Kate Machon Author
@katemachon.bsky.social
Wrangler of words, and author of the award winning Pix and Gabe Adventures. For more details, see my website. https://katemachon.com/
Pinned
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I wave at my #reflection in the bauble.
‘Stop messing, Pixie.’ Gabe hisses. ‘We need to chase out the imps & clear up the troll poo before the humans wake up!’
‘We could pretend it’s the reindeers.’
‘Don’t you dare, Pixie. Get shovelling!’
#vss365
‘Stop messing, Pixie.’ Gabe hisses. ‘We need to chase out the imps & clear up the troll poo before the humans wake up!’
‘We could pretend it’s the reindeers.’
‘Don’t you dare, Pixie. Get shovelling!’
#vss365
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I wave at my #reflection in the bauble.
‘Stop messing, Pixie.’ Gabe hisses. ‘We need to chase out the imps & clear up the troll poo before the humans wake up!’
‘We could pretend it’s the reindeers.’
‘Don’t you dare, Pixie. Get shovelling!’
#vss365
‘Stop messing, Pixie.’ Gabe hisses. ‘We need to chase out the imps & clear up the troll poo before the humans wake up!’
‘We could pretend it’s the reindeers.’
‘Don’t you dare, Pixie. Get shovelling!’
#vss365
'The #relevant behaviour, Pixie, is to be supportive of my harp playing endeavours. You're meant to smile & clap, or commiserate if the recital doesn't go as planned. You're not meant to join in the booing, & definitely not hand out rotten tomatoes for throwing!'
Giggle.
#vss365
Giggle.
#vss365
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Right a bit, Gabe. More...more. Hold the knife steady.'
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
'Right a bit, Gabe. More...more. Hold the knife steady.'
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
‘Your pet human’s temperature is not #measurable - it’s off the scale. What did you do to her, Pixie?’
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
‘Your pet human’s temperature is not #measurable - it’s off the scale. What did you do to her, Pixie?’
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
'You look tired, Gabe. Skip the kitchen & go straight to bed -I'll bring you tea.'
'That's very #specific, Pixie. What catastrophe awaits me in there?'
'Oh, nothing.'
'Is this a double bluff? You're plotting a prank.'
Giggle
'I knew it! Unless it's a triple bluff... Ugh, I give up. Bedtime.'
#vss365
'That's very #specific, Pixie. What catastrophe awaits me in there?'
'Oh, nothing.'
'Is this a double bluff? You're plotting a prank.'
Giggle
'I knew it! Unless it's a triple bluff... Ugh, I give up. Bedtime.'
#vss365
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sob. 'There must be other #options, Gabe. A loophole, a hack, a cosmic miracle. Please, please - anything but THAT.'
'I'm sorry, Pixie, you're just going to have to face up to reality... be the bigger faery... bite the bullet.'
'NEVER! I will not share the last brownie.'
#vss365
'I'm sorry, Pixie, you're just going to have to face up to reality... be the bigger faery... bite the bullet.'
'NEVER! I will not share the last brownie.'
#vss365
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
'I don't know why the Angel Council is so nervous of me, Gabe.'
'You're a pixie who contain an angels power, wound up with a charm that can shift things out of #reality!'
'Hmmm... I guess I am awesome!'
#vss365
Want to know how all that happened? Check out The Shadow Deception.
'You're a pixie who contain an angels power, wound up with a charm that can shift things out of #reality!'
'Hmmm... I guess I am awesome!'
#vss365
Want to know how all that happened? Check out The Shadow Deception.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
'Stop fidgeting, Pixie. Planning your future is an important part of your rehabilitation. So tell me, what is your #goal in life?'
'Well, Gabe, I want to pull-'
'No! To pull off the perfect prank isn't an acceptable answer.'
'Fine... then my goal is to not get caught.'
#vss365
'Well, Gabe, I want to pull-'
'No! To pull off the perfect prank isn't an acceptable answer.'
'Fine... then my goal is to not get caught.'
#vss365
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'What's your #issue with me, Gabe?'
