Laura Duthie
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Laura Duthie
@darkonelf.bsky.social
Just another Twitter peasant trying to survive the attention economy. Writer and creator @auntysocialworld.bsky.social. Cycling.

All views my own. Sapere aude.

Web: auntysocialworld.com
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I wrote this story in a mood during summer. The heat, the crowds, the emotional stuff that happens when we feel caged & then autumn comes along & changes everything.

So happy to be published with Underbelly Press. Here it is.

Beneath the Sun

#writing

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Perfect, in every way.

#cycling
December 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For the first time since childhood I somehow slept from 9:30pm last night until 6am this morning without waking. I don’t know how it happened and I know it won’t happen again. I’m putting it down as a personal Christmas miracle.
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Down the beach for sunset.
December 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That set me up for the day…

#cycling
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Merry Christmas fellow early birds, insomniacs, writers, cyclists, photographers and thinkers.

Time for a blast on Zwift ✨
December 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Me and my teen upstairs opening his presents, baby girl downstairs dancing, clapping and running around, old man shouting up, when are we doing mine…

Christmas Eve, love it.
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It’s a beautiful day out there for Christmas Eve. My dad and son’s birthdays 🍂
December 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The day we went to the place that had no one, heated tomato soup in the van and sat in silence by the water. January can feel long but it also has these moments. Peaceful, calm memories.
December 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy Winter Solstice.
December 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
New routine is get out of bed and immediately do thirty pushups followed by core exercises. Non-negotiable, every day irrespective of insomnia state. Takes the heart from the mind. Works wonders.
December 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Out before it all begins and the trails are flooded with everyone doing the same thing at the same time. These final few days are a sanctuary.
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
December 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Whisper of the isle.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When you close your eyes.
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When your employer sends you a surprise Christmas hamper in the post. Love it ♥️
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For those of 5am.

#writing
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Roads we ride.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
For J, forever by my side 🖤
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Laura Duthie
Beneath the Sun by L. Duthie ( @darkonelf.bsky.social )

A striking take on the autumnal theme, the sense of dread slowly grows and permeates the atmosphere. Blurring the line between realism and something more sinister, it’s a fitting read for a bleak Sunday.
Find it now in Issue 5.
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
…and the forest.

#scape
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You’ll have to take my word for it (again) but two moments ago a gigantic stunner of a fox walked right into this frame.
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It wasn’t an escape. It was heading off to those darkest corners and showing how real they were.

#writing
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM