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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 132, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Cain #TimeTravelAuthors 9/10. Whatever
“Coom,” my strange little companion said, pulling me toward the tables. We sat down cross-legged. If Emily had been there, I would have called it “criss-cross applesauce” to mess with her.
There it was again! That name! Who was Emily? She must be important.
The brilliant indigo eyes of a woman surfaced in my mind. She was sipping soup with her face hidden behind ivy on the…
Then it was gone again.
“Hurburth?” Weena said, poking me in the ribs.
I smiled at her and looked around. We were sitting near the edge of the room. Their clothes were either drabber or brighter than those at the further tables. Some wore wrinkled or stained items. Still others displayed faces painted with berry dye or colored mud. One had a bandaged hand, and a strawberry birthmark marred another’s cheek. From the way the fairies avoided him, you’d have thought he bore the mark of Cain. And then there was Weena, with her fire-scarred face.
“Misfits and outcasts,” I said.
Emily… I mean, Weena.
She piled fruit in front of me, and I ate it absentmindedly as I studied my environment.
The little people’s manners were atrocious. When they finished something, they tossed the remains on the floor. They grabbed at the food and threw it at each other.
My companion carefully watched me eat and imitated me. Unlike the others, who laughed and talked like unattended kindergartners, she chewed silently and only spoke when her mouth was empty.
Eventually, she stopped, her brows knit, and touched one of my breasts. “Not Hurburth?”
“No, not Hurburth.” I pointed to myself. “Henrietta.”
“Henreetaa?”
“Henny.”
“Henny,” she repeated, getting it correct.
I nodded.
“Henny, luke Weena?”
“Luke?” I thought. “Luke? Oh, ‘like!’”
“Like,” I said, pointing first at myself and then at her. “Henny, like Weena.” I spread my hands wide.
When we finished eating, it was growing dark inside the building.
“Come,” I said and led her to the stairs leading to the platform.
They were in poor shape, with broken treads and gaps. I wondered if it would be safer to face the Morlocks than to climb.
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 132, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Cain #TimeTravelAuthors 9/10. Whatever
“Coom,” my strange little companion said, pulling me toward the tables. We sat down cross-legged. If Emily had been there, I would have called it “criss-cross applesauce” to mess with her.
There it was again! That name! Who was Emily? She must be important.
The brilliant indigo eyes of a woman surfaced in my mind. She was sipping soup with her face hidden behind ivy on the…
Then it was gone again.
“Hurburth?” Weena said, poking me in the ribs.
I smiled at her and looked around. We were sitting near the edge of the room. Their clothes were either drabber or brighter than those at the further tables. Some wore wrinkled or stained items. Still others displayed faces painted with berry dye or colored mud. One had a bandaged hand, and a strawberry birthmark marred another’s cheek. From the way the fairies avoided him, you’d have thought he bore the mark of Cain. And then there was Weena, with her fire-scarred face.
“Misfits and outcasts,” I said.
Emily… I mean, Weena.
She piled fruit in front of me, and I ate it absentmindedly as I studied my environment.
The little people’s manners were atrocious. When they finished something, they tossed the remains on the floor. They grabbed at the food and threw it at each other.
My companion carefully watched me eat and imitated me. Unlike the others, who laughed and talked like unattended kindergartners, she chewed silently and only spoke when her mouth was empty.
Eventually, she stopped, her brows knit, and touched one of my breasts. “Not Hurburth?”
“No, not Hurburth.” I pointed to myself. “Henrietta.”
“Henreetaa?”
“Henny.”
“Henny,” she repeated, getting it correct.
I nodded.
“Henny, luke Weena?”
“Luke?” I thought. “Luke? Oh, ‘like!’”
“Like,” I said, pointing first at myself and then at her. “Henny, like Weena.” I spread my hands wide.
When we finished eating, it was growing dark inside the building.
“Come,” I said and led her to the stairs leading to the platform.
They were in poor shape, with broken treads and gaps. I wondered if it would be safer to face the Morlocks than to climb.
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 132, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Cain #TimeTravelAuthors 9/10. Whatever
“Coom,” my strange little companion said, pulling me toward the tables. We sat down cross-legged. If Emily had been there, I would have called it “criss-cross applesauce” to mess with her.
There it was again! That name! Who was Emily? She must be important.
The brilliant indigo eyes of a woman surfaced in my mind. She was sipping soup with her face hidden behind ivy on the…
Then it was gone again.
“Hurburth?” Weena said, poking me in the ribs.
I smiled at her and looked around. We were sitting near the edge of the room. Their clothes were either drabber or brighter than those at the further tables. Some wore wrinkled or stained items. Still others displayed faces painted with berry dye or colored mud. One had a bandaged hand, and a strawberry birthmark marred another’s cheek. From the way the fairies avoided him, you’d have thought he bore the mark of Cain. And then there was Weena, with her fire-scarred face.
“Misfits and outcasts,” I said.
Emily… I mean, Weena.
She piled fruit in front of me, and I ate it absentmindedly as I studied my environment.
The little people’s manners were atrocious. When they finished something, they tossed the remains on the floor. They grabbed at the food and threw it at each other.
My companion carefully watched me eat and imitated me. Unlike the others, who laughed and talked like unattended kindergartners, she chewed silently and only spoke when her mouth was empty.
Eventually, she stopped, her brows knit, and touched one of my breasts. “Not Hurburth?”
“No, not Hurburth.” I pointed to myself. “Henrietta.”
“Henreetaa?”
“Henny.”
“Henny,” she repeated, getting it correct.
I nodded.
“Henny, luke Weena?”
“Luke?” I thought. “Luke? Oh, ‘like!’”
“Like,” I said, pointing first at myself and then at her. “Henny, like Weena.” I spread my hands wide.
When we finished eating, it was growing dark inside the building.
“Come,” I said and led her to the stairs leading to the platform.
They were in poor shape, with broken treads and gaps. I wondered if it would be safer to face the Morlocks than to climb.
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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Happy reading 😁
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'drip' #BookQW
Dealing with the dangers the Green Man sends him to face has punctured any notion Dan Mackmain ever had that he was invulnerable.
Tomorrow you can discover the challenges the Hunter has for him in Ireland.
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'drip' #BookQW
If Dan Mackmain had had the slightest idea of the challenge he'd face on this holiday, he'd have broken out in a cold sweat.
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 131, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Register #ScribesAndMakers Share something you've been working on this month. #TimeTravelAuthors 09/9. laugh
Weena led me into the building through an arch decorated with elaborate carvings of dancing nymphs and satyrs. Like everything else, time had left them battered. The building’s inside was the same: a huge vaulted chamber hung with brown tapestries so faded that any patterns had long since vanished. The floor was constructed of slabs of a metal resembling aluminum. While free of tarnish, countless feet had worn deep channels along the fairy folk’s paths. Raised tables of polished granite ran the length of the room. At only half a meter tall, they were an ideal height for wee people to kneel and eat the fruit heaped upon them.
Silken pillows clustered in the center of the chamber between the tables. I remember from “The Time Machine” that this is where the fairies slept huddled together. I shivered as it #registered that this was also where the Morlocks selected their meals from the helpless fae.
A broad mezzanine ran beneath the stained-glass windows. I would later discover that dilapidated stairs ascended to it.
I pointed to the balcony and spoke to Weena in pidgin English. “Sleep, you, me.” I used sign language to help.
She #laughed, nodded, and said, “Hurburth, foony.”
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 131, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Register #ScribesAndMakers Share something you've been working on this month. #TimeTravelAuthors 09/9. laugh
Weena led me into the building through an arch decorated with elaborate carvings of dancing nymphs and satyrs. Like everything else, time had left them battered. The building’s inside was the same: a huge vaulted chamber hung with brown tapestries so faded that any patterns had long since vanished. The floor was constructed of slabs of a metal resembling aluminum. While free of tarnish, countless feet had worn deep channels along the fairy folk’s paths. Raised tables of polished granite ran the length of the room. At only half a meter tall, they were an ideal height for wee people to kneel and eat the fruit heaped upon them.
Silken pillows clustered in the center of the chamber between the tables. I remember from “The Time Machine” that this is where the fairies slept huddled together. I shivered as it #registered that this was also where the Morlocks selected their meals from the helpless fae.
A broad mezzanine ran beneath the stained-glass windows. I would later discover that dilapidated stairs ascended to it.
I pointed to the balcony and spoke to Weena in pidgin English. “Sleep, you, me.” I used sign language to help.
She #laughed, nodded, and said, “Hurburth, foony.”
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 131, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Register #ScribesAndMakers Share something you've been working on this month. #TimeTravelAuthors 09/9. laugh
Weena led me into the building through an arch decorated with elaborate carvings of dancing nymphs and satyrs. Like everything else, time had left them battered. The building’s inside was the same: a huge vaulted chamber hung with brown tapestries so faded that any patterns had long since vanished. The floor was constructed of slabs of a metal resembling aluminum. While free of tarnish, countless feet had worn deep channels along the fairy folk’s paths. Raised tables of polished granite ran the length of the room. At only half a meter tall, they were an ideal height for wee people to kneel and eat the fruit heaped upon them.
Silken pillows clustered in the center of the chamber between the tables. I remember from “The Time Machine” that this is where the fairies slept huddled together. I shivered as it #registered that this was also where the Morlocks selected their meals from the helpless fae.
A broad mezzanine ran beneath the stained-glass windows. I would later discover that dilapidated stairs ascended to it.
I pointed to the balcony and spoke to Weena in pidgin English. “Sleep, you, me.” I used sign language to help.
She #laughed, nodded, and said, “Hurburth, foony.”
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 131, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Register #ScribesAndMakers Share something you've been working on this month. #TimeTravelAuthors 09/9. laugh
Weena led me into the building through an arch decorated with elaborate carvings of dancing nymphs and satyrs. Like everything else, time had left them battered. The building’s inside was the same: a huge vaulted chamber hung with brown tapestries so faded that any patterns had long since vanished. The floor was constructed of slabs of a metal resembling aluminum. While free of tarnish, countless feet had worn deep channels along the fairy folk’s paths. Raised tables of polished granite ran the length of the room. At only half a meter tall, they were an ideal height for wee people to kneel and eat the fruit heaped upon them.
Silken pillows clustered in the center of the chamber between the tables. I remember from “The Time Machine” that this is where the fairies slept huddled together. I shivered as it #registered that this was also where the Morlocks selected their meals from the helpless fae.
A broad mezzanine ran beneath the stained-glass windows. I would later discover that dilapidated stairs ascended to it.
I pointed to the balcony and spoke to Weena in pidgin English. “Sleep, you, me.” I used sign language to help.
She #laughed, nodded, and said, “Hurburth, foony.”
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 131, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Register #ScribesAndMakers Share something you've been working on this month. #TimeTravelAuthors 09/9. laugh
Weena led me into the building through an arch decorated with elaborate carvings of dancing nymphs and satyrs. Like everything else, time had left them battered. The building’s inside was the same: a huge vaulted chamber hung with brown tapestries so faded that any patterns had long since vanished. The floor was constructed of slabs of a metal resembling aluminum. While free of tarnish, countless feet had worn deep channels along the fairy folk’s paths. Raised tables of polished granite ran the length of the room. At only half a meter tall, they were an ideal height for wee people to kneel and eat the fruit heaped upon them.
Silken pillows clustered in the center of the chamber between the tables. I remember from “The Time Machine” that this is where the fairies slept huddled together. I shivered as it #registered that this was also where the Morlocks selected their meals from the helpless fae.
A broad mezzanine ran beneath the stained-glass windows. I would later discover that dilapidated stairs ascended to it.
I pointed to the balcony and spoke to Weena in pidgin English. “Sleep, you, me.” I used sign language to help.
She #laughed, nodded, and said, “Hurburth, foony.”
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 12: Post 125, 1,802,701 CE, Middlesex, UK
#Wss366 Tremor #TimeTravelAuthors 08/17. Does anyone travel to the future? What did they (or would they) think of it?
I made my way back into the meadow at the forest’s edge and sat down where I could see both the woodland path and the trampled circle below. Strawberries gleamed in the nearby grass, and I idly picked a few.
When I sampled one, a tart sweetness spread across my tongue, reminiscent of wild Écouves berries.
The Écouves Forest; that was an odd detail to remember. Even though I had forgotten my past, I still had access to a lot of random information. I understood that was common for people with amnesia.
The fruit was truly delicious, better than ones I’d had at fancy restaurants, like on the Hindenburg.
I stopped, and a #tremor passed through me: another memory! It was just a brief glimpse, but I could extrapolate from it. The Hindenburg crashed in 1937. I didn’t know what the current date was, but nothing like the sphinx had existed in the history I “knew.” This must be the future. Given the age of the monolith, it was the far future!
None of this made sense. Maybe none of it was real. Was I a psychotic patient in a mental ward?
I looked around for any sign that I was hallucinating. I pinched myself. It was a cliché test, but the pain reassured me. My chaotic memories were bizarre, but the world was stable, unlike a delusion or dream. The majestic trees appeared ageless, yet otherwise mundane. There was no sinister overlay to the oaks, ash, and pines. The grass smelled fresh and green. A wind with the subtle scent of summer brushed my cheek. It seemed idyllic. Nothing like the ravings of a mad person. Rather lonely, though.
I gave up on my speculation and followed the flow of my thoughts. I wished Emily were there with me. Yes, Emily! A vague image of a woman arose. She had bobbed, short, black hair, brilliant blue eyes, and a slight Asian cast to her features.
“Emily, Emily, Emily,” I said to myself. Was she my girlfriend, partner, or coworker? Whoever she was, she was important to me.
The last strawberry went into my mouth. She would have loved these. I almost heard her say, “They’re peachy; the cat’s pajamas.” Her deep-timbered voice blended with the sound of flutes.
At first, I thought I’d imagined the music. But no, the wind from the woods was carrying it to me. I wasn’t alone!
#TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #Serial #Sapphic #Slowburn
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A collection of three ready-to-play mysteries for Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game, two set in London and one in the Home Counties. #rpgPdfSpotlight #rpgs #benAaronovitch #riversOfLondon #chaosium #urbanFantasy
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 47
#Wss366 Rank #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever“From the fourth floor,” the shaman said, “you’ll need to climb to the top of the fortress. Find your way into the walls as soon as you can. The princess of Himeji Castle is known as the Lady of the Walls for a reason: she is to be found there, not in the open. She’ll try to drive you off with #rank odors of the grave, corpse orbs, and fearful specters. Ignore them all. Know your sutras and repeat them; then fear of death will have no hold on you.”
Sumika shifted uncomfortably under me. I would need to teach her some basic mantras.
“If a young woman in a jūnihitoe kimono approaches you, make your request, but if a crone accosts you, show her this.” The shaman withdrew a bow-shaped catalpa wood talisman from her robes. “Tell her, ‘As you have failed to protect what your mistress Seirei-tsukai holds dear, she commands you to help us.’”
Mistress’s hand shook as she took the charm. “What if she refuses?”
“She won’t, but if she does, you are undone. You have yet to reach your full power and still lack the skill to bind her. One last warning: Lady Osakabe is cunning. She will find your desires and use them. Deal with her honorably, but don’t agree to anything unless you understand exactly what it is.”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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Do Dragons Practice Religion?
Do you practice religion?
Welcome to a new episode of Dragon Street Talk! I gotta keep this short cause I got somewhere to be.
Sukuna (I guess that’s his name now)
I do! I worship the Grand Lord of Winter, Cosima Andino Karrucci! He holds the best parties, has the best win, teaches the best wisdom and helps those of us who pray to him every day. I’ve been a devout follower for years. He’s never let me down.
Nxoe
The Moon is my only religion.
She amplifies my power, I give her my prayer.
The Moon and I are in a symbiosis and I am thankful to be her Chosen One.
Interviewer: so that means you and Asunmo are her emissaries?
Nxoe: Who? Who the fuck is Asunmo???
Interviewer: ahhhh Nevermind.
Ava Marie
I do. There’s a beautiful winter dragon named Samael who I met before I left for Aqualet. I was dying in a snowstorm and he descended and cleared all of the snow by blowing it away. I don’t think a winter dragon could do that. I just thought they make more snow. I then watched him do things like heal people who got stuck on the mountain. He healed me! When I got home I googled him and found out he was a dragon god! Been praying to him ever since.
Interviewer: wait… AREN’T YOU A HUMAN???
Ashuton
This may come as a surprise to you but I do. I know I was born from something, but what of the universe itself? Despite what our tech and scientists might uncover, something had to have created the particles that led to this universe’s existence. I just know it.
In my head, science and religion go hand in hand. Science solves the ‘why.’ Religion provides the ‘who.’
Interviewer: interesting. I never would’ve thought you of all people would be religious considering you gave birth to most progenitor dragons.
Ashuton: ah, you mean The Vessel did.
Interviewer: that’s still you!
Ashuton: I guess…
Thank you for joining us for another episode of Dragon Street Talk. This one was shorter than usual, but that’s because I am in a rush. I have a very important interview to conduct with Rin.
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#Anime #AnimeArt #Art #Ashuton #AvaMarie #creativeWriting #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1952 #Dragon #Dragons #Fantasy #Fiction #manga #Nxoe #Sukuna #urbanFantasy #Writing -
New Indie on the Wiki: City of Amber by Chrome Dog Games
Urban fantasy noir in a 1948 NYC frozen in time for a thousand years. Orcs run the factories. Fey control city hall. Something is keeping everyone asleep.
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 8: Post 82: 2025 Arkham
#Wss366 Irish & #StPatricksDay #TimeTravelAuthors 03/17. Patient or patience in your story
Rather than leave the way we had come, I decided to time-trip out. The less information we gave our foes, the better. Apparently, they knew we could time-travel, but we could hold dematerialization as a trump card.
I took Emily’s hand and thought about our next destination. “Take us to my university office on the day the pink rat arrives from the future.”
The familiar sensations of time-tripping took over, and we appeared in a small academic office. Green streamers hung from the window, and a mega plushy papillon wearing an emerald top hat sat in the guest chair. A small plastic Buddha rested on the desk next to a picture of a young woman and me. Behind them stood the brick wall of an #Irish pub. The picture triggered a sense of profound sadness, but no memories.
Emily burst out laughing when she saw the clothes I’d manifested. “Nice duds. Is that what the daring avant-garde wear in your time? Absurd, but it’s charming in its own way.”
I pulled the floppy hat down and the N95 mask up higher, hoping they might hide how red my cheeks were. They probably matched the large cherry-red sunglasses I was sporting. I’d considered wearing a hijab but was unsure about the cultural implications of a nonbeliever wearing one. “I told you I don’t want people to see two Professor Henrietta Dubois’s.”
“Professor Tweedledee and Dum,” Emily joked.
I tipped up my glasses and rolled my eyes. She laughed.
“And this must be a young Tweedle-dumb,” she said, looking at the picture. “You look happy.
She stopped, tapped a signature, and said, “Who's Sarah Lockwell?” The amusement on her face had faded.
“I don’t remember.” My response wasn’t an evasion. I truly didn’t remember.
“Shame,” she said, but it didn’t sound as if she meant it.
Next, she walked around the desk, materialized her hand, and opened the bottom drawer. “Brandy. You were a bit of a lush, weren’t you, Professor Dumb?”
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“I’m a spy, sleuthing.”
“Well, be careful. You’ll get caught snooping.”
“You’re the only one who can see me.”
“Right, I forgot.”
After that, I sat #patiently on the edge of the guest chair while Emily continued to investigate. “Faustus Pakt, Liber Juratus, Pompilius’ Spiegel,” she read as she browsed the books on a shelf. “You had quite an interest in Faust and medieval grimoires.”
Having no memory of my prior reading, I didn’t comment.
Emily had moved back to the desk when the door opened, interrupting her investigation. In the corridor stood an outraged Professor Dubois, carrying a pink rat in a cage.
#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #Series #SaintPatricksDay
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 7 Post 78: 12 May 1999: London
#Wss366 Bowels #MastoPrompt Winsome #TimeTravelAuthors 03/07. Quiet/loud
Now that we had seen the sights, I caught a cab to the British Museum, while Emily flew overhead. An insipid ballad, “Swear It Again,” played #loudly on the radio. So I tuned it out along with the heavily accented East-Indian voice of the driver offering me additional ride services. Instead, I manifested a cell phone and played with the browser. I had forgotten how janky that experience was in the late 90s.
When we arrived at the museum, I showed Emily the phone and the internet. She was suitably impressed and offered me a #winsome smile. It wasn’t flying cars, but she was thrilled.
Since it was a Thursday morning, the museum was #quiet when we arrived. We hurried through the lightly populated rooms to the archaeological section, where I spent most of my time. Some items, such as German World War II artifacts and Crusader swords, made me uneasy. I couldn’t tell whether that was due to their supernatural aura or my own biases.
The Sutton Hoo exhibition, however, was wonderful. As I gazed at the treasures, fragmented memories surfaced of seeing them as a young girl.
At some point, Emily and I separated, with me exploring the public exhibitions and her roaming areas unavailable to visitors. I had just begun examining some Chinese jade artifacts when she appeared.
“Follow me,” she said.
“What did you find?”
“You were right. There's more here than meets the eye. Come on, you'll understand when you see it.”
We hurried through a door marked "Private," down a set of stairs, and through a maze of corridors. I wasn’t sure how Emily had found anything here. Finally, in the #bowels of the museum, we arrived at a heavy metal door.
The Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo:
#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy
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Check it out! I've gone local with Bookshop.org!
and still in #paperback!
https://bookshop.org/p/books/feeling-lucky-kathy-bryson/d5233fa3ba4f38b3
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Holidays have passed, winter's lingering, time 4 #Valentines & #StPatricks!
Explore the challenges of any relationship in 3 #leprechaun love stories: money, sex, how to get on w/#magic & non-magic coworkers, neighbors, in-laws!
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Holidays have passed, winter's lingering, time 4 #Valentines & #StPatricks!
Explore the challenges of any relationship in 3 #leprechaun love stories: money, sex, how to get on w/#magic & non-magic coworkers, neighbors, in-laws!
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Holidays have passed, winter's lingering, time 4 #Valentines & #StPatricks!
Explore the challenges of any relationship in 3 #leprechaun love stories: money, sex, how to get on w/#magic & non-magic coworkers, neighbors, in-laws!
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Holidays have passed, winter's lingering, time 4 #Valentines & #StPatricks!
Explore the challenges of any relationship in 3 #leprechaun love stories: money, sex, how to get on w/#magic & non-magic coworkers, neighbors, in-laws!
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Es ist der erste #Oktober und #Halloween steht vor der Tür – höchste Zeit, mal wieder #Bücher über übernatürliche Gestalten, #Gruselliteratur & #Horrorliteratur zu lesen. :blobcatwitch: :blobcatbook:
Mein neuster #Roman steht in den Startlöchern und ihr dürft euch auf einen wilden Genremix aus #Liebesroman / #zeitgenössisch em Roman / #Fantasy / #UrbanFantasy / #Märchen freuen ... 📖 :_witchhat:
Bleibt dran! 📚 🎃 🌈
#romantisch #lesbisch #sapphisch #queer #gesellschaftskritisch #feministisch
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Guy after he just finished presenting the info he discovered: : "Why are you looking at me like that?"
God/Goblin Lord he works for:" I'm in the middle of being shocked how usefull you are."The sass and high quality bantering in this overall very serious series has me in giggling so often.
This show is a gem. High production, top notch actors, solid and well told plot.
#guardianthelonelyandgreatgod
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Das war wieder ein absolut phantastischer, unterhaltsamer, vergnügter und informativer Samstagabend im Otherland mit der bezaubernden Lisanne Surborg und ihrem brandneuen Roman NACHTLÜGEN.
Rechts im Bild neben Wolf der neue Praktikant im Otherland: der garstige kleine Nachtmahr.
#lisannesurborg #otherland #otherlandberlin #berlin #lesung #fantasy #phantastik #magischerrealismus #urbanfantasy #lesen #bücher #lesenistliebe #lesenmachtglücklich #hobbitpresse
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Le printemps arrive, et avec lui, le Salon du Livre de Genève !
J'espère vous y rencontrer...
Bisous, les gens.#Gahelig #mastolivre #AddictionSensuelle #LorenAscott #dedicaces #DyptiqueRenouveau #Inhumaines #salondulivredegeneve #uncaillouaufonddelapoche
#livreaddict #auteuresuisse #autricesuisse #litteraturesuisseromande #litteraturesuisse #salonlitteraire #festivaldulivre #romancesuisse #SFFF #ScienceFiction #UrbanFantasy #horizonsimaginaires #vivement -
Le printemps arrive, et avec lui, le Salon du Livre de Genève !
J'espère vous y rencontrer...
Bisous, les gens.#Gahelig #mastolivre #AddictionSensuelle #LorenAscott #dedicaces #DyptiqueRenouveau #Inhumaines #salondulivredegeneve #uncaillouaufonddelapoche
#livreaddict #auteuresuisse #autricesuisse #litteraturesuisseromande #litteraturesuisse #salonlitteraire #festivaldulivre #romancesuisse #SFFF #ScienceFiction #UrbanFantasy #horizonsimaginaires #vivement -
New year, new #intro!
I'm just another #queer #chicana #writer of many genres, mostly #SFFH, especially #UrbanFantasy & mixed genre romance, working in both original fiction & fandom spaces. Current top fandom remains #Kpop, esp #ATEEZ (meaning yes, I write RPF). I'm a certified #FandomOld, professional #Tarot reader, #disabled artist, caretaker of foster kitties, and very non-white #pagan.
Rancid vibes get blocked w/o apology.
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If you have yet to meet a Reaper who talks snark and breathes caffeine while falling for the Big Bad, then this is your chance. Readers, meet Charley Davidson!
#daryndajones #charleydavidson #thedirtontheninthgrave #reaper #humor #urbanfantasy #romance #series #bookstagram #newpurchase #midureads #bookskysocial
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$194 to Our Stretch Goal! 39 Hours Left! You can make it happen and enjoy some great stories along the way! https://kck.st/3XupZ6W
#SFF #SciFiReads #FantasyBooks #SpeculativeFiction #BookwormSFF #ScienceFictionFan #FantasyReader #SpaceOpera #SFFCommunity #TimeTravel #UrbanFantasy #SFFMagazines #FutureWorlds
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Doppelte Premierenlesung und Buchgeburtstagsparty gestern im Otherland.
Kathrin Tordasi: NIGHTOWLS: BOTEN DER DÄMMERUNG
und
Christian Handel: DIE NACHT DER KÖNIGINNEN#lesung #christianhandel #kathrintordasi #otherland #buchhandlung #bookies #premiere #nightowls #dienachtderköniginnen #berlin #fantasybücherliebe #jugendbuchtipp #christianhandel #bookstagramde #bookbirthday #bookstagramgermany #urbanfantasy #queerlove #queeregeschichten
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Looking to start something new? :ablobcatwave:
SEE! 👀
Over 50 #Fantasy #SeriesStarters
from #IndieAuthors ✍️
https://books.bookfunnel.com/findingnewadventuresfebruary/ge3jlsmbbq@bookstodon @bookstadon @fantasy @sffbookclub @sffbipoc @paranormal
#DarkFantasySeries #EpicFantasySeries #UrbanFantasy #paranormal #Elves #DarkElves #Dragons #Magic #Sorceress #Dragon #FantasyAdventure