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Leave your emotional baggage
on the overflow rack in the back
Take a chance
and shed the dead weight
you no longer need
This streamlined approach
will serve you well
when life demands you be
light on your feet
omg i got writing done on BOTH New Girl and Being Samantha Masters!
Sat down this afternoon to work on my manuscript and wound up writing song lyrics instead. I've never done that before. It was fun. Of course, I don't play any instruments and I'm not a singer and have no idea about making the music part of it. #AmWriting
Now normally I don't complain
about the cuisine being served
but today's soup du jour
a spicy caustic blend
of #sparrow and pigeon
could best be described
as a toxic concoction
meant for removing paint
and hard to get out stains
Bon Appetit if you must
Ready for a confession? I've WATCHED Anne of Green Gables but never READ Anne of Green Gables. What kind of heathen am I?
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For Day 28 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a brand new Girth Loinhammer story! For those who haven't encountered him before, Girth is a "Dungeon Lord" running the sort of dungeon you'd expect to find in a typical fantasy RPG. Unfortunately, everyone else mistakes it for a different kind of dungeon altogether...
#FlashFictionMonth #FFM #FlashFiction #flashfic #AmWriting #comedy #fantasy
https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/girth-loinhammer-and-the-annals-of-history/
Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 28 “Okay. Yikes.” The…
Damon L. Wakes#WordWeavers 28
physical competitions
In dystopian Carrdia, the only real competition is for survival (or power).
The idea of competitions exists in Pannulus, but I haven’t explored it in depth yet. All I’ve mentioned to this point is ovlus, which is a team sport, & skiing.
Pannulus somewhat resembles the 1920s so any competitive activities from that era, or any I invent, are a possibility. I don’t think about them unless they might serve a story.
If you declare victory
with force of conviction
and social media repetition
you can turn chicken shit
into chicken salad
Even when you lose
if you spin the perception
with just enough deftness
those who roll with ignorance
will not only buy the charade
they'll throw the losers a parade
After the Minister of Defense
read the Armageddon edition
from the Book of Mass Destruction
the stunned congregation
dutifully lined up for confession
to get their stained souls cleansed
before the infidels storm in
but of course not before
the pilgrims paid up at the door
for the salvation privileges
that the chosen ones roll with
Sitting on a park bench
eyeing this bag of chips
with ravenous intent
as wee #sparrows
peep peep peep
hopping beneath my feet
praying for crumbs to fall
for desperate scavenger
survival sustenance
I see the similarity
with trickle down economics
except in this case
we be the starving birdies
fighting over scraps
oblivious to the inequity
of this bullshit reality
Good news! My short story, "The Pack," is being published tomorrow by the Literary Fantasy Magazine. You can get a copy of the entire issue here.
#scifi #fantasy #sffh #amwriting #writing
#ScribesAndMakers 28 pt2
unsupportive response?
Here’s the thing about no support…
I was abused. I’m still here. The Wyoming doctors came within a whisper of killing me. I’m still here.
I’m not only here, but I’m publishing, whether anyone reads my books or not.
Don’t tell me no, and don’t stand in my way. I may be fumbling more than I’m getting right, but I’m still moving ahead.
Given a second chance at life, I gave up coulda, shoulda, gonna.
I’m doing.
#WordWeavers Jul 28: Are there physical competitions in your world? What do they look like?
Urban fantasy, so our world with bonus magic, and... yup, physical competitions exist. (See: NFL, etc.)
The wizards don't have their own competitions. The superhero types, on the other hand...
#Today 28
Good day!
I’ve decided to patent our weather this year & sell it. I can’t remember when we were last spared a heat dome.
It’s as if, after an unusually warm winter & spring, a switch flipped & we leaped from May to August.
Apparently, anything goes now. Kinda scary.
Be everwell.
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cool morning
I order warm milk
by mistake
#ScribesAndMakers 28
unsupportive response?
In real life, I have no supporters, but lack anyone viciously insisting I have no business pursuing art.
My family, for instance, would pretend it didn’t exist. If I mentioned it, I’d receive a dead stare & a topic change. It doesn’t matter. Of those living, I have no contact, or virtually none.
I’ve only ever heard vocal encouragement from teachers. It’s amazing what that does, how I’ve kept their words close.
#WritersCoffeeClub 28
sensual beyond usual 5
The astral plane first (kinda) appears at the series’ midpoint in Book4. The best description is from The Mistaken Arrival. Both are spoilers.
There’s Gliss’s seeker ability where she sees character/personality as The Colors of the Seeker, reading colors, hues, patterns, movement, & more.
Maniff’s seer ability (seeing via the eyes of those he’s contacted) appears as a gallery of contacts holding silent images.
My 238th free weekly mini-story is out, and you can read it here: https://mattgemmell.scot/books/once-upon-a-time/stories/timing-is-everything/
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A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.
Matt Gemmell#PennedPossibilities 739 — MC POV: Who do you turn to for advice?
Alexios: Dante. Usually Dante, or even Junk. Their advice is the best. Cosmia's is, too. That's the thing, though... I can turn to any of my chooms for advice. I surround myself with brilliant people, all in their own ways. I only ask them for advice because I know they'll have good answers. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time...
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Desperately I seek
to make the scene
with the cool breeze
I know exists
though my faith
melts away
with each step
closer to the inferno
sucking me in
to the frying pan
like the grilled cheese sandwich
I am