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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 10h

Old Romanian legends said the strigoi could change shape, becoming dogs or wolves before transforming fully into vampires. Modern stories turned them into enemies, but they began as shadows of the same curse. #LegendaryWednesday

Art: Devforest

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Jackson Kadath @jacksonkadath.bsky.social · 2d

Most didn't perceive it in any way, but some of us heard the #undertone, calling us to the night and the life therein. Some ran, but others of us embraced the darkness to the full. My sister became the Great Witch Undying, and I turned into the King of All Vampires.

#vss365 #Scribtober #VssMagic

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Jackson Kadath @jacksonkadath.bsky.social · 6d

Datheron 4's annual snowfall resembled #ash. It only occurred for the month of Guneraz (OE July). Tourists came there for a few days, until the awe wore off.

Those who made their home there (colonists and natives) celebrated the high days of Guneraz with food and sex.

#vss365

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ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 7d

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Vicente L Ruiz 🍏📜🎲🌓 @vicentelruiz.bsky.social · 10d

This is the world now. Drones commuting to work, their minds neurally linked to fine-tuned #adverts so that their wages are spent in useless, overpriced widgets.

Meanwhile, the machinery grows and gloats.

#VSS365

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Jackson Kadath @jacksonkadath.bsky.social · 9d

I join my #associate in the booth at the diner on the wrong side of town.

"Were you followed?"

I nodded. "3 hunters; they called to a 4th."

"And?"

"Dispatched the 3 with ease. The other one, though, had some skill. That's how I got these scars. Not healing."

"You need some blood."

#vss365

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 11d

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 11d

He presses play, and the Moonlight Sonata begins.

He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell.

Her ghost appears.

A translucent hand to his, he places a ring.

It clatters on the floor. She is gone.

The music stops.

#SciFanSat #vss #sff

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Matt @inpoetsshoes.bsky.social · 11d

I walk around
Nobody knows my fears
Like a cellar with no light
Door closed traps me in
Head returns to where it all began

I find it funny sometimes
How everybody goes around
As if nothing ever changed
Life here is just the same
But tainted inside

I feel it in these #elastic blues

#vss365

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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 12d

Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet for his wife Lucille.

#vintagephoto #louisarmstrong #egypt #sphinx

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Jackson Kadath @jacksonkadath.bsky.social · 13d

"There's an #oasis on Zalton 9. The waters there are rumored to heal the wounded, possibly even raise the dead."

"Zalton 9? Never heard of it, and I know all the planets in the 7 galaxies."

"Who said there were only 7 galaxies?"

##vss365

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15d

If Congress shuts down and stops working, how will we be able to tell?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16d

Stephen Miller has been lying to Donald Trump about what's happening in Portland because Stephen Miller knows that Donald is dumb enough to believe anything.

Mister.Nobody @ytregaws.bsky.social · 17d

LOL

"I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place...

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."

www.kgw.com

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Natalie Reilly-Johnson @natalierj.bsky.social · 18d

They paused by the sign. “The last one didn’t say ‘dead end,’” said John.
“No, it said ‘picnic area,’” said Jill.

The watcher’s #scrutiny from behind the trees went unnoticed. “It’s both,” he muttered under his breath, mouth watering. #vss365 #vsspic

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 18d

"Science fiction has to be logical," the publisher said, "but this doesn't stand up to #scrutiny. A little thought and it all falls apart."

Greg sighed. "I'll give it another rewrite."

He climbed out the window and hopped on a passing albatross. Overhead, the sun sang its goodnight song.

#vss365

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 19d

hello darkness my old friend...

a black and white photo of crows sitting in trees in the winter

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Jackson Kadath @jacksonkadath.bsky.social · 20d

"An #eventuality, my dear Watson."

"Holmes, is this really so important? I was asleep!"

"Yes, we must discover who ate half a muffin!"

"Admittedly weird, perhaps even monstrous, but is it really worth waking me up?"

"Come, Watson! The game's afoot!"

"You desperately need a case."

#vss365

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22d

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 24d

As autumn wanes and winter deepens, the world belongs to the Cailleach, the hag of Scottish lore. She strides across the land with her hammer, shattering the green, summoning storms, and ruling until spring returns. #FolkloreSunday

Art: Jane Star Weils

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 25d

My diaphanous shroud of red silk
Adorns my alabaster skin
As I walk the lonely chapel
To my doom
A #catastrophe
Forever to remain agelast
The wife of a monster
Am I alive or dead
I don’t know
Trapped in his bloody gloom

#vss365
#satsplat

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27d

How long until we start hearing about how people who make remarks inconvenient to the regime are falling out of windows?

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 29d

“Instead of a moral compass in the Oval Office, there’s a moral vacuum.

Instead of a president who says we’re all in it together, we have a president who’s in it for himself.

Instead of words that uplift and unite, we hear words that inflame and divide.”

~ Robert Redford

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 12

How about that.

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Jackson Kadath @jacksonkadath.bsky.social · Sep 5

Impact winter reached us, a wave of time and alien invasion. Unprepared, as if we were naked in the face of the...

The article ended there. The only other marking on the page was the date: October 5th, 2035.

50 years ago, thought Simeon. But that was impossible.

#scififri #vss365 #HorrorPrompt

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