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Morris Wayts
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Burned dirt person (coffee drinker), Xennial, he/him, proud kitchenwitch.
Writing SFF/Horror mostly on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/morris_wayts, links to everything in my linktree! https://linktr.ee/morris.wayts

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New #wip #snippet of a #fantasy #story I am conjuring from a prompt - probably going to change a bit, but still wanted to share on #wipwednesday!

#amwriting
Unvemo held her at arm’s length to look into her face, but she tilted her head down, the drops impacting in the dust afore her bare feet. “Did I say something wrong? Did I make you cry, my love? I am so sorry!” She shook her head. “No, these are not tears. I don’t know what it is, but I am not crying.” “Then it’s rain that wasn’t brave enough to fall, and you showed it the way?” That made her laugh. “As if the rain would be afraid to fall and become a mighty, unstoppable river.” “Neither are you.” The words shook her to the core. He truly thought she wasn’t afraid. Even really believed it, with all his heart. What a wondrous, marvelous feeling that was. Shock and relief, joy and terror, and love abundant, all in one.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I like the river, and enjoy crossing it on days like that one. 😊
A dark river flowing under a light blue evening sky, through an Austrian city, street lanterns already on.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Growing up were there any moments in movies that traumatized you?
The Red Bull from The Last Unicorn, in all his red flaming fury and malice.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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If I had to build it, I would make the arches first (from wood, probably, same material strength as the stone would be).
Then hammer some nails in the midst of the wood, and stretch some string between them (see pic).
Then I would cut a piece of wood to length, drill a hole in the middle... (1/2)
depiction of a church window arch, with multiple decorations and crude red lines where I would stretch the string between nails.
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Small office joys
A tea glass half filled with several espresso shots
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Was searching for a certain picture and now I am missing summer already. I mean, I don't miss the sweating and the gnats, but... this:
Typical Austrian landscape - a lake surrounded by woody mountains speckled with green meadows, beneath a blue summer sky under a very bright sun.
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Bonus picture because pretty
Grey clouds tinted light pink by the sunset afore a blue evening sky
October 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#lookup going for a evening walk
#writerslife #amnotwritingrightnow
Clouds in an evening sky above a green field, with woods in the background
October 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Also if you want a video of my character driving a space garbage collector, you better get me up to 50. 🤣
A picture of a MISC Raptor, a space garbage collector vehicle in Star Citizen, with a very happy NPC driving it.
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My energy:
a wet polar bear resting awkwardly on the edge of their pool in a zoo, caption: "How is a bear supposed to wander the world without their coffee". And I ask you, how are they? How am I supposed to do anything without my coffee? I mean, I have coffe, but it doesn't have any effect yet, I need more coffee, and also, why am I bound by capitalism to this office chair when I should be writing stories, drink coffee and cook good meals in between? Huh? Why, I ask, and with me all the tired bears in the world. Why?
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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#LookUp

The sunset today was a bit ridiculous, like, I wouldn't paint that kitsch for fear of being mocked (lies, I would totally paint it if I could), but I thought I should share it with you anyway. 😜
The sinking sun painting grey clouds in gold above a light blue sky. A sunset with clouds and streaks of blue and the sun highlighting the bottom of the clouds making insane contrasts of dark grey, gold and orange. A sunset with clouds and and the sun highlighting the bottom of the clouds in orange and pink and soft grey amidst bright blue spots.
September 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Author anxiety in another nutshell...
Same same, but different.
Gru explaining a failsafe plan with different facial expression, the last one worried: 1. I wrote the short fiction! 2. I posted the short fiction! 3. People will read it! 4. People will read it...
September 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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If you see this post an Archer
Still from War of the Arrows, Nam-Yi aiming an arrow at his enemy.
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Some days I would need a sweatshirt with this print, but then everybody would know and I can't have that either:
A warning sign with "WARNING Contents Under Extreme Pressure. Handle with care." next to an explosion pictogram.
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Hey, at least it is creative and selling me a different lie than the user in other the screenshot:
Google search telling mit in the AI Overview that it is, actually, 2024, and it will be 2025 next year. (The search term: "was 2010 15 years ago?") And then listing it's calculation as a proof (of its own stupidity). And I normally don't test AI, but in the case of Google, the test comes automated with every request which I hate.
September 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Sunset giving it its all this Friday.
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A madly beautiful sunset lighting up distant clouds in orange and flooding the sky with last rays, illuminating it in orange and purple hues.
August 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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#lookup
Last fire before the night
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A sunset behind clouds beneath blue evening skies and above dark trees.
August 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Austria still has one or two corners that are easy on the eye.
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Vista on a small lake in a valley of they Alps, the mountains lined with green trees and white clouds towering in a blue sky above them, all flooded with sunshine.
August 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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In case your sky is grey as ours today, I took a picture of sun and rain battling for a patch of land two days ago. It brightens my day, so I hope yours too.
#lookup
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A cloudy sky pouring rain down on earth, but tearing up in the middle and letting the sun cast visible rays down to earth.
August 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The rain filled the river again, which is nice, don't you think?
A greenish brown river flowing between trees through a city beneath a cloudy sky.
July 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Quote with your own dramatic black and white selfie!
A writer with the face hidden good two thirds behind the blade of a two-handed axe.
July 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Look up!
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Blue evening sky with sun setting in the left lower corner, white clouds with light and shadow in them
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Bonus pic
Sunset painting whispy clouds orange and yellow in the background, and hints of blue evening sky through all of that.
June 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I did!
A spot of blue amidst grey and white clouds in the summer sky.
June 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh
A cat with glowing eyes, scowling out of a ripped open box, emanating menacing vibes as probably only an angry cat can. "Tell Schrodinger I survived"
June 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM