Franklin added, “Thin lips. Hers hands looked rough. Wore one of those tourist shirts, tan pants, and boots.”
“Say,” said Kamea, “She wear a silver pendant shaped like a three-blade propeller?”
Franklin blinked. “Yes.”
“Green eyes?”
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“Say,” said Kamea, “She wear a silver pendant shaped like a three-blade propeller?”
Franklin blinked. “Yes.”
“Green eyes?”
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Franklin added, “Thin lips. Hers hands looked rough. Wore one of those tourist shirts, tan pants, and boots.”
“Say,” said Kamea, “She wear a silver pendant shaped like a three-blade propeller?”
Franklin blinked. “Yes.”
“Green eyes?”
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“Say,” said Kamea, “She wear a silver pendant shaped like a three-blade propeller?”
Franklin blinked. “Yes.”
“Green eyes?”
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He leaned forward to check the road. Nothing stirred on the end that disappeared into the koa forest backdropped by the local volcano. On the end that snaked down toward the beach, two figures silhouetted against the deep red tropical dusk walked toward him.
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The word for November 10th is "local"
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The word for November 10th is "local"
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
He leaned forward to check the road. Nothing stirred on the end that disappeared into the koa forest backdropped by the local volcano. On the end that snaked down toward the beach, two figures silhouetted against the deep red tropical dusk walked toward him.
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The corpse of the troll lay at the bottom of the river, turned to stone. Apparently the sun petrified them even if they were already dead. The troll’s shape was lost, the contours blurred. It was rather like the pictures of old shipwrecks he’d seen
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November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The corpse of the troll lay at the bottom of the river, turned to stone. Apparently the sun petrified them even if they were already dead. The troll’s shape was lost, the contours blurred. It was rather like the pictures of old shipwrecks he’d seen
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Kinda reminds me of a moment in one of my stories when our POV character learns that when you're 14 and the falling woman is full-grown, grabbing her wrist doesn't mean you'll save her, it means you'll join her.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Kinda reminds me of a moment in one of my stories when our POV character learns that when you're 14 and the falling woman is full-grown, grabbing her wrist doesn't mean you'll save her, it means you'll join her.
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She hurdled a tree trunk and gained a little ground. Tachibana had fallen well behind, but surely this little man who sat in his house fiddling with some gadget for years was about ready to drop. She caught his figure as it passed through a tiny patch of sunlight.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
She hurdled a tree trunk and gained a little ground. Tachibana had fallen well behind, but surely this little man who sat in his house fiddling with some gadget for years was about ready to drop. She caught his figure as it passed through a tiny patch of sunlight.
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Tachibana edged toward the window, the revolver in his hand cocked and levelled. “Sounds like you got him.”
Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
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Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
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November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tachibana edged toward the window, the revolver in his hand cocked and levelled. “Sounds like you got him.”
Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
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Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
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“Hang on.” Stella whispered. She waved her arm through a wide arc and touched nothing. She crouched, and her probing fingers found flat stones and gravel. “I think we found a trail. If we stick with it, it should lead somewhere.”
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November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“Hang on.” Stella whispered. She waved her arm through a wide arc and touched nothing. She crouched, and her probing fingers found flat stones and gravel. “I think we found a trail. If we stick with it, it should lead somewhere.”
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“Yeah? Well, you only got one left, and that peashooter can’t hit a barn past six feet. Behind these nice metal controls, I got nothing to worry about.”
Stella steadied the little pistol across her other arm. “Just one question. Who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?”
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Stella steadied the little pistol across her other arm. “Just one question. Who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?”
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The word for November 3rd is "nice"
Regular reminder to put Alt Text on your graphics!
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The word for November 3rd is "nice"
Regular reminder to put Alt Text on your graphics!
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November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Yeah? Well, you only got one left, and that peashooter can’t hit a barn past six feet. Behind these nice metal controls, I got nothing to worry about.”
Stella steadied the little pistol across her other arm. “Just one question. Who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?”
