There was a blanket up here, where Paz liked to watch the stars.

Sorcatty, the biggest of her three cats, put his paws on her chest and pushed. Encatment twisted between her legs.
She sat down with an awkward thump and laughed as Necrokitcy climbed onto her lap.

"A cat-nap it is, then," she agreed ruefully. "Since it seems I have no choice."

As she lay down, Encatment curled up next to her head and purred.

#TootFic #MicroFiction
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"CJ." Sen patted her calf. "We've got it. Check the roof, then - then take a break."
"After I check the river," CJ offered. "I promise." She headed upwards before Sen could argue, the cats swarming up before and after her.

The roof of their rehabbed factory was covered in protection runes. They had to check it every week, every rainfall, any time the ash fell again.

CJ stood in a clear space and looked around. The sun was shining brightly.

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Planners (Setting)

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#Modern-world & #Apocalyptic.

The Planners are just that - a vastly extended family, a linked network of people, whose goal as a family is, more than anything, to be prepared to weather any storm.

The depression, the great recession, hurricanes & blizzards, an apocalyptic crash of infrastructure: the Planners are ready for just about everything. Even a pandemic.

(They're also a gerontocracy, book hoarders, & farmers...)

http://www.lynthornealder.com/2015/03/09/landing-page-the-planners/

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Part of my #NaNoWriMo Compendium of Completion, Kith & Kin began as a flash fiction several years ago, which can be found here: http://www.lynthornealder.com/2011/09/02/kith-and-kin/

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*Kith and Kin*

Autumn has been travelling around the country & the continent to Ren Faires, craft shows, and the like for years. She's also been finding knots in the Strands that connect all beings and helping them untangle them. Solving Problems. Helping out.

When a craft festival is rained out, she takes shelter in a library. There, she meets a librarian who not only knows the Strands - but has been recording information about them for decades.

#RuralFantasy

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"Rock, Hard."

Arrise knows her father (probably), the king has tried to kill her and many of her siblings. She's done a decent job up until now of staying a live and keeping as low a profile as a princess can.

However, this year, her father has given her a wounded mercenary as a gift.

Possibly he should've given her a tiger instead; it might have been safer.

Part of my #NaNoWriMo Compendium of Completion, Rock, Hard was begun several years ago.

Blizzarded (story/setting)
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A good one to talk about today, when the snow is piling up out there.
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This is an ongoing portal #fantasy story which can be found here - http://www.lynthornealder.com/category/verse/blizzard/

(Begin here: http://www.lynthornealder.com/2011/01/11/ticket-to-ride-a-story-furtherfurtherfurtherfurtherfurther-continuation-weblit/; it covers all the earlier material)
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Sandy took a wrong turn walking home in a blizzard. She found a gaslight lantern in the middle of the snow - and then things got stranger.

Also cold!
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