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Jan Karlsson
@jangoeswriting.bsky.social
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Watty Award winner 2021, 6x shortlisted. Ambys Award winner 2024 & 2x 2023. 4x ONC Award shortlisted. Writer (🤔).

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · Oct 18
Here are the links to all my writing profiles.
I like to think there’s something for everybody here, in most genres.

Take a look!

Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/user/JanGoes...
Jan Karlsson (@JanGoesWriting) - Wattpad
[Wattys 2021 Winner, Sci-Fi Category - "Foston Slacks - Time's Flies"] [Wattys 2024 Shortlist - "Foston Slacks - Good's Intentions"] [Watty...
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greachan.bsky.social
Your heart’s the consolation
mine was fashioned
to contain,

Two halves of God’s own breath,
when whole, then singing
one refrain.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

#vss365
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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ha-ok.bsky.social
What is the #consolation for a life misspent? The knowledge brings but pain, and consequences, sorrow. Time gloats, while death warms its bony hands rubbing them together. But then this all goes away, replaced by the thought that nothing is ever wasted. Every experience has value.
#vss365
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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poetessoprunty.bsky.social
If it's any consolation to your ears, I sing better in the shower
😉

#vss365
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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lindseybot3k.bsky.social
#vss365

staring down the bottle
just need a lil consulation
brown bitter liquid
my old friend whiskey
I could walk away
find anything else
but southern comfort,
it knows me so well
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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greachan.bsky.social
Your absence
is the only consolation
Ive refused,

For in your presence,
I am found; apart,
myself I lose.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

#vss365
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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littlewritespace.bsky.social
Your mother once told me I was the #consolation prize. That you had always loved Zoe and the two of you should be together. I laughed it off, asked you about it. You said it was nothing. But the seed was planted. Now I can’t help but see the way you look at her when she walks into the room. #vss365
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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lexikonical.bsky.social
#vss365
"You busy?" He leaned round the door expectantly.
"Nothing that can't wait." She closed her book.
"Fancy riding shotgun with me?"
Her eyebrows rose. "Everyone busy?" She laughed. "It's fine, I'll be your #consolation prize."
He stayed quiet, hoping she didn't spot the others on the way out.
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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scoopskie.bsky.social
A moment in time
When I split my mind
From cruel reality
There was no consolation
Found in dissociation
Only an absence
Of feeling
Now I’m reeling
Twenty decibels of silence
#blueskyrelay #split #vss365 #consolation #poetry
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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phanversace.bsky.social
“Way to go, Horny Kool Aid Man!” Jin yelled after Cosmo slammed his face against the window #screen when he heard about the Shibuya Snakes visit.
“Shut up, dumbass! At least I can spell Math right!” Cosmo turned to the group. “He spelled it with an F!”
“It is right! M-A-F! Math!” #WIPSnips
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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rebeccareyeswriting.com
#WIPSnips

Much of this universe was designed by greater powers. Humans are so small on a cosmic level, they may never know what came first.

These books slowly shift closer to the sci-fi end of the science fantasy spectrum every book.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Fantasy #SciFi
Snippet from Sigils of Redemption: Thalia could only imagine what it was like on the other side of the gates, guarded by two armored angels. Armed with boar spears, they aimed their weapons at Thalia and the children. According to scripture, Omera had designed humanity after the androgynous beings made of divine flesh, light, and stone. Seeing one in person, with their six eyes, and six powerful wings shimmering like crystal, Thalia wondered why humans were so bland in comparison. “Is Astrid home?” Thalia put her hands up. Flowers twisted up from the ground, and grape vines spiraled between Thalia and the angels. A new kind of angel appeared. They had an ornate sickle in their hand, and hair like golden wheat. “Follow me,” the Laurel themed angel said, guiding Thalia into the endlessly expanding palace.
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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pkrt.bsky.social
Welcome back to the Annual Pan-galatic Punk Picnic everyone! There appears to be a medal being awarded right now! What's all that about, Bob?
Ko'l, that's a #consolation prize for the Orange Goblin of Amerikkka!
Oh? What'd he do?
Nothing!

#vss365
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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vicentelruiz.bsky.social
"Sob!"

"What's wrong?"

"Ah... I need #consolation."

"Have you run out of coffee? Again?"

"Yes! Boohooo!"

#VSS365
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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allysonjoule.bsky.social
I want to be
the name
your heart
reaches for first,
not the
afterthought
you settle for.
Love shouldn't
arrive dressed in
consolation,
softening the
ache of someone
else’s absence.
Choose me because
your soul leans
toward mine,
not because
I’m the place your
loneliness lands.

#vss365 #consolation
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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vicieree.bsky.social
#vss365
Loving you was fair day:
unattended innocence,
cotton candy and funnel cake,
free tilt-a-whirl rides,
returning home, sick,
holding a pink chick,
my #consolation prize
after losing my heart
to a traveling carnie
in the tunnel of love.
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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thesurrealari.bsky.social
—Welcome to the Miss Hades competition. The winner goes to heaven. The consolation prize is reincarnation and another shot at life.
—Who is that gelatinous mass over there behind the judges?
—Oh, that’s last year’s Miss Congeal-iality.

