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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 12d

The fog of war obscured the battlefield, like a low-hanging #veil. It was pierced by the harsh clang of clashing swords, bloodcurdling screams, cannon bursts, the leathery rustle of dragon wings, and the crackle of savage magic.

#VssFantasy

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DaniGraceWrites @danigracewrites.bsky.social · 13d

Regionally
Endowed epically
Incursive icon insisting
Gain by god granted
Nobility and nerve

#LuaViEr 1091
#Reign
#acrostic
#poetry
#poetsofbluesky
#writersofbluesky

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 13d

The weird fiction of China Miéville does that rather well. I highly recommend his work.

Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 14d

I’m drawn to writing science fiction because it’s exciting to discover the humanity in an extraterrestrial or synthetic (or synthetic extraterrestrial) protagonist.

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 14d

And he’s missed you. 😀

Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 14d

#SundayLit Prompt: Openings - the opening of my novel, Cold Fury.

When Nick Devlin came-to on the cold, slimy cobblestones of that dark alley, his first thought was—I’m gonna shoot Sebastian Einhardt in his fucking face, then fuck the bullet hole.

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 14d

A good opening to a novel isn’t genre specific. It needs to be concise, and replete with imagery, in my humble opinion.

Here’s one of my favorites:

The sky above the port was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel. —Neuromancer

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 16d

I like it! I’m in, Emma.

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Emma Cox @emmacox.bsky.social · 17d

#SundayLit is a new weekly writing prompt open to all. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires.

I’ll also post discussion Qs throughout the Sunday.

My aim is to make a space for writing and community, so please read, engage and enjoy.

#WritingCommunity #Writing

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · 25d

With a confident #stride, and a three martini lunch pickling his liver, the chief of station angled towards his annual spy budget meeting — where he’d beg for more operational capital, only to squander it on double agents with honeytrap problems.

#vssdaily

A man wearing an overcoat walks across a plaza with purpose.

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DaniGraceWrites @danigracewrites.bsky.social · 28d

"Mikey, stop #flinching!"

"Wait, can't you tell me how long it's gonna hurt?!"

"No. I was born this way."

"I know, but the pain..."

"Look, do you want power, longevity, and superstrength or not?"

"Yes, Pen; but you're gonna BITE me. I know benefits outweigh the pain, but...OWWW!"

#vss365
#sff

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 28d

Mysteriously
You shine a light upon me
Yet I wither more

#poetry #haiku

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Sep 8

There was no better example of the #power of math than Nick wielding Earl Swokowski’s 1,400-page tome on calculus, and beating the total shit out of four goons with it.

#vss365

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Detective, the one thing you must understand, though Margot is delicate, she is in no way fragile. That's the key to her #power. I implore you to take my pistol."

#vss365

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beach Crow's crawking morning augurs at we passersby.

'Yer secret power's tea-making, pal. Savvy well the many milks.

Beware a dark doorway wiv stone dragons. Trip hazard, innit.

Today's a voyage thru time, luv. Mainly ten past three.'

On we hurry, feather tickles in our minds.

#whistpr #vss365

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Sep 4

I feel you, Dani!

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Aug 28

On the pleasure planet, Risa, Ensign Tavares partook of every orgy offered. On his way to pee, he ran into Capt Kirk. “Pace yourself, Ensign.”

“All due respect sir, to hell with that! I’ll eat, drink, and be…#jovial. For tomorrow, I’m the redshirt on the away team.”

#vss365

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · Aug 27

When thunder strikes
Does the darkness
Become #jovial
Shimmering in delight
To a spine chilling awakening
Demons cracking a smile or two
Something they know
Perhaps we don’t
It rains in riddles
Hiding stars in plain sight
Fauna & flora
Daren’t make a sound

#vss365

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nick created a new petrissage technique called #Pummel You to Wellness. His unwilling goon clientele never survived the treatment, but Nick felt great.

#vss365

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PatchieSteve @patchiesteve.bsky.social · Aug 16

The mouse scratches his itchy face and feels a woolly chin, a human chin. "My goodness, Gee. Have you turned me into story?" And then he laughs at the girl, for her face carries a long wispy beard of knitted fleece.

"I could almost #pummel you!" She replies, embarrassed by the growth.

#vss365

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · Aug 16

A crimson kiss
To #pummel against
Is to lose the mind
Look to old night
Hope for sprinklings of magick
In breaths of moon dust

Fairies chuckle
In my dreams
Knowing I was doomed
By the
Very first
…A Crimson kiss

#vss365

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Aug 11

Nick pistol-whipped that goon until dude saw all the pretty colors of the #rainbow. He beat that bastard like he owed him money, and pew-pew’d him in the face.

#vss365

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Aug 10

I hear you. I, too, am a fan of hers. She suffered such heinous treatment.

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ha! Joan, incel style.

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Alex K. Logan @alexklogan.bsky.social · Aug 4

Tara, the new bartender had the warm, intelligent, bespectacled eyes of a confessor #angel …and a body made for raucous, sinful things. She gave me a wink and a generous pour of the amber elixir. I immediately liked her.

#vss365

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