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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 10d
Bsky has crossed 40 million users, and I just need 20 of them to commission me to write a story for them this month.

(This could technically be 1 in a 2 million story 😆)

Want to read a sample? check the link.

#WritersLife ✍️ #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #HireAWriter #Gift #BSNM
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I love how this one looks in a monochrome - profile shot of a female sunbird, perched on a flower.

Added it to my @inprnt.com: www.inprnt.com/gallery/luci...

Here's an extra 15% discount code: TY6OR7O

#birds #photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt
monochrome photograph of a small bird looking up, while sitting on small flower bud in front of a bloomed flower.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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I have a bunch of stories, that are waiting for a home, and I do hope they find one soon, because I really want to share with you all (I'm actually proud of some of them)

so fingers crossed.

#IAmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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there was a period where I actually made vector text art... I should find the original file and put it up on inprnt!

#DigitalArt #Typography
"Fuck | Hindi" Journal for Sale by lucidillusions
The word written in Hindi language. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Sent out my first commissioned story last night, now looking for 19 more people who'd like to commission for one this month!

(Maybe gift a whimsical story to someone you love)

✨ 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 ✨

#WritersLife ✍️ #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #HireAWriter #Gift #BSNM
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Day 11 of #NanoFictionNovember (something spooky but funny)

A vertically challenged ghost being bad at his poltergeist duties because of it!

585 words • 3 min read

ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2...

#WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky #Funny
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Made an artwork for this week's #FlashFictionFriday story.

It will be out on Nov 14, Friday, you should become a @patreon.com member so you get it in your inbox!

www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus...

#BookSky #StoryPromo #IAmWriting #WriterSky #ReaderSky
A shadow entity floating in front of the text that says from the shadow. it has lots of tentacles and one eye.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#FlashFiction inspired merch should be a thing, right?

if someone wants this as a #sticker: www.inprnt.com/gallery/luci...

Extra 15% discount code: TY6OR7O (active store-wide)

#DarkArt #BSNM #Art4Sale #PromoSky #BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTheGround -- and I might have to re-share a pic or two (since a little caught up to edit pictures)

Lesser Adjutant stork, peafowl (male), thick-knee, little egret.

🪶 🌿🖌️
#Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
a large bird, looking towards the photographer with a frog in its beak - the belly is towards the photographer - and the head towards the stork. the frog is caught across the neck, and two of its hind legs are dangling. the bird is large with black wings, and grey belly, it has a white head, with tuft of hair (resembling some evil mad scientist) - blue eyes and pale coloured beak. there is green grass all around it, and near its leg you can see soil where it has dug to find the frog. a peafowl sitting between grass on a flat area, just after finishing it's dance and lowering the tail. in the background you can see trees with green and brown leaves. a bird with long legs, and thick knees - the color is mainly white and various shades of brown and black. it has a yellow eye. it has a thick beak, mostly black in the front half. it's in front of dry leaves on ground, which helps the bird camouflage in plain sight. an egret with yellow feet, black legs and blackbeak, has its head focused on the ground to find some food (fish discards) - it has a lot of breeding plumage visible) there's a large ferry behind it, out of focus, red, yellow and black colored.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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it's me, the cute barista~~
thebluemango.in Shweta @thebluemango.in · 8h
I hate it when the cute barista puts too much ice in my coffee ugh
A white Cup of iced cold coffee made by my husband with a lot of ice cubes, that I have taken out of the cup and put in one of the compartments of the steel plate. You can still see a single ice cube floating in the coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Made an artwork for this week's #FlashFictionFriday story.

It will be out on Nov 14, Friday, you should become a @patreon.com member so you get it in your inbox!

www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus...

#BookSky #StoryPromo #IAmWriting #WriterSky #ReaderSky
A shadow entity floating in front of the text that says from the shadow. it has lots of tentacles and one eye.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This is rather good.

analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/zig-za...
Zig-Zag Band "Chigiyo Music Kings 1987-1998" (Analog Africa No.42), by Analog Africa
13 track album
analogafrica.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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"Spires of Ice" #nanonano #flashfiction
Spires of Ice
The icy wind snatched the breath from my mouth. Professor Xue had said this was late spring here, but it felt like early winter. Being so close to the glacier probably wasn't helping. I tucked my chin in and got back to work. Drilling for soil samples was hard work in the half-thawed ground, the drill would get stuck and only by jiggling it back and forth for what felt like an age, had it continue down into the different layers of soil.
yheela.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
lucidillusions.in
Day 11 of #NanoFictionNovember (something spooky but funny)

A vertically challenged ghost being bad at his poltergeist duties because of it!

585 words • 3 min read

ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2...

#WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky #Funny
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Day 10 of #NanoFictionNovember

The God’s godly license was about to expire, and without it, their power would be locked behind the celestial Power-as-a-Service model.

A quick 311 words • 2 min read

#WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #BookSky #ReaderSky
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Sent out my first commissioned story last night, now looking for 19 more people who'd like to commission for one this month!

(Maybe gift a whimsical story to someone you love)

✨ 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 ✨

#WritersLife ✍️ #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #HireAWriter #Gift #BSNM
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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nitajk.bsky.social
Adulterated food is widespread in India, bc laws are lax. The poor bear the brunt as they buy cheap food off the streets, fr small vendors & unknown brands. And a famous Indian temple fell into the trap too. No wonder Indians suffer from so many health issues.

tinyurl.com/39w5amcz
Rs 250 crore, 5 years: How a fake dairy duped Tirupati, provided 68,00,000 kg fake ghee - BusinessToday
As per the CBI, the promoters set up a fake ghee manufacturing unit and forged milk procurement as well as payment records.
www.businesstoday.in
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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gilbertine.bsky.social
Café ?
Cédille le chat endormi et une tasse jellycat
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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privatechand.bsky.social
The problem with the complete collapse of independent media into a morass of state propaganda is that, when it matters, there is literally no reliable information. The Delhi blast today could be anything. All I know is that they will manufacture terrorists to prosecute more anti-Muslim pogroms.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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rooklafetra.bsky.social
TIL my cats must be using meth, because there can be NO OTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATION for dogs eating shit
ryanmarino.bsky.social Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22h
This is the average person who describes themself as “moderate”
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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katecrane.bsky.social
Betraying someone vulnerable and then advising them to chin up and be the bigger person is abuser 101
whitehouse.senate.gov Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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day 2 of posting #SRK until people decide they to deserve joy.

om shanti om’s 18th birthday was yesterday so I’ll post from that, bc I’m forgetting all birthdays lately. 🙂‍↕️

if i was deserted on a desert island and could only take 5 dvds and a portable dvd player i’d take 5 copies of om shanti om.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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culturalgutter.bsky.social
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter's own @bethlovesbollywood.bsky.social offer their third episode on "Bollywood For Beginners" culturalgutter.com/2025/11/10/f...
Filmi Ladies: Bollywood for Beginners 3
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their introduction to Bollywood movies for the “Bollycurious.” “For the …
culturalgutter.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Thank you so much :)

I did get one published this month :D

If you'd like to give it a read ^_^
lucidillusions.in The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 8d
Very excited to be part of this issue!

Go ahead give this short fiction a read, about a deep sea eldritch god.

#WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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In case someone wants to use it....
November 1, 2024 at 9:39 AM