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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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Profane Tmesis @ptmesis.bsky.social · May 24
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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gupton68.bsky.social
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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goodslides.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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sitcompeople.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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direlog.bsky.social
glad to know tory mp robert jenrick enjoys a casual (checks notes) friday afternoon cum drinking session
A passage from an FT article about tory cunt robert jenrick, which reads: “Having extracted myself from our unplanned meeting point, I wait for Jenrick as he joshes with a table of 40-to-50-something-year-old men who say they're indulging in a fine British tradition: a Friday afternoon reunion cum drinking session ahead of Christmas.”
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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ptmesis.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Just realized: being "the man" is an auto-antonym.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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ageofoddish.bsky.social
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
My hand holding a shortbread cookie in the shape of an airplane. There are red sprinkles in the pattern of the survivorship bias plane. A plate of the same cookies.
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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ptmesis.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Made it to the first page of the #RoyalRoad short stories ranking.
Screenshot of the royalroad rankings for short stories, showing "a week in the life of" at the bottom.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
ptmesis.bsky.social
New chapter of A vigil for Humanity.

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

It all goes very wrong. Or maybe very right?

#chapter #serial #novel #royalroad
Days 24–28 - A vigil for humanity
Day 24 Romance—or sex for that matter—is not forbidden in the Vigil. Even with members of the population. But the strongest rules are the ones that do not need to be spoken out loud. With each other, ...
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July 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
ptmesis.bsky.social
New chapter.

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

#serial #chapter #fiction #royalroad
Days 21–23 - A vigil for humanity
21 Days The owner of the coffee bar struck up a conversation with me today. I've been coming in every day for a coffee. Mostly for lack of something better to do. There was nobody else in the bar. Mos...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
ptmesis.bsky.social
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
ptmesis.bsky.social
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
ptmesis.bsky.social
New chapter: A Wedge.

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

#writing #royalroad #serial #chapter
A wedge - A vigil for humanity
Dena makes the walk down to the basement to return a set of files. He has a ministry full of assistants. Many people would be happy to do this for him, so that he could remain at his desk. As the inte...
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June 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ptmesis.bsky.social
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
ptmesis.bsky.social
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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palindrometry.bsky.social
"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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lioraelberh-rivory.bsky.social
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
ptmesis.bsky.social
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
ptmesis.bsky.social
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]
Can I use or adapt something you’ve written? All short stories currently published on the front page are released under CC-BY 4.0. That means you are free to use any material from them, or to adapt them for commercial or non-commercial work, so long as you credit me. The form of credit depends a little on the medium you use. I’d prefer credit at the start (where that makes sense), but at the end is fine too. Where possible, please include the title of the original story and a link to the website. If this is not possible, reach out to me on Bluesky or mastodon to discuss. Fan art is fair use, and does not require credit. Don’t expect me to endorse something you make. Even if it’s good, it might simply not be what I imagined when I wrote the story. This applies especially if generative AI is involved. I’m not fully anti-AI, but I do find that these works are currently quite low effort and derivative by nature, with little respect for the work that went into the styles they ape. Still, technology evolves, and I’m always happy to be proved wrong. ... AI training This license includes the right to use these stories in AI training data. However, if the resulting AI system spits out something that is similar enough to my stories to be covered by copyright, then it’s the responsibility of the system to give credit. If this is not technically possible, then the stories should not be included.
June 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
ptmesis.bsky.social
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
AUT__R INF_CT_D
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June 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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watanabetakao.bsky.social
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
ptmesis.bsky.social
The final chapter of AUT__R INF_CT_D is out now.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1178...

Thank you for reading.

#writing #serial #shortstory #royalroad
Emergence - AUT__R INF_CT_D
These days I spend a lot of time thinking. I try to go for short walks. I leave my glasses at home and wear earplugs. It should be quite safe. I can see other people, occasionally, in the distance, bu...
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June 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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aubreyhirsch.bsky.social
Little short story in the local buy nothing group.
Screenshot of a facebook post advertising “Baby crocs. 2/3 infant size. Never worn” with a picture of rainbow baby crocs
May 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
ptmesis.bsky.social
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