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Stella steadied the little pistol across her other arm. “Just one question. Who are you trying to convince? Me? Or you?”
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Thalassa’s voice came out flat, no more eager to say the answer than Torsten was to hear it. The crab legs on her forehead quivered. “Generally, if they find men, they will kill them, eat them, or enslave them.”
Torsten shook his head. “I wonder which is worse? Monsters.”
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Torsten shook his head. “I wonder which is worse? Monsters.”
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Happy Halloween! Anyone doing fun party stuff? (I have no IRL friends where I live so let me live vicariously through you. 😂)
The #WIPSnips word for October 31st is "monster"
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The #WIPSnips word for October 31st is "monster"
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thalassa’s voice came out flat, no more eager to say the answer than Torsten was to hear it. The crab legs on her forehead quivered. “Generally, if they find men, they will kill them, eat them, or enslave them.”
Torsten shook his head. “I wonder which is worse? Monsters.”
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Torsten shook his head. “I wonder which is worse? Monsters.”
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She scribbled the total on the back of a business card and handed it over. “How’s that look?”
Vincent shook his head. “Reasonable, I guess. Frankly, I don’t care. If I don’t do everything I possibly can to save those people, Foster Hankins will take me apart with a hacksaw."
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Vincent shook his head. “Reasonable, I guess. Frankly, I don’t care. If I don’t do everything I possibly can to save those people, Foster Hankins will take me apart with a hacksaw."
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October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
She scribbled the total on the back of a business card and handed it over. “How’s that look?”
Vincent shook his head. “Reasonable, I guess. Frankly, I don’t care. If I don’t do everything I possibly can to save those people, Foster Hankins will take me apart with a hacksaw."
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Vincent shook his head. “Reasonable, I guess. Frankly, I don’t care. If I don’t do everything I possibly can to save those people, Foster Hankins will take me apart with a hacksaw."
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Jesse thought about the serrated teeth he’d seen. He looked back at the feeble figure behind him. “I said scram!” He charged and the animals scuttled away. Jesse picked one and chased it into the underbrush.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jesse thought about the serrated teeth he’d seen. He looked back at the feeble figure behind him. “I said scram!” He charged and the animals scuttled away. Jesse picked one and chased it into the underbrush.
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Ulani felt the woman’s eyes boring into his badge. “Ah, yessir. See the color?” He pointed at the pale orange glitter in the second-story window. “A crack opened in the lunchroom. All the way down to the lava. No one’s allowed inside.”
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October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ulani felt the woman’s eyes boring into his badge. “Ah, yessir. See the color?” He pointed at the pale orange glitter in the second-story window. “A crack opened in the lunchroom. All the way down to the lava. No one’s allowed inside.”
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Below, the rolling fields of snow glowed with moonlight. Against that stark backdrop, something black pushed across the white. It moved in spurts, like a machine on the brink of breaking down. But it weaved and shuffled and corrected its course like a living thing. #WIPSnips #DistantLands
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The word for October 20th is "field"
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The word for October 20th is "field"
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Below, the rolling fields of snow glowed with moonlight. Against that stark backdrop, something black pushed across the white. It moved in spurts, like a machine on the brink of breaking down. But it weaved and shuffled and corrected its course like a living thing. #WIPSnips #DistantLands
A voice like sand in the wind said, “There was an extra loaf! One’s gone!”
“You look here, I’ll ask Xebi!”
“Hurry! We have to find it before it gets to the other-town by the sea! Or worse, the queen finds out!”
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“You look here, I’ll ask Xebi!”
“Hurry! We have to find it before it gets to the other-town by the sea! Or worse, the queen finds out!”
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The #WIPSnips word for October 17th is "loaf"
As a side note, I am at Multiverse Con for the rest of the weekend, so if something needs my attention, please DM me!
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As a side note, I am at Multiverse Con for the rest of the weekend, so if something needs my attention, please DM me!
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October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A voice like sand in the wind said, “There was an extra loaf! One’s gone!”
