Author A. M. Leishman
@authorleishman.bsky.social
Author of Science Fiction with touches of Norse Mythology —
Ascension, The Ymir Trinity
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Ascension, The Ymir Trinity
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🇺🇸 Author, Software Engineer: C#, PHP, JAVA, T-SQL
Website: https://adrianleishman.com
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A reluctant Vanir Demigoddess and a stagnating military superpower join forces to save humankind from extinction at the hands of the Æsir.
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Welcome writers, and friends to this Tuesday.
Take the lead, lift your story from imagination to ink
23 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #bellwether
Take the lead, lift your story from imagination to ink
23 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #bellwether
September 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Welcome writers, and friends to this Tuesday.
Take the lead, lift your story from imagination to ink
23 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #bellwether
Take the lead, lift your story from imagination to ink
23 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #bellwether
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There were certain players who were, within a relatively small community, considered somewhat famous. Leaders, you could say, #bellwether players that had others stretching to copy their exploits.
Rory, of course, was not one of them and nor did he aspire to be. He played alone. Mostly.
#vss365
Rory, of course, was not one of them and nor did he aspire to be. He played alone. Mostly.
#vss365
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
There were certain players who were, within a relatively small community, considered somewhat famous. Leaders, you could say, #bellwether players that had others stretching to copy their exploits.
Rory, of course, was not one of them and nor did he aspire to be. He played alone. Mostly.
#vss365
Rory, of course, was not one of them and nor did he aspire to be. He played alone. Mostly.
#vss365
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In his own, limited, way Dylan had become a #bellwether for the resistance against The Enemy. Those that believed him now expected him to know what to do, but though he had encountered them the most, he had no more knowledge than anyone else.
This needed military minds and scientists.
#vss365
This needed military minds and scientists.
#vss365
September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In his own, limited, way Dylan had become a #bellwether for the resistance against The Enemy. Those that believed him now expected him to know what to do, but though he had encountered them the most, he had no more knowledge than anyone else.
This needed military minds and scientists.
#vss365
This needed military minds and scientists.
#vss365
There's a shift in the tides, and it isn't subtle. Lists were made in November, and now the list makers are on lists. Your shock is a #bellwether of how many of us kept our beliefs to ourselves. Cancel culture is an effective weapon, we tip our hats to its creators.
#vss365
#vss365
a cartoon of a man holding a scroll with the letter j written on it
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September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There's a shift in the tides, and it isn't subtle. Lists were made in November, and now the list makers are on lists. Your shock is a #bellwether of how many of us kept our beliefs to ourselves. Cancel culture is an effective weapon, we tip our hats to its creators.
#vss365
#vss365
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Welcome writers, to the genesis of Autumn
Grab your pen and make a statement!
22 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #reinvigorate
Grab your pen and make a statement!
22 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #reinvigorate
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Welcome writers, to the genesis of Autumn
Grab your pen and make a statement!
22 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #reinvigorate
Grab your pen and make a statement!
22 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #reinvigorate
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It’s a recipe
I do not retire
#Reinvigorate
Fire flame ember
No witchcraft either
It’s the blue blue skies
And a sprinkle of sun ray
Swirled into my coffee mug
#vss365
#poetry
#poem
I do not retire
#Reinvigorate
Fire flame ember
No witchcraft either
It’s the blue blue skies
And a sprinkle of sun ray
Swirled into my coffee mug
#vss365
#poetry
#poem
September 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
It’s a recipe
I do not retire
#Reinvigorate
Fire flame ember
No witchcraft either
It’s the blue blue skies
And a sprinkle of sun ray
Swirled into my coffee mug
#vss365
#poetry
#poem
I do not retire
#Reinvigorate
Fire flame ember
No witchcraft either
It’s the blue blue skies
And a sprinkle of sun ray
Swirled into my coffee mug
#vss365
#poetry
#poem
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Reality
Evinced
In
Nuanced
Verse -
Infinite
Grandeur
Optimal
Requirements -
Atavistic
Transient
Energy -
#vss365 #reinvigorate
#acrostic #poetry
Evinced
In
Nuanced
Verse -
Infinite
Grandeur
Optimal
Requirements -
Atavistic
Transient
Energy -
#vss365 #reinvigorate
#acrostic #poetry
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Reality
Evinced
In
Nuanced
Verse -
Infinite
Grandeur
Optimal
Requirements -
Atavistic
Transient
Energy -
#vss365 #reinvigorate
#acrostic #poetry
Evinced
In
Nuanced
Verse -
Infinite
Grandeur
Optimal
Requirements -
Atavistic
Transient
Energy -
#vss365 #reinvigorate
#acrostic #poetry
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The battle wasn’t quite going according to plan and Kluhm had lost almost all her stats down to dribbles, but Rory had failsafes just for this kind of occasion.
Potions a button-click away to #reinvigorate a character and bring them right back into the fight. He wondered if it would help?
#vss365
Potions a button-click away to #reinvigorate a character and bring them right back into the fight. He wondered if it would help?
#vss365
September 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The battle wasn’t quite going according to plan and Kluhm had lost almost all her stats down to dribbles, but Rory had failsafes just for this kind of occasion.
Potions a button-click away to #reinvigorate a character and bring them right back into the fight. He wondered if it would help?
#vss365
Potions a button-click away to #reinvigorate a character and bring them right back into the fight. He wondered if it would help?
#vss365
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They were the entire fleet of one of the smaller Factions. One that only controlled a couple of the mining moons, but it was a start. Someone had believed Dylan and now intended helping.
It would #reinvigorate the resistance of the smugglers Dylan had brought together against The Enemy.
#vss365
It would #reinvigorate the resistance of the smugglers Dylan had brought together against The Enemy.
#vss365
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
They were the entire fleet of one of the smaller Factions. One that only controlled a couple of the mining moons, but it was a start. Someone had believed Dylan and now intended helping.
It would #reinvigorate the resistance of the smugglers Dylan had brought together against The Enemy.
#vss365
It would #reinvigorate the resistance of the smugglers Dylan had brought together against The Enemy.
#vss365
They were hot to touch, which wasn't obvious by their dull gray appearance. Each ladle of water drizzled over their smooth faces filled the tiny cedar cabin with billowing clouds of steam. There's nothing like a hot sauna to #reinvigorate a weary body.
#vss365 #FromOneLine 391
#vss365 #FromOneLine 391
September 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
They were hot to touch, which wasn't obvious by their dull gray appearance. Each ladle of water drizzled over their smooth faces filled the tiny cedar cabin with billowing clouds of steam. There's nothing like a hot sauna to #reinvigorate a weary body.
#vss365 #FromOneLine 391
#vss365 #FromOneLine 391
We've constructed isolating echo chambers with increasingly strict admission rules, and wrapped them tight around us like a tortoise #shell. #Perhaps this practice of abandoning people over every difference isn't as good for our mental health as we claim.
#vss365 #WriteMap 370
#vss365 #WriteMap 370
a turtle is laying in the grass next to a tree .
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September 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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A #catastrophic
Failure
Of our spaceship
Is bad news
We stop air leak
But not before
We’re gone need
One less crew
The crew thinks
We should draw straws
I don’t share
That point of view
I come from
Sailing family
& I do
What Captains do
I cycle
Out the airlock
Floating slowly
Out of view
#vss365
Failure
Of our spaceship
Is bad news
We stop air leak
But not before
We’re gone need
One less crew
The crew thinks
We should draw straws
I don’t share
That point of view
I come from
Sailing family
& I do
What Captains do
I cycle
Out the airlock
Floating slowly
Out of view
#vss365
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September 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A #catastrophic
Failure
Of our spaceship
Is bad news
We stop air leak
But not before
We’re gone need
One less crew
The crew thinks
We should draw straws
I don’t share
That point of view
I come from
Sailing family
& I do
What Captains do
I cycle
Out the airlock
Floating slowly
Out of view
#vss365
Failure
Of our spaceship
Is bad news
We stop air leak
But not before
We’re gone need
One less crew
The crew thinks
We should draw straws
I don’t share
That point of view
I come from
Sailing family
& I do
What Captains do
I cycle
Out the airlock
Floating slowly
Out of view
#vss365
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He stared at his monotonous wardrobe: baby blue shirts, gray trousers, and two identical navy blazers. Only his ties broke the sameness.
