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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 13h

Morning my pen & pencil wielding friends its time to enter week 2, it's day 8 of our musical mystery tour.

Today's word is inspired by a sci-fi infused indie classic Girl From Mars, our #vss365 #prompt for 08/10/25 is #ash. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

What's your favourite sci-fi movie or programme?

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 1d

Hey fellow scribblers it's day 7 of our musical mystery tour.

We're hitting the 1970s for our inspiration, it's a band who helped define British punk rock, yes London's Calling because today's #vss365 #prompt, 07/10/25 is #clash

What's your favourite musical genre?

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 2d

Good Morning writer/authors/poets ready for day 6 of our musical mystery tour?

Let's skip back to the early 80s music scene & Party Fears Two by The Associates one of my fave songs of all time, today's #vss365 #prompt, 06/10/25, is #associate.

What's your favourite party song?

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 3d

Morning creatives we're a third of the way through our journey, it's day 5 already!

One of my favourite songs of the punk era is Gary Gilmore's Eyes by the Adverts, so today's #vss365 #prompt 05/10/25, is #advert . Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

What is your favourite song of all time?

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 6d

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?

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vss365hq.bsky.social @vss365hq.bsky.social · 7d

The #vss365 host for October 1-15 is:

@thedevilstuna.bsky.social (Paul)

Prompts will drop daily at 10 AM GMT (UTC)

Follow Paul, if you haven’t already!

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 9d

Good morning writers and friends.. We all hide some of what we feel.

Form is changed, maybe, But not essence...

29 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #sublimate

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning writers and authors. Keys heard jingling in the hallway...

From caves to castles, to your front door...

27 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #escutcheon

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 11d

Good morning writers, authors, and questioners of fate...

Find the words of inquiry that shed the most light...

27 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #scrutiny

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 12d

Good morning writers, Sound is the expression of language, Be prideful speaking yours.

Make your words speak loud and with force....

26 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #sonorous

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 13d

Good morning writers, hoping this will be a day of expression for you.

Look for those words that might come out of nowhere...

25 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #caprice

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning writers, Seven days in and seven to go, midway through my prompting...

Find the words that make your writing special, and enjoy it.

24 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #eventuality

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 15d

Welcome writers, and friends to this Tuesday.

Take the lead, lift your story from imagination to ink

23 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #bellwether

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 16d

Welcome writers, to the genesis of Autumn

Grab your pen and make a statement!

22 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #reinvigorate

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 18d

Welcome writers, friends, and students of fate.

The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.

20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome writers, friends and consumers of fora.

In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear

19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 20d

Welcome writers, friends and storytellers

~Keep a #stock of firewood
for those cold winter nights~

18 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #stock

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 22d

Good morning writers, poets and vagabonds of words

~Silence #conspires with the soul
until imagery becomes complete~

16 September 2025 #vss365
prompt is #conspire

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 23d

You trusted me.

The #vss365 prompt for 15 September is: Rein.

“You gave too much #rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” (Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles)

#prompt #rein

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 25d

Mix and match the patterns.

Today, 13 September, the #vss365 prompt is: Style.

“As honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where it’s going out of #style.” (Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep)

Image: Maksim Goncharenok (Pexels)

#prompt #style

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GeneVatow @genevatow.bsky.social · 25d

#vss365 News! My name is Gene @GeneVatow
I will be assuming the wheel of the ship on 15 September from C.S. Voll @Steph_Lepht to continue our journey through the ocean of words together.
Prompts will be posted at 0600 GMT
Join me in thanking C.S. for selfless service.

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vss365hq.bsky.social @vss365hq.bsky.social · 25d

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 27d

On 11 September, the #vss365 prompt is: Exhausted.

“You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly #exhausted you are, until somewhat stands behind you and says, “It’s OK, you can fall down now...” (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

#prompt

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 28d

The #vss365 prompt for 10 September is: Bearable.

“Sorrow was like sleeping on stone, he decided. You had to settle all its bumps and sharp edges, come to terms against them, fit them around until they became #bearable...” (Patricia A. McKillip, Od Magic)

#prompt #bearable

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