Cate Haynes
@catehaynes.bsky.social
UK writer rep by Becky Bagnell @lindsaylit.bsky.social , magical/fantasy MG, YA thrillers, loves folklore and cake @WriteMentor CNA winner 2023, @writingawards SL ‘22, @scbwi-BI, speech therapist, ADHD Mum, 1st class cat butler, 2nd class archer
A Sunday #haiku not written from any prompt other than real life
A small white feather
curled on train floor. Just one white
feather. It’s perfect.
A small white feather
curled on train floor. Just one white
feather. It’s perfect.
June 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A Sunday #haiku not written from any prompt other than real life
A small white feather
curled on train floor. Just one white
feather. It’s perfect.
A small white feather
curled on train floor. Just one white
feather. It’s perfect.
Reposted by Cate Haynes
Today is the start of #IndieBookshopWeek, so why not call by your nearest indie bookshop, admire their bunting and help them unburden their bookshelves?
June 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Today is the start of #IndieBookshopWeek, so why not call by your nearest indie bookshop, admire their bunting and help them unburden their bookshelves?
#senryu for #VSS365 prompt #scrape
And while they scour,
#scrape, wipe-out … we witness all,
remember all
#WeWontForget
And while they scour,
#scrape, wipe-out … we witness all,
remember all
#WeWontForget
June 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#senryu for #VSS365 prompt #scrape
And while they scour,
#scrape, wipe-out … we witness all,
remember all
#WeWontForget
And while they scour,
#scrape, wipe-out … we witness all,
remember all
#WeWontForget
Reposted by Cate Haynes
This was like no other portal in the game. No magical tunnel crafted between far away places.
This looked like a rip. A tear in the #skin of the world. The effect looked fantastic, but Rory knew that, in the game, any great changes to the world held terrible consequences.
For everything.
#vss365
This looked like a rip. A tear in the #skin of the world. The effect looked fantastic, but Rory knew that, in the game, any great changes to the world held terrible consequences.
For everything.
#vss365
June 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Deliciously, darkly funny
“Where? How? Can we afford them?”
My son lifts the left shoe first, a look of ecstasy stretched across his face.
That one lay in the middle of the road like a sick joke: a single Nike Air Jordan Retro High. I found the second one, still on the owner’s foot. He didn’t need them anymore.
#vss365
My son lifts the left shoe first, a look of ecstasy stretched across his face.
That one lay in the middle of the road like a sick joke: a single Nike Air Jordan Retro High. I found the second one, still on the owner’s foot. He didn’t need them anymore.
#vss365
June 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Deliciously, darkly funny
Reposted by Cate Haynes
"Happy Monday 😀
Your #vss365 #prompt for June 9 is #small 🐜"
These words are small.
Only little breaths of vowels
And consonantal pauses after all.
And yet,
These tiny letters piled on top of each other in glorious multitudes
Can form ideas so big and far-reaching that they can remake the world
Your #vss365 #prompt for June 9 is #small 🐜"
These words are small.
Only little breaths of vowels
And consonantal pauses after all.
And yet,
These tiny letters piled on top of each other in glorious multitudes
Can form ideas so big and far-reaching that they can remake the world
June 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Cate Haynes
Unsent
i’m not looking for signs of love
returned—not really.
only mourning
the #small part of me
that once believed.
completely.
in that type of love.
it doesn’t come easily.
that’s all.
maybe—
that’s all.
last of the light
across the frost fence
my breath releases
#vss365 #haibun #prosepoem
i’m not looking for signs of love
returned—not really.
only mourning
the #small part of me
that once believed.
completely.
in that type of love.
it doesn’t come easily.
that’s all.
maybe—
that’s all.
last of the light
across the frost fence
my breath releases
#vss365 #haibun #prosepoem
June 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Unsent
i’m not looking for signs of love
returned—not really.
only mourning
the #small part of me
that once believed.
completely.
in that type of love.
it doesn’t come easily.
that’s all.
maybe—
that’s all.
last of the light
across the frost fence
my breath releases
#vss365 #haibun #prosepoem
i’m not looking for signs of love
returned—not really.
only mourning
the #small part of me
that once believed.
completely.
in that type of love.
it doesn’t come easily.
that’s all.
maybe—
that’s all.
last of the light
across the frost fence
my breath releases
#vss365 #haibun #prosepoem
Reposted by Cate Haynes
If you haven't read this yet (but you have used AI) then I would strongly recommend you read it. Super creepy.
Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet.
h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you haven't read this yet (but you have used AI) then I would strongly recommend you read it. Super creepy.
What if we’re made-up from shards of the people we meet, a collection of good wishes, a kindness here, a thank you there, a good wish, a scowl?
What if we’re all walking bundles of #splinters of one another? Would that knowledge make us kinder?
Thoughts for the day from #VSS365 prompt #splinter
What if we’re all walking bundles of #splinters of one another? Would that knowledge make us kinder?
Thoughts for the day from #VSS365 prompt #splinter
June 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What if we’re made-up from shards of the people we meet, a collection of good wishes, a kindness here, a thank you there, a good wish, a scowl?
What if we’re all walking bundles of #splinters of one another? Would that knowledge make us kinder?
Thoughts for the day from #VSS365 prompt #splinter
What if we’re all walking bundles of #splinters of one another? Would that knowledge make us kinder?
Thoughts for the day from #VSS365 prompt #splinter
Reposted by Cate Haynes
#vss365 #prompt Thursday, May 29th is #brine
Go ahead. Get salty today!
#Brine – Salty water or the ocean itself. Used for preserving food.
We only have a few days left together! I've so enjoyed this!
Starting June 1st @SeptimusBrown will be your new host. Beat the summer rush and follow him now!
Go ahead. Get salty today!
#Brine – Salty water or the ocean itself. Used for preserving food.
We only have a few days left together! I've so enjoyed this!
Starting June 1st @SeptimusBrown will be your new host. Beat the summer rush and follow him now!
May 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
He’s done it! Charles completed his 400km bike ride London-Paris 🥇
Please take a moment to read his story & donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/charles...
Please take a moment to read his story & donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/charles...
I'm fundraising to support King's Children's Transplant Team!
Help Charles Lawson raise money to support King's College Hospital Charity
www.justgiving.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
He’s done it! Charles completed his 400km bike ride London-Paris 🥇
Please take a moment to read his story & donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/charles...
Please take a moment to read his story & donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/charles...