“You look here, I’ll ask Xebi!”
“Hurry! We have to find it before it gets to the other-town by the sea! Or worse, the queen finds out!”
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“You look here, I’ll ask Xebi!”
“Hurry! We have to find it before it gets to the other-town by the sea! Or worse, the queen finds out!”
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Stella stood there with the bloody machete at the ready for a long moment before she slipped down to one knee. “Jesse? C’mon down,” she huffed, “That lizard might change his mind again, we need to get away from here.”
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October 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Stella stood there with the bloody machete at the ready for a long moment before she slipped down to one knee. “Jesse? C’mon down,” she huffed, “That lizard might change his mind again, we need to get away from here.”
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“You ever seen one?”
“I’ve seen things that were just as ‘impossible.’”
“You ever told the newspapers?”
Torsten set his powerful jaw. “No. I found there were powerful people who didn’t care to hear it.”
Gunter’s eye gleamed oddly. “You talking about the sea serpent?”
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“I’ve seen things that were just as ‘impossible.’”
“You ever told the newspapers?”
Torsten set his powerful jaw. “No. I found there were powerful people who didn’t care to hear it.”
Gunter’s eye gleamed oddly. “You talking about the sea serpent?”
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October 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“You ever seen one?”
“I’ve seen things that were just as ‘impossible.’”
“You ever told the newspapers?”
Torsten set his powerful jaw. “No. I found there were powerful people who didn’t care to hear it.”
Gunter’s eye gleamed oddly. “You talking about the sea serpent?”
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“I’ve seen things that were just as ‘impossible.’”
“You ever told the newspapers?”
Torsten set his powerful jaw. “No. I found there were powerful people who didn’t care to hear it.”
Gunter’s eye gleamed oddly. “You talking about the sea serpent?”
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“That isn't natural. If magma pushes up to the surface, it’s under tremendous pressure, and when it reaches the surface it will be released as energy.” When Stella’s brow furrowed, he added, “You shouldn’t have a crack with magma at the bottom, you should have a new volcano.”
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The word for October 13th is "push"
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The word for October 13th is "push"
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October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“That isn't natural. If magma pushes up to the surface, it’s under tremendous pressure, and when it reaches the surface it will be released as energy.” When Stella’s brow furrowed, he added, “You shouldn’t have a crack with magma at the bottom, you should have a new volcano.”
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Stella groped for the guns next to her, but no, shooting back would only waste ammunition and put more people in danger. And the street wasn’t wide enough to maneuver either. She hunched as low as she could and hoped as a spiderweb crack spread across the windshield.
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October 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Stella groped for the guns next to her, but no, shooting back would only waste ammunition and put more people in danger. And the street wasn’t wide enough to maneuver either. She hunched as low as she could and hoped as a spiderweb crack spread across the windshield.
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“Captain,” said the sailor.
“Mister Ney.”
“Captain, I’m curious to see what these …things are. Can I go with you?”
“You know there’s danger.”
“Of course.”
“Welcome aboard, Mister Ney.”
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“Mister Ney.”
“Captain, I’m curious to see what these …things are. Can I go with you?”
“You know there’s danger.”
“Of course.”
“Welcome aboard, Mister Ney.”
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October 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Captain,” said the sailor.
“Mister Ney.”
“Captain, I’m curious to see what these …things are. Can I go with you?”
“You know there’s danger.”
“Of course.”
“Welcome aboard, Mister Ney.”
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“Mister Ney.”
“Captain, I’m curious to see what these …things are. Can I go with you?”
“You know there’s danger.”
“Of course.”
“Welcome aboard, Mister Ney.”
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“What exactly do you do to make the cracks?”
“Well, you see, gravity doesn’t work quite the same for magma. By amplifying the viscoelastic echo waves that are inherent-”
Ihe waved a hand. “Save that for the Nobel prize committee. I need to know practical functions.”
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“Well, you see, gravity doesn’t work quite the same for magma. By amplifying the viscoelastic echo waves that are inherent-”
Ihe waved a hand. “Save that for the Nobel prize committee. I need to know practical functions.”
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October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“What exactly do you do to make the cracks?”
“Well, you see, gravity doesn’t work quite the same for magma. By amplifying the viscoelastic echo waves that are inherent-”
Ihe waved a hand. “Save that for the Nobel prize committee. I need to know practical functions.”
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“Well, you see, gravity doesn’t work quite the same for magma. By amplifying the viscoelastic echo waves that are inherent-”
Ihe waved a hand. “Save that for the Nobel prize committee. I need to know practical functions.”
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“What if I climb this tree and have a look around? Maybe I could spot the lake.”
“That’ll be pretty high. How safe do you think it is?”
Jesse touched one of the knobs on the trunk. “This’ll be easy. I was a champion climber when I was ten or twelve.”
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“That’ll be pretty high. How safe do you think it is?”
Jesse touched one of the knobs on the trunk. “This’ll be easy. I was a champion climber when I was ten or twelve.”
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The #WIPSnips word for October 7th is "safe"
Sorry to those who expect an earlier post, there was a scheduling issue.
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Sorry to those who expect an earlier post, there was a scheduling issue.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“What if I climb this tree and have a look around? Maybe I could spot the lake.”
“That’ll be pretty high. How safe do you think it is?”
Jesse touched one of the knobs on the trunk. “This’ll be easy. I was a champion climber when I was ten or twelve.”
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“That’ll be pretty high. How safe do you think it is?”
Jesse touched one of the knobs on the trunk. “This’ll be easy. I was a champion climber when I was ten or twelve.”
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“Listen, get someone over here to pick up this garbage. There’s two button men in my Sikorsky S-38. Orange paint job, says ‘Lily’ on the side. Their accomplice is at the end of the dock. Little blond twerp with lock picks, you can’t miss him.”
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October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Listen, get someone over here to pick up this garbage. There’s two button men in my Sikorsky S-38. Orange paint job, says ‘Lily’ on the side. Their accomplice is at the end of the dock. Little blond twerp with lock picks, you can’t miss him.”
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"But why didn’t anybody notice? Would there be anyone around here at night?”
Manuku jerked a thumb at the general store. “The store owner and his family sleep inside.”
“Then it’s a miracle they didn’t hear him. This guy’s way too lucky.”
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Manuku jerked a thumb at the general store. “The store owner and his family sleep inside.”
“Then it’s a miracle they didn’t hear him. This guy’s way too lucky.”
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October 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"But why didn’t anybody notice? Would there be anyone around here at night?”
Manuku jerked a thumb at the general store. “The store owner and his family sleep inside.”
“Then it’s a miracle they didn’t hear him. This guy’s way too lucky.”
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Manuku jerked a thumb at the general store. “The store owner and his family sleep inside.”
“Then it’s a miracle they didn’t hear him. This guy’s way too lucky.”
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“Sounds like you got him.”
Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
“What, you’ve shot people before?”
“… One or two.”
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Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
“What, you’ve shot people before?”
“… One or two.”
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October 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Sounds like you got him.”
Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
“What, you’ve shot people before?”
“… One or two.”
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Stella lay where she was, her vision focused down the sights and hunting for any movement. “No, I just scared him. There’s a different scream when you hit them.”
“What, you’ve shot people before?”
“… One or two.”
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Holly shook her head and sighed. “Stay with the river. There’s a wide track at the entrance to the valley, flanked by two boulders. Follow it, and you’ll find Trollhulen. You’ll know it because the entrance is blacker than the night.”
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Holy October, Batman! How's it October already? I don't know, but I'm here for spooky season!
The #WIPSnips word for October 1 is "river"
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The #WIPSnips word for October 1 is "river"
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October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Holly shook her head and sighed. “Stay with the river. There’s a wide track at the entrance to the valley, flanked by two boulders. Follow it, and you’ll find Trollhulen. You’ll know it because the entrance is blacker than the night.”
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