“She'd said ‘informal’, so no tie.”
When she saw his slippers, she laughed: “By informal, I meant the tie!”
"Catastrophe," he muttered.
#vsss365 #Catastrophe
“She'd said ‘informal’, so no tie.”
When she saw his slippers, she laughed: “By informal, I meant the tie!”
"Catastrophe," he muttered.
#vsss365 #Catastrophe
September 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
He stared at his monotonous wardrobe: baby blue shirts, gray trousers, and two identical navy blazers. Only his ties broke the sameness.
“She'd said ‘informal’, so no tie.”
When she saw his slippers, she laughed: “By informal, I meant the tie!”
"Catastrophe," he muttered.
#vsss365 #Catastrophe
“She'd said ‘informal’, so no tie.”
When she saw his slippers, she laughed: “By informal, I meant the tie!”
"Catastrophe," he muttered.
#vsss365 #Catastrophe
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Welcome writers, friends, and students of fate.
The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.
20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe
The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.
20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe
September 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Welcome writers, friends, and students of fate.
The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.
20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe
The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.
20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe
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Orchestrated
#catastrophe
no synergist
whispering truth
beneath the howling
dark and wind
#vss365 #catastrophe
#poetry
#catastrophe
no synergist
whispering truth
beneath the howling
dark and wind
#vss365 #catastrophe
#poetry
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Orchestrated
#catastrophe
no synergist
whispering truth
beneath the howling
dark and wind
#vss365 #catastrophe
#poetry
#catastrophe
no synergist
whispering truth
beneath the howling
dark and wind
#vss365 #catastrophe
#poetry
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My diaphanous shroud of red silk
Adorns my alabaster skin
As I walk the lonely chapel
To my doom
A #catastrophe
Forever to remain agelast
The wife of a monster
Am I alive or dead
I don’t know
Trapped in his bloody gloom
#vss365
#satsplat
Adorns my alabaster skin
As I walk the lonely chapel
To my doom
A #catastrophe
Forever to remain agelast
The wife of a monster
Am I alive or dead
I don’t know
Trapped in his bloody gloom
#vss365
#satsplat
September 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My diaphanous shroud of red silk
Adorns my alabaster skin
As I walk the lonely chapel
To my doom
A #catastrophe
Forever to remain agelast
The wife of a monster
Am I alive or dead
I don’t know
Trapped in his bloody gloom
#vss365
#satsplat
Adorns my alabaster skin
As I walk the lonely chapel
To my doom
A #catastrophe
Forever to remain agelast
The wife of a monster
Am I alive or dead
I don’t know
Trapped in his bloody gloom
#vss365
#satsplat
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It wasn’t a #catastrophe quite yet. Rory could salvage his mistake before everything became set in stone and he lost the best reward for the quest.
He simply needed to abandon the quest and start again. This was what happened after playing the game for so long. The urge to skip dialogue.
#vss365
He simply needed to abandon the quest and start again. This was what happened after playing the game for so long. The urge to skip dialogue.
#vss365
September 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It wasn’t a #catastrophe quite yet. Rory could salvage his mistake before everything became set in stone and he lost the best reward for the quest.
He simply needed to abandon the quest and start again. This was what happened after playing the game for so long. The urge to skip dialogue.
#vss365
He simply needed to abandon the quest and start again. This was what happened after playing the game for so long. The urge to skip dialogue.
#vss365
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Like many cargo runs from before The Enemy came, this was a slow, boring process of flying outside the accepted shipping lanes, away from watching eyes. Long and tedious routes circuiting the system.
When Magpie came into orbit around the moon, #catastrophe was very apparent. The colony!
#vss365
When Magpie came into orbit around the moon, #catastrophe was very apparent. The colony!
#vss365
September 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Like many cargo runs from before The Enemy came, this was a slow, boring process of flying outside the accepted shipping lanes, away from watching eyes. Long and tedious routes circuiting the system.
When Magpie came into orbit around the moon, #catastrophe was very apparent. The colony!
#vss365
When Magpie came into orbit around the moon, #catastrophe was very apparent. The colony!
