Nicklaus Kruger
@lousynick.bsky.social
Loves books. Dances badly. Big fan of science, skepticism and just stuff, you know? Still hopes to grow up to be a dinosaur-riding ninja-superhero-spy.
My hand closed over the handle.
I stepped through the #doorway... and was plunged into a fairytale land of magic and mystery.
In the distance, a lion roared. A #dragon answered back.
The door shut behind me.
This stupid house.
Did none of these damn doors lead to a bathroom?
#vss365 #whistpr
I stepped through the #doorway... and was plunged into a fairytale land of magic and mystery.
In the distance, a lion roared. A #dragon answered back.
The door shut behind me.
This stupid house.
Did none of these damn doors lead to a bathroom?
#vss365 #whistpr
September 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
fresh fields need
wild #hearts and bare feet
mossy minds
#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #firewords280 #vsspic
wild #hearts and bare feet
mossy minds
#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #firewords280 #vsspic
September 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
fresh fields need
wild #hearts and bare feet
mossy minds
#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #firewords280 #vsspic
wild #hearts and bare feet
mossy minds
#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #firewords280 #vsspic
AI can do many things cheaper, faster and easier than humans. But can it walk while reading, fall into a hole, and not learn its lesson? Exactly.
Anyhoo, for a smarter take on AI and life, read Future Proof: Rules For Humans In the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose. It's interesting stuff.
#booksky
Anyhoo, for a smarter take on AI and life, read Future Proof: Rules For Humans In the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose. It's interesting stuff.
#booksky
September 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
AI can do many things cheaper, faster and easier than humans. But can it walk while reading, fall into a hole, and not learn its lesson? Exactly.
Anyhoo, for a smarter take on AI and life, read Future Proof: Rules For Humans In the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose. It's interesting stuff.
#booksky
Anyhoo, for a smarter take on AI and life, read Future Proof: Rules For Humans In the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose. It's interesting stuff.
#booksky
It's a bittersweet vintage, with hints of days long #past.
It tastes of #elderberries and #enchantment. Of long summer days and midnight confessions.
And her.
He sighs, and raises a glass, and opens another bottle.
But it doesn't taste the same.
Without her.
#vss365 #WildWalkPrompt #vssfantasy
It tastes of #elderberries and #enchantment. Of long summer days and midnight confessions.
And her.
He sighs, and raises a glass, and opens another bottle.
But it doesn't taste the same.
Without her.
#vss365 #WildWalkPrompt #vssfantasy
September 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's a bittersweet vintage, with hints of days long #past.
It tastes of #elderberries and #enchantment. Of long summer days and midnight confessions.
And her.
He sighs, and raises a glass, and opens another bottle.
But it doesn't taste the same.
Without her.
#vss365 #WildWalkPrompt #vssfantasy
It tastes of #elderberries and #enchantment. Of long summer days and midnight confessions.
And her.
He sighs, and raises a glass, and opens another bottle.
But it doesn't taste the same.
Without her.
#vss365 #WildWalkPrompt #vssfantasy
There are webs all over the room, strewn like #lace.
"You like spiders, huh?"
"It's mutual."
They kiss.
A sharp pain. Numbness.
She eats him slowly. Poor suffering thing.
The leftovers go to the webs.
Sharing is caring.
It's one of her #virtues.
#vssdaily #WeirdMicro #horrorprompt #vsspic
"You like spiders, huh?"
"It's mutual."
They kiss.
A sharp pain. Numbness.
She eats him slowly. Poor suffering thing.
The leftovers go to the webs.
Sharing is caring.
It's one of her #virtues.
#vssdaily #WeirdMicro #horrorprompt #vsspic
August 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There are webs all over the room, strewn like #lace.
"You like spiders, huh?"
"It's mutual."
They kiss.
A sharp pain. Numbness.
She eats him slowly. Poor suffering thing.
The leftovers go to the webs.
Sharing is caring.
It's one of her #virtues.
#vssdaily #WeirdMicro #horrorprompt #vsspic
"You like spiders, huh?"
"It's mutual."
They kiss.
A sharp pain. Numbness.
She eats him slowly. Poor suffering thing.
The leftovers go to the webs.
Sharing is caring.
It's one of her #virtues.
