i'm trying to get more practice writing fiction (which, turns out, is hard, if all you write every single day has to be succinct and anchored in a technical and political reality)

if anyone reading this feels like sharing feedback or their emotional reaction, i'm very welcoming of both ^^

https://catileptic.tech/posts/writing-exercise-the-pharmacists/

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"Hold on. What did you just say?

— That's right. I have signed many pacts, so that they now kinda of cancel each other.

— What do you mean.

— Simple, really; you see, my soul contractually belongs to many entities when, in fact, it actually belongs to me. If anyone would come and claim my soul, they would violate anyother pact, hence conflicting with another power.

— You sold WHAT?!?

— ... now the twist is that technically, I shouldn't be able to sign many pacts at all. See, they're the monogamous type. They aren't fond of sharing. But I found a very specific edge case that isn't quite covered by the laws of Hell.

— Doesn't this kinda makes you an outlaw or something?

— Well, again, technically speaking...

— Is this why imps and fiendish sentinels have been chasing after you???

— No; I mean, yes. But fret not. As long as I breathe, they can't catch me.

— Oh you're fucked. You're so fucked. You're like, fucked on so many layers of being fucked.

— No, no, no... Besides! I have pretty cool powers now! Powers without the price... technically!

— And what kind of powers are we talking about here? Show me.

— Hahaha, well, no, I am sorry, I just... Err, I can't show you. The third article of Azabeth's pact forbids me to do so.

— Powers without the price, they said."

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A meditation on an everyday object.

https://www.chadams.me/blog/2025-07-19-fisher-space-pen/

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Ich hab noch einen Abendspaziergang und dabei ein paar Notizen gemacht

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"Children suffer because they do not understand,
Adults suffer because they do."
- from the Book of Istorias, recovered fragment #38

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It seems I will never finish any story.
Simply because I will never stop having new ideas long enough to write the last one through.

(And that's absolutely fine ^^)

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