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Kevlin Henney<p>Spring Flight</p><p>"The children counted off destinations as they scanned the horizon, north, south, east and west, inland and out to sea, the Atlantic still churning with the habits of winter."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFiction</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fabulistmagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fabulistmagazine</span></a></span> <a href="https://fabulistmagazine.com/spring-flight/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fabulistmagazine.com/spring-fl</span><span class="invisible">ight/</span></a></p>
Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta<p>I have a new story on the website - What if witchcraft was available through an AI powered app? <a href="https://ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2025/06/17/witchcraft101.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2...</a> Check out the new <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FlashFiction" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> here! <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WritingCommunity" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IAmWriting" target="_blank">#IAmWriting</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ShortStory" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a><br><br><a href="https://ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2025/06/17/witchcraft101.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Witchcraft 101 </a></p>
🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋<p>"Where," asked King Agammemnab, "is the hero, who was so recently summoned from another world?"</p><p>High Wizard Mercia shuffled her feet. "He is not here, my Leige," she relied. "He... um... fell."</p><p>"He fell?"</p><p>She nodded. "He accidentally tumbled from the cliffs to the south. As you are aware, it is a long ways down."</p><p>The king sighed.</p><p>"Mercia, did you forget to warn our new hero that ours is a castle built on a cloud? That's three times now...."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a></p>
Shantell Powell<p>My tiny tale of terror was published on Flash Flood. <br><a href="https://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/overdrawn-by-shantell-powell.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=bluesky&amp;m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/2025/06/overdrawn-by-shantell-powell.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=bluesky&amp;m=1</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AuthorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IndigenousCreatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCreatives</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Robert Fairhead<p>I'm going to need a burner phone if I ever visit Trump's America! Here is my 30-word story for today's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/30words30days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>30words30days</span></a> prompt word on Twitter and Bluesky, "order":</p><p>The Big New Beautiful World Order is what the President called his plan to dissolve the UN and replace the world's democratically elected governments with American military backed puppet regimes. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/30wordstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>30wordstories</span></a></p>
🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋<p>A crablike spaceship hovered over the earth. Within, crablike aliens studied monitors.</p><p>"Many crablike species have arisen on this planet," one said. "As expected. However, none have become the dominate life form."</p><p>"Monkeys," said another, its voice filled with disgust. "Well, I think we can skip contacting this world...."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a></p>
🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋<p>Brother Spartacus regarded the members of the inner council of the Order of Illuminati. "Gentlemen," he said, "soon comes our moment of triumph! Victory is at hand!"</p><p>"About time," muttered Brother Ajax under his breath.</p><p>Spartacus raised an eyebrow. "Do you have a complaint, Brother Ajax?"</p><p>"Who, me? Nope."</p><p>"If you have something to say...."</p><p>"How long have we been at this? Over 250 years? And we still don't control the world? I'm just saying...."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a></p>
Charlie Stross<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>danirabbit</span></a></span> Nonsense! My criticism of Wayland, like X11 before it, is that graphical user interfaces are a dangerous snare and a deception: we should be using the console with a non-graphical terminal multiplexer, strictly command line utilities only except for a minimal text editor (say, Berkeley nvi).</p><p>How else are we going to protect ourselves from the Langford basilisks buried deep in the Mandelbrot set, once the AIs realize we're susceptible to them?</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a></p>
jswelch.pens ... a story cycle<p>Cover photo: Thomas Smillie, Flickr: The Commons / Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Public Domain Worldwide</p><p>Theme Song: Streets of Laredo by Willie Nelson</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/jswelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jswelch</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/storycycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storycycle</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/theprospectorsdreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theprospectorsdreams</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/thelegendofthebountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thelegendofthebountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a></p>
Robert Fairhead<p>Less than 30 minutes until the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AustralianWritersCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianWritersCentre</span></a> drops the prompts for this month's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuriousFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuriousFiction</span></a>. I wrote my first ever superhero story for last year's June challenge, The Power of Two! 🦸🦸‍♂️ </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/superheroes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superheroes</span></a> </p><p>Link to story on Tall And True: <a href="https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/the-power-of-two" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/sho</span><span class="invisible">rt-stories/the-power-of-two</span></a></p>
jswelch.pens ... a story cycle<p>After a couple of trips, word spread of an ex-bounty hunter bringing gold from the desert territory east of California. </p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/jswelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jswelch</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/storycycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storycycle</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/theprospectorsdreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theprospectorsdreams</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/thelegendofthebountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thelegendofthebountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/reno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reno</span></a></p>
jswelch.pens ... a story cycle<p>That day, Frank gave up being a bounty hunter and followed a different kind of bounty. </p><p>He kept the discovery of the bodies and the gold a secret. He began traveling back and forth between the oasis and Lake’s Crossing (later known as Reno) with his gold, selling it for more money than he had ever imagined owning. </p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/jswelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jswelch</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/storycycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storycycle</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/theprospectorsdreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theprospectorsdreams</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/thelegendofthebountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thelegendofthebountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/reno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reno</span></a></p>
jswelch.pens ... a story cycle<p>It had occurred to him that if a route could be mapped through the maze of rock, it would be the perfect hiding place for an outlaw.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/jswelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jswelch</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/storycycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storycycle</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/theprospectorsdreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theprospectorsdreams</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/thelegendofthebountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thelegendofthebountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a></p>
jswelch.pens ... a story cycle<p>For most of the time he had been searching for The Giant, Frank had been searching the mountain farthest from the oasis, as the stories told that was where the outlaws attacked. Frank had since searched the other mountain, but neither of their higher regions, which were too rocky to be safely traversed.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/jswelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jswelch</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/storycycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storycycle</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/theprospectorsdreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theprospectorsdreams</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/thelegendofthebountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thelegendofthebountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a></p>
jswelch.pens ... a story cycle<p>He ventured out to the flat desert valley between the two mountain ridges and built a long-term camp at the foot of the one closest to the oasis. That’s when he began his search higher up into the mountains. </p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofinstagram</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofbluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofbluesky</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/jswelch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jswelch</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/storycycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storycycle</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/theprospectorsdreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theprospectorsdreams</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/thelegendofthebountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thelegendofthebountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bountyhunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bountyhunter</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a></p>
🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋<p>Anika stared at the unappetizing slop set before her. "What is this?" she asked.</p><p>The chef grinned toothily. "It's rat cutlet over rice, with a rich lemony fungal mush paste. We call it: cutlet and paste!"</p><p>Anika glared at Sven. "Don't worry, you said. It's not normal goblin cuisine - they're highly advanced tech goblins! You said."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a></p>
Robert Fairhead<p>Skipped May's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuriousFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuriousFiction</span></a> because of Federal Election weekend commitments and celebrations, so I'm looking forward to June's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AustralianWritersCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianWritersCentre</span></a> challenge starting this Friday! ✍️ </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a> </p><p>Link to Furious Fiction page on Writers' Centre website: <a href="https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writerscentre.com.au/furious-f</span><span class="invisible">iction/</span></a></p>
🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋<p>The hermit looked upon the weary truth-seeker and said, "I am sorry, my friend. I have no wisdom to give you."</p><p>The traveller was dumbfounded. "But I've travelled so far to seek the truth!"</p><p>"You seek an explanation for the state of the world - a hidden truth that will allow it to all make sense," said the hermit.</p><p>"Yes!"</p><p>"Then I tell you this: the greatest wisdom lies in knowing when you are not so wise." The hermit smiled, and shrugged.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a></p>
Minerva Cerridwen<p>For our 403rd edition of <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Paranatellonta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paranatellonta</span></a>, we're serving you a Recipe for Disaster. Enjoy!<br>😸<br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/spyfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyfiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/recipefordisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recipefordisaster</span></a> <br>🌿<br><a href="https://paranatellonta.tumblr.com/post/785162047261491200/recipe-for-disaster-you-were-sent-on-a-mission" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paranatellonta.tumblr.com/post</span><span class="invisible">/785162047261491200/recipe-for-disaster-you-were-sent-on-a-mission</span></a></p>
Albert ARIBAUD ✎<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writever</span></a> Glaze</p><p>To prevent rust, R42 has coated itself with a transparent gel. Since at rest its often doesn't move at all, it looks as if it's been glazed. This makes it all the more startling when its changes position between glances.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallStory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootFic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroFiction</span></a></p>
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