#vssdaily #WeirdMicro #horrorprompt #vsspic
There was a city at the edge of eternity, where men kept endless #vigil against the dark.
The City of Waterfalls & Dreams, some called it. Of stars and stories and #sensory delights.
All gone now. Ruins.
But the waterfalls still stand.
Only the dreams are broken.
#vss365 #BraveWrite #vsspic
The City of Waterfalls & Dreams, some called it. Of stars and stories and #sensory delights.
All gone now. Ruins.
But the waterfalls still stand.
Only the dreams are broken.
#vss365 #BraveWrite #vsspic
August 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There was a city at the edge of eternity, where men kept endless #vigil against the dark.
The City of Waterfalls & Dreams, some called it. Of stars and stories and #sensory delights.
All gone now. Ruins.
But the waterfalls still stand.
Only the dreams are broken.
#vss365 #BraveWrite #vsspic
The City of Waterfalls & Dreams, some called it. Of stars and stories and #sensory delights.
All gone now. Ruins.
But the waterfalls still stand.
Only the dreams are broken.
#vss365 #BraveWrite #vsspic
They #spent their last moments together in silence.
Never spoke of grief or blame. It wasn't their #nature.
"I love you," he whispered as the train pulled away.
Then he tucked the memories in his coat pocket, next to his unwritten goodbyes.
Time to #move on.
#2wordprompt #thepenflows #InkMine
Never spoke of grief or blame. It wasn't their #nature.
"I love you," he whispered as the train pulled away.
Then he tucked the memories in his coat pocket, next to his unwritten goodbyes.
Time to #move on.
#2wordprompt #thepenflows #InkMine
August 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They #spent their last moments together in silence.
Never spoke of grief or blame. It wasn't their #nature.
"I love you," he whispered as the train pulled away.
Then he tucked the memories in his coat pocket, next to his unwritten goodbyes.
Time to #move on.
#2wordprompt #thepenflows #InkMine
Never spoke of grief or blame. It wasn't their #nature.
"I love you," he whispered as the train pulled away.
Then he tucked the memories in his coat pocket, next to his unwritten goodbyes.
Time to #move on.
#2wordprompt #thepenflows #InkMine
Happy #WorldElephantDay, folks! They're big, they're brainy, and they're way more interesting and important than you might think. So hug an elephant today, okay?
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy #WorldElephantDay, folks! They're big, they're brainy, and they're way more interesting and important than you might think. So hug an elephant today, okay?
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
Happy #WorldElephantDay, folks! They're big, they're brainy, and they're way more interesting and important than you might think. So hug an elephant today, okay?
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #WorldElephantDay, folks! They're big, they're brainy, and they're way more interesting and important than you might think. So hug an elephant today, okay?
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
(Or maybe don't do that, and contribute in a less annoying way...that would be good too.)
worldelephantday.org
They let him out early.
Just another grey man walking out of Purgatory. Beaten. Broken.
But in his cold granite heart, a #rainbow storm rages.
Heaven. Hell. It didnt matter.
He has her letter in his pocket, her lipstick stains on his soul.
It's not too late.
Never too late.
#vss365 #vsspic
Just another grey man walking out of Purgatory. Beaten. Broken.
But in his cold granite heart, a #rainbow storm rages.
Heaven. Hell. It didnt matter.
He has her letter in his pocket, her lipstick stains on his soul.
It's not too late.
Never too late.
#vss365 #vsspic
August 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
His #pungent smoky breath wakes her.
"Thought you quit," she #scowls sleepily.
"Sorry, sweetie."
Satisfied, she nods off again.
Except...
He's dead. She made sure.
She jumps up.
Nobody there. Only the wind.
And a single cigarette in the ashtray.
Still burning.
#weirdmicro #vss365 #vsspic
"Thought you quit," she #scowls sleepily.
"Sorry, sweetie."
Satisfied, she nods off again.
Except...
He's dead. She made sure.
She jumps up.
Nobody there. Only the wind.
And a single cigarette in the ashtray.
Still burning.
#weirdmicro #vss365 #vsspic
August 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
His #pungent smoky breath wakes her.
"Thought you quit," she #scowls sleepily.
"Sorry, sweetie."
Satisfied, she nods off again.
Except...
He's dead. She made sure.
