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Sam Bramley
@thisguyaresick.bsky.social
Freelance Writer/Screenwriter.
Ex ITV.
Dyslexic.
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Scifi Series - Audiothology
Feature Film - Pops 20/03/2026
Novel - Linewalker (coming soon)
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https://linktr.ee/esotechnica
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My feature film trailer is now live and I'm very excited for you all to see this.

#writingcommunity #Screenwriter #writers #britishfilm #independentfilm #comedy.

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Pops | Official Trailer | Comedy | Drama | Family
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February 14, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Everyone remembers their first #kiss.

Nobody remembers their last.

Think about that for a second. Really think.

Then go out and kiss someone.

#VSS365
Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 14 is #kiss

"And when he has fled - like a squirrel -
his laughter still vibrates on every leaf,
and you can see, startled by a bullfinch,
the Golden Kiss of the Wood,
gathering itself together again."

'Faun's Head', Arthur Rimbaud

#14
February 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
February 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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in time's #lacuna
the monkeys take charge, but we
ruined it. Great #twist

#scififri #vss365 #sff #haiku #senryu #planetoftheapes
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February 13, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Doctors call it #lacuna syndrome.

A gap in memory.

Mine starts at the sixth pint and ends in a Burger King car park, with a traffic cone on my head, while only wearing one shoe.

The brain protects itself by forgetting. My bank statement has no such mercy.

#VSS365
Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 13 is #lacuna

“lagoon? No, lacuna . . . different from lagoon. Not a cave exactly but an opening, like a mouth, that swallows things. He opened his mouth to show. It goes into the belly of the world.”

Barbara Kingsolver

#13

Definition: Lacuna - Unfilled space, gap
February 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Everyone bangs on about the light at the end of the tunnel.

Nobody mentions the #dark was quieter, kinder, asked nothing of you.

The light just means people can see you again. And honestly? I wasn't ready for that

#VSS365
Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 12 is #dark

"Dewdrop, let me cleanse
in your brief
sweet waters...
These dark hands of life"

'Dewdrop, let me cleanse', Matsuo Basho

#12
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
New pick ups - looking forward to diving into these. @rtalsoriangames.bsky.social #CyberpunkRed

#TTRPG
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
He's been so clingy today.

Had to take his sister to the vet for her operation, this is the longest they've been apart.

He's one sad little #cat without her.

#catsky #catsofbluesky
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A world without algorithmic polarisation. Without AI deepfakes and Slop.

Losing those two things alone would stabilise the health of the internet.

Decentralising big tech would also be a blessing.
we need a datakrash badly
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
They say you can't crave what you've never had.

'Bollocks' Hannah thought.

She craved the version of Sarah she built at 3AM.

The one that didn't leave. The imaginary version that still lays in the bed.

Never says a word. Doesn't need to. As the memory of her #touch does enough damage.
#VSS365
Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 11 is #touch

"There is some kiss we want with
our whole lives, the touch of
spirit on the body. Seawater
begs the pearl to break its shell.
and the lily, how passionately
it needs some wild darling!"

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

#11
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
1/? Episode 9 is out.

And we've officially reached the half way point in #Cyberpunk2077 No Save Point.

Over 3 Hours of a unique story and characters set in Night City.

So given we are now in the middle I'm going to take some time to talk about the show.

#scifiwriter #writing #writingcommunity
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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I feel
Glitch in the Matrix
I know
You feel it too

A clammy
#Touch of madness
That chills you
Through and through

As we watch
The World’s seams strain
I bade you
Just hold on

We will outlast
The evil—
Push back,
And just stand strong
#vss365
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I used to #Ache about politics. Properly ache.

Now it's all apathy.

My dad fought over Thatcher in pubs... Best I can do is click mute on PMQs.

We vote for whoever disgusts us least, then we put the kettle on.

Revolution requires energy and we're all knackered.

#VSS365
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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the #ache of first breath
tomorrow is yesterday
here we are again

#vss365 #senryu #writesky
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February 10, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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it irritates me when i hear people say stuff like "well EVERYONE supported the iraq war after 9/11, we were all fooled" bitch speak for yourself
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
All #bones and red flags.

You still text me at 2am. I stopped replying three months ago.

Not because I moved on. Because every time I answered, you stayed.

Silence was the kindest thing I had left to offer.

##VSS365
Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 9 is #bones

"...a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool."

T. S. Eliot

#9
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The detective said the body was #pale and in a state of undress.

I said "mate, she's from Sunderland, that's just her natural disposition."

He didn't laugh.

The police really have no sense of humour.

Which explains why I'm now in handcuffs.

#VSS365
February 8, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Attending a meeting where the leaders of the allied Factions were considering suing for diplomacy was madness for Dylan. If they intended him standing there stoically, professionally, while they discussed throwing away all the #blood spilled in this war, they would be grossly mistaken.

#vss365
February 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
And these are the things wr now know.

I'd imagine all AI is doing this and more.
“We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this," is a pretty damning quote.
Fuck these fucking thieves
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.

When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.

Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.

cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
Mike Pondsmith
Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954[citation needed]) is an American roleplaying, board and video game designer. He is the founder of R. Talsorian Games and the creator of the acclaimed Cyberp...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
1/?

One thing I really like about both taking part in #FlashFicFeb #Flashfcitionfebuary & #VSS365 is seeing writers come together & support eachother in the same way artists do.

There's so much power in community, in sharing & discussions over art & writing.
Maybe Delete
Flash Fiction February: Story Four
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February 7, 2026 at 9:36 AM
They want #blood in the work, every drop, every hour, every piece of yourself.

They profit immediately while the artist waits for payment. Ask for money upfront? Laughable. Entitled.

Don't you know craft is its own reward? Strange how that only applies to the creator.

#VSS365
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 AM
He maintained the #wound the way some people maintain relationships.

Carefully, deliberately, with genuine effort. Kept it clean enough to avoid infection, raw enough to bleed.

His identity had calcified around it. Without it, he's just some guy. With it, he could understand true pain.

#vss365
Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 6 is #wound

"and yet she waits for me, year after year,
to so delicately undo an old wound,
to empty my breath from its bad prison."

'Wanting to Die', Anne Sexton

#6
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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World domination and pandemonium came in the form of an alien tattoo. The #lambent tease of Cosmo's alien tattoo made him a target. Capture and exploit, one could be a God by accessing alien tech. Unfortunately, Cosmo was the Bugs Bunny to the government's Elmer Fudd. #vss365
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM