Does a large age gap set a relationship up for failure? --- Read "The Wrong Shampoo" by Amber Kusmenko. #shortstory #fiction #dating buff.ly/i4k9K8k
Break in the Routine

Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta THE INTERNAL CLOCK in my head chimed. It was time. The rhythm of the house is usually absolute. First, the distant hum of the heater kicks on. Then, the creak of the floorbo…

effy: a literary magazine

Ebook: https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences

The painter of the universe, known as Life, just wanted to fulfill her reason for being, by creating a universe full of beautiful wonders and living things, but her twin brother, Death, exists solely to destroy her work, leading to an intractable argument about whose work should prevail.

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Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Jina Shim [email protected] Carroll Alder [email protected] #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory #fiction #booksky
The River’s Choice

I followed the hiking trail along the ridge until it descended to where a river split around a wooded island. The water moved with spring energy, swollen from snowmelt, its surface catching the afternoon light in shifting patterns. At the split, I stopped to watch how the current divided – some water peeling left, some right, both flows wrapping around the island before rejoining downstream. There was no hesitation in the division, no ...

read on: 🔗 https://brush-and-tale.com/the-wanderers-tales/the-rivers-choice/

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i wrote a piece of micro-fiction called "The Monster / Master Dialectic" for the writing club(s) i am part of: https://catileptic.tech/posts/writing-exercise-monster-master-dialectic/

this is an experiment with the second-person narrator, and an exploration of the idea of "the monstrous" presence in society even in a utopia where "the revolution has succeeded"

#microfiction #writing #shortstory

(writing exercise) The Monster / Master Dialectic

This is catileptic. I move slow and fix things. I'm a tech activist, hacker, and a community-building person.

Meine aktuelle #Kurzgeschichte ist irgendwie ein schlimmes Monster geworden, in der es um #Tsatsiki, Aerobic-Bodys und Frisuren aus den 80s geht…

Und ich weiß nicht wie das passiert ist, noch wo das hinführen soll… 🤔🤨

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Finished reading Thomas Ha's "Uncertain Sons And Other Stories."
https://amzn.to/4nXAE4h
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This was a really impressive collection of #horror, #Weird, and #SciFi #ShortStories. Hope to read more of his fiction soon.
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