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#story

Inspired
47 minutes ago

Mother Kali is slaying the demon Raktabeej. One drop of Raktabeej’s blood will create a clone of him. So Kali will drink the blood to stop cloning.

Stay tuned for our UPCOMING Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRdH22-Zrfh-4wrlYIQyutg

#art #video #film #story #2d #2danimation #animated #youtube #storytelling #funny #demon #photoshop

Gerard Thomas
2 hours ago

Sketching in 3D. It's really all about the tools - the easier and more powerful they are, the more fluid the process. This is Moi3D, it's super fluid and a tool I really like. I'd go from here to either #zbrush or #nomadsculpt for deep level detailing. Still, starting with a sketch on paper is a must I think.

#design #designer #SciFi #story #drawing #sketch #art #scifiart #spacefiction #MastoArt #fediart #conceptart #3d #3dsculpting

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C. L. Nichols
6 hours ago

https://clnichols.substack.com/p/unleashing-the-muse-the-art-and-craft

Generating Story Ideas
on C. L. Nichols, SpecFic Author

From ancient myths to modern novels, stories have the power to captivate, inspire, and provoke thought. But how does one embark on the journey of creating a compelling story? #worldbuilding #plot #story #storyideas

I need random words and genre suggestions

Drop 2-3 words
1-3 genre of storytelling

If you have a specific LGBTQIA/BIPOC you want to read a story about add that as well. Even various lifestyles you want to see as part of a story.

Every story I have written is LGBTQIA and I cover all ethnic flavors of human.

Now I will not be writing erotica or fan fiction in these stories. If you want that, pay me and I will write something just for you.

Check out the other stories I have written so far. 20 stories of many styles, genres and all read by me! If you did not notice I am stupid cute.

#writing #writersofmastodon #story #ShortStory #LGBTQIA #PRIDE #trans #video #Entertainment #goth #fantasy #ScienceFiction #noir #horror #weirdfiction #firstdraftsthatglow #nailsthatglow

https://www.youtube.com/@firstdraftsthatglow

Gerard Thomas
8 hours ago

Graphite on paper. Playing with positive/negative space. These drawings were about exploring what you can do with less.

#design #designer #SciFi #story #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #art #scifiart #spacefiction #MastoArt #fediart #conceptart

Quasi abstract scifi drawing. graphite on paper.

Monstrous Mischief in Atlantis

On a sunny day, amidst the ruins of the fabled Atlantis, two mischievous monsters, Grumble and Snort, embarked on a leisurely walking trip through the lavish gardens that once adorned this lost paradise. Oblivious to the grandeur and history that surrounded them, their sole purpose was to pick flowers ...

Read story in NFT description https://opensea.io/artspiritnft

#mysteriousmonsterclub #story #nft #nftcommunity #nftartist #aiart

Andre Louis
16 hours ago

If you're not 'optically challenged' like myself, it's likely that sound is just one of those things you don't necessarily think about very often.
Consider however, the sound of the cars passing outside, the birds in the trees, the engine on your bus, car or train to work.
AS well as what your eyes tell you, there's an absolutely fascinating world to be found with the help of your ears, too.
The next time you're on a train, in the back of a cab or perhaps in a cafe drinking your beverage of choice, try closing your eyes and considering whether you can tell what's going on around you simply by the noises in your environment.
Is someone in loud shoes walking toward you and pulling out a chair at the next table?
Is the sound of the person who just got on the train one of someone who's happy, or just trying to get to work?
Sound-listening can be just as interesting as people-watching.

A Sonic Journey - A Story In Sound: https://youtu.be/S73Hekuhdws
#Sound #Story #Demonstration #AudioMo

WACOCA
22 hours ago

230413 [さえ/사에 Insta Story] 荒巻美咲、栗原紗英 / 아라마키 미사키, 쿠리하라 사에 https://www.wacoca.com/videos/1760449/hkt48/

#hkt48 #HKT48TeamTII #Insta #STORY #Vlog #さえ사에 #栗原紗英 #荒巻美咲栗原紗英 #미사키 #사에 #아라마키 #쿠리하라

230413 [さえ/사에 Insta Story] 荒巻美咲、栗原紗英 / 아라마키 미사키, 쿠리하라 사에
Tony Zee
1 day ago

New flash fiction out today.

In today's story titled 'In Country', a soldier is lost in the jungle desperate to escape the war and return to his wife, willing himself and battling not only the elements, but his enemies hiding in the shadows. Will the war claim another victim or will he see his beloved wife again?

https://musingsonlife9.wordpress.com/2023/06/03/in-country/

#writingcommunity #writing #flashfiction #writer #writersofinstagram #shortstories #podcast #podcastlife #podcastshow #blogger #bloggerlife #bloggers #blog #fiction #writerslife #murdermystery #unexpectedtales #flashfictioninfive #roadslesstravelled #amateurwriter #story #storytelling #writtenword #amwriting #darkfiction #thriller #suspense

Sampath Pāṇini ® ✅
1 day ago

The Glacier v Teamsters decision by the US Supreme Court prompted me to tie together some personal threads in a post for paying subscribers: https://open.substack.com/pub/paninid/p/glacier-v-teamsters?r=4hxgy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#history #family #story #patriarchy #leadership #management #values #activism #poetry #politics

The Mysterious Monster Club
2 days ago

The Enigmatic Conclave

In the heart of the dense forest, where the fog weaved its ethereal tendrils, stood a crooked old house. Its weathered facade loomed ominously, the very picture of antiquity and mystery. Every year, on the eve of the 24th of December, an extraordinary gathering took place within its shadowed halls.

Read story in NFT description https://opensea.io/artspiritnft

#mysteriousmonsterclub #story #nft #nftcommunity #nftartist #aiart

Verđandi K Soldusty
2 days ago

Ooh! So that's the button to put yourself in the vertical axis? Man, this alien tech is sure confusing.

#ShortStory #MicroFiction #Writing #Story #StoryTelling

🤔 Or is it just me, figuring out how to start my day?

Ashwin Dixit
2 days ago

My grandfather told me this story when I was a kid.

Once upon a time, a king punished a man for a crime. Being a merciful king, he announced that the sentence would be 100 lashes on the back, but the man would have the choice of eating 100 huge raw onions instead.

Wishing to avoid the pain, the man chose to eat onions. After tearfully choking down 12 onions, decided to opt for the lashes instead. But after 21 lashes, he was in so much pain, that he switched back to the onions.

Finally, he ended up eating 100 onions, and receiving 99 lashes on his back.

#Today #Story

Rebecca
2 days ago

Let me tell you the story of an object in a museum. Well this story is not really about the object, so much as it is about connecting with random strangers.

So I was in the Romano-Germanic Museum - Köln/Cologne (https://roemisch-germanisches-museum.de/Homepage), wandering around because I was a conference widow. I had already been yelled at for taking photos in a temporary exhibition, which apparently I wasn't supposed to take photos in, but no one had told me, and I had been encouraged to take photos of the rest of the museum provided they were flash free. So I was a bit nervous of the guards.

Anyway, it's a great museum, highly recommend checking it out if you are in Köln/Cologne.

So I was on the upper level looking at a partial recreation of a Roman villa, where they'd found bits of floor mosaic and flakes of frescos and had put the jigsaw back together. I checked in with the guard about whether I could get a closer look, and he told me that I could walk around the recreation in these spaces, so I did.

And then he asked me if I wanted to see his favourite object in the museum. I had never considered that guards would have parts of the collection that they were passionate about, so said yes. He took me over to the pictured Cage Cup (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cage_cup). Told me about the history of glass making in Köln/Cologne, how few of these survive whole, how some were destroyed in WW2, and what he liked about it. It was a great chat. He encouraged me to take a stack of photos, which I did (though the white balance was crap - sorry), and then suggested that if I was interested in art I should go to another museum he also worked in and he'd show me his favourite stuff there. I wasn't available to go on his next shift (I think we were leaving), so I missed out.

Anyway, connections happen sometimes when you least expect it. This conversation happened in 2012, and over 10 years later I still think about that guard and how kind it was of him to tell me about this object. And if he was trying to pick me up, it was a good strategy.

#Köln #Cologne #Story #Museum #Roman

A glass with no stem or way to stand other than upside down, mounted in a museum.  The glass is a wine-glass shape, with Greek letters around the upper rim.  The lower half of the glass is encased in a yellow and green cage of glass that is circular in pattern, but also broken away in many places.

Its Greek letters read: ΠΙΕ ΖΗCΑΙC ΚΑΛѠC ΑΕΙ = ΠΙΕ ΖΗΣΑΙΣ ΚΑΛΩΣ ΑΕΙ = pie zesais kalos aei = Drink, live well forever (from wikipedia).
Noam writes
2 days ago

I performed at a #spokenword event last night for the first time in a long while. I was really nervous, but it was good. The theme was World War III Literary #Cabaret.

My #story, #Balls, is below. It's a performance piece, not sure how it'll come off reading it from a screen. So just picture me turning to stage right, waving my fist and shouting "Plonkers!" at the right moment.
#WritingCommunity #writers #WorldWar3

BALLS

My grandparents grew up in caves. Granddad says it wasn’t safe to go outside most of the time. Some people who did got sick, some even died.
My parents remember it too from their childhood: they were taken to shelter in the big underground spaces when the burning rain came, or the choking clouds that often followed it.
They say it was because of the wars. World Wars, they call them. They say there were three of them.
But they were all over long before even Granddad was born. There are stories, but I think nobody really knows what happened in the before times.
It all sounds scary, but really – people causing burning rain? It doesn’t seem very likely, does it?

What I do know, is that we’re doing better now. Better than when I was a child, and even better than when the elders were. We’re growing more food and we’ve recovered lots of machines and books and stuff from the before times.
There are a lot more people in our valley than when I was a kid, both from growing families and from strangers who have come to join us. We’ve explored more of the ruins and fixed up homes. It seems to be the same all over the land. We’re in a period of prosperity.


Now, even though we understand some of the old technology, there are still lots of machines we find that we can’t get to work. Mum says they need something called electrisss— something...
She’s in the science team, so she should know. They make a little electrisss in big boxes called batch-reez. Apparently they used to have lots of it, judging my all the machines. No idea what they needed so many machines for.
I think that was one of their ages, in the before time. They had a stone age, and a bronze age, and a plastic age. Maybe also an electrisss age. I wonder what that makes us now.

But even though we’ve figured out so much, it’s not all good news. Since there are more of us, the land is getting crowded. There’s only so much wood to gather, so many animals to hunt. The people in the next valley are getting jealous of us. Plonkers!
There have been some fights over the past couple of years, and it’s getting worse. There were some bad clashes, and a few people were killed just last week.
We’ve had no choice but to build up our defences. We do have some weapons, even some guns from the before times, although the powder is hard to make.

I heard some of the elders talking, saying there were tensions all over the land, with clans grouping together. One of them said it would lead to war. She thinks people are just built that way. We’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
I think she’s wrong. I’ll tell you why.

We’ve recently recovered a... carrnon? Conan? Cannon. A cannon.
A big old metal thing. Our weapons team got it to work. It shoots big metal balls. It’s not the most accurate thing.
Apparently they found it in a museum. Maybe in the before times they didn’t know how to use it properly. But some of our fighters worked it out. You load it with these big metal balls filled with the fire powder and use more of the powder to send it flying. Something like that.

The cannon balls explode when they land or hit something.
I watched a few days ago. They tested it out on an old building. The devastation!! The whole house collapsed, rubble and dust flying everywhere. And the noise of the explosion!
Imagine – if these cannon balls were fired on people. We could annihilate each other. Surely that fear will cause all civilised people to recoil in horror and end all fighting. Surely with these cannons, there can never be another war!

Gerard Thomas
2 days ago

Void Machines. Flow sketching in pencil; trying to get the brain back on track.

#design #designer #SciFi #story #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #art #scifiart #spacefiction #MastoArt #fediart #conceptart #pencil #graphiteart

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Verđandi K Soldusty
2 days ago

Just landed from home.social. Not the best at profiles or intros but here goes my #introduction :

Where am I: Trapped on an island, next to Europe, where stupid people won their vote to become insignificant, have rivers poisoned, get ripped off by the government and other bad stuff.

Trying to wrap my head around being creative but with a long, fluctuating burnout it’s feeling impossible but I’m not giving up just yet. Just let me find a box large enough and strong enough to hold that burnout, depression and other nasties at bay and we’ll start the party.

Most of the time I think I'm familiar enough with myself that, when I discover something new or find the correct (or at least, better) interpretation / explanation of something I didn't know or thought I understood, it can either make me confused, really happy or both at the same time.

Somehow it's been through reading, listening to others on topics about or related to my personal discoveries as well as talking with friends about those topics that have probably helped the most when it comes to figuring things out about myself.
I don't have the confidence to share much of anything yet but I'm hoping that I can learn how to share and how to find or grow my confidence whilst I'm here.

What am I:
#Human & sometimes my alter-ego, Ryuno @theRhinoDragon
#Autistic
#Asexual
#Agender or #NonBinary (this is the question?)

Things I enjoy:
#Animals
#Nature
#Humour
#Art
#Writing
#Reading
#Movies

Things I try to, enjoy doing/ work on:
#Art
#Drawing
#Doodle
#Surreal
#Abstract

#Writing
#Story
#Scribbles

The Mysterious Monster Club
3 days ago

Chromatic Exodus

In the vast expanse of the azure sky, two monstrous siblings, Zephyr and Ember, soared effortlessly with their ebony balloon, seeking refuge in a distant land where equality prevailed. Their journey over the ocean was a testament to their indomitable spirit and unyielding hope for a brighter future. ...

Read story in NFT description https://opensea.io/artspiritnft

#mysteriousmonsterclub #story #nft #nftcommunity #nftartist #aiart

Gerard Thomas
3 days ago

Might be a repost, not sure. Graphite on paper and part of a series I did. I love the medium and the draftsman like process but the quasi abstract nature is something that really resonates with how I see things.

#design #designer #SciFi #story #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #art #scifiart #spacefiction #MastoArt #fediart #conceptart

Semi abstract science fiction illustration done in graphite.
RS, Author, Novelist
3 days ago

#Links to #Story Samples Written by R.S.

Over the past half-year, I've written very short fiction stories in my universe for #Mastodon under the #writingWonders hashtag. They're first citizen samples of my 1st person writing, my casual—made to be read aloud—writing style, and include my still evolving characters. None tally much more than 750 words, with a hard character limit set by my instance. I think they're an easy read. Some are based on my earlier works, some on works not yet written. With the exception of the excerpts, they represent the time off stage of the novel, between stories or scenes, or before future stories; or scenes rewritten from another POV that isn't in the story.

Most of what was written for Mastodon was written quickly, edited immediately, then posted. It could be better, but I've resisted more than revising typos or inappropriate words. Everything is experimental; nothing should be considered canon. So, each in roughly chronological order:

Stories:

The Wanted Poster: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110136451462609798
Wild Encounter: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/109842477740039509
Where Most Comfortable: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/109826357405137553
Friends Amongst Thieves: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110448415650126821
The Masquerade Invitation: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110250683189485013
Dream of Being Alive, of Laughter: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110340314616596061
Love Can't Wait: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110425766506783077
Trust Issues: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110385678774151219
She has a Birthday in Autumn: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110277659480504706

Excerpts with proposed titles:

I'm not the Thaumaturge You're Looking for...: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110064129027510807
Not Chattel: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110036114809701300
Dangerous Word Play: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/109943717912031929
Fight for Real: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110317141401752671
Daemon at the Door: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110362730587455597
Bling with Strings Attached: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110345919252932146

Interviews:

"What do you envy about your closest friend?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/109966079428055171
"Briefly describe your relationship with your parents.": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110006348394099406*
"The three most important things in your life?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110016958897411843
An unusual question: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110091209716356788
"If you could teach one subject...": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110142692823048417
"What do you never leave home without?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110165508077506058
"What annoys you the most?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110182258491654419
"What do you find attractive in him?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110198914541850851
"What is your idea of a perfect day?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110241319393777199
"What attracted you to her?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110217050633826912
"Who Am I?": https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110312478082661315

Other:

Vignettes asking whether she's attractive: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110391891938480784

[Author retains copyright to all posted words]

All my answers to #writingWonders can be found by clicking: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/tagged/WritingWonders

#BoostingIsSharing #CommentingIsCool

#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #1stPerson #writersOfMastodon #story #storySamples #excerpt
#microfiction < 500 words
#suddenFiction ~750 words

Snipehockey
3 days ago

More confusion reigns as the four detectives try and figure out how a murdered body goes missing aboard a space yacht. One that's supposed to be empty aside from them. Check out this #podcast #story on #Spotify or #YouTube. #audiostory #storytelling #audiodrama #audio #fiction #audio https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-honore/episodes/The-Murderous-Yacht---Part-Three-Chaos-and-Clues-e1vsf82

Snipehockey
4 days ago

A new chapter of my #podcast #story A Murderous Yacht arrives tomorrow at 3pm EST. The four detectives find themselves aboard the strange space yacht that seems to have all sorts of tricks and traps for them to fall into. And the more they discover the weirder things are to figure out and make sense of. Check it out on #YouTube and #Spotify if you like #Fiction and #audiostories. #audiobook #audio #Audiodrama #storytelling https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHlJaqgSrsWZAYH0TU2t3Q

G K Chesterton Quotes
4 days ago

And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its sad tales are of broken hearts; its happy tales are of broken heads.
-G K Chesterton (1906) "Charles Dickens"

#Medieval #Story #Narrative #Comic #Tragic #Dickens #History #GKChesterton #Quotes
http://www.gkc.org.uk/gkc/books/CD-2.html#X

We all have a #story to tell, each one as unique and important as the next. Whether it’s a tale of triumph, heartbreak, or something in between, everyone’s experiences shape them into the person they are today.

Caves and Critters 🔞
6 days ago

Page 810 of #cnccomic is now live!

cavesandcritters.com/cnc_webcomic/810

#furry #furryart #comic #webcomic #adult #story #fantasy #magic

WACOCA
6 days ago
230423 [Insta Story] 荒巻美咲 / 아라마키 미사키
Tony Zee
6 days ago

In today's flash fiction, 'Jumping at Shadows' we meet Frank. After meeting the love of his life in a seemingly chance encounter, he makes a horrific discovery, spends a decade living in the shadows and running from his demons. But the past always has a way of rearing its ugly head.

https://musingsonlife9.wordpress.com/2023/05/30/jumping-at-shadows/

#writingcommunity #writing #flashfiction #writer #writersofinstagram #shortstories #podcast #podcastlife #podcastshow #blogger #bloggerlife #bloggers #blog #fiction #writerslife #unexpectedtales #flashfictioninfive #roadslesstravelled #amateurwriter #story #storytelling #writtenword #amwriting #thriller #suspense

MetaFilter
6 days ago

Down With The Clown

What happens when you encounter a posse of insane clowns in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night? Sometimes they help you change a tire. outgrown_hobnail shares a story.

https://www.metafilter.com/199428/Say-its-because-your-dad-was-a-fool-Dont-defend-me#8403409

#FlatTire #ICP #band #fans #InsaneClownPosse #juggalos #story #tire

By Lynncam26 on flickr: Black and white photo of Shaggy 2 Dope from Insane Clown Posse
Lin Musen
6 days ago

Free download!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1344039

Finally, the moment of the ransom delivery has arrived. The kidnappers reveal their true plan. Yihshyong and his friends must race against time to save Shinnshiow. Will they succeed? Or will they encounter any additional difficulties that are previously unimaginable?

#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
#book #books #calm #asian #planet #outerspace #legend #off

Lin Musen
6 days ago

Free download!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1305978

Iren knows nothing about the friends he has been living with. Shannchyuan, who disappeared after a bizarre incident at the shopping mall, suddenly appears along with strange people. When he follows the mysterious girl who once conversed with Shannchyuan, he discovers something even more shocking.

#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
#book #books #calm #asian #on

Lin Musen
6 days ago

Free download!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1154100

The kidnapping of one of his friends makes Shannchyuan willing to cooperate with a secret organization that turns out to have been watching them for some time. He must pay attention to the safety of the girl in his care. Amid uncertainty about what is going on, the mysterious explosion happens again.

#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
#book #books #calm #sky

Lin Musen
6 days ago

Free download!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1141616

Jongharng Chioujen doesn't expect that what he thought was so simple would have so many oddities behind it. The people who are watching over their house he couldn't take lightly. Subsequent searches lead Chioujen to the fact that a group has been keeping an eye on his house and friends for five months!

#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
#book #books #calm #us

bernardo
1 week ago

this afternoon. had 1st #touchbase with my new boss…over #icecream! that alone was already a #greatidea to start that hour with.

turned out he’s the only person #irl #inreallife i know who watches and genuinely enjoys #tedlasso! unbelievable! then every time he mentioned something from the show, it just gave me #goosebumps. every. single. time. #amazing!

now. can we actually solve #reallife #problems #problem by the #words of the #story? as if it’s a #bible or something? #funny #notfunny. hmm?

Brett_PhilosopherZeus
1 week ago

The Narratives of Aufstrag (A1), Entry 7

While half the adventuring group spent a month travelling along the Blacktooth Ridge (Entries 1-6), the other half of the group decided to travel on the roads between towns to meet up with the other group.

In this story session, they encounter the Crna Ruk sorcerer assassins after they've murdered a mage.

#CastlesAndCrusades #Aufstrag #DnD #ttrpg #rpg #story #narrative
https://philosopherzeus.wordpress.com/2023/05/28/the-narratives-of-aufstrag-a1-entry-7/

littlerachyb
1 week ago

#Story time.

Back when I was a teenager in the mid 90s, my family would go on camping trips to france in the summer. One year we stayed at this gorgeous campsite on the Gulfe Du Morbihan.

Side note: If you ever get the chance to explore this area I throughly reccomend it. Even as a moody teen, it's beauty was not lost on me.

DevWouter
1 week ago
Lies Van Rompaey
1 week ago

How SF not only imagines future technology but also gives us food for thought about the direction developments could take (if we care to think about it).

https://calumchace.com/favourite-relevant-sf-short-story/

#AI #SF #FrederickBrown #story

Brett_PhilosopherZeus
1 week ago

The Narratives of Aufstrag (A1), Entry 6

The adventurers are now only a few days from the town of Botkinburg where they can rest and recover from their adventures, but before they can do so, they must fight the Ogre Kruggle and Trosh, his Troll friend who ambush them at night!

#CastlesAndCrusades #Aufstrag #DnD #rpg #ttrpg #story #narrative
https://philosopherzeus.wordpress.com/2023/05/27/the-narratives-of-aufstrag-a1-entry-6/

Lory Widmer Hess
1 week ago

The longlist for the #FolioSociety Book Illustration Award is up, featuring images of a story by #UrsulaKLeGuin. These are gorgeous - it's going to be a hard choice!

https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/FolioBIA

#Illustration #Books #Story

@bookstodon

Mosaic of several illustrations of winged human figures
The Mysterious Monster Club
1 week ago

Whispers of the Wooden Haunt

The old forest had always whispered its tales of darkness and despair, but none were as chilling as the legend of the Monster House. Deep within its gnarled embrace stood a house, crafted entirely from ancient wood, its splintered boards weathered by time and tragedy. The locals spoke of an eerie light that shone through its dusty ...

Read story in NFT description https://opensea.io/artspiritnft

#mysteriousmonsterclub #story #nft #nftcommunity #nftartist #aiart

The Mysterious Monster Club
1 week ago

The Golden Path

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a poor monster mother and her child. The mother, whose name was Gertrude, was a kind and loving creature, but she and her child lived in poverty, struggling to make ends meet. The father, whose name was Harold, worked as a fisherman in a distant village by the sea.

Read story in NFT description http://opensea.io/artspiritnft

#mysteriousmonsterclub #story #nft #nftcommunity #nftartist #aiart

Dave Mark
1 week ago

Storyteller?

A great explainer of "The Heroes Journey"

Short, to the point, one of the best I've ever seen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Zxt28ff-E

#Campbell #HerosJourney #Story #Storytelling

Tony Zee
1 week ago

Lots of coffee, a good book and very few plans for the weekend. Had a super busy week writing for my blog, interviewing and recording for the podcast. Oh, and doing that thing I actually get paid for!!

Definitely need a recharge.

If you're after some weekend reading, check out today's story over on my blog

https://musingsonlife9.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/the-dreamscape/

Have a great Saturday everyone!

#writingcommunity #writing #flashfiction #writer #writersofinstagram #shortstories #podcast #podcastlife #podcastshow #blogger #bloggerlife #bloggers #blog #fiction #writerslife #unexpectedtales #flashfictioninfive #roadslesstravelled #amateurwriter #story #storytelling #writtenword #amwriting #thriller #suspense

What are you doing at 5pm PST?
I know!

You are going to join me for a #SolarPunk #adventure #ShortStory

I wrote it in one sitting and did a cold read and I look super cute!

Come join me for #firstdraftsthatglow last episode for a few weeks as I take a small break to work on more stories and other projects!

#nailsthatglow #story #writersofmastodon #goth #trans #lgbtqia #video #writingcommunity

https://youtu.be/fDYIKYOTDVU

Andrzej Marczewski
1 week ago

Tell me a story with 6 emojis or less.
#story #storytelling

Roy Schulze
1 week ago

My latest #flashfiction #story, starts with a healthy dose of Canadian philatelic history, swerves into some strong opinions on the current state of postage stamp design, and ends with a confession of forgery and deception.

Not bad for 200 words.

https://drinkthenewwine.blogspot.com/2023/05/perforations.html

Adamas Nemesis
1 week ago

Embracing the Gothic angle of my "Orphans of Opry Tower" story is breathing new life into the concept as I continue my brainstorming for it.

Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2023/05/25/opry-tower-going-goth/

This post's featured image is Ivan Aivazovsky's "Wave" (there's sailing, swashbuckling, and storms in this tale...).

#worldbuilding #alternatehistory #scifi #sciencefiction #adventure #Gothic #Nashville #MusicCity #story #writer #writing

Marjorie H Turner
2 weeks ago

“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.” ― John Lubbock

"It's Important How I See the World" - new blog post:
https://livingtheemersonrule.com/its-important-how-i-see-the-world/

#perspective #motivatedperception #story #community #ayni #wearetheworld #amwriting

Panther Creek - hike in the north Georgia mountains

New updated #introduction / pinned:

The "Starship Schrödinger's Destiny" is an
#interactive #vr #scifi #story about the crew of a #flyingsaucer

The story is about
#manyworlds and we love the title because it's a contradiction: There can be no single destiny in a Schrödinger multiverse, all outcomes all happen with varying amplitudes.

And yet it is more
#deterministic to have those amplitudes, than to just be selecting outcomes randomly. There is also a sense in which we are all destined to see all outcomes.

We are looking forward to building this choose-your-own-adventure in a multiverse setting, because there are so many ways in which all the choose-your-own-adventure style books demonstrate a multiverse too. All the possible outcomes existing all at once, but read with varying amplitudes.

But it's not just our story: The engine we are building to let us tell our story will be open for others to enact their own. To puppet the characters themselves, tell their own story. In a multiverse, all things can happen.

That's the plan anyway. Very early still. V0.3 took like four years. Hoping V0.4 will be quicker, but I seem to have decided it's time for the complete-rewrite, so. Ugh.

But there are milestone-movies along the way:

V0.1 saw our story "Forgettery".
https://starshipsd.com/pre/forgettery/

V0.2 was entitled "Eggs"
https://starshipsd.com/pre/eggs/

V0.3 was entitled "Payment"
https://starshipsd.com/pre/payment/


V0.3 is a massive leap forwards, which is why it has taken so very very long, and the coming V0.4 I hope will be basically feature-complete and written so I can share as much of the source as possible.

In the meantime, we have a side-story about aliens discovering a planet on the brink of economic and environmental collapse! Lots of shorts here:

https://starshipsd.com/observers/

Keeya
2 weeks ago

Here is the first story chapter serving as an introduction to the game. The beginning follows Fenya on one of her adventures, so...

Let's become a fox! :blobfoxlurk2owonotice:

The full text is behind the link as it's a bit longer, ~5800 characters. You can also cheat to read the alien text if you want.

Next part will probably be creating this visually.

https://kiza.eu/posts/2023/05/fenyas-dream-just-foxing-around/

#FenyasDream #Story

Mythology Monday :verified:
2 weeks ago

Greetings, myth lovers! Join us next #Monday for our theme REVENGE 🗡️
Which myths are all about revenge? Tell us the #story in your toot and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts!
Your host @aimeemaroux is anxiously awaiting your toots with dramatic revenge #stories 😳

🎨 Medea, sculpture by William Wetmore Story, dated 1868–1880 CE

#mythology #folklore #folktale #legends #Storytelling @mythology @folklore @folklorethursday #NorseMythology #GreekMythology #EgyptianMythology #CelticMythology #AztecMythology #HinduMythology

Sculpture of Medea contemplating her pending revenge. The sculpture is painted white and photographed against a black background. She holds a dagger in one hand, idly fondling the beads of her necklace.
Adamas Nemesis
2 weeks ago

The more I think about it the more tempted I am to go full goth with this Orphans of Opry Tower concept I've been kicking around...

#story #writing #writer #author #thoughts #art #photography #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #skull

HerrWalther
2 weeks ago

Und noch die Hashtags #Instagram, #story, #affinity

#Hate #loses: The #SistersofPerpetualIndulgence are the #heroes of this #Dodgers #story

The Dodgers aren't the heroes here, the Sisters are. So are the people who backed the group with skill and #loudness. That's another #lesson to learn. The #bigots will bring their #bullhorn. You should bring yours, too.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2023/05/23/dodgers-hate-loses-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-heroes/70246244007/

Writing Blind
2 weeks ago

Trying to work on this short story of mine, but I'm struggling to figure out where to go next with it. Come on brain, let's go! 🤔 #Writing #Fiction #Horror #ShortStory #Story #WritingCommunity

I #love the #narration I am currently working on. It is a challenging #story because there are changing #realities and #timelines in it. It's difficult to translate from the page, something you have to listen to or read a few times. I'm going to be defiantly having a short talk with my #dogs at the end of this podcast on what I think is going on with this story. #Art

Mythology Monday :verified:
2 weeks ago

Greetings, myth lovers! Join us this #Monday for #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢
Which myths are about turtles, tortoises or terrapins? Tell us the #story in your toot and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts!
Your host @aimeemaroux will be delighted to see you come out of your shell and join us by telling a turtle myth 💚

🎨 Aboriginal rock painting of a turtle, Kakadu National Park, Australia

#mythology #folklore #folktale #legends #Storytelling @mythology @folklore @folklorethursday #NorseMythology #GreekMythology #EgyptianMythology #CelticMythology #AztecMythology #HinduMythology

Photograph of a rock painting in reds and yellows depicting a turtle with a long neck, seen from above. Four short legs emerge from under the shell as well as a tiny tail.
Onj 🎶
2 weeks ago

If you're not 'optically challenged' like myself, it's likely that sound is just one of those things you don't necessarily think about very often.
Consider however, the sound of the cars passing outside, the birds in the trees, the engine on your bus, car or train to work.
AS well as what your eyes tell you, there's an absolutely fascinating world to be found with the help of your ears, too.
The next time you're on a train, in the back of a cab or perhaps in a cafe drinking your beverage of choice, try closing your eyes and considering whether you can tell what's going on around you simply by the noises in your environment.
Is someone in loud shoes walking toward you and pulling out a chair at the next table?
Is the sound of the person who just got on the train one of someone who's happy, or just trying to get to work?
Sound-listening can be just as interesting as people-watching.
In any case, here's a little story I made about sound, and how I personally perceive it on a daily basis.

A Sonic Journey - A Story In Sound: https://youtu.be/S73Hekuhdws
#Sound #Story #Demonstration #Audio #Production

Claudia Zahn
2 weeks ago

Our six-year-old handed us a note. His teacher had called my wife and I in for an emergency meeting. We asked our son if he had any idea why, and he said, "She didn't like a drawing I did."
We went in the next day.
His teacher pulled the drawing below out and said, "I asked him to draw his family and he drew this. Would you mind explaining?"
"Not at all." my wife said. "Family vacation. Snorkeling off the Bahamas.
By #TheBeautyOfPlanet
#Story #storytelling #school #teacher #pupil #Painting

Although I don't yet know if this #instance will be my last, it's time for a brief #introduction.
I have no idea how to do this, so I'll write a short #story about myself, and you can find the rest in my #bio.

As a six-year-old, I stole a car from my father to go for a drive. I didn't get very far because I was too short to see where I was going, and my father caught up with me on foot.
Next time I'll be better prepared.

katherine montalto
3 weeks ago
black and white illustration of an old rabbit ear TV with a zombie hand on its screen.

This Friday at 5PM PST come join me for a story about a Detective hired to verify a land purchase and stay alive. A noir with a sci-fi update called BUDGET SYRUP
🦇​
Do not forget to check out the other 18 original stories! Many genres with LGBTQIA representation in all of them!

#firstdraftsthatglow #nailsthatglow #story #storytelling #writers #video #noir #sciencefiction #queer #Lgbtqia #contentcreation

https://youtu.be/iN6OQFl9LjQ

his latest release and the start of Season 7 for Average Joe.
What is Average Joe?
it's a #collective (3 #writers, #story manager, #narrators ) who have a love for the old days of radio. Average Joe is a 1940's detective paranormal Noir. I play all the female voices. IF you are interested in joining and have a bit of #experience or would like to build a portfolio, dm me! We always have side projects going on - all written by us or copy right free💚

#audition

https://youtu.be/US3g5nLBrRU

Zee
3 weeks ago

@LikeItOrLumpIt I like to play #ambiance #music from #YouTube when #insomnia comes calling.

Believe it or not one of the things I like to listen to is Hold music

Stop laughing!😅 I learned all about it on the #ThisAmericanLife.

Just search for Opus Number One on YouTube or #Amazon.

It’s sleep #science😃

If you want to hear the #podcast episode for the #story, you can check it out here

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/516/stuck-in-the-middle/act-one-3

I hope it helps!👋🏼😃

I (Editor) love quoting #GKChesterton. He was a great #journalist whose #essay(s) are still loved today. Advocated #Distributism #Economics. What he noticed about #Millionaires 100 years ago still apply to #Billionaires today.

#HistoryRepeats. #Chesterton was a huge influence on #Fantasy #Literature today, inspiring such #Authors as #Tolkien, #Pratchett, #CSLewis, and #Gaiman, with his thoughts on #Myth, #Story, #Art, and #Narrative.

U.S. Politics in Real Time
4 weeks ago

“Solito”: Salvadoran Writer Javier Zamora Details His Solo 4,000-Mile Journey to U.S. as a 9-Year-Old

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/10/end_of_title_42_immigration

#bordercontrol #salvador #solito #story #books #politics

Jenny Lam
4 weeks ago

an outstanding #Chicago based #artist" and interviewed me all the way back in January (I remember we wished each other a Happy #Chinese New Year!). She then pitched her #story to the HuffPost #culture team in March... and not only did their editorial team say yes, but the editor also said she'd love to include me as a Culture Shifter!

- #Photographer Taylor Glascock. Taylor took these #photos of me in #Chinatown on a brisk (to say the least!) but bright March afternoon.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jenny-lam-artists-on-the-lam_n_64515732e4b0f05e72f466e8

Jenny Lam
4 weeks ago

I've been sitting on this news for months, but now I'm giddy with excitement (& embarrassment?*) I can finally share with you that I've been named one of 2023's #Culture Shifters by HuffPost! *(I burst into laughter when I saw the headline.) I'm so honored to be featured on a list alongside such #creative change-makers. Endless thanks, love, & #gratitude to:
- Reporter Yue Li, a graduate student at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Yue had reached out to me for "a profile #story about

Wim 🅾
1 month ago

The short story "Grave of the Fireflies" (萤火虫之墓) by Cheng Jingbo (from the Invisible Planets anthology) is really fabulous, both figuratively and literally. The vision and poetry, the emotions and the scale, the detail -- it's amazing how she managed to convey all that in such a limited space.

The title can be no coincidence but there is no direct connection with "Grave of the Fireflies" by Akiyuki Nosaka or the anime.

You can read this very beautiful short story for free, and there is even an audio version
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jingbo_01_14/

#reading
#story

Claudia Zahn
1 month ago

Our six-year-old handed us a note. His teacher had called my wife and I in for an emergency meeting. We asked our son if he had any idea why, and he said, "She didn't like a drawing I did."
We went in the next day.
His teacher pulled the drawing below out and said, "I asked him to draw his family and he drew this. Would you mind explaining?"
"Not at all." my wife said. "Family vacation. Snorkeling off the Bahamas.
By #TheBeautyOfPlanet
#Story #storytelling #school #teacher #pupil #Painting

Octobers Children :podcast:
1 month ago

octoberschildrenpodcast.captivate.fm/episode/8-shou…

For your enjoyment.
8. Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot

featuring special guest @ShinkaiMaru5 from @Station151 as "Josh" and with music courtesy of @subradioband

#audiodrama #horror #queerhorror #OctobersChildren #weirdfiction #fiction #story #creepy #paranormal #mystery #spooky #sfx

Yahia Lababidi
1 month ago

🧠 #AI Makes Mind Reading Possible

Researchers at the #University of #Texas have developed a #GPT-based decoder that can translate thoughts into text using non-invasive fMRI scans.

Participants trained the decoder by listening to #podcasts for 16 hours in an #fMRI scanner,

The AI system then generated text as participants listened to or imagined a new #story, capturing general #thoughts or #ideas. 👀

#brain #science #tech #news #artificialintelligence #technology
#ethics #technews #future

Jo Jitsu
1 month ago

@hannu_ikonen

It has reminded me of the story of The Big Bad Wolf and 3 little pigs.
The straw house (no precautions) and the stick house (vax only) were convenient, easier, but not using known best practices so when the wolf came huffing and puffing they were blown down. Only the brick house built with best practices of mask, vax, and distance keeps the pigs alive and the wolf's huffing and puffing at bay.

#parable #sermon #masks #covidisNotOver #wisdom #story #covid #covid19 #WearAMask

Yahia Lababidi
1 month ago

Woke up to baby dove perched on our balcony ledge. Though, it was still limping, it seemed to be using wounded leg more. So, after one last antibiotic application I thought to return it to its folks.

As soon as we stepped out the building, it heard the call of 2 adult Eurasian collared doves like itself.

Off it flew to the nearest tree, to be joined by the doves, seconds later.

#bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #story #storytelling #photography #nature

Pseudo Nym
1 month ago

#story #idea #timeTravel

There exists the timeline T0, which is all of history if nobody messed it up with time travel. T1 is created when the "first" time traveler messes with it. Now an other traveler makes T2, trying to "set things right" as close to T0 as possible.

Pretty standard, yeah? But what I can't think of is a story where the native residents of T1 (who don't exist in T0) want to defend their home timeline from the T2 invader from the future, who wants to effectively unmake them.

Usually the story has the extras helping T2 "fix" things back to how they were "originally" but for them, T1 is the original.

Any stories like that?

Grickle
1 month ago

Darkman reads a story to the kids. #grickledoodle #darkman #samraimi #story #cartoon #art

1 month ago

#atoms clustered into #stars #planets #SolarSystems and #galaxies

In one solar system out of so many, there is a planet that a species named #earth

Besides burning fuels - they made up a #story called Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Scientists related the Goldilocks story to the evidence - life was only possible because variables were, for example, not too hot and not too cold.

The Planets #GoldilocksZone is also dependent on the chemical composition of its atmosphere #ClimateChange

A Hubble Space Telescope composite photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and is located approximately 960 light-years away.

NASA, ESA, STScI; CC BY 4.0

https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images_17-21_April_2023
Damon Thomas
1 month ago

I think the main thing is we live in poetry and then relate those experiences as prose. You get back to the original poetry by stripping away all the extras added after your experience. This can be societal expectations, self curation, attempts at settling ambiguity, etc. But none of it has much to do with your actual life. #writing #poetry #flash #story

Jesse
1 month ago

Creeping your way down the hall, you notice the little girl's bedroom door is propped open just a little. You stick your head into the crack and carefully nudge the door open with your paw. You enter a moderately sized room, the girl asleep on her bed. Above it dangles a chain you think you could pull on. Entering the room, you notice a little spring sticking out from behind the door.
#Cat #CYOA #IntFic #Writing #Story #Caturday

Jesse
1 month ago

You have only just begun to ensure your domain is rid of threats and little annoyances. Leaving your gift on the bed you hop off and dart out the door. On the upstairs floor there are several rooms for you to choose from, most of which have open doors and some of which you think you can open yourself. You decide to check out...
#Cat #CYOA #IntFic #Story #Writing

Jesse
1 month ago

Holding onto your prize, you wander the house until you find the master bedroom. Fortunately for you, the door is open. Entering, you make your way to the bed and hop up, perching at your humans feet. Lifting your head and dropping your gift on the bed, you let out a prideful meow. Mother stirs and looks down, then gasps. She tries to play it off but you can tell your gift didn't go over as you'd hoped.
#Cat #CYOA #IntFic #Writing #Story

Jesse
2 months ago

You've come too far to give up now. Tapping into your dormant hunting instincts, you leap from the floor to the counter, and then onto the top of the fridge. You watch and wait for the moment, then when the fly strays a little too close, you jump. It tries to escape but a quick swipe as gravity exerts its influence over you catches the fly in your grasp. As you land on the ground you let out a victory meow, your enemy vanquished.
#Cat #CYOA #IntFic #Writing #Story

Erotic Mythology (comms open)
2 months ago

#Dionysos, endowed with supernatural abilities by being gestated in the thigh of #Zeus, is on his way to spread his cult to Argos, where another demigod son of Zeus is king: #Perseus:

https://eroticmythology.com/fiction-sons-of-zeus-dionysia/

#fantasy #writing #stories #story #WritersOfMastodon #mythology #GreekMythology @mythology @writing

A sci-fi/fantasy convention in Poland wants to hold a #solarpunk edition this year, but there's a problem:

There are almost no Solarpunk stories published in Poland.

They would like to give the participants a PDF / booklet with a few introductory stories, whether translated or in English.

We already have 2:
Jerri Jerreat's "Rules for a Civilization"
T.X. Watson's "Boston Hearth Project"

Could you recommend any other short stories which can be a good intro?

#literature #scifi #story

🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

23) EMILY BRONTË (1818-1848),
With dark family secrets, haunting pasts, brutal characters, suggestions of spirits, and foreboding landscapes, Emily Brontë's only novel, 'Wuthering Heights', is steeped with gothic imagery and motifs

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Portrait of Emily painted by her brother, Branwell.
The title page for 'Wuthering Heights'.
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

22) VIOLET HUNT (1862-1942),
Author and a founder of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. Hunt wrote two collections of gothic texts: 'Tales of the Uneasy' and 'More Tales of the Uneasy'

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Photo of Hunt in a ginormous hat. It's an interesting choice.
Photo of Hunt looking over her shoulder at a tabby cat that's wrapped itself about her neck.
Dan Bowman
2 months ago

The top #news #story of the week; props to #wisconsin and #democracy

"The court could also potentially redraw Wisconsin's congressional map, where Republicans currently hold six out of eight U.S House seats in an otherwise 50-50 state."

Results: Protasiewicz wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race : NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167815077/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-results-abortion-voting-protasiewicz-kelly

🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

21) EDITH NESBIT (1858-1924),
Though often remembered for her children’s books, Nesbit wrote several gothic tales. Many were published in her collections ‘Grim Tales’ (1893), 'Something Wrong’ (1893) and ‘Fear’ (1910)

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Nesbit photographed with her young son.
Nesbit holding baby chicks.
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

20) CHARLOTTE BRONTË, (1816-1855),
Brontë's 'Jane Eyre' (1847) contains various tropes of gothic fiction with its family secrets, gloomy settings, and suggestions of supernatural horrors

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Chalk portrait of Charlotte, by George Richmond (1850)
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

19) MARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH (1839-1921),
Although best remembered as a children’s author, Molesworth also wrote 2 collections of stories aimed at adults: ‘Four Ghost Stories’ (1888) and ‘Uncanny Tales’ (1896)

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Drawing of Molesworth in profile sitting on a chair.
Photo of the book cover for 'Uncanny Tales'.
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

18) CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935),
American author, best known for her horror story 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. Gilman also wrote other gothic fiction, such as her short story 'The Giant Wisteria'

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Photo of Gilman sitting at her writing desk and smiling at the camera
Photo of Gilman.
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

17) MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897),
Scottish author and historical writer. ‘The Open Door’, ‘The Lady’s Walk’, ‘The Portrait’, and ‘The Library Window’ are a few of Oliphant's many gothic tales, which you can read here: http://oliphantfiction.com/x0300_series_and_themes.php?categcode=seenunsn&cattype=Theme&descrip=Stories%20of%20the%20Seen%20and%20Unseen

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Oliphant and her family posing together on stone steps in 1874
Photo of Oliphant.
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

16) MARIE CORELLI (1855-1924),
Author of supernatural fiction and alleged favourite of Queen Victoria. Her novel ‘The Sorrows of Satan’ (1895) is thought to be one of the world’s first best-sellers

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Photo of Marie Corelli.
Photo of Marie Corelli holding a large bouquet and wearing a tiara.
🌙Gothic Girl
2 months ago

15) B. M. CROKER (c. 1848-1920),
Irish author of over 40 novels and 7 volumes of short stories. Croker was renowned for her ghost stories, such as 'Number Ninety', 'The Former Passengers', and 'If You See her Face'

#WomensHistoryMonth #ReadMoreWomen #gothic #literature #fiction #history #story #victorian #horror #fantasy #histodons #bookstodon

Photo of Bithia Mary Croker.
Screenshot of the original publication of 'Number Ninetey', one of her most famous ghost stories.
Mythology Monday :verified:
2 months ago

Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: Children. Which myths feature children, infants, or babies? Write out a #story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts.

#mythology #folklore #folktale #legends @mythology @folklore @folklorethursday

A screenshot of the stork carrying elephant baby Dumbo inside a big, white bundle from the film Dumbo.
Yahia Lababidi
2 months ago

🚨Breaking News 📰

Just 2 days after #Mastodon —pioneer @TexasObserver was pronounced dead, You the People donated over $250,000 — effectively breathing life into this progressive, non-profit newspaper and allowing staff to get paid! 🤩

Amazing success & inspiring #story, #Fediverse

The power of community is truly a thing of beauty! 👏🏼

#texas #TexasObserver #news #Fediverse #newstodon #gofundme #Tuesday #newspaper #usa #wednesday #JoinIn #goodmorning #goodnews

Sophie
2 months ago

Ahhhh! Today I’m doing my first-ever #interview for a #story I’m reporting in a #journalism outlet

I’m been doing #oralHistory for years but this seems so different. Wish me luck, please!

#imSoTotallyPreparedOfCourseIAmWhyWoukdYouDoubtThat

Gerald So
2 months ago

#Genre #Definitions may only matter in the academic sense, but they are meaningfully distinct. They denote a #Story's main focus/purpose. e.g. A #Horror story's purpose is to frighten/horrify the reader and reveal what's cathartic and healthy about doing so. For one, if we don't confront our fears in some way, they only grow.