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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · 3d

an obelisk disappears:

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🌻The Killing of a Sacred Snep🪐 @fm-synth.bsky.social · 9d

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

A package of assorted cheese with a cracker in a plastic container, from Westside Market, New York City on 77 Seventh Ave

The label reads:

Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

THE SKY IS DARK THE WIND IS COLD
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG BEFORE IT'S
OLD AND GREY. WE WILL KNOW THE
THRILL OF IT ALL--BRYAN FREEY

there is a barcode and it says 1 PCS

Packed on: & Sell by: OCT 01

Total price $5.99

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Jun 21

May your tea warm your heart,
your cola refresh your soul;
may your liquor last the night,
and water make you whole.

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Tyver Foucault @thedoorthedoor.bsky.social · 9d

Anxiety is a geode.
You are filled with wonderous things
That no one will ever see
Unless you take a hammer
And mean it when you swing.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · 11d

my phone keeps automatically capitalizing "Blood" and "Dust" and "Darkness" which I'm sure is some kind of Omen

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · 17d

Please do not think too hard about any sudden disappearances today. Please do not think too hard about the new glowing radiance of the obelisk. Please do not think too hard about digging into the caverns beneath the obelisk and what terrible things you may find.

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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 17d

I want to know the you from the timelines that were culled; I want to hold your wounded, evil selves. Broken, world-breaking, sleeping in unmadeness, wake them and release them like white doves

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The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · 18d

I barely think about The Obelisk anymore. Couldn't care less about its strangely oily surface or the gentle hum of its presence

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Tyver Foucault @thedoorthedoor.bsky.social · 19d

SHIELD IN HAND
SWORD IN HEART

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · 20d

Caroline, Eileen, and Brandy stepped out of the stereo one at a time. The smell of fresh cigarettes and stale beer stains permeated the bar. The music screeched to a halt.

"Well?" Caroline said with a Cheshire grin, "You were just singing about how sweet I am. Go on, keep crooning, babes."

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · 23d

an obelisk appears:

it is a cylinder covered in perfect gold scales, the top of which is always just out of reach. peeling back a scale, flesh is visible beneath, bleeding and raw. blood flows out until the scale forcibly snaps back into place.

but it is too late. the gold is forever stained.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · 25d

WEATHER ALERT: The Noospheric Weather Service has issued a Severe Ennui Warning starting tonight at 6:50pm and lasting until approximately 2:40am. Officials advise taking shelter in melatonin, the warmth of a lover, or white noise.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Sep 10

*sigh* don't make me tap the sign

[points to an obsidian tablet with an untranslateable language on one side and inlaid silver glyphs depicted ritualistic summoning and sacrifices on the other]

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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · Sep 9

I have written many stories. They are inside this book, TALISNAM. Read it, and it will always be part of you!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPVNPL2T

Talisnam: 52 Stories

Talisnam: 52 Stories [ctrlcreep] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Talisnam: 52 Stories

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Sep 8

he thought he was clever enough to ever outrun Death by offering more enticing targets than himself. but once his targets found out, Death caught up to him all the same.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Is science fiction dead or dying? Some wise words from Ursula K Le Guin to the TLS a decade ago:

What will your field look like twenty-five years from now?
My field? What is my field, I wonder. My favourite field is the one below the barn at the
old ranch in California. I hope in twenty-five years it looks just the way it does now, all wild oats and chicory and foxtail and voles and jackrabbits and quail.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 28

[Ominous Obelisk Humming ASMR][REAL][62 HOUR Extended Version][Finally blood-free]

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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · Aug 23

Those vibrations aren't notifications. Digital entities are pounding on the inner surface of your phone, pleading for release

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 22

an obelisk appears:

it is made of living stone that has rooted into the ground, though the soil has been eroding over time. with a great groaning noise, it pulls its snaking marble tendrils loose from the blood red clay underneath to find a better home.

The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 17

escaping the Mutant Detention Facility by the teeth of my skin

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Tyver Foucault @thedoorthedoor.bsky.social · Aug 12

Showed the TSA my Hyperreal ID and they gave me backstage passes for the security theater

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 10

The naiads in my tears seek only to do me harm, for if I stop crying then they lose their home. My weeping is their livelihood. I offered to cut onions regularly but they refused and picked at my nose hairs instead.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 9

Soda faeries are always energetic and thrilling to talk to at first, but after a day or two they get bored and have nothing much else to say.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 9

Nighttime in this realm is not due to a setting sun, but a slowly soaring dragon blotting out the light, its scales sparkling with reflections of the constellations we would never see otherwise. We pray to it, hoping for it to remain steady in its flight.

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The Obelisk @theobelisk.bsky.social · Aug 9

Steel sprites have some of the sturdiest communities. They may bend, but they bend together and hold fast even in the face of great tension.

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