Some puzzle pieces don’t belong—
Yet they never stop finding their way back.

A soft, aching story about love that never asked to be seen—just felt.

🧩 The Pieces That Didn’t Fit— new on #TreazuredPen

💬 Tap to read. Reflect. Feel.

#PoeticProse #ShortStoryLove #UnspokenConnections #LoveThatDidntFit

http://treazuredpen.com/2025/06/11/%f0%9f%a7%a9-the-pieces-that-didnt-fit/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Good morning, Lovely Peeps!

This is from @rob_haines - I'm quote-boosting, but with a comment first:

Please take note of the premise: "on burnout, managed collapse, and walking the road to recovery together ❤️‍🔥 "

If this is hard to think about right now, please save for later.

But if you can manage it, it is a beautiful story with imagery that makes you stop & think "Yes. That's exactly how it is", and yet it doesn't seem awful, it seems hopeful. This is where you are, and/but this is where you are heading.

Much 💛 Everyone.

. .. ...

"I'm delighted to announce that I've got a short story in this month's issue of Factor Four magazine!

These Hearts, Who Once Held Up the Sky - on burnout, managed collapse and walking the road to recovery together ❤️‍🔥

https://factorfourmag.com/these-hearts-who-once-held-up-the-sky-by-rob-haines/

This story means a great deal to me; it's my first professional fiction sale, and feels like the natural extension of the voice I honed with my microfiction over the past few years.

Any signal boosts gratefully received"

#ShortStoryLove

🚨 #ShortStoryLove 🥰

In case you have misplaced your #autumn #ToDoList, here is a handy reminder from #TheodoraGoss

I love that checking on #frogs is first, that #laughing at your own #jokes (& sharing them with #spiders) is included, and #cycling into town for #books & #IceCream is specified with your scarf flying behind you, and - oh so many other good things.

A lovely, *lovely* gentle essay, and perfect for my mood this time of year. 🥰

Published by @UncannyMagazine , 2023

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-witch-makes-her-to-do-list/