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Hollowed Out Episode 9: The Silence
Image generated using ChatGPT Previous Episode She lived. They found her on the bathroom floor. Two eyes on the tile beside her. The blood dried in tracks down both cheeks and the tracks were the color of rust and the rust was the color of time and the time had stopped and started and stopped again. The paramedics wrapped the sockets in white gauze and the white was a judgment and the judgment was clean. They transported her on a gurney and the wheels squeaked on the linoleum and the […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/hollowed-out-episode-9-the-silence/
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Hollowed Out Episode 9: The Silence
Image generated using ChatGPT Previous Episode She lived. They found her on the bathroom floor. Two eyes on the tile beside her. The blood dried in tracks down both cheeks and the tracks were the color of rust and the rust was the color of time and the time had stopped and started and stopped again. The paramedics wrapped the sockets in white gauze and the white was a judgment and the judgment was clean. They transported her on a gurney and the wheels squeaked on the linoleum and the […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/hollowed-out-episode-9-the-silence/
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Hollowed Out Episode 8: The Harvest
Image generated using Perplexity AI Previous Episode The images did not stop. They grew. They multiplied. They bred in the dark behind her eyes and the breeding was exponential and the dark was a nursery and the nursery was full. She stopped eating on the third day. She stopped drinking on the fourth. The body is a machine and the machine requires fuel and the fuel was irrelevant because the machine was no longer hers. The machine belonged to the eye and the eye belonged to the thing and […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/hollowed-out-episode-8-the-harvest/
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Hollowed Out Episode 8: The Harvest
Image generated using Perplexity AI Previous Episode The images did not stop. They grew. They multiplied. They bred in the dark behind her eyes and the breeding was exponential and the dark was a nursery and the nursery was full. She stopped eating on the third day. She stopped drinking on the fourth. The body is a machine and the machine requires fuel and the fuel was irrelevant because the machine was no longer hers. The machine belonged to the eye and the eye belonged to the thing and […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/hollowed-out-episode-8-the-harvest/
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Three Things Challenge #MM477
Image generated using ChatGPT Ocular Torment - Previous Episode It began on the second night. She was standing at the bathroom mirror. The water running. The tap cold against her fingers. She looked at her face and the face was her face and then the face was not her face. The eyes shifted. Not the pupils. Not the iris. Something behind the eyes. Something moving like a shape behind frosted glass. She blinked and the blinking was a reset and the face was her face and the water was running […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/three-things-challenge-mm477/
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Three Things Challenge #MM477
Image generated using ChatGPT Ocular Torment - Previous Episode It began on the second night. She was standing at the bathroom mirror. The water running. The tap cold against her fingers. She looked at her face and the face was her face and then the face was not her face. The eyes shifted. Not the pupils. Not the iris. Something behind the eyes. Something moving like a shape behind frosted glass. She blinked and the blinking was a reset and the face was her face and the water was running […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/three-things-challenge-mm477/
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Three Things Challenge #MM476
Image generated using ChatGPT Transference - Previous Episode They found him at seven-fourteen in the morning. Two uniforms and a paramedic who stood in the doorway too long and whose senior partner had to push past him to reach the table. The paramedic was young and the young are uncomfortable in the presence of death. He checked the carotid and withdrew his hand and wiped his fingers on his trousers and said nothing because there was nothing to say that the room did not already know. The […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/three-things-challenge-mm476/
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Three Things Challenge #MM476
Image generated using ChatGPT Transference - Previous Episode They found him at seven-fourteen in the morning. Two uniforms and a paramedic who stood in the doorway too long and whose senior partner had to push past him to reach the table. The paramedic was young and the young are uncomfortable in the presence of death. He checked the carotid and withdrew his hand and wiped his fingers on his trousers and said nothing because there was nothing to say that the room did not already know. The […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/three-things-challenge-mm476/
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Three Things Challenge #MM466
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Ink, Insert and Iffy. Story continued . Previous Episode Image generated using ChatGPT The Mouths He went to work on the fourth day. He wore a clean shirt and he tied his shoes and he drove with both hands on the wheel and the voice did not speak. He walked through the bullpen and the fluorescent lights buzzed their sixty hertz hymn and the carpet smelled of industrial solvent and old coffee. A detective looked up from […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/three-things-challenge-mm466/
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Three Things Challenge #MM466
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Ink, Insert and Iffy. Story continued . Previous Episode Image generated using ChatGPT The Mouths He went to work on the fourth day. He wore a clean shirt and he tied his shoes and he drove with both hands on the wheel and the voice did not speak. He walked through the bullpen and the fluorescent lights buzzed their sixty hertz hymn and the carpet smelled of industrial solvent and old coffee. A detective looked up from […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/three-things-challenge-mm466/
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Three Things Challenge #MM464
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Grit, Grin and Grind. Story continued . Previous Episode Image generated using ChatGPT Three Days He did not eat. He did not sleep. He sat in his apartment with the lights off and the blinds drawn and the city moving beyond the glass in its idiot procession of noise and commerce and flesh. The radiator clanked and steamed and the steam smelled of iron. His phone buzzed on the table. He let it buzz. The screen casting a […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/three-things-challenge-mm464/
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Three Things Challenge #MM464
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Grit, Grin and Grind. Story continued . Previous Episode Image generated using ChatGPT Three Days He did not eat. He did not sleep. He sat in his apartment with the lights off and the blinds drawn and the city moving beyond the glass in its idiot procession of noise and commerce and flesh. The radiator clanked and steamed and the steam smelled of iron. His phone buzzed on the table. He let it buzz. The screen casting a […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/three-things-challenge-mm464/
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Three Things Challenge #MM462
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Echo, Exclaim and Extreme. Story continued . Previous Episode Image generated using ChatGPT The Drive He drove north. The highway unspooling beneath the wheels in wet gray ribbon and the wipers beating time like a metronome marking the slow erosion of something vital. The rain came down and the rain was cold and the cold found the gaps in the heating vents and pressed against his knuckles until the joints ached. He did […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/three-things-challenge-mm462/
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Three Things Challenge #MM462
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Echo, Exclaim and Extreme. Story continued . Previous Episode Image generated using ChatGPT The Drive He drove north. The highway unspooling beneath the wheels in wet gray ribbon and the wipers beating time like a metronome marking the slow erosion of something vital. The rain came down and the rain was cold and the cold found the gaps in the heating vents and pressed against his knuckles until the joints ached. He did […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/three-things-challenge-mm462/
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Three Things Challenge #MM458
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - anger, anticipate and ask. The House on the RidgeThe boy found the house in winter, its windows like black eyes watching the valley below. He didn't ask why no one lived there. He already knew.Inside, the air held the cold of decades. Floorboards creaked under his feet. In the master bedroom, a chair faced the window. Nothing moved. Nothing needed to.He returned each day. Some animal need drew him back. Anticipate the dark. […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/three-things-challenge-mm458/
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Three Things Challenge #MM458
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - anger, anticipate and ask. The House on the RidgeThe boy found the house in winter, its windows like black eyes watching the valley below. He didn't ask why no one lived there. He already knew.Inside, the air held the cold of decades. Floorboards creaked under his feet. In the master bedroom, a chair faced the window. Nothing moved. Nothing needed to.He returned each day. Some animal need drew him back. Anticipate the dark. […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/three-things-challenge-mm458/
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Three Things Challenge #MM456
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - vanquish, viola and violence. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT A sudden violence grips the land,With iron fist and harsh demand,A brutal song of wrath and might,That turns the golden day to night.Yet through the smoke and bitter fray,A fragile viola begins to play,Its tender wood and sweeping string,Make quiet, bold defiance ring.The melody rises, soft and clear,To vanquish anger, banish fear,And as the final […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/three-things-challenge-mm456/
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Three Things Challenge #MM456
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - vanquish, viola and violence. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT A sudden violence grips the land,With iron fist and harsh demand,A brutal song of wrath and might,That turns the golden day to night.Yet through the smoke and bitter fray,A fragile viola begins to play,Its tender wood and sweeping string,Make quiet, bold defiance ring.The melody rises, soft and clear,To vanquish anger, banish fear,And as the final […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/three-things-challenge-mm456/
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Three Things Challenge #MM454
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - trick, tiny and temper. Image imagined by me and created using Perplexity AI The bar was dark and the air was thick with smoke. The man sat alone and his hands were still on the vinyl. His knuckles were pale and the tendons stood out like ropes. He watched the target across the room and his breathing was measured and controlled.The target laughed and his throat was exposed and vulnerable. The glass in his hand caught the […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/three-things-challenge-mm454/
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Three Things Challenge #MM454
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - trick, tiny and temper. Image imagined by me and created using Perplexity AI The bar was dark and the air was thick with smoke. The man sat alone and his hands were still on the vinyl. His knuckles were pale and the tendons stood out like ropes. He watched the target across the room and his breathing was measured and controlled.The target laughed and his throat was exposed and vulnerable. The glass in his hand caught the […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/three-things-challenge-mm454/
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Three Things Challenge #MM447
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - mast, mash and marsh. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 12)Into the Master's DomainPorticus looked at the open doors and then at the others. "Thorin and I will take the point," he said. "Lyralei and Brother Marcus, stay right behind us and be ready. Pip, find some shadows. We go on three. Everyone ready?""Ready," Thorin said. He did not say it loudly. He said it the […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/three-things-challenge-mm447/
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Three Things Challenge #MM447
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - mast, mash and marsh. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 12)Into the Master's DomainPorticus looked at the open doors and then at the others. "Thorin and I will take the point," he said. "Lyralei and Brother Marcus, stay right behind us and be ready. Pip, find some shadows. We go on three. Everyone ready?""Ready," Thorin said. He did not say it loudly. He said it the […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/three-things-challenge-mm447/
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Three Things Challenge #MM446
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - loathe, loam, and list. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 11) Revelations in the Upper Chambers The warehouse kept its secrets in the upper reaches. They cleared the building room by room and found three more villagers in the loft. Elder Petrik. Sara Millwright. Borin Polluck. They stood under a compulsion where they had been left. Their […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/three-things-challenge-mm446/
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Three Things Challenge #MM446
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - loathe, loam, and list. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 11) Revelations in the Upper Chambers The warehouse kept its secrets in the upper reaches. They cleared the building room by room and found three more villagers in the loft. Elder Petrik. Sara Millwright. Borin Polluck. They stood under a compulsion where they had been left. Their […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/three-things-challenge-mm446/
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Three Things Challenge #MM445
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - kibble, kid and kitty. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 10) The Charnel Warehouse The northernmost warehouse stood apart from the others. It was weathered the same. The boards had gone gray the same. The doors hung ajar the same. But there was something else about this one. Something that did not announce itself and did not need to. Lars […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/three-things-challenge-mm445/
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Three Things Challenge #MM445
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - kibble, kid and kitty. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 10) The Charnel Warehouse The northernmost warehouse stood apart from the others. It was weathered the same. The boards had gone gray the same. The doors hung ajar the same. But there was something else about this one. Something that did not announce itself and did not need to. Lars […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/three-things-challenge-mm445/
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Three Things Challenge #MM444
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Jilt, Jenny, and jerk. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 9) Dawn of the Third Day Fronk’s bell tolled across the gray waters and the sound died in the mist. Porticus woke and Veda moved about the room with bowls of porridge. The fog had lifted from her eyes and she looked upon them with a new light. Holden came to them as they ate. He sat […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/three-things-challenge-mm444/
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Three Things Challenge #MM444
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Jilt, Jenny, and jerk. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 9) Dawn of the Third Day Fronk’s bell tolled across the gray waters and the sound died in the mist. Porticus woke and Veda moved about the room with bowls of porridge. The fog had lifted from her eyes and she looked upon them with a new light. Holden came to them as they ate. He sat […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/three-things-challenge-mm444/
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Three Things Challenge #MM442
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Horse, Hump and Honest. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 8) A Moment of Peace Evening settled over Hogg Bottem like a shroud and the party gathered at the inn for the first real meal the building had seen in months. Veda served them with tears cutting tracks through the flour on her cheeks. Fresh crayfish and warm bread with honey that […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/three-things-challenge-mm442/
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Three Things Challenge #MM442
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Horse, Hump and Honest. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 8) A Moment of Peace Evening settled over Hogg Bottem like a shroud and the party gathered at the inn for the first real meal the building had seen in months. Veda served them with tears cutting tracks through the flour on her cheeks. Fresh crayfish and warm bread with honey that […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/three-things-challenge-mm442/
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Three Things Challenge #MM438
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Dabble, Drank and Dab. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 7) Terror in the Warehouses The smell came first. Decay and something else, something wrong in the bone that made the hair on their necks rise. The first warehouse loomed with weathered boards and missing planks like a mouth gone bad. "Me and the Dwarf will take the point. Pip, find […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/three-things-challenge-mm438/
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Three Things Challenge #MM438
Today we are asked to create a post with the following three words - Dabble, Drank and Dab. The adventure continues. Image imagined by me and created using ChatGPT The Legend of Porticus the Ranger (Episode 7) Terror in the Warehouses The smell came first. Decay and something else, something wrong in the bone that made the hair on their necks rise. The first warehouse loomed with weathered boards and missing planks like a mouth gone bad. "Me and the Dwarf will take the point. Pip, find […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/three-things-challenge-mm438/
