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Elou Carroll 🍂 is querying 🍂
@keychild.bsky.social
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I design things. I write things. I photograph things. I panic about things. Mostly that last one.

edits: @crowkeys.bsky.social

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I will be writing a blog entry about this one tomorrow, but for now, you can catch my flash, "Shattered Moon, Hungry Sea", on the Flame Tree Myth & Fiction podcast!

It's one of my favourites.

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Under the Same Moon
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Click the link. It's for the best.

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November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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All day, there has been a low keening throughout the tower. We're not sure where it's coming from, the tower is resistant to any sense of direction. You get used to it. For other concerning noises...

"Like Mother, Like Son" by Riel Rosehill

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November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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There's a great link in this post. Click it.

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November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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We're chilly in the tower this November evening. Nothing warms like words, and it's a fine night for poetry. Such a fine night that we have not one but two poems to keep you warm. By Faye Wikner, we present...

"Huldra"
&
"Sappho's Fourth Body"

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November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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All you can think about is the link. Click it.

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November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, we're a day late, but we promise it's worth the wait. (Our seers are in the tower dungeon as we type. Their foretellings cannot be trusted.) This short story, however...

"Our Mother, the Dark Damp Earth" by @amadolaila.bsky.social

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November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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You waste no time clicking the link. You've clicked it already.

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November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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We're thinking of carousels and candyfloss this evening. Oh, to be at a fair. Oh, to get tempted by the lights, the noise, the food, only to forget your name and living there forever. Bliss. For another fair...

"Evening at the County Fair" by Laura M Puhl

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November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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You're watching. We know you've seen the link. You should click it.

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November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Sometimes the tower ends up standing beside the sea. Usually when the tower craves salt. One mustn't ignore the cravings of uncanny architecture. On the sea and salt and daughters, today's narrative poem...

"The Salt in My Bloodline" by Rowan Tate

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November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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You never believed in the link. But now? Click it. Find out if it's real.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Don't use the taps in the tower. Something is living in the plumbing and we can never quite predict what will pour out; this morning, it was pennies. This evening, it's today's short story—word by word.

"The Witch's Daughter" by Alexandra Wingo

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November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The link knows you're going to click it before you do.

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November 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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There are messages all over the walls of the tower. We're not certain who put them there or what they mean or who they're for. It's better to pretend they don't exist. Why not read today's flash instead?

"Names Set in Stone" by @jenoliverwriter.bsky.social

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November 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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We showed you the link, click it.

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October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Outside, we can hear the sounds of trees being felled. There isn't a tree for miles, but we hear it still. We are disconcerted. We're going to read today's poem and avoid thinking about it.

"After the before, we take care of the wounds" by SK Grout

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October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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My short story “The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker” is now up at Crow & Cross Keys! 🖤
Something is chiming in the tower this evening. We've looked everywhere but we still can't find it. What we can find is today's short story...

"The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker" by @mimulus.bsky.social

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October 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I’ve spent a lifetime not only working in cities, but designing and building their monuments to the sky. “The City Asks for More” is a poem about what we give to the city, and what it keeps. About exhaustion, beauty, and the small rebellions that still sing. First published in @crowkeys.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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My story, “Patchwork Boy,” is now available to read at Crow & Cross Keys. I am so happy that this piece found such a loving home. Thank you again to @keychild.bsky.social for being an editor extraordinaire! 🪡
You might not have noticed, but the tower isn't just made of stone. Look closely and you'll find a bit of everything cobbled together. Not unlike the subject of today's flash fiction...

"Patchwork Boy" by @jsbrevik.bsky.social

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October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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One evening, at about sunset, you click the link.

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October 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Something is chiming in the tower this evening. We've looked everywhere but we still can't find it. What we can find is today's short story...

"The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker" by @mimulus.bsky.social

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October 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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When we post the link, we imbue it with gratitude. Click it, won't you?

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October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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You might not have noticed, but the tower isn't just made of stone. Look closely and you'll find a bit of everything cobbled together. Not unlike the subject of today's flash fiction...

"Patchwork Boy" by @jsbrevik.bsky.social

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October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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My poem, “Walking Past the End,” published in @crowkeys.bsky.social . A huge thank you to the editors.
Don't worry about the noises you hear behind you. It's safe here, we promise. As long as you don't look. Look instead at today's poem...

"Walking Past the End" by @samaureli.bsky.social

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October 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM