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Maria A. Perez

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Author of the romantic space opera trilogy, The Curse of Sotkari Ta. My vss365 posts are excerpts, adaptations, or inspired by my romantic space opera trilogy, The Curse of Sotkari Ta. They give you a flavor of the story.

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · Nov 13

The Curse of Sotkari Ta is a romantic space opera. The trilogy, a prequel, and a companion poetry book are all published. Get ebooks on 'Zon and #KindleUnlimited. Paperbacks sold at online bookstores everywhere.
Find them here: direct.me/mariaaperezauthor and here: mariaaperez.com

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Bowen Greenwood @bowengreenwood.bsky.social · 20h

Smog and flame loomed like a mountain. Flecked with orange, the roiling cloud of #ash and black almost had to bend its neck to fit. Reality bent instead. The space seemed to grow to accommodate the demon.
--Seers Blade, WIP
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Sara @spauffwrites.bsky.social · 19h

Monsieur's rule: Ballerinas must be light as air and eat nothing but. She dances and starves in his music box but never pleases him.
The pointe shoes around his neck aren't hers, but the news is delicious. She takes the music box, and seven pounds of #ash and bone, and never shrinks again. #vss365

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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Jan @paintbuywords.bsky.social · 18h

Nice to meet you #ash
Just another wednesday
Daily nightmares
Haunting clouds of worry
No sun ever sets
Only burns the leftovers
of nothing left
Microplastics might do what dying in wars fails to
Make us aware
Why fear self aware robots
When we should abuse empathy

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Rick Milone @rwm1955.bsky.social · 16h

He was sequestered amongst a copse of ash trees. The new moon provided no light. He rubbed the feathered end of the poisoned blow dart across his cheek. A man walking his tiny dog sauntered casually by his hiding place. He loaded the blow gun & blew with force. #vsshorror #vss365

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corymatthew13.bsky.social @corymatthew13.bsky.social · 16h

Stirred to life
From ashes
Of a former self

Conflageration
Giving rise
To rebirth

Walking in
The ruins
Of a stranger

Called by a name
As of yet
Unrecognizable

Admiring the totality of
The wreckage...

#poetry
#vss365
#ash
#vss

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Arliden the Bard @arliden.bsky.social · 1d

oh, how the sky
makes magic
makes the world bigger
like a mirror
a different painting
minute by minute
and I'm trying to savor
every moment

but too soon
day clashes with dark
long shadows
swallowed,
& even peaceful sleep
is denied me

and even if I could
close by eyes
would I want to wake?
#vss365

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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D.C. Swanson @dcswanson.bsky.social · 1d

When noise surrounds,
who hears your voice?
When isms #clash,
the rich rejoice.
When views are fed,
why trust your eyes?
When anguish weighs,
then heroes rise.

#vss365

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 1d

Misty haze floats across
My brown eyes to black
A flurry of melancholy
Begun as a pleasant reverie
Then the dark shadows
Crept way on in

Sun kissed days
Picnic baskets
Strawberries and cream
All crushed to #ash
All berries now taste sour
No longer are you mine

#vss365

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 1d

"Our revenge was thorough. A total purge of them and everything they held dear. We burned their lives to the ground and pissed on the #ashes."
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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

The shepherds stared down at the valley as flames came from the sky, burning the city to #ash.

“How many apocalypses does that make?” Sam asked.

“Counting the zombies, kaiju, aliens, robots, and divine flames, that’s five,” Ruth said.

“Still mad we moved to the countryside?”

“…Shut up.”

#vss365

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

As my life erupts,
the #ash of my goals
collects
at my feet like a gray
dusty carpet;
the rainbows and unicorns
replaced
by cats and bathrobes
while vacations become
things I once did;
this once was the thing
I wanted, and everything
I worked for,
now it’s the thing that
chokes me

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Debbie Cribb Owens @cribbowens.bsky.social · 1d

They soaked the #ash of the campfire, assuring that every last ember was out. Then, it was time to roll up sleeping bags and dismantle tents. Another Girl Scout camp weekend was in the books. The feelings it generated, though, would live on for years.
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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social · 1d

Singed by regrets
Invisible ash floats
Internal fire simmers

#vss365 #ash

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PS Conway @psconway.bsky.social · 1d

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i found Javier
crying on the stoop,
his father
was taken by ICE today.

the bruises on his cheek:
proof of resistance

his mother’s sobs
from their apartment upstairs:
proof of love

ash drifted down the block
from the bonfire
of green cards
burning in the park.
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#vss365 #poetry #read

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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series @bethcgreenberg.com · 23h

"Why so down?" asked one white #ash to another.
"Ever since Barry Bonds, they all want maple bats. They'll put us out to pasture."
"Cheer up, slugger. They'll figure out it's not the bat."
"Maybe." Ash swatted away a dozen emerald ash borers from his trunk. "What's with these pests anyway?"
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Maria A. Perez @mariaaperezauthor.bsky.social · 12h

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