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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He was lanky, almost as tall as Lucas, but whereas the defender’s build was more or less proportional, Evander’s limbs were abnormally long… #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

The strange boy stood out like a sore thumb in the silvery jumpsuit under normal circumstances. The get-up made practically anyone do a double-take, almost an instinctual reaction. Then, if someone really looked, they’d realize there was more peculiar about the boy than just the odd outfit. He was lanky, almost as tall as Lucas, but whereas the defender’s build was more or less proportional, Evander’s limbs were abnormally long, like a stretched-out Gumby. Now, standing in the parking lot in the morning sun, his suit metallically shimmered. Robbie noticed the clerk occasionally glancing outside at Evander with a quizzical expression as she scanned their booty. He made a mental note to tell the strange boy to stay in the car or something to attract less attention.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The tentacle mouth slammed into the elevator control panel, teeth scraping over metal. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

And the elevator still hadn’t arrived. Why? Why? Why? The second elevator…why hadn’t he called that one? He scurried to the call buttons, and that was when his calf decided to cramp painfully. He stifled a groan of pain, but the noise was enough to attract the tentacle mouth that shot forward, biting into the floor where his foot had been a heartbeat before. He jabbed the down button, then threw himself to the floor. The tentacle mouth slammed into the elevator control panel, teeth scraping over metal.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pleased as can be about this! I always believed Zuri's story about being the new girl at a haunted high school was my best work when it came out. Here's proof I wasn't completely delusional! #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky #5amwritersclub #yaborror #yabooks

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In other circumstances, she might have found him cute… #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity

She backed into someone and nearly dropped her phone in surprise, her heart thumping like she was sprinting toward the goal with the soccer ball at her feet. Glancing over her shoulder, she shone a light behind her to see who she had run into. It was Robbie, the U16 winger. In other circumstances, she might have found him cute with his tousled hair and striking eyes like chips of greenest jade, but right now she wished he would move out of her way so she could continue retreating. His lips moved as if he spoke, but she couldn’t hear what he said. Her ears still rang from the gunshots.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The demoniac orange glow reflected off the buildings…#wipsnips #witesky #booksky #writingprompts

The air Evander would find outside wouldn’t be fresh, unless you considered jamming a whole pack of cigarettes in your piehole and lighting up a good way to clean the lungs. The demoniac orange glow reflected off the buildings, vehicles, and patches of visible sky possessed such wrongness that Robbie looked away and wished he was sitting on the opposite side of the booth with the girls so he didn’t have a view of hellscape. It reminded him of videos he had seen of Portland during the latest catastrophic fires in the Columbia Gorge.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Only what greeted Robbie on the other side of the door was not the salvation of an empty hallway… #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

Trembling, Robbie dropped Lucas’s legs to the floor and lurched for the door, not truly expecting to reach it. Instead, he feared it was a mirage, shimmering on the forever distant horizon. He was surprised when his clammy hand clamped down on the handle. The handle turned easily, and he pulled open the heavy door with minimal strain. The hinges squealed, but the noise was lost in the crash from up above of the fire door slamming into the concrete floor of the landing.
Only what greeted Robbie on the other side of the door was not the salvation of an empty hallway but a haphazard barricade of chairs, mattresses, and even a bedside lamp—that lamp tumbled toward him, and he caught it before it smashed against the floor.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Daisy pressed herself against his chest and whined. Spell broken… #writesky #wipsnips #booksky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The urge to pee struck Robbie, and he squirmed. Too much soda last night, obviously. He glanced around the interior of the car. His companions were asleep, Quinn breathing so deeply that it sounded like she was softly snoring. His gaze came back to Bridget in the driver’s seat. Even with her mouth hanging open and drool running down her chin, she was undeniably beautiful. He longed to wipe the saliva from her chin. To make her even more perfect.
Daisy pressed herself against his chest and whined. Spell broken, he tore his gaze from the striker, reminding himself that he did not have a thing for Bridget or anyone else. Daisy stared up at him with loving eyes. Okay, he could admit that he was falling in love with her, and wondered if Ruffles would be jealous. Whining more insistently, the dog looked out the window.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The monster turned its regard on them, eyes pools of oil large enough to dive into. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

Wincing, Robbie picked up the pace even though his left ankle throbbed with every step. In the intersection levitated a dracopisces the size of a box truck with writhing tentacle mouths thicker than telephone poles, and almost as long. The monster turned its regard on them, eyes pools of oil large enough to dive into.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The referee placed the ball at the penalty kick stop and stepped aside. #wipsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The referee placed the ball at the penalty kick stop and stepped aside. The goalie, tall and lean, in a blinding neon pink uniform, bounced on his feet. Reminding himself not to overthink things, Robbie picked his spot and ran toward the ball. All sensation faded—the warmth of the sun, the scent of the grass, the buzz of tense conversation from the sidelines, distant whistles—as he completely focused on the putting the ball exactly where he wanted it.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Evander suspected the archaic projectile weapon wouldn’t be effective against a dracopisces… #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

n the present, the elevator dinged and stopped at the lobby. Gage drew his pistol. Evander suspected the archaic projectile weapon wouldn’t be effective against a dracopisces unless the monsters w.jpg

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Smelling air saturated with beer-breath only reinforced his negative bias. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

He possessed the distinct memory that the alcohol tasted vile and, from that day onward, never understood why anyone would ever want to drink beer or any other alcoholic beverage. Smelling air saturated with beer-breath only reinforced his negative bias.
“Why do you guys have your hands up?” the man asked.
“Sir, you have a gun,” Lucas said, voice tremulous and tone polite.
The man stared at the gun in his hand. “Oh, that I do.”

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

He had already seen enough dead bodies, live and in person, for a lifetime. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

Robbie glimpsed the dead hotel clerk as he passed the front desk and immediately looked away. He had already seen enough dead bodies, live and in person, for a lifetime. The corpses made him feel helpless and wonder why he strove to survive this nightmare. When the inevitability of death was thrust right up into his face, the reality that they were all a thin thread from being a lifeless meat bag of bones and fluids, part of him wanted to give up. Yet, he kept moving for now, at least, because doing nothing meant surrendering to despair.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Tentacles flailed, mouths snapping with audible clicks and clacks… #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

“Run!” Robbie screamed as the glass rained to the carpet and the drapery bulged, tangling up the monster.
Tentacles flailed, mouths snapping with audible clicks and clacks, spraying spittle, as they tore gashes into the drapery. From each mouth escaped translucent, reeking fumes—an acrid stench like the blackest of smoke and the stink of the graveyard remains of the dead baked in an inferno deep in the monster’s bowels. Robbie turned and ran before the disgusting smells made him gag.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Barnes & Noble selected The Bane of Dragons as a Top Indie Favorite. #booksky #writesky #yafantasy

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Bane of Dragons drops on 4/20/2026. A B&N Teens & YA: Top Indie Favorite Link: www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #booksky #writesky #fantasybooks #yabooks

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Low gravity, big leaps… pre-order The Bane of Dragons: www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #newrelease #yabooks #SCIFIFRI #writingprompts #booksky

Kyt leaps from the floor, the low artificial gravity allowing her to float nearly a quarter of the way up the curved wall. It looks like she’s about to crash into the wall, but instead she lands gently on all limbs, finding finger and toe holes between the innumerable screens.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

You better leave her family alone… Pre-order The Bane of Dragons: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #newrelease #yabooks #fantasybooks #bookqw #writingpromps #writesky #booksky

“What’s that behind you, archmagus?” the airship captain says with a predatory glint in her maniacal eyes. “Is that Bria? Heh. The naughty faery girl?”

Bria hisses. A heartbeat later, Titus stands on Bergman’s shoulders, hackles up, hissing.

I step between Bergman and my family. “Leave Bria alone.”

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

B&N Top Indie Pick www.barnesandnoble.com/b/top-indie-... #booksky #writesky #yabooks

The writing style is intelligent and completely immersive, and Rice knows just how to mix organic world-building with tech. —Readers’ Favorite

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The wrong kind of stuff…? A B&N Teens & YA: Top Indie Favorites Preorder The Bane of Dragons: www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #booksky

“I thought you were a survivor,” I say. “Why would a survivor consume faery blood?”

Gore licks his upper lip, and a trickle of sweat runs down his forehead. “I’ve put all kinds of stuff in my body.”

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Allison and Titus don't mix… preorder The Bane of Dragons: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bane-o... #yabooks #teenbooks #booksky #writingprompt #newrelease #bookqw

Mauve and I cruise the oval hallway stopping at the door to our cabin, Berth 101 reads the placard half a foot above a rectangular key card reader. My pulse quickens at the sight of a black feline sitting pressed against the door. Even the sleeper stirs, perturbed.

“Why is that here?” I point at the black cat staring at me with startling yellow eyes.

Mauve bends down and gently pets the cat. “It’s only Titus.”

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Mind blown! The Bane of Dragons is a @barnesandnoble.com Top Indie Pick for April!! Too cool! #booksky #writesky #yabooks www.barnesandnoble.com/b/top-indie-...

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Beware the ocean…! Pre-order The Bane of Dragons: amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #newrelease #yabooks #scfibooks #prompts #SciFiFri

In my peripheral vision, I glimpse the watery maelstrom we fall toward. A shipbreaking wave, as dark as night, highlighted with splintering whitecaps, rises. When that wrathful hand of Poseidon brushes my skin, I release the dragon, thrashing my body up and away from the watery barrow.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Don't trust anyone…! Pre-order The Bane of Dragons: www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #writingprompt #newrelease #yabooks #fantasybooks #writesky

I tell Dalia about the plan.

Her face turns stormy at the mention of Gore and Jett. Like me, her history with both of them is fraught. “That isn’t good. They’ll both have their own agendas. You can’t trust them.”

I sigh. “I know. Can we talk about something else? I have a feeling I’ll be rehashing all this for Haji.”

“Promise me you won’t trust them, especially Jett.”

“I promise.” I raise my pinky so Dalia can see it. “Pinky swear.”

“Don’t break it,” Dalia says seriously, then fills me in on all the happenings at good old Cascadia Prep High School.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Beware the scorching digit…! Pre-order The Bane of Dragons: amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #newrelease #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #yabooks #writesky #booksky

Joe’s agonized scream stops me in my tracks. The terrible scent of burning skin joins the noisome stench permitting the air. Joe writhes as Gore presses one finger into the agent’s right cheek, twisting it back and forth like he’s putting out a cigarette.

“Stay back!” Gore pulls Joe closer to him and withdraws the scorching digit. “Any more fight out of you, I’ll barbecue your entire face.”

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Great views offered up… Pre-order The Bane of Dragons: www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

Wind Reaver’s bridge offers a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view thanks to a circular wraparound window. Below are the Pacific’s azure waters beneath an overcast sky. Far to the east is a land mass obscured by haze. Even the intermingling golden and coppery radiance of Radcliffe’s and Mauve’s draconic forms can’t spoil the view.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Blasters are not set to stun…! preorder: www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #scifibooks #newrelease #SCIFIFRI #writingprompt #booksky

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

He comes on green wings… The Banes of Dragons drops on 4/20--> www.amazon.com/Bane-Dragons... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #wipsnips

From somewhere to the east comes a trumpeting bellow. Through the sleeting rain are a flash of gold and outstretched green wings. Dr. Radcliffe comes to summon us back to the airship.

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It's Friday the 13th! Read something spooky! tinyurl.com/phantom-alge... #fridaythe13 #writesky #booksky #horrorsky

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danricewrites @danricewrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Solarflame - out now: tinyurl.com/solar-flame Dragons, magic that scars, and a sword that burns #writesky #boosky #booksworthreading #FantasyBooks

Even in the dim light, Frederick glimpsed the pus oozing sores and bloody fissures covering the exposed skin of both men. The disgust he felt was primal. Magic was a disease, and some animalistic part of him feared the sickness was catching. More than that, he’d seen what magicians could do on the battlefield. A person who didn’t fear magicians either had dragon dung for brains, or had never seen the aftermath of their wartime handywork. Gazing at the destruction around him, he knew of only three things that could cause such ruination: magic, war dragons, and Solarflame.

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