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Profane Tmesis
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I write short stories and web serials. You can read them at https://profane-tmesis.info
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Ok let's bluesky

I write short stories. My most popular one is probably this one: profane-tmesis.info/a-week-in-th...

I also have a web serial ongoing at royal road: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1131...

I hail from the fediverse, but I'm interested to see what BS has to offer.

#introduction
A week in the life of
I feel strange when I emerge from the scanner. I guess it's not really an MRI scanner any more, but it still feels like I've had an eight hour scan under some heavy narcotics. My thoughts are slow, un...
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Truth be told I sometimes use big words I don't fully understand just to make me sound cleverer and more ambidextrous.
November 7, 2023 at 4:46 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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glad to know tory mp robert jenrick enjoys a casual (checks notes) friday afternoon cum drinking session
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Just realized: being "the man" is an auto-antonym.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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I bought something called "long chips". They're like pringles, but very long and perfectly rectangular.

It's end of the world stuff.
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Made it to the first page of the #RoyalRoad short stories ranking.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New chapter in A Vigil for Humanity. Part one has ended. The beginning of Part Two. Context switch. Assume the brace position.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1131...

#chapter #novel #webserial #royalroad
Days 15–18 - A vigil for humanity
Day 15 I had coffee with Simone today. She kept pointing out to me what a milestone that was. For me personally, and for the planet as a whole. The population began to plant coffee fifty years ago. We...
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June 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Out now, chapter 10 of A Vigil for Humanity. Wherein we find out how Dena's little power play with the ministerial records turned out.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1131...

#writing #fiction #royalroad
Three - A vigil for humanity
-- I suppose I must start with congratulations. The elections were remarkably well-organized considering that your country has so little experience with genuine electoral process. I believe that was d...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
There is a place at the end of the fjord, just at the treeline. If you sit there and breathe regularly and look out over the water the world stops. It just freezes.

You could make a fortune somehow, I'm sure. But it's such a peaceful place, I've always just sat there.

#vss365 #stop
June 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The tidal swell holds half the planet's water. It's forced through a narrow canyon over a few hours.

It carves out mountains. 40 000 km on, the wave plows into a subduction zone. In the violence, the mountains around the strait are crushed together. Just in time for the next wave.

#vss365 #strait
June 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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"Oof, listen guy, it's a credit to your kind for reaching me, but we don't do universe backups more frequently than once every million years, too much splintering otherwise --- it's complicated. I'm sorry humans made some irreversible errors, but I can't reboot to yesterday."

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#vss365 (splinter)
June 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A #splinter in the shape of something lost,
She haunts the frame they carved to keep her still.
Not broken—just divided by the cost
Of holding grace inside a shattered will.

#vss365 #poetry #blueskypoets
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Cigarette smoke stings his eyes as he pours the gin. His editor crackles from the receiver.

"You know how many writers would kill for the cover story of Fantastic Tales? Just the title, Ben. Tell me you have it."
"Time... splinter."
"Eh... sure. Just get me 4000 words tomorrow."

#vss365 #splinter
June 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Jeremy thought life was going according to plan. The ceremony would be the crowning glory.

But life is not a movie. Fortunes can turn on a dime, even when you do everything right.

God apologized in heaven. Nothing personal. He just needs the odd cautionary tale now and then.

#vss365 #caution
June 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Somebody asked on twitter to adapt one of my stories (maybe a hustler, it's hard to tell). In any case, I've decided to release all my short stories under CC-BY.

https://profane-tmesis.info/about

That means anybody can do what they like. Run it through […]

[Original post on writing.exchange]
June 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here is the whole story on my website if you don't like reading on Royal Road.

profane-tmesis.info/aut__r-inf_c...

#writing #shortstory #fiction
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June 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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The YOSHIGOI is characterized by its long legs and short tail compared to normal wild birds. This appearance gives the yoshigoi a slightly different appearance from that of ordinary wild birds, making it easier to take photographs.

#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
June 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Little short story in the local buy nothing group.
May 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You mortals and your self-pity. Do you know what I would give for something to be genuinely over? For something to stay buried for once?

#vss365 #final
May 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM