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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, this sounds interesting...

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 2d

...and bits of sick.

-Garth Marenghi, Slicer

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 4d

AI at its peak.

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 5d

Drop some pumpkins🎃

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 5d

The #storm rages on;
Shards of flying steel rain down
Upon our shelter.

#SciFaikuSaturday
#MicroPoem
#SciFi
#Haiku

Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 5d

The 04 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#STORM

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 5d

Blood Brothers at Theatr Clwyd last night. Fancy new venue, quite a place to spend our wedding anniversary.

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 5d

"Target: Gallagher. Time frame: ASAP. Fee: 1mil."
Joe read the printed note and nodded grimly to himself.
At that moment he heard someone enter, so he quickly ate it, chewing it into a papery #pulp.
It was Gallagher. "Hi Joe! What are you up to in here?"
Joe chuckled. "The usual," he said.
#vss365

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning poets/writers/authors, it's day 3 of our magical musical mystery tour.

It's another giant of Britpop, we're sorted for E's and Whizz because today's #vss365 #prompt, 03/10/25 is #pulp. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

Also tell me about your favourite song of all time in the comments.

a man is behind bars in a store and says `` are you sure ? ''

ALT: a man is behind bars in a store and says `` are you sure ? ''

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 6d

This was The Cave Of Doom.
He liked to come here to relax. It was his little #oasis of calm.
"Ho! I am Bongord! Slayer of Dragons!"
He sighed, and bellowed deeply. "Wherefore comest thou?"
"I aim to slay thee. Dragon."
"Fine," he muttered, stretching his legs. "I'll fetch my wings."
#vss365

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 7d

Morning poets writers authors it's day 2 of our musical mystery tour.

After Blur it's only right we follow up with their great chart rivals, today's #vss365 #prompt, 02/10/25 is #oasis. Roll with it. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

Are you team Blur, team Oasis or team Other?

a man in a suit singing into a microphone with the words come on below him

ALT: a man in a suit singing into a microphone with the words come on below him

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 7d

Ship's log: Day ninety.
No intelligent life, yet
#Hope springs eternal.

#ScifaikuSaturday
#Haiku
#Sci-Fi
#MicroPoem

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 7d

While amidst the stars,
Take care, brave young traveller,
For there are monsters.

#SciFaikuSaturday
#Sci-Fi
#MicroPoem
#Haiku

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 7d

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and saying `` you , you ... you 're good you ! ''

Alt: From Analyse This. Robert Deniro, as mob boss Paul Vitti, in a suit and tie, is sitting and pointing at Billy Crystal (unseen, as psychiatrist Dr. Been Sobel), saying "you, you ... you're good you !"

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 8d

I'm still shocked by the shock ending.

Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 8d

Hex wheeled into the chamber to be confronted by an immense brass statue.
"I am the Eternal Riddle," it boomed. "Answer this #conundrum to pass."
"Go on."
"How did the woman feel who fell in the apple press?"
Hex smiled. "Be cider self."
A great door appeared behind the statue.
#vss365 #archive

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 8d

If you want to make a TV show from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

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Curtin Parloe @curtinparloe.bsky.social · 8d

Jason squinted at the horizon, but even with his glasses, the heat haze reduced the shape to an indistinct #blur.
Eventually he could make it out, a whirring metallic object, glinting with metallic blades, and it was heading directly for him. Fast.
Very fast.
He turned on his heel and ran.
#vss365

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning poets, writers, authors are you ready for your 15 day musical mystery tour?

To get us started one of the bands who defined 90s Britpop, todays #vss365 #prompt, 01/10/25 is #blur, happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

And please feel free to also tell me about your fave song/band in the comments.