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Official Bluesky Account of The Wanderer's Library, sister site to @scpwiki.com. Writing, art, and good community. The apostrophe goes wherever you like. Header Art by UncertaintyCrossing

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18. "The House Lights Are Up" by AKAM80

> A lanky man in a dull, white coat leaned on the front counter of the pharmacy, staring out a large window, past the cracked and pot hole infested parking lot.

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The inside of an orange pill bottle, multiple adderall pills sitting at the bottom, bathed in the orange glow of the bottle. Picture not included in linked story.
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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17. "Lord Nail and the Evergreen Lady" by Gaffsey

> Billowing and tawny, a lover's lament for one far-gone and long-lost, it rolled like gentle smoke in the air. No one agreed on its name, just as no one agreed on its exact contents.

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Cross-hatched illustration of a hand pinching a sewing needle between its thumb and pointer fingers. Picture not included in linked story.
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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16. "Ships in the Night" by Uncle Nicolini & AstersQuill

> This is a story of two ships passing in the night.

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A road curves out of sight in a thick, dark forest.
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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15. "Exit the Garden" by Rednodge

> frangible / withered / stems / bend / and / snap / like / ligament / from / frantic / disused / figures / You do not belong here / This is not your garden

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Black and white illustration of a garden. Small statues of humanoid figures hang on one frieze to the left, but the centerpiece is a fountain in the center. Two small statues flank it and a small willow grows in its center. Two streams of water pour in arcs from both sides of the fountain. The walls are covered in moss/vines. Picture not included in linked poem.
January 1, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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14. "Diner Communion" by Snapdragon133

> Slowly, a silence falls upon the car. One restaurant plays upon our lips, the golden apple of late-night not-quite fine-dining. In fact, it would be more accurate to describe it as a diner, not a restaurant.

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The exterior of a Waffle House late at night. Light spills out from the interior and the yellow wrap around the top is glowing. Picture not included in linked story.
January 1, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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13. "Message in a Patchwork Bottle" by Naleth

> Tapestries whose threads record heroes’ fated births.
> Crystal tablets singing of golems’ lucid dreams.
> Books no living hand can ever hope to open.
> So much wonder rests in this endless library.

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A dirty, cracked bottle filled with murky seawater. The bottle sits upon the stones and sand of a beach. Picture not included in linked story.
January 1, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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12. "The Kingdom" by aismallard

> There exists a great kingdom.
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> It is the only form in the endless pitch of the void. Its brilliant marble, ivory, and alabaster shines against the darkness...

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Mountainous terrain with the ruins of a castle on the very top of the rock. It is difficult to distinguish the manmade elements from the mountain. Picture not included in linked story.
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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11. "Dragon Egg" by Steven Choros

> Fish for the customers, children for the old fisherman. (...) If the suitcases contained living children every time or just their cut meat, he would be rich.

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An egg that has many brown splotches across its light tan surface. The picture is grainy. Picture not included in linked story.
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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10. "This Day in Spacetime" by JavaPanda

> On the first day, I became best friends with the wall. / I spent my free time staring at its pale emptiness / as my mind was in another space.

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A rusted, antique, metal key that has two-ends. One side is larger than the other and in the center of the rod is a heart-shaped handle. Picture not included in linked story.
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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9. "shards of a glass statue" by UncannyClown

> Maybe it exploded, / on this world and i took / in for the first time the / desert that my soul had / become and i felt the / glass shards lacerating

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Glass shards collected in the shattered stem of a drinking glass, some stained with blood. Picture not included in linked poem.
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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8. "Flowers In The Shadow" by Lordmafika

> The area surrounding the temple burned fiercely. Centuries of history were reduced to ashes in seconds. But it was all a facade protecting something deeper. Something darker.

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Red blood spatter.
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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7. "The Modern Asylum" by Godfrey Tholen

> I can not give any man or woman an accurate description of what it truly feels like. It’s like describing a color, I like to imagine it like the color Red.

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Nine different shades of red in a 3x3 pattern. Picture not included in linked story.
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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6. "All Consuming Fire" by Plilt

> Hixat-lik could practically feel the flames lick their haunches as they raced through the grassland. Six legs couldn't take them over what had once been their home fast enough...

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A forest fire, picture taken on the ground from within the forest. Picture not included in linked story.
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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5. "The Tail of our Pride" by Chaos Conductor

> A vile creature creeps on the tree's naked dried branch, slowly heading towards the moonlight, intrigued by its sudden presence.

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Old, grainy illustration of a beast similar to a lion prowling a forest. The lion's face is hidden. Picture not included in linked story.
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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4. "The Plains" by Arclund

> Winter had set in across the Plains, which meant rain, and that meant the wagon’s youngest occupant was beyond miserable.

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Plains scattered with trees along with morning fog aglow from the sun. Fence posts dot the otherwise grassy landscape. Picture not included in linked story.
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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3. "Sunflower" by good_vibrations

> In the little café I visit for breakfast, my favorite spot is in the far corner wedged against the wall. (...) You can tell a lot about a person just from the combination of laptop, literature, and comportment.

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A bright sunflower on a black background. Picture not included in linked story.
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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2. "Necromancer, New Romancer" by Din-Bidor

> Saar-Lo drops to all fours and crawls his way to the edge of the rooftop, dragging his distended stomach over the concrete and loose gravel to momentarily appease its demands for nourishment.

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Old illustration of a naked person either standing or floating in a river. Another naked person appears to be falling into the river. Picture not included in linked story.
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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1. "A Fish Dreaming of Fire" by SardineCan_1347

> Is that distant fire still burning?
> A fish thought.
> In the faraway lands, is the fire still burning?
> How many did it kill?
> How many faceless ones, in that distant land, did a fire kill?

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Original collage by SardineCan_1347 featuring two fish on a background of greens and blues, one of which is cut open in two places. The first cut exposes its flesh, ribs, and heart and a brain with a small person behind jail bars in the other. That same fish has a bright halo around its head. The other fish is unaltered.
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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We have a fantastic group of first time and returning authors, with a wide variety of pieces all from our Outsiders & Outcasts theme to share.

Over the next week we'll be posting random selections from the 20 pieces posted for the contest each day, so look out for those!

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December 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Please feel free to read the wonderful entries to the contest to help decide the stories that will head each of Wing Three's shelves! More info. on the nom. thread linked here:

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Noms. end Jan. 4 12 PM CST

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Wing Three Contest! - The Wanderers' Library
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December 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM