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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 2h

It was a #sin to do this, it was a sin to do that. With all the things Marge was told were a sin, she might as well sit her room and wait for the end times. So she took her vows and became a nun, because it seemed like the most fun way to corrupt others. Those young nuns were just so cute. #vss365

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 3h

Privacy? An agent is a publicly naming position. Sorry, but no.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 6h

Happy spooky season, everyone. Be careful on those stairs. #Halloween

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 9h

I need to check that movie out.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 9h

#Noir #audio #booksky The American is a serial noir in which an expatriate is caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsian that just wants to find his lady. In this chapter, all the lies come out to play and the blood starts flowing.

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The American: Trouble with Escape (pt. 7) | Shorthand Missile

A flash fiction chapter in which all the lies come out to play bringing with them all the competing factions.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 9h

My comment got a laugh out of Mitnick, rich and filled with appreciation. Hearing it made the #lizard part of my brain feel good, like a well-trained animal receiving praise. I realized then how Mitnick kept his men in line. They might actually love the bastard. #WIPSnips #skywrite #booksky

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, and if I can verify which agent you work with, I'd have some faith your legitimate.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 22h

And which agent would that be?

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jen hadn't been to the big #island in decades, but found it hadn't changed. Elders still crowded the cafes, tourists still visited the volcano, the observatory still reflected the stars. Her marriage had begun here & it was the perfect place to end it. The bugs would make short work of Tom. #vss365

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Writing one book, editing another, while querying for a third. If I broke down how much I make an hour on this, I'd probably cry. Lesson here: Don't do math. #skywrite

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I could see Lanzo's hand tremble and I think Mitnick could too. The future was bearing down on both of them, but only Lanzo had the choice in his hand. I could see the weight of it, his uncle's blood calling to him, a future with Nika uncertain and unclear by #comparison #WIPSnips #booksky #skywrite

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He could just #sail away. It would be that easy. He knew disaster was coming for the tiny island, whether it was from climate change or the CCP ruining their fishing. Either way, he knew it was a flashpoint. Then he looked at Ada, knowing she would never leave, and just couldn't go. #vss365 #micro

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Even in his clothes, he choices are unamerican.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trying to #write the real world these days feels like #writing some bad melodrama.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jon had never been in a #hurricane before, but found himself mesmerized by it. The day had gone from beautiful to frothing mad in a few hours, the streets of the tiny town flooding as the surf pounded and the wind howled. He never thought it could be the siren that drowned him. #vss365 #microfiction

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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Gods cried and screamed but these troubles would pass. That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #hurricane.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Between the cloister of warehouses and the river's edge was the long, empty road that separated the two. Moonlit and desolate, it held nothing but the promise of being seen. I hid with my back against a brick #wall and tried to listen, my own ragged breathing filling my ears. #WIPSnips #amquerying

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"If you're evil, you're at least competent." - Peter Thiel Wow, that is an out-of-touch with reality statement. Stalin? Evil, incompetent. Pol Pot? Evil, incompetent. Mao? Evil, incompetent. Bad can simply mean incompetent, but evil makes it so much worse. It never improves the outcome.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At a checkpoint were a pair of besuited professionals. One carried a SMG, compact and black, ready to spit whatever high-velocity death it was configured to fire. Both spoke perfect French. They must have been #contracted from a local security firm rather than a part of Mitnick's crew. #WIPSnips

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The room below us was dotted with #flowers, although I was surprised they didn't wilt in the thick, alcoholic tang of the air. The crowd below behaved badly, spilling drinks and smoking and braying, like some kind of zoological study on deviant behavior in dominant species. #WIPSsnips #booksky

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not sure where I found it, but glad I could share.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

*Checks definition.* Yep, anyone who's willing to sell out all of their values for power fits that description."

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On the first day of rock climbing lessons, the instructor told us, "The #mountain is beautiful. The mountain is fun! And if you do not respect it, the mountain will kill you." John did not listen to the instructor. #vss365 #skywrite #microfiction

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For instance, I would start writing more letters, would focus on making stories into personal gifts rather than for public consumption. But I would always #write. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #pretendpanel

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity." - Franz Kafka. #pretendpanel This is very true for me. If my future self somehow came back in time to tell me nothing everything I write would be lost in fire or to time, I would wake up tomorrow and #write. It would only change what I wrote.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The pimp wasn't tall, but had thin, powerful arms, nearly hairless, pale against his black sleeveless shirt. He was face down, dark, wiry hair nearly covering up the #dent in the back of his skull. There was very little blood, but that was a skill Sophie had perfected. #WIPSnips #amquerying #booksky

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Eileen Curley Hammond @curleyhammcozy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Merry March is a mom of a teenager and a business owner. As if a criminal ex isn't enough of a scandal, she's right at the center of several murder investigations. Her friends, food, and wine help her survive. Link to first book in the series ⬇️ mybook.to/MurderSoSinful

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Murder So Sinful: A Merry March Cozy Mystery (Merry March Mysteries Book 1)

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't usually describe it this way, but that was a beautiful cup of #coffee.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Careful. Someone might want to take you up on that.

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Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did you know? In the Victorian era, a widowed lighthouse keeper repeatedly rowed into the dangerous waters of New York Harbor to rescue people from drowning? Kate Walker spent decades at the isolated Robbins Reef Lighthouse. #Victorian #history #lighthouses

It shows a photograph of Kate Walker reading a book from a rocking chair as she tended her lighthouse.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@teapainusa.bsky.social I think you're underestimating the stupidity of the American people.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Following the trail of a dead man, Aggie McPherson ends up in a small town, wondering why a Neo-nazi had been headed there. Instead of finding her answer, she finds a strange case of arson. #audio #booksky #skywrite #UF

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The Case of the Sealed Deal, Chapter 3 - Shorthand Missile

Aggie McPherson goes to investigate where the stolen money has been going in Urquhart and makes a new friend she hopes never to see again.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The #cloud moved across the prairie sky, a lonesome traveler. Murdoch watched it go by, wishing somehow it would become rain, but knowing it wouldn't. His fields would remain fallow. #vss365 #microfiction

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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sometimes we dream of greater days ahead especially during dark times. That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #cloud.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Agreed. Status has always been important.

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Shorthand Missile @mcleansix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In the city of Slakterquay, there's an office that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this chapter, McPherson goes to investigate where the stolen money has been going in Urquhart and makes a new friend she hopes never to see again. #audio #booksky #skywrite #UF

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The Case of the Sealed Deal, Chapter 3 - Shorthand Missile

Aggie McPherson goes to investigate where the stolen money has been going in Urquhart and makes a new friend she hopes never to see again.

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