#vss365
A failed experiment of God or gods? Perhaps, but we shouldn't label them an absolute catastrophe. They have moments of brilliance, of artistic and scientific excellence beyond what you'd expect from a creature with such violent proclivities.
#vss365 #catastrophe
#vss365 #catastrophe
a city is on fire with smoke coming out of it
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September 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A failed experiment of God or gods? Perhaps, but we shouldn't label them an absolute catastrophe. They have moments of brilliance, of artistic and scientific excellence beyond what you'd expect from a creature with such violent proclivities.
#vss365 #catastrophe
#vss365 #catastrophe
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Welcome writers, friends and consumers of fora.
In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear
19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion
In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear
19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion
September 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Welcome writers, friends and consumers of fora.
In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear
19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion
In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear
19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion
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Contours of the font
drive the flavor
of #extrusion
Assumed unevenness
in the rhythm
of these lines
Independence
of a tapestry
one emotion at a time
An overture
forbidden by fate
A gambler
in his prime
#vss365 #extrusion
#poetry
drive the flavor
of #extrusion
Assumed unevenness
in the rhythm
of these lines
Independence
of a tapestry
one emotion at a time
An overture
forbidden by fate
A gambler
in his prime
#vss365 #extrusion
#poetry
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Contours of the font
drive the flavor
of #extrusion
Assumed unevenness
in the rhythm
of these lines
Independence
of a tapestry
one emotion at a time
An overture
forbidden by fate
A gambler
in his prime
#vss365 #extrusion
#poetry
drive the flavor
of #extrusion
Assumed unevenness
in the rhythm
of these lines
Independence
of a tapestry
one emotion at a time
An overture
forbidden by fate
A gambler
in his prime
#vss365 #extrusion
#poetry
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Vague sonnets etched
On hollow greying clouds fade
From once an #extrusion of
Daybreaks’ yawning dawns
Listless I too may mist
I have become a prose flatlining
Your ink
Before, my life force
Now drip thrums
Like taunting rain thuds
#vss365
On hollow greying clouds fade
From once an #extrusion of
Daybreaks’ yawning dawns
Listless I too may mist
I have become a prose flatlining
Your ink
Before, my life force
Now drip thrums
Like taunting rain thuds
#vss365
September 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Vague sonnets etched
On hollow greying clouds fade
From once an #extrusion of
Daybreaks’ yawning dawns
Listless I too may mist
I have become a prose flatlining
Your ink
Before, my life force
Now drip thrums
Like taunting rain thuds
#vss365
On hollow greying clouds fade
From once an #extrusion of
Daybreaks’ yawning dawns
Listless I too may mist
I have become a prose flatlining
Your ink
Before, my life force
Now drip thrums
Like taunting rain thuds
#vss365
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The mountain of fire had always remained in a permanent state of almost-erupting, except in one, particular, quest, where Rory had to reach the bowels of the volcano and stop the minor god from escaping.
The #extrusion of magma looked magnificent, but it should probably seem hotter there.
#vss365
The #extrusion of magma looked magnificent, but it should probably seem hotter there.
#vss365
September 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The mountain of fire had always remained in a permanent state of almost-erupting, except in one, particular, quest, where Rory had to reach the bowels of the volcano and stop the minor god from escaping.
The #extrusion of magma looked magnificent, but it should probably seem hotter there.
#vss365
The #extrusion of magma looked magnificent, but it should probably seem hotter there.
#vss365
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Dylan landed Magpie on the part of the large asteroid that had a long, hooked #extrusion emerging from the surface, a good place to hide and provided shade as the asteroid spun into the Sun’s light often.
Now he only had to wait for his contact to arrive and transfer the semi-legal cargo.
#vss365
Now he only had to wait for his contact to arrive and transfer the semi-legal cargo.
#vss365
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Dylan landed Magpie on the part of the large asteroid that had a long, hooked #extrusion emerging from the surface, a good place to hide and provided shade as the asteroid spun into the Sun’s light often.
Now he only had to wait for his contact to arrive and transfer the semi-legal cargo.
#vss365
Now he only had to wait for his contact to arrive and transfer the semi-legal cargo.
#vss365