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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 9h

You know why all the creepy fairy tales are set in the woods? Because that's where shit like this lives.

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

Omg I love Zohran the Mansion Boy

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

This line from the Tay article: "That the prancing punks of the internet bother her from whatever heights she looks down upon us from is more an indictment of her inability to let go of a world that no longer is hers." ...mWAH. Perfect.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

In all seriousness, I really like this story. Inspired loosely by a quiet female janitor who worked at my high school and a romance novel I bought at 7-11 when I was maybe 12.

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe a little regret. Haven't decided.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

New flash fiction, "The Almost." Romance, no regrets, and early morning bus routes.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

"Heather’s Rake. A romance, picked it up from the dime store. The title, a herald, strewn across the top in ribbons." The Almost by Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

...But the idea is similar - molding something in a way that distances you from its original simple beauty. But intentionally so. And with a certain lack of respect. To demonstrate, a baker beat a simple breadstick into an ornate bow. I suggested we mold an expensive spice into tiny plates for elves

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

one taking an unnecessarily hamhanded and aggressive approach toward a craft - sort of like the expression "gilding the lily," but with more of an intent to transform than just decorate...

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 1d

Last night I dreamed of an aesthetic technique called "siento lo diente" which, in my dream, translated to "to feel the teeth," (my dream Spanish needs work) which basically means...

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

That's a song for Reba.

kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 2d

taylor swift should write a song about when your sleeve keeps rolling down every time you wash the dishes

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

brat

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

These poems speak to me today.

harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/harrigan-ell...

Harrigan, Ella; RUBIN’S VASE & I TELL YOU I AM MORE UNHAPPY THAN I AM – Harpur Palate

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

Unintentionally disrupted this little lady.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

That sounds fun! I know less than nothing about baseball though.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

Wtf

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to the debut of this piece tomorrow. It has been a pleasure working with Fictive Dream...a dream of a journal.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d

It's a great pleasure to welcome Kelli Dianne Rule with her #flashfiction The Almost, out tomorrow @kdiannerule.bsky.social #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 2d

Devastating.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 3d

Recently finished a 2,000 word story and it took forever. The well is bleak.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 5d

All around a floor of black feathers.

A floor of orange beaks and my limp plastic gun.

“The Gun Looks Wrong” – a poem about a game of Duck Hunt gone, well, Slipstream, is featured in the 45th Annual issue (“Strange Days” theme) of Slipstream magazine.

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Slipstream Press: The Gun Looks Wrong

“The Gun Looks Wrong” – a poem about a game of Duck Hunt gone, well, Slipstream, is featured in the 45th Annual issue (“Strange Days” theme) of Slipstream magazine. Fo…

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 6d

I don't understand people who can't be alone.

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 8d

Sitting here watching Monster: The Ed Gein Story and positively SCREAMING at the TV.

Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 8d

BOOK LAUNCH!
Slipstream celebrates the release of its 45th issue, "Strange Days," with a reading on Sat, OCTOBER 18 at 6pm in The Loft at the The Book Corner at 1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls, NY.

I have a piece in this Issue, it's about the NES game Duck Hunt. Sort of.

www.slipstreampress.org

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 8d

Loved the Wade Harris piece. Even more fun if you read it in a Kenny Powers voice.

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 10d

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The Funniest Parrot in the World!

YouTube video by oldechampions

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