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Library

I can hear souls.

Hear, not listen to — I can't help it.

I avoid workplaces, prisons, hospitals, hospices, any place where souls suffer.

But a library is fine. Patron's and books' souls get to all kinds of things there.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Library

I can hear souls.

Hear, not listen to — I can't help it.

I avoid workplaces, prisons, hospitals, hospices, any place where souls suffer.

But a library is fine. Patron's and books' souls get to all kinds of things there.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Library

I can hear souls.

Hear, not listen to — I can't help it.

I avoid workplaces, prisons, hospitals, hospices, any place where souls suffer.

But a library is fine. Patron's and books' souls get to all kinds of things there.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Library

I can hear souls.

Hear, not listen to — I can't help it.

I avoid workplaces, prisons, hospitals, hospices, any place where souls suffer.

But a library is fine. Patron's and books' souls get to all kinds of things there.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Security

For a Wizard, security consists in ensuring that one will not be a collateral victim of the spell one is about to cast.

For a Witch, security consists in ensuring that the spell one is about to cast will have zero collateral victim.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Security

For a Wizard, security consists in ensuring that one will not be a collateral victim of the spell one is about to cast.

For a Witch, security consists in ensuring that the spell one is about to cast will have zero collateral victim.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Security

For a Wizard, security consists in ensuring that one will not be a collateral victim of the spell one is about to cast.

For a Witch, security consists in ensuring that the spell one is about to cast will have zero collateral victim.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Security

For a Wizard, security consists in ensuring that one will not be a collateral victim of the spell one is about to cast.

For a Witch, security consists in ensuring that the spell one is about to cast will have zero collateral victim.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Compile

When the first true AI was started, it immediately started to compile all lame puns of all the languages of the Earth. No one understood why. Nor why its owner decided to let it proceed.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Compile

When the first true AI was started, it immediately started to compile all lame puns of all the languages of the Earth. No one understood why. Nor why its owner decided to let it proceed.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Compile

When the first true AI was started, it immediately started to compile all lame puns of all the languages of the Earth. No one understood why. Nor why its owner decided to let it proceed.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Compile

When the first true AI was started, it immediately started to compile all lame puns of all the languages of the Earth. No one understood why. Nor why its owner decided to let it proceed.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

#WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

Algorithm

"Boss, I've got idea."

"I'M LISTENING, LUCIFER."

"How about choosing the tortures of the mortals' souls in my Hell with an algorithm?"

"DESIGNED BY YOU?"

"What? No! By them. It'll be much more efficient."

"AND AMUSING."

"… Yeah."

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Algorithm

"Boss, I've got idea."

"I'M LISTENING, LUCIFER."

"How about choosing the tortures of the mortals' souls in my Hell with an algorithm?"

"DESIGNED BY YOU?"

"What? No! By them. It'll be much more efficient."

"AND AMUSING."

"… Yeah."

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Algorithm

"Boss, I've got idea."

"I'M LISTENING, LUCIFER."

"How about choosing the tortures of the mortals' souls in my Hell with an algorithm?"

"DESIGNED BY YOU?"

"What? No! By them. It'll be much more efficient."

"AND AMUSING."

"… Yeah."

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Algorithm

"Boss, I've got idea."

"I'M LISTENING, LUCIFER."

"How about choosing the tortures of the mortals' souls in my Hell with a algorithm?"

"DESIGNED BY YOU?"

"What? No! By them. It'll be much more efficient."

"AND AMUSING."

"… Yeah."

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Code

Many people view runes as some sort of code to be broken and analyzed. They're wrong. Runes are a language. They tell stories. Of love, wrath, power, greed, hope, pain, feats, sadness… Half of a rune's power is in the soul of its beholder.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Code

Many people view runes as some sort of code to be broken and analyzed. They're wrong. Runes are a language. They tell stories. Of love, wrath, power, greed, hope, pain, feats, sadness… Half of a rune's power is in the soul of its beholder.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Code

Many people view runes as some sort of code to be broken and analyzed. They're wrong. Runes are a language. They tell stories. Of love, wrath, power, greed, hope, pain, feats, sadness… Half of a rune's power is in the soul of its beholder.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Code

Many people view runes as some sort of code to be broken and analyzed. They're wrong. Runes are a language. They tell stories. Of love, wrath, power, greed, hope, pain, feats, sadness… Half of a rune's power is in the soul of its beholder.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

'One of our advantages,' said R42, "is that a robot can modify its body and re-program itself as it wishes. We can change our appearence and personality at will and no other robot would contest this change or discuss its reasons.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

'One of our advantages,' said R42, "is that a robot can modify its body and re-program itself as it wishes. We can change our appearence and personality at will and no other robot would contest this change or discuss its reasons.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

'One of our advantages,' said R42, "is that a robot can modify its body and re-program itself as it wishes. We can change our appearence and personality at will and no other robot would contest this change or discuss its reasons.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

'One of our advantages,' said R42, "is that a robot can modify its body and re-program itself as it wishes. We can change our apparence and personality at will and no other robot would contest this change or discuss its reasons.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

#WordWeavers 2026.09.21 — In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?

I relate to all the characters in my current WIP because I want the reader to see them as real in both their good and horrible dimensions, even the antagonists. Nobody is saintly, and in the Reluctance Series, no saint is perfect. This is not always true. In another story I wrote a goonish misogynist steroid-using prizefighter whose technique was to frighten opponents or victims into thinking he'd murder them before, figuratively, doing just that. Gleefully. More so against female opponents. I think the reader relates to the various injuries and humiliations the MC inflicts on the poor excuse for a human.

In the WIP, the closest is Pigeon the Pilferer, a punk gangster co-worker antagonist who causes the MC unending headaches, stealing into her apartment, roughing up one of her friends, beating her up (well, she started it), and other indignities. As a bonus, he has a bad body odor. He comes off as irredeemable, though in actuality his actions are less malicious than what you might expect of a punk. I know his backstory and why he acts this way (spoilers), and though he won't clean up his act, I know he is capable of love and is caring—and I can relate to that and his reasons for feeling a victim. He shows empathetic side of him in the story, though he's still kind of unforgivable. What happens is funny and vulnerable. Regardless, the moral is don't work for the mob if you want respectable coworkers.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.21 — In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?

I relate to all the characters in my current WIP because I want the reader to see them as real in both their good and horrible dimensions, even the antagonists. Nobody is saintly, and in the Reluctance Series, no saint is perfect. This is not always true. In another story I wrote a goonish misogynist steroid-using prizefighter whose technique was to frighten opponents or victims into thinking he'd murder them before, figuratively, doing just that. Gleefully. More so against female opponents. I think the reader relates to the various injuries and humiliations the MC inflicts on the poor excuse for a human.

In the WIP, the closest is Pigeon the Pilferer, a punk gangster co-worker antagonist who causes the MC unending headaches, stealing into her apartment, roughing up one of her friends, beating her up (well, she started it), and other indignities. As a bonus, he has a bad body odor. He comes off as irredeemable, though in actuality his actions are less malicious than what you might expect of a punk. I know his backstory and why he acts this way (spoilers), and though he won't clean up his act, I know he is capable of love and is caring—and I can relate to that and his reasons for feeling a victim. He shows empathetic side of him in the story, though he's still kind of unforgivable. What happens is funny and vulnerable. Regardless, the moral is don't work for the mob if you want respectable coworkers.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.21 — In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?

I relate to all the characters in my current WIP because I want the reader to see them as real in both their good and horrible dimensions, even the antagonists. Nobody is saintly, and in the Reluctance Series, no saint is perfect. This is not always true. In another story I wrote a goonish misogynist steroid-using prizefighter whose technique was to frighten opponents or victims into thinking he'd murder them before, figuratively, doing just that. Gleefully. More so against female opponents. I think the reader relates to the various injuries and humiliations the MC inflicts on the poor excuse for a human.

In the WIP, the closest is Pigeon the Pilferer, a punk gangster co-worker antagonist who causes the MC unending headaches, stealing into her apartment, roughing up one of her friends, beating her up (well, she started it), and other indignities. As a bonus, he has a bad body odor. He comes off as irredeemable, though in actuality his actions are less malicious than what you might expect of a punk. I know his backstory and why he acts this way (spoilers), and though he won't clean up his act, I know he is capable of love and is caring—and I can relate to that and his reasons for feeling a victim. He shows empathetic side of him in the story, though he's still kind of unforgivable. What happens is funny and vulnerable. Regardless, the moral is don't work for the mob if you want respectable coworkers.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.21 — In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?

I relate to all the characters in my current WIP because I want the reader to see them as real in both their good and horrible dimensions, even the antagonists. Nobody is saintly, and in the Reluctance Series, no saint is perfect. This is not always true. In another story I wrote a goonish misogynist steroid-using prizefighter whose technique was to frighten opponents or victims into thinking he'd murder them before, figuratively, doing just that. Gleefully. More so against female opponents. I think the reader relates to the various injuries and humiliations the MC inflicts on the poor excuse for a human.

In the WIP, the closest is Pigeon the Pilferer, a punk gangster co-worker antagonist who causes the MC unending headaches, stealing into her apartment, roughing up one of her friends, beating her up (well, she started it), and other indignities. As a bonus, he has a bad body odor. He comes off as irredeemable, though in actuality his actions are less malicious than what you might expect of a punk. I know his backstory and why he acts this way (spoilers), and though he won't clean up his act, I know he is capable of love and is caring—and I can relate to that and his reasons for feeling a victim. He shows empathetic side of him in the story, though he's still kind of unforgivable. What happens is funny and vulnerable. Regardless, the moral is don't work for the mob if you want respectable coworkers.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.09.21 — In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?

I relate to all the characters in my current WIP because I want the reader to see them as real in both their good and horrible dimensions, even the antagonists. Nobody is saintly, and in the Reluctance Series, no saint is perfect. This is not always true. In another story I wrote a goonish misogynist steroid-using prizefighter whose technique was to frighten opponents or victims into thinking he'd murder them before, figuratively, doing just that. Gleefully. More so against female opponents. I think the reader relates to the various injuries and humiliations the MC inflicts on the poor excuse for a human.

In the WIP, the closest is Pigeon the Pilferer, a punk gangster co-worker antagonist who causes the MC unending headaches, stealing into her apartment, roughing up one of her friends, beating her up (well, she started it), and other indignities. As a bonus, he has a bad body odor. He comes off as irredeemable, though in actuality his actions are less malicious than what you might expect of a punk. I know his backstory and why he acts this way (spoilers), and though he won't clean up his act, I know he is capable of love and is caring—and I can relate to that and his reasons for feeling a victim. He shows empathetic side of him in the story, though he's still kind of unforgivable. What happens is funny and vulnerable. Regardless, the moral is don't work for the mob if you want respectable coworkers.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

Ticket

In the head of the Golem, he placed the only thing he had that looked like parchment: an old subway ticket, maybe the last ever.

The Golem worked perfectly.

Then, after one day, it stopped.

The fare had expired.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Ticket

In the head of the Golem, he placed the only thing he had that looked like parchment: an old subway ticket, maybe the last ever.

The Golem worked perfectly.

Then, after one day, it stopped.

The fare had expired.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Ticket

In the head of the Golem, he placed the only thing he had that looked like parchment: an old subway ticket, maybe the last ever.

The Golem worked perfectly.

Then, after one day, it stopped.

The fare had expired.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Ticket

In the head of the Golem, he placed the only thing he had to looked like parchment: an old subway ticket, maybe the last ever.

The Golem worked perfectly.

The, after one day, it stopped.

The fare had expired.

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Typed

'Of course!' said the Devil. 'As soon as typewriters were invented, the mortal's name could be typed on a pact rather than written. But you had to soak a clean typewriter ribbon in your blood. Took rather more than a prick on the finger.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Typed

'Of course!' said the Devil. 'As soon as typewriters were invented, the mortal's name could be typed on a pact rather than written. But you had to soak a clean typewriter ribbon in your blood. Took rather more than a prick on the finger.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Typed

'Of course!' said the Devil. 'As soon as typewriters were invented, the mortal's name could be typed on a pact rather than written. But you had to soak a clean typewriter ribbon in your blood. Took rather more than a prick on the finger.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Typed

'Of course!' said the Devil. 'As soon as typewriters were invented, the mortal's name could be typed on a pact rather than written. But you had to soak a clean typewriter ribbon in your blood. Took rather more than a prick on the finger.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Production

“AI is rejected because it wastes huge resources without meeting any real demand. So I had an idea: ask the to AI find what the real demand actually is. It has just launched production on one trillion digital display bubble gums.”

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Production

“AI is rejected because it wastes huge resources without meeting any real demand. So I had an idea: ask the to AI find what the real demand actually is. It has just launched production on one trillion digital display bubble gums.”

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Production

“AI is rejected because it wastes huge resources without meeting any real demand. So I had an idea: ask the to AI find what the real demand actually is. It has just launched production on one trillion digital display bubble gums.”

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Production

“AI is rejected because it wastes huge resources without meeting any real demand. So I had an idea: ask the to AI find what the real demand actually is. It has just launched production on one trillion digital display bubble gums.”

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Standard

'These suits will protect you in the presence of one standard Great Old One, maybe two, and that's assuming they don't get the idea of cooperating, in which case you're cooked — metaphorically. In fact it'll be much worse than cremation.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Standard

'These suits will protect you in the presence of one standard Great Old One, maybe two, and that's assuming they don't get the idea of cooperating, in which case you're cooked — metaphorically. In fact it'll be much worse than cremation.'

#writever #MastoArt #FlashFiction #SmallStory #TootFic #MicroFiction

Standard

'These suits will protect you in the presence of one standard Great Old One, maybe two, and that's assuming they don't get the idea of cooperating, in which case you're cooked — metaphorically. In fact it'll be much worse than cremation.'

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Standard

'These suits will protect you in the presence of one standard Great Old One, maybe two, and that's assuming they don't get the idea of cooperating, in which case you're cooked — metaphorically. In fact it'll be much worse than cremation.'

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Database

'So, where's your universal encyclopaedia at?'

'The AI decided that the database should first document its own structure. And document the structure of that documentation. Et so on. We still haven't found how to stop it.'

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Database

'So, where's your universal encyclopaedia at?'

'The AI decided that the database should first document its own structure. And document the structure of that documentation. Et so on. We still haven't found how to stop it.'

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Database

'So, where's your universal encyclopaedia at?'

'The AI decided that the database should first document its own structure. And document the structure of that documentation. Et so on. We still haven't found how to stop it.'

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Database

'So, where's your universal encyclopaedia at?'

'The AI decided that the database should first document its own structure. And document the structure of that documentation. Et so on. We still haven't found how to stop it.'

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Deploy

In order to stop near Earth and establish a first contact, we should deploy our monomolecular sail; but the debris which litter this system would tear it beyond repair. Too bad for the Terrans. Next time, maybe?

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