'Well, Pixie, let's think - your dragon pals torch my house. Tea with Medusa - I get petrified. Clingfilm on the toilet seat. Harp strings turned to noodles. A charm making my wings pink. Always stealing the last brownie!'
'Okay, okay!'
#vss365
'Well, Pixie, let's think - your dragon pals torch my house. Tea with Medusa - I get petrified. Clingfilm on the toilet seat. Harp strings turned to noodles. A charm making my wings pink. Always stealing the last brownie!'
'Okay, okay!'
#vss365
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
'Don't just say no, Gabe. It's genius. A new mode of #transport - portals to the brownie shop, The Angel Arms, the harp repairer. We could add some at home. Midnight pee? Just aim into the bedroom portal - zip - straight into the toilet.'
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
'Don't just say no, Gabe. It's genius. A new mode of #transport - portals to the brownie shop, The Angel Arms, the harp repairer. We could add some at home. Midnight pee? Just aim into the bedroom portal - zip - straight into the toilet.'
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
'I keep telling you humans, there's no such thing as magic. Me? I use pixie #science. And if you ever compare me to an angel, I'll be using it on you!'
#vss365
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November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
'I keep telling you humans, there's no such thing as magic. Me? I use pixie #science. And if you ever compare me to an angel, I'll be using it on you!'
#vss365
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'I'm outraged, Gabe. It says in this human book that pixies are a #myth.'
'It's probably best they don't know the truth, Pixie.'
'Well, pffffft, to them. I'm a legend.'
'Hmmm... sometimes I wish you were a myth... Pixie! That gesture was uncalled for - even for a legend.'
#vss365
'It's probably best they don't know the truth, Pixie.'
'Well, pffffft, to them. I'm a legend.'
'Hmmm... sometimes I wish you were a myth... Pixie! That gesture was uncalled for - even for a legend.'
#vss365
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
'Why do you fill in your diary every single day, Gabe?'
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Why do you fill in your diary every single day, Gabe?'
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
'While you are living in my house, & I am your probation officer, my word is #law, Pixie!'
Right... so, Gabe, when you said you were absolutely not going to eat another brownie, & then you did... you were breaking the law?'
Splutter. 'That's not what I meant & you know it!'
#vss365
Right... so, Gabe, when you said you were absolutely not going to eat another brownie, & then you did... you were breaking the law?'
Splutter. 'That's not what I meant & you know it!'
#vss365
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The first time Pixie and Gabe rainbow travel, things do not go as planned. But Pixie sees the funny side. Gabe... not so much.
#vss365 #language
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#vss365 #language
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November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The first time Pixie and Gabe rainbow travel, things do not go as planned. But Pixie sees the funny side. Gabe... not so much.
#vss365 #language
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#vss365 #language
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'All I'm saying, Gabe, is I don't think he's trustworthy.'
'Have #history with him, do you, Pixie?'
'Maybe. He might be the reason my slime-glitter-glue trap didn't go off all over you.'
'What?! Sounds trustworthy to me.'
'Hmph. Of course you'd side with the fun police!'
#vss365
'Have #history with him, do you, Pixie?'
'Maybe. He might be the reason my slime-glitter-glue trap didn't go off all over you.'
'What?! Sounds trustworthy to me.'
'Hmph. Of course you'd side with the fun police!'
#vss365
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Gabe pries open the book, releasing me from its papery jaws.
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Gabe pries open the book, releasing me from its papery jaws.
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
'Awwww, poor Gabe got a boo-boo?'
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
'Awwww, poor Gabe got a boo-boo?'
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
'What sort of #creature is that, Pixie?'
'No idea, Gabe. Found it in the woods. As a compassionate person & scientist, I brought it home & gave it a cookie. Oh, I think it likes you. It's sniffing & smiling. Wait, are those fangs? Don't move. Or maybe - actually - RUN!'
#vss365
'No idea, Gabe. Found it in the woods. As a compassionate person & scientist, I brought it home & gave it a cookie. Oh, I think it likes you. It's sniffing & smiling. Wait, are those fangs? Don't move. Or maybe - actually - RUN!'
#vss365
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM