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

(⛔️No DM’s⛔️. I’m too damned old to be verifying my damned age!)
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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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The ideal husband applies #chivalrous conduct sparingly—for the man who bankrupts himself on cloaks for puddles has demonstrated, through that very extravagance, his unsuitability for the position he sought to secure.

#vss365 #prose #poetry #writing #vss #emoetry #whistpr #inkmine
Lord Goring would approve of this, being Lord Goring. But being Lord Goring, he might note that true #chivalry lies in the appearance of sacrifice—and that borrowed finery, ideally, makes the #chivalrous gesture considerably more elegant.

#vss365 #writing #wilde #reading #booksky
The #chivalrous gentleman lays a velvet-collared overcoat upon the muddy thoroughfare, that the lady might pass without besmirching her hem.

"Sir, you sacrifice your finery for my passage."

"A trifling matter, madam—the merest nothing—pray, do not speak of it—it is not my coat."

#vss365 #prose
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The most #chivalrous man he had ever met taught him how to lie without blinking, how to kill without shaking, and how to smile as if he was still innocent. #vss365
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The door flew off its hinges, striking Tony and rendering him unconscious. Montor stood in the doorway, armed with a phaser rifle, like my #chivalrous knight in shining armor…I thought.

But instead of rushing to my rescue, he just strolled in.
"What is going on here?"

#vss365
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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"I can and will Lierin, the shop was a failure. I own the deed, and I put you in charge to work here. There is nothing to be done about it, I've made up my mind." Everit's tone was absolute. There was no changing his mind.

#writesky #writingcommunity #wip #wipwednesday #writingprompts #fantasy
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#WIPSnips December 3 dominant
Police captain, Hildru and police mage, Screld have brought detective Lumdar to see evidence relating to a cold case: Niscreldin, the apparent son of the victim.
From "Tales of Midbar: Ghost Mage" - www.inkitt.com/stories/632029
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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#WIPSnips 'dominant'

#TheDragonblood: I'm just sharing a shorter bit of a scene I posted a week ago, 'cause that's what I've got.

Felix witnesses a change in Kalaidaskeup's aura as they switch fronters. (Alios is a temporary name.)

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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bsky.app/profile/wips...

#Wipsnips

From Scarlett:

“Quite a few things, actually. Medicines and new medical techniques, various technologies. Predominantly in this facility, we research ways to help a very particular individual, and provide that help to this individual when needed.”
I cannot believe I'm posting words for the first week of December, but here we are.

The #WIPSnips words for December 1st through December 7th are here!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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#WIPSnips Dominant. We are introduced the the leader of the elves, Anor.

Text in the alt.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Pt324
Fear was #dominant in Essie’s mind as Neña’s niece by marriage followed her directions as leader of this women’s sweat & shut the “door.” Calling it a door was #chivalrous. It was a canvas flap. Neña’s voice was somehow both strong & soft in the dark, instructing newcomers.
#vss365 #WIPSnips
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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chivalry is dead
and everyone
is an enemy
#vss365
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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delicacy
a zephyr caress
from cheekbone to chin

a #chivalrous touch
for a porcelain intimacy

lips pressed
petal soft

but
ask me to kiss you harder

let your feral resonance
stir me

i will be your fever

your mirror

the sting and the balm

every facet
of your desire

#vss365
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The moon steadily discards its tendency for #chivalrous behaviour as it becomes more full of itself
But pride will overwhelm it
Leading to a loss of face

#Vss365

December 3rd 2025

#Photography
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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SENRYU 0432

Mother Earth whispers
calling chivalrous response—
while sentinels stand

Copyright David Hoffmann © 2025 - All Rights Reserved

#senryu0432 #vss365 #prompt #chivalrous #ekphrastic #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Then a smirk emerged
His chivalrous facade slipped
Exposing horrors
Masquerading as a man
Just waiting to pounce

#HaikuFeels #vss365 #DailyHaikuPrompt #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Scrape #SkyPoets #HaikuCommunity
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Lord Goring would approve of this, being Lord Goring. But being Lord Goring, he might note that true #chivalry lies in the appearance of sacrifice—and that borrowed finery, ideally, makes the #chivalrous gesture considerably more elegant.

#vss365 #writing #wilde #reading #booksky
The #chivalrous gentleman lays a velvet-collared overcoat upon the muddy thoroughfare, that the lady might pass without besmirching her hem.

"Sir, you sacrifice your finery for my passage."

"A trifling matter, madam—the merest nothing—pray, do not speak of it—it is not my coat."

#vss365 #prose
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Chivalrous natures
Under intense scrutiny
Died scared and alone
Societies suspicions
Murdered decency

#Emoetry #vss365 #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Poem #3Lines #Scrape #SkyPoets #HaikuCommun
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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how #chivalrous must one be
for a princess to treat their hair like rope?

#vss365 #micropoem
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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In a world that mocks gentle men, he remained #chivalrous.
When the train lurched, he steadied her first. When rain slashed sideways, his coat became her shield. When words turned cruel online, he defended her without tagging himself.
Proof that chivalry just stopped asking for applause.
#vss365
a man with a beard is wearing a cowboy hat and holding a rifle .
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a cowboy hat and holding a rifle .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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#vss365 #chivalrous I have occasionally described myself as poor man's Galahad, because I never didn't show up when someone needed me. But there is a downside that sometimes goes unnoticed. What makes me capable of being useful also sometimes makes me a jerk. I hope it is a net positive.
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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At #Chivalry is Dead, our zombies have been imbued with the courteous nobility of ages past. They will hold doors, carry packages, and stand vigil outside your home. They still eat living brains, sure, but only those of blackguards, ne'er-do-wells, and rapscallions.

#vss365 #microfiction
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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#vss365

'See, the problem with being #chivalrous is that you have to look knightly, and that cost money!
I tried shared investment, but that looked only half #chivalrous and not #suave at all.'
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The #chivalrous gentleman lays a velvet-collared overcoat upon the muddy thoroughfare, that the lady might pass without besmirching her hem.

"Sir, you sacrifice your finery for my passage."

"A trifling matter, madam—the merest nothing—pray, do not speak of it—it is not my coat."

#vss365 #prose
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM