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Kate Machon Author @katemachon.bsky.social · 1d

'Ah, Boris, how you've grown. To think, under my care you've thrived from a little speck to this magnificence. You probably consider us friends, but I'm afraid the time has come. A bit of honey &... munch.'
'Pixie... that was a #beetle.'
'I know, Gabe. Yummy.'
#vss365

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 1d

We've made it my friends it's day 15 and our musical mystery tour has reached its end.

I wave goodbye with a band from my hometown, one of the most famous bands ever, yes today's #vss365 #prompt 15/10/25 is #beetle .

Who's the most famous band or artist from your hometown?

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Lizzy Perkins @lizzyjperkins.bsky.social · 1d

Then there was a fair at Tabard Gardens. ‘You want to come?’ Neville said. ‘Dad’s taking us.’
‘Now?’ Arthur was setting up a ramp with cigarette boxes to push roly-poly #beetles down.
‘Yes,’ Neville said.
‘I’ve got to ask Mum.’ Arthur left the boxes and ran upstairs. #vss365

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Natalie Reilly-Johnson @natalierj.bsky.social · 16d

I’d been drooling in the front row all night, & finally the drummer came over.
“The guitarist likes you. Sent me over to call you backstage,” he said.
“Damn,” I said. “I had my eye on the drummer. That’s a #conundrum, isn’t it?”
“No. It’s a bongo.”
I swooned. Funny too. #vss365

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 16d

The Comic Tales of Brennan and Riz

Issue 86
(First published 28th August 2024)

Hope you know what you've let yourself in for Brennan...

Don't forget to check out the other issues of the Comic Tales of Brennan and Riz over at my blog:
tstpjm.blogspot.com

#Comic #riztherogue

After a quick discussion with Valarie, Brennan asks Riz if he would DM their Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Before he's even realised what's happening, Riz is wearing a wizards hat, standing behind a DM screen, eagerly telling the players to roll for initiative...

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 16d

I looked at the golden rat statues dotted around the office, then looked at Riz, who was desperately trying to hide the credit card behind his back.
"Err...It's a #conundrum at where dese statues came from innit?" He squeaked.
I raised my eyebrow further.
#vss365 #riztherogue

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Kate Machon Author @katemachon.bsky.social · 16d

'What a #conundrum, Pixie. Maybe this will teach you playing with demon portals is a bad idea. So what will you do? Release the demon portal & hope you can get to the last brownie before it's sucked through. OR close it properly & watch me claim that chocolatey delight?'
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Lizzy Perkins @lizzyjperkins.bsky.social · 16d

‘And if I said #conundrum you’d fall off the chair?’ said Arthur. Olive nodded. ‘If you know what it means.’ ‘A problem!’ Arthur bent double as Olive tickled him. ‘Gawd, your Dad would be so proud of ya, wouldn’t he, Grace?’ Mum shook her head. ‘That’s enough about that.’ #vss365

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 17d

"What is going on here?" I asked barging into a smoke filled room.
"I'm not doin, or sayin anything," Riz in his little lab coat replied.
"So you weren't trying to #sublimate gold again in order to better steal it with a vacuum cleaner?"
"...Err...No."
#vss365 #riztherogue

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 22d

New blog post is up!

Chapter 15 of Phantom Dawn is here, and with it, the conclusion of Rose's current fight, but what awaits them next?

There's also a brand new Comic Tales of Brennan and Riz to look at!

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#blog #riztherogue #WritingCommunity

#142 Not Rizs Favourite Thing + Short Diversions: Phantom Dawn Chapter 15

Happy Blog Day Everyone Chapter 15 of Phantom Dawn is here, concluding Rose's current fight, but how lomg will she get to rest? Better read ...

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Natalie Reilly-Johnson @natalierj.bsky.social · 17d

Ex-Superintendent Carol’s former colleague had #sublimated his rage into a long police career.

Now that he’s retired, Carol wonders how he spends his nights.

The garden looks freshly dug.

He spots her eyeing it.

“Plenty of room for more to be planted,” he chuckles. #vss365

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Will Watters @willgwatters.bsky.social · 17d

will you hold my hand tonight
gaze up at every star

will you hear my heart tonight
no matter where you are

will you play my song tonight
#sublimate through every note

will you be the one tonight
where all my love belongs.

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Kate Machon Author @katemachon.bsky.social · 17d

'We need to #sublimate all this prank energy into something useful, Pixie.'
'Why, Gabe?'
'So you become a valued member of society.'
'Already am, Gabe.'
'No, you're an annoying member.'
'Nuh-uh, Mr Frownie-Face. I make people smile. Methinks you need sublimating.'
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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 17d

Inside a dark hall, a constellation of desks shoulder machines. Levers click every two seconds. All these faceless, besuited people #sublimate lives. It isn’t a glamorous job, but someone has to do it.

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 17d

Good morning writers and friends.. We all hide some of what we feel.

Form is changed, maybe, But not essence...

29 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #sublimate

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Lizzy Perkins @lizzyjperkins.bsky.social · 17d

Olive sat at the table with Arthur munching loudly on cake and slurping tea. ‘Cor blimey this is good, Grace,’ she said. ‘Yeah. Mums great at #sublimating eggs and flour into iced sponge cake,’ said Arthur. Olive giggled. ‘Gawd Arthur! You eaten a dictionary?’ #vss365

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Lizzy Perkins @lizzyjperkins.bsky.social · 18d

‘Where’s that Arthur?’ He put his eye to the keyhole and felt the coolness of the metal #escutcheon against his cheek. The door flew open. ‘There he is!’ Olive flounced in. His mums friend was big and blousy and his bedroom shrunk as she enveloped him with arm and bosom. #vss365

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Lizzy Perkins @lizzyjperkins.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hi writer and reader friends. I have a question… where on BlueSky do you look for short stories (writing or reading)? Or what hashtags do you use? #shortstories #WritingCommunity #vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not all that long ago, Dylan only had to care about avoiding Faction patrols, to deliver his cargo on time and intact. That all seemed so long ago now that it could have been in a different lifetime.

He could only #yearn for those days and hope they would come again, but he doubted it.

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Lizzy Perkins @lizzyjperkins.bsky.social · Aug 31

Arthur dawdled in his bedroom while Mum and Auntie Minnie talked. Money problems. He #yearned to have Dad back.
‘We’ll talk about this later.’
‘I’ve got a shilling in my purse.’
‘You know I won’t take it.’
‘Grace…’
Arthur coughed and dropped one of his books on the floor #vss365

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Kate Machon Author @katemachon.bsky.social · Aug 31

'I #yearn for the crystal spires of Angel City, Pixie, for the silence of falling snow, for the sunrise reflected in a drop of dew...'
'Wow, Gabe... that's... deep. But I only asked if you wanted a brownie.'
#vss365

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Sands @revsodhi.bsky.social · Aug 31

It is hard
to buckle down & truly reminisce.

My mind, still.
My soul, serene.

Yet something stirs:
Do I aspire for more
within this grace I carry?
What is it that I #yearn for?

Deep inside,
I hear the silence of pain
a quiet ache
to reclaim lost time.

~rev
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · Aug 31

#Yearn is a word that I don’t like
So I’m going to let it burn
With all the other once upon
a yearns

I no longer feel its dire desire
My core now tangos with fire
I walk like a flame
My heart doesn’t break
It bends at my will untamed

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Bowen Greenwood @bowengreenwood.bsky.social · Aug 31

#VSS365 #prompt #YEARN
The VSS365 word for Aug 31, '25 is YEARN - to deeply, emotionally desire something lost or unattainable. "Hobbits in Mordor yearn for the Shire."

With that, I yield the floor to C. S. Voll (@stephlepht.bsky.social) who will post prompts beginning 1 Sept. at 6am GMT

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · Aug 30

“Just stand here and look through the telescope.”

“Do you think we’ll see love in a #constellation?”

“You don’t have to look for it when it’s standing right next to you.”

“But there’s no one else standing here.”

“Just look at the bloody stars.”

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