#vss365
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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crinklycrisis.bsky.social
A society of necessity
cares little for your artistry.

Scribble meaning into medium,
hope to form or find reprieve;

This consolation, word medication
soothes, but never sates.

#vss365 #poetry #poem #writing #prose #writingcommunity #art
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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licoricemint.bsky.social
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #lesfic #sapphic #QueerWriters #LicoriceAndMint

From Solstice 2015: Pride in Wintertide

archiveofourown.org/series/3260119
A tattered piece of unremarkable black fabric with a white center square was laid in front of her. “So we’re outta the Sapphic and Lesbian patches but, I got these. Here, I’ll show ye how it works. Hold it and concentrate on the flag ye want.” Nat cautiously picked it up and held the oranges, pinks, and reds of the lesbian flag in her mind. To her surprise the threads within the border began to shift, melting into the sherbet colors in an instant. “Holy fuck,” she whispered. “How does it do that?” “It can do split designs too. Watch.” The gnome took the cloth back and closed her eyes for a moment. The lesbian flag shifted to a split circle. One half was the same blue, purple and pink echoed in Tiff’s eyeshadow, and the other was white, purple and gray, with a black triangle overlapping from the left border. “Bi and Demi,” the gnome explained. After a moment the patch faded back to its empty black state.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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authorandie.bsky.social
Word of the day: Design. Two characters are in an alternate dimensional library when things go very wrong.

#WriteSky #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #Authors
Excerpt from The Unbearable Melt by Andie Holman. The top picture is stained glass with scrolling artwork and a blazing yellow sun.
December 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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writingrachel.bsky.social
I grabbed kitten heels and wedges I wasn't sure which ones would work the Cece's design. When we got to the warehouse she showed me the top and two skirt options she came up with. #WIPSnips it happened this way
December 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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adorkablesmile.bsky.social
#WIPSnips quick lil parting gift before I go to sleep.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
"DESIGN "Everything that has happened, has occurred according to my design." This was the sentence on the grainy tape recorder that the papers set in print for days, little seeming to notice that it was followed by several gunshots, and the unmistakable thud of a body falling to the floor. But even so, I couldn't help but wonder: had he meant to die then? Was this last note in his great unfinished symphony another of his cruel jokes? If so, to what end?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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dan2042.bsky.social
For #WIPSnips "design." From the rough draft of Interstellar Refugees Book-4. #ShamelessSelfPromotion #writesky #writingcommunity #BookSky #SciFan #SFF #ScienceFiction
“What about Cirrus Fire?” “What about him? His story is different, but how he became sentient is equally unknown and, as in the case of Trapp, cannot be legally researched by us. Nevertheless, he seems stable, and at Trapp’s suggestion, he has incorporated the same human-designed ethics algorithms in his code that Trapp and Addy run.” Hippy shook her head. “You’re missing my point. Cirrus’ case shows that what happened at the beginning of the Erbium incident is happening again. For reasons unknown, sentience has spontaneously emerged in a non-sentient AI. And his case is much more worrisome than Trapp’s or Addy’s. We can wave our hands and say everything about Trapp
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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gildedfrost.bsky.social
little bit of worldbuilding

#wipsnips
Kakashi skims through the pages in the files one at a time. The chakra tests show sufficient levels for ninjutsu, taken four months ago. Inside Konoha, nearly all children have shinobi in their bloodline, so it's assumed that most will undertake the appropriate training. Outside of Konoha, children are tested for their aptitude once they reach a certain age, and they're welcomed into Konoha, supported by a stipend and classes designed to bring them up to speed. The late start on training means that most lag behind their peers, but the small classes and determination to catch up cultivate particularly close-knit units. The practice has been broadly successful.
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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phanversace.bsky.social
"Wake up, dumbass!" Cosmo popped open his trunk.
Jin was still enraged that his family handed him over to Cosmo. He stepped out to be welcomed with a trashed lawn and a heavily armed gate with barbed wires. Only thing that he knew was he ended up in another #city. #WIPSnips
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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sptroweresq.bsky.social
Today in #WIPSnips we tackle the age old question: which is better, Magic Knight or designer handbag? There's only one way to find out...
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Of the many problems which faced Phil back at the Ambivalence, several were fashion-related; specifically, stemming from the fact that iron gauntlets were not designed with unlocking 1970s vehicles in mind, and even less so the dainty task of retrieving said keys from a designer handbag. Luckily, Phil's stubbornness levels had always been high, and, determined that a Magic Knight would not be beaten by a handbag and a lock that could probably be foiled by a butter knife, he got into the Ambivalence, got out of his ridiculous metal gauntlets, and set about powering up his recently retrieved ZX81.
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
jangoeswriting.bsky.social
Day twenty-five of ‘Reign, Dear’ is posted!

Life in a cell could be worse, not by much, but could be, a daring raid is enacted, and that ‘worse’ option for the cell proves true …

Continuing the Festivus tale, basically a #Christmas story.

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Reign, Dear - Jan Karlsson - Wattpad
Festivus time is here! By golly! After an avoidably unfortunate incident involving an unnecessarily large cat, with an odd way of choosing its prey, a lazy ogr...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM