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Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social · 28m

WRITING THE OCCULT will be back this November to explore monsters of all shapes and sizes with its look at CRYPTIDS AND CREATURES, running 29th November! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-th... #creatures #crytpids #monsters #writing #occult

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1h

A rejection! What a terrible unbirthday present.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote this when I was struggling with my gender identity and it may or may not have been written mostly in one shot during a manic episode.

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 7d

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transphobia, crooked cops, swindlers, kindly folks, drugs, tragedy, and a high speed chase.

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Outrun the Devil - Ly Faulk's Ko-fi Shop

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transph...

ko-fi.com

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 4h

Sometimes you just have to keep writing sentences until you figure out where you’re going with this.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote this when I was struggling with my gender identity and it may or may not have been written mostly in one shot during a manic episode.

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 7d

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transphobia, crooked cops, swindlers, kindly folks, drugs, tragedy, and a high speed chase.

Only 99 cents!
ko-fi.com/s/781b0b9855

Outrun the Devil - Ly Faulk's Ko-fi Shop

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transph...

ko-fi.com

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 7d

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transphobia, crooked cops, swindlers, kindly folks, drugs, tragedy, and a high speed chase.

Only 99 cents!
ko-fi.com/s/781b0b9855

Outrun the Devil - Ly Faulk's Ko-fi Shop

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transph...

ko-fi.com

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 2d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

kaleidotrope.net

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kyle r. seibel @kylerseibel.bsky.social · 22h

newest from me today in little engines

www.littleengines.pub/p/the-office...

The Office of Future Plans

A new story from Kyle Seibel

www.littleengines.pub

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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 6h

I did NOT cry on the subway yesterday reading "The Things You Bought For the Robot" but it was REALLY HARD NOT TO. Read this story, it's glorious and sad and beautiful.

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

#FlashFiction #FlashLit #WritingCommunity #SpeculativeFiction

The Things You Bought for the Robot

Extension Cord.The robot was secondhand. Because its solar unit was too complicated to fix, it was just easier to plug it in and forget about it.Cleaning supplies.It had a job to do, you needed the…

www.flashfictiononline.com

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 19h

Dolly no! Hang on please 🙏

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

😆

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

Update:

A bluish gray loveseat with cupholders and a middle console.

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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 1d

Love #FlashFiction? Love #SpeculativeFiction? Join me for this @smokelong.bsky.social #WritingWorkshop and I'll give you the tools to write speculative fiction as metaphor, one of my FAVOURITE THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE:

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#Writing #WritingCommunity

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk with a nbc logo on his watch

Alt: Ron from Parks and Recreation is sitting at a desk looking excited

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

Waiting on my first brand new furniture of my adult life to be delivered.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 2d

Oh did I mention I have a new chapbook coming out? Preorders coming at the end of October.

October 27th - Hippie Speedball by Ly Faulk preorder

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 2d

Are you a fan of grit lit? If so, give this a try!!!

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 7d

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transphobia, crooked cops, swindlers, kindly folks, drugs, tragedy, and a high speed chase.

Only 99 cents!
ko-fi.com/s/781b0b9855

Outrun the Devil - Ly Faulk's Ko-fi Shop

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transph...

ko-fi.com

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 3d

Chill Subs is unusable right now so I don't know where to send this poem about intrusive thoughts. Anyone have any ideas?

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Querencia Press @querenciapress.bsky.social · 3d

1/2 We have a ton of extra inventory & need to make room for new titles! All of our 22-24 quarterly anthologies are $8, Not Ghosts, But Spirits is $18 for paperback and $33 for hardcover, & we have overstock titles listed at $7-$8 on our PayHip store! No code needed—

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 3d

I’m running out of steam trying to promote this. Just got to hack it, much like Shane must hack it as he hitchhikes across America trying to get home. If you are a fan of grit lit, might I make you an offering in this trying time?

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 7d

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transphobia, crooked cops, swindlers, kindly folks, drugs, tragedy, and a high speed chase.

Only 99 cents!
ko-fi.com/s/781b0b9855

Outrun the Devil - Ly Faulk's Ko-fi Shop

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transph...

ko-fi.com