She jumps up.
Nobody there. Only the wind.
And a single cigarette in the ashtray.
Still burning.
#weirdmicro #vss365 #vsspic
"Thought you quit," she #scowls sleepily.
"Sorry, sweetie."
Satisfied, she nods off again.
Except...
He's dead. She made sure.
She jumps up.
Nobody there. Only the wind.
And a single cigarette in the ashtray.
Still burning.
#weirdmicro #vss365 #vsspic
At last! One year of haunting bookstores searching for a copy. Seven years of waiting between volumes. And three decades since I first found this way-too-awesome series. But now, the final volume of Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow is in my hands. See you on the other side...
#booksky #fantasy
#booksky #fantasy
August 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It took years for my sister and my niece to wear me down...but I finally read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. And you know what? It's really really good, even if it's not really my usual thing, and I can see why generations have loved it. Also, I am a stubborn idiot. Ai ja.
#booksky #classics
#booksky #classics
July 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
She types the words: "For Sale". Then she stops.
How to explain the #tiny notches marking growth spurts and accidents?
The #violet glimmer on the #blue waters as the sun sets?
Birthdays and barbecues and baby showers and...
Smiling, she adds one more word.
"Paradise."
#InkMine #vss365 #whistpr
How to explain the #tiny notches marking growth spurts and accidents?
The #violet glimmer on the #blue waters as the sun sets?
Birthdays and barbecues and baby showers and...
Smiling, she adds one more word.
"Paradise."
#InkMine #vss365 #whistpr
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
20-day TBR book challenge -the big finish!
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 20: Time and the Gods (Lord Dunsany)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #classic
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 20: Time and the Gods (Lord Dunsany)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #classic
July 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
20-day TBR book challenge -the big finish!
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 20: Time and the Gods (Lord Dunsany)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #classic
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 20: Time and the Gods (Lord Dunsany)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #classic
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf. One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 19: The Year Of Living Biblically - One Man's Quest To Follow The Bible As Literally As Possible (A.J. Jacobs)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #wacky
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf. One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 19: The Year Of Living Biblically - One Man's Quest To Follow The Bible As Literally As Possible (A.J. Jacobs)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #wacky
July 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf. One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 19: The Year Of Living Biblically - One Man's Quest To Follow The Bible As Literally As Possible (A.J. Jacobs)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #wacky
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf. One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 19: The Year Of Living Biblically - One Man's Quest To Follow The Bible As Literally As Possible (A.J. Jacobs)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #wacky
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 18: Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams (C.L. Moore)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 18: Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams (C.L. Moore)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
July 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 18: Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams (C.L. Moore)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 18: Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams (C.L. Moore)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 17: Tolkien - Author of the Century (Tom Shippey)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #writing #biography
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 17: Tolkien - Author of the Century (Tom Shippey)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #writing #biography
July 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 17: Tolkien - Author of the Century (Tom Shippey)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #writing #biography
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 17: Tolkien - Author of the Century (Tom Shippey)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #writing #biography
July 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 16: The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #YA
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 16: The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #YA
July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 16: The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #YA
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 16: The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy #YA
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 15: Cities In Flight (James Blish)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #scifi #classic
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 15: Cities In Flight (James Blish)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #scifi #classic
July 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 15: Cities In Flight (James Blish)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #scifi #classic
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 15: Cities In Flight (James Blish)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #scifi #classic
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 14: Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time (James Suzman)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #work
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 14: Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time (James Suzman)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #work
July 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 14: Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time (James Suzman)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #work
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 14: Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time (James Suzman)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #work
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 13: Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 13: Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 13: Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 13: Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 12: The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #satire
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 12: The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #satire
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 12: The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #satire
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 12: The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #satire
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 11: Corum - The Prince In The Scarlet Robe (Michael Moorcock)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 11: Corum - The Prince In The Scarlet Robe (Michael Moorcock)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
July 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
20-day TBR book challenge.
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 11: Corum - The Prince In The Scarlet Robe (Michael Moorcock)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy
Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read bookshelf (or list, stack, library hold, etc.). One book per day, for 20 days, no explanations, no excuses.
Day 11: Corum - The Prince In The Scarlet Robe (Michael Moorcock)
#booksky #20TBRbookschallenge #fantasy