating wisdom is herded by a penumbra what fashions itself as a sage. Like rhinestones promising diamonds. But nothing shines in the dark. Nothing glitters in the grey. Still it depends who you ask. Whether day is night or night is day. If the light dies, none know the way. #vss365

The onslaught of agendas is a cheese wire that cuts with neither sound nor spark. A butcher’s knife slicing pennies like butter. We are a dairy. Shredded & stuffed in bags. All that harvested hot air. Milked for profit. Tasteless yet so rich. One man’s nightmare is another’s midnight feast. #vss365

Beyond honored to be asked to contribute to this anthology, along with old friends and new.

I've co-authored a story called "Hunting for Tara", set in the same universe as the #SciFanSat story I wrote last month, "On The Origin of Species"...

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Caught in the slipstream of opinions, outrages, rants & smug, self satisfying expressions. Ultimately saying nothing. Attention whores feeding at the trough. Ignorant to the reality that they are one of a herd. I wrangle nobodies, relieve them of useful tidbits. Then out to pasture they go. #vss365

Gimme a silver shooter. Wire threads where my bones used to be. I wanna be formless. You’d be able to see your reflection in me if I’d stop rolling around. Fixing your blood. It’s worth breaking the thermometer. The mercury will work this time.

#vss365

Hey Fizzy! Finally got around to getting on here :)

I walked the grey road
Green grass faded
Not quite dead
You were there
Cloaked from my sight
Not quite hope
Not quite dread
Couldn’t conjure touch
Not pain nor pleasure
An afterlife of numb
I could’t chase
Nor escape
I would’ve given anything
In this bleak rapture
To lay eyes upon your cape

#vss365

To fawn over the dawn
Fleeting and fickle
It changes shape
Violet petals
Pink gems
Silver metal
Sparkly frost
In lingering moonlight
The song builds
Star crossed midnight
Slips past the witching hour
Such a sight
Slumber’s thief
Morning’s kiss
However brief