Not sure why the preview doesn't show, but the video is worth a watch. Very cute.

I’m nagging!
Please, please use alt-text on pictures.
It takes just a few seconds & means visually impaired users of BlueSky have the same experience as sighted people.
Also, capitalise words in hashtags so screen reading software, for visually impaired people, can make sense of hashtags.
Thanks!

Not related to writing, though it might help with research. But this is a fascinating read.

"I thought #trolls were supposed to be ugly?"

"Propaganda, perpetrated by elves."

"But is the world really ready for a troll top model?"

"Um, speciesist much? He's booked a runway, Jan. And that body?"

"Yeah, I'd pay a toll to cross that bridge. Riddles, though?"

"Don't kink shame."

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He didn't even need to open the #suitcase; the slightly sweet but rancid scent had greeted them in advance.

Her photo haunted his desk. All cases were memorable, but this one more than others - mostly because the grave had been so hard to dig. He happily filed it with the other cold cases.

#vss365

Has anyone made a #flashdog list?

"It's been a long #journey," the monk said, crawling up the final steps and collapsing with exhaustion. His physical form sat motionless in the misty depths below. "Tell me, what is the meaning of life?"

A mirror appeared, and in his reflection was the universe.

And it was beautiful.

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I compare the faded photograph to the bustling street before me. Much has changed over the years, but the smudged ink on the #postcard is still legible.

I set her ashes next to me, trying to imagine my mother young and carefree. I smile.

Her last wish was a gift. She gave me life, again.
#vss365

I look through old photos of us and #travel back in time. I am standing on the stepping stones that cross the river, happy and in love. We stroll along moss-covered paths and beneath rainbow trees. You said we were blessed by the rain. I said I would return. I promise I meant it at the time.
#vss365

I've seen all kinds of strange things come up in my #lobster pots. Fish with too many eyes, toothy worms long as your leg, and stone idols shaped like men with octopus heads. I give it all back, an offering, and pray the sea hides its more terrible secrets a while longer.

#vss365 #vssdaily

It was never going to last, a love born amidst loss. But still, it stung to see you move on. I #raise a glass, just as I did back then. Before, for her. Today, to your new life. Both times, in memoriam.
#vss365

MC 212 is ready to go! (Is it just me, or did the spinner give us some really good prompts this time?) Come join us!

Enter here:

microcosmsfic.com/2023/10/08/m...

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MC 210 Winners 

Congrats to Community Pick Deanna Salser and Judge's Pick (and prize winner) Geoff Le Pard - again! 

Huge thanks to John Holmes for judging.

Read their winning entries here:

microcosmsfic.com/2023/10/07/r...

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