Ethan Lee
@ethan-lee.bsky.social
Writer, dad. Coffee and Pokemon addict. Hopefully someday author 🤞🏻
Born to be mild.
Born to be mild.
A brief introduction, and all were seated.
Beneath the gentle hum of conversation and the tinkle of teaspoons on porcelain, a secret motive was taking invisible shape.
Double-meanings said with smiles carried #power, testing or exerting it.
Pleasantly, rebellion brewed.
#vss365
Beneath the gentle hum of conversation and the tinkle of teaspoons on porcelain, a secret motive was taking invisible shape.
Double-meanings said with smiles carried #power, testing or exerting it.
Pleasantly, rebellion brewed.
#vss365
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
They always said it wasn’t free. What were they talking about?
No cracks in my teeth, no grey hairs.
I felt amazing.
But they were right. The #conversion always had a cost.
Every renewal, my spark dimmed. My soul frayed.
Until I was nothing but a flawless husk.
#vss365
No cracks in my teeth, no grey hairs.
I felt amazing.
But they were right. The #conversion always had a cost.
Every renewal, my spark dimmed. My soul frayed.
Until I was nothing but a flawless husk.
#vss365
April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
They always said it wasn’t free. What were they talking about?
No cracks in my teeth, no grey hairs.
I felt amazing.
But they were right. The #conversion always had a cost.
Every renewal, my spark dimmed. My soul frayed.
Until I was nothing but a flawless husk.
#vss365
No cracks in my teeth, no grey hairs.
I felt amazing.
But they were right. The #conversion always had a cost.
Every renewal, my spark dimmed. My soul frayed.
Until I was nothing but a flawless husk.
#vss365
Life in a loop was exhausting.
Ico and Arn were in the fourth cycle. Each iteration thus far had been moving towards the goal.
Still, it was numbing. Each day, the same #beginning.
Every night, the gnawing guilt.
Drawing ever closer to transposing bystander and victim.
#vss365
Ico and Arn were in the fourth cycle. Each iteration thus far had been moving towards the goal.
Still, it was numbing. Each day, the same #beginning.
Every night, the gnawing guilt.
Drawing ever closer to transposing bystander and victim.
#vss365
April 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Life in a loop was exhausting.
Ico and Arn were in the fourth cycle. Each iteration thus far had been moving towards the goal.
Still, it was numbing. Each day, the same #beginning.
Every night, the gnawing guilt.
Drawing ever closer to transposing bystander and victim.
#vss365
Ico and Arn were in the fourth cycle. Each iteration thus far had been moving towards the goal.
Still, it was numbing. Each day, the same #beginning.
Every night, the gnawing guilt.
Drawing ever closer to transposing bystander and victim.
#vss365
Today's writing set up:
- No kids
- Hours to myself in a quiet café
- Soft jazz in my earphones
What I'm trying to say is, I've hit the jackpot. 😌☕️💻
- No kids
- Hours to myself in a quiet café
- Soft jazz in my earphones
What I'm trying to say is, I've hit the jackpot. 😌☕️💻
April 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Today's writing set up:
- No kids
- Hours to myself in a quiet café
- Soft jazz in my earphones
What I'm trying to say is, I've hit the jackpot. 😌☕️💻
- No kids
- Hours to myself in a quiet café
- Soft jazz in my earphones
What I'm trying to say is, I've hit the jackpot. 😌☕️💻
“But how,” said the man, “can one ‘deal’ in #death? What deals are to be made?”
“Many,” drawled the Dealer. “Oh, many.”
“But it’s death; the end.”
“Here maybe. I know places where it’s only an end.”
He crushed his cigarette and stood, smiling. “I’m sure we’ll meet again.”
#vss365
“Many,” drawled the Dealer. “Oh, many.”
“But it’s death; the end.”
“Here maybe. I know places where it’s only an end.”
He crushed his cigarette and stood, smiling. “I’m sure we’ll meet again.”
#vss365
April 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There was a striking disparity between what the pilots commanded and what they had.
Responsible for the destinies of impossibly valuable ships, yet most owned scarcely anything.
Their #luggage amounted to a jacket, cigarettes.
Maybe a photograph—if they were really lucky.
#vss365
Responsible for the destinies of impossibly valuable ships, yet most owned scarcely anything.
Their #luggage amounted to a jacket, cigarettes.
Maybe a photograph—if they were really lucky.
#vss365
April 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of the most important things you can bear in mind when writing is this:
You can simplify without watering down.
If you're fraying your nerves trying to figure out how to 'make' an idea happen, it's not right.
Simplify.
You can simplify without watering down.
If you're fraying your nerves trying to figure out how to 'make' an idea happen, it's not right.
Simplify.
March 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One of the most important things you can bear in mind when writing is this:
You can simplify without watering down.
If you're fraying your nerves trying to figure out how to 'make' an idea happen, it's not right.
Simplify.
You can simplify without watering down.
If you're fraying your nerves trying to figure out how to 'make' an idea happen, it's not right.
Simplify.
The old galaxies always made me feel melancholic.
Our earliest triumphs, most were now marked with the gigantic, #sempiternal symbol of warning.
Zeta—do not land. Death.
Then, we saw it. An unmarked planet, its far side distantly aglow with industry.
Somebody yet lived.
#vss365
Our earliest triumphs, most were now marked with the gigantic, #sempiternal symbol of warning.
Zeta—do not land. Death.
Then, we saw it. An unmarked planet, its far side distantly aglow with industry.
Somebody yet lived.
#vss365
March 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The old galaxies always made me feel melancholic.
Our earliest triumphs, most were now marked with the gigantic, #sempiternal symbol of warning.
Zeta—do not land. Death.
Then, we saw it. An unmarked planet, its far side distantly aglow with industry.
Somebody yet lived.
#vss365
Our earliest triumphs, most were now marked with the gigantic, #sempiternal symbol of warning.
Zeta—do not land. Death.
Then, we saw it. An unmarked planet, its far side distantly aglow with industry.
Somebody yet lived.
#vss365
After a protracted struggle, it was time to abandon our stratum. We would have to risk the surface.
Demolition teams worked overtime.
They put our demons to sleep, wrought a #lullaby of screeching metal and grinding stone.
And that was the end.
Until the tremors started.
#vss365
Demolition teams worked overtime.
They put our demons to sleep, wrought a #lullaby of screeching metal and grinding stone.
And that was the end.
Until the tremors started.
#vss365
March 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We passed the threshold. We were too late.
Years were wasted on the #myopic arguments over where to put survivors, who should take what portion of the blame.
When the second event horizon came, nobody was ready.
Now even time itself is bleeding.
We have only moments left.
#vss365
Years were wasted on the #myopic arguments over where to put survivors, who should take what portion of the blame.
When the second event horizon came, nobody was ready.
Now even time itself is bleeding.
We have only moments left.
#vss365
March 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If you ever need a geofence fixed in The Glade, you go to the fox. Can't tell you what they look like; they never speak nor take the mask off.
A genius with spiritech though.
Donning a #flocculent pullover, they're off in a trice.
You'll be back online before nightfall.
#vss365
A genius with spiritech though.
Donning a #flocculent pullover, they're off in a trice.
You'll be back online before nightfall.
#vss365
March 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you ever need a geofence fixed in The Glade, you go to the fox. Can't tell you what they look like; they never speak nor take the mask off.
A genius with spiritech though.
Donning a #flocculent pullover, they're off in a trice.
You'll be back online before nightfall.
#vss365
A genius with spiritech though.
Donning a #flocculent pullover, they're off in a trice.
You'll be back online before nightfall.
#vss365
Setting up a protection circle around town was as convoluted as possible.
The #rigamarole of requisitioning books and demonstrating arcane competence was all very much deliberate.
Simple sigils could easily go very awry.
The world did not need another 50-year Inferno.
#vss365
The #rigamarole of requisitioning books and demonstrating arcane competence was all very much deliberate.
Simple sigils could easily go very awry.
The world did not need another 50-year Inferno.
#vss365
March 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Setting up a protection circle around town was as convoluted as possible.
The #rigamarole of requisitioning books and demonstrating arcane competence was all very much deliberate.
Simple sigils could easily go very awry.
The world did not need another 50-year Inferno.
#vss365
The #rigamarole of requisitioning books and demonstrating arcane competence was all very much deliberate.
Simple sigils could easily go very awry.
The world did not need another 50-year Inferno.
#vss365
Dealing with Brakus meant dealing on the undermarket.
Untracked transactions and money from who-knows-where. Best not to ask.
Just buying #incognito could get you in the pit for life, but this was the only place for us normals to get medicine.
It would always be worth it.
#vss365
Untracked transactions and money from who-knows-where. Best not to ask.
Just buying #incognito could get you in the pit for life, but this was the only place for us normals to get medicine.
It would always be worth it.
#vss365
March 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Dealing with Brakus meant dealing on the undermarket.
Untracked transactions and money from who-knows-where. Best not to ask.
Just buying #incognito could get you in the pit for life, but this was the only place for us normals to get medicine.
It would always be worth it.
#vss365
Untracked transactions and money from who-knows-where. Best not to ask.
Just buying #incognito could get you in the pit for life, but this was the only place for us normals to get medicine.
It would always be worth it.
#vss365