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My snip for the word of today: well I had 53 hits, so plenty to choose Lira plays dirty and pulls Rodario down after she lost. But it knocks something lose in his memories. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 22h

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 In most ways, migrating to a culturally similar country is far easier. EXCEPT there will be a million teeny rules and references you'll be expected to know but don't. Here Dr Edwards falls foul of this phenomenon. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“You asked to be informed when the Selkie returned from Eilbree,” said the barman brightly, before Edwards could place his order. “She put into port half and hour ago.”

“The needles!” cried Edwards. “Why didn’t you knock straight away?”

“Erm… Sardine said you were entertaining someone. We didn’t like to interrupt. Speaking of which,” the man said, leaning over the counter and lowering his voice. “I’ve worked both sides of the Circle Sea and while Midrans won’t bat an eye at two married men, they get a bit funny about unwed couples. Any unwed couples. A little more discretion if you’re not putting a ring on it would be my advice.”

“We didn’t-” Edwards broke off and scowled. It was none of the man’s business, though he seemed to mean well. “Friends can’t share a room then?”

“Only if you’re in a group. It’s not the done thing in pairs unless you’re first-degree relatives. Some inns will boot you out for it.”

“Huh.”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 23h

Under orders of a mind-controlling super, Dr. E knocked BigBad out w/ a microscope Imprisoned Ace has been getting free when he’s sure BB won’t catch him ICYMI: Ace & BB share Evie’s body, & the boys are in a “control room” in her brain #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Master/Puppet 🦹🏼😈

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[BigBad] lies on the floor of the teleporter platform, and the screen is black. Are we dead? Did Dad kill us?

The lights on the console tell me Evie's body's still going. Maybe if she looks like herself, maybe it's enough to stop Dad, the way going from Evie to [BigBad] was enough to stop the Cheetah. But Caleb was so specific for the Cheetah, and Dad knows I'm still in here.

[Big Bad] doesn't move. How long until he comes to? Is he aware now?

It doesn't matter. I have to wake Evie. I undo my bindings and stumble to the console, killing that damn noise.

"Wake up. Evie, this is Ace! I'm telling you to wake up." My fingers stumble over some buttons that I've seen [BigBad] use to give Evie commands. "You have to. Please, wake up, now!"

"WELL, this is new."

My breath catches in my throat, and I don't dare move, much less turn around to face him. "I'm saving us."

"And what an admirable job you're doing, Acey." His voice drips with false sweetness. "Go ahead, let's see what you've got. Then we'll talk about how we're going to deter you from getting loose again."

My hand falls from the console. "Evie," I whisper, "save me."

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mk 🦔 @mkwritesfic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Observe --> watch TW for mention of animal sacrifice, self-mutilation, and scars From the first draft of CultWIP. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writesky

“I always imagined Rekshimyr’s rituals involved lots of animal slaughter and blood and entrails,” the Seeker said as he picked up one of the berries to examine it. After a moment, he decided it was safe, then popped it into his mouth. “That’s what he likes, isn’t it? For you to spill your blood for him?”

“Never unnecessarily,” Rowan replied. The Seeker's gaze fell to his mouth again then back up to meet his eyes, so quick Rowan might have missed it if he hadn't already been watching him so intently. The scars on his face had never been something he'd been insecure about before; they were proof of his resilience, proof of his determination to persist, to bend but never break. They were proof of his devotion to his god's plans and how he fit into them. But each time the Seeker focused on them, something squirmed in his gut that he was absolutely certain he should not be feeling. Shame. Humiliation. A desire to hide. He just doesn't understand, he told himself.

So show him, something else whispered within him. Let him see there is beauty in pain.

“I wouldn't expect you to get it, Seeker,” Rowan said.

“I told you my name is Callix,” the Seeker said. “And you never told me yours.”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oona tries to figure out how her sister has money. Turns out Johee had a side business secretly fixing electronics Then, Oona answers another mystery What's a kunit? Just assume it's cat-like #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Stars, Sparkling Like Snow👩‍🔧💊

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I try to picture anybody on the ship hiding a pet, much less an electronic one. It's as hard to swallow as the assortment of food Johee's ordering for us is going to be. "You made that up."

"Nuh uh. It's pure truth."

"Who has an android kunit?"

Johee's lips twist into a smirk. "Lieutenant Evu."

It takes a bit to figure out exactly who that is. "In the pharmacy?"

"How do you think I got the right hormones?" Her face shines with
triumph. I'm not sure if it's at the feat of shocking me or from beating the system.

Three years ago, I started the hormone treatment all Hanarans in
their teens are subject to. It calmed my moods and regulated my cycle, and I found that the boys that had started to attract me no longer did.
When Johee started the treatment, I was surprised to find the effects very different. I OBSERVED other boys our age, but most were like me, uninterested in romance. When Johee flirted with them, they didn't show interest, simply embarrassment. Nobody on the ship flirted like Johee, at least none of the teens.

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Kenneth explains how he came to be infected and how Midran laws differ to those of Eilbree. The conversation leaves Dr Edwards with plenty to mull over. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“Why not kick him off sooner? Didn’t you suspect something was off when he made a lunge at your neck?”

“He was kissing my neck,” the vampire replied, a hint of defiance creeping into his voice.

“Is that…” Dr Edwards swallowed. “That’s something you wanted him to be doing?”

“What are you going to do? Report me?” Dolpuc scoffed. “You know young Mack has a cousin, a male cousin, who is married to the Duke of Stonegard? They just dropped it into conversation over dinner while they were talking about some trade deal they cut on their last trip to Eilbree. Might as well have been remarking on the weather. I’d have moved here years ago if I’d have known.”

“Lots of people do,” observed Edwards. The vampire looked at him questioningly with bloodshot eyes so he elaborated; “I’ve sometimes had to get patients out of Eilbree in a hurry.”

“And now you’re trying to bring one back.”

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Tumble This is near the end of the book, the Dragon Rider city is on the verge of falling while Kiradeii's friends disappear one by one. Her trust in Kalia never falters though. (Kiradeii has hunted her entire life, hence the 'perfect' shot) #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Hmm... what's going on here? Wrong answers only! #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

Once loosened, it tumbled halfway to the floor before catching on his equally damp shirt and sticking. The doctor pulled back, breathlessly, his glasses fogged.

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Close enough. You all asked for BigBad "playing with" Ace scenes, right? ❗CW: gun use; description of previous mutilation❗ #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Master/Puppet🦹🔫

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"What do you say we play a game, Acey?"

"No." My mind works furiously on how to take advantage of the situation. I'm free, but I'm weak, and my hands are still stuck together. The left one's disgusting, purple with the pinkie missing and the other fingers not quite at the right angles. But the rope is loose around them since he cut it.

He drops me to the ground and heads for the console. My right hand's cramped and the wrist is raw, but I manage to work my hands loose from their remaining ties. Not enough time to act before he turns to me, holding a gun. It's the old-fashioned kind with a tumbler and six shots.

Shit, I don't know what to-- There's no time, no place to-- Evie, I plead, save me. I'm in her head, she could, but she doesn't.

"Let's find out how many bullets are in here, yeah?"

He spins the chamber and aims at my good hand.

"Oh, god, please."

Click.

I breathe out, pushing myself back from him until I hit the wall.

"What power does Danny have?" He aims at my balls.

"Nothing! Nothing! He's not super! He's human!" I scream.

Click.

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ren’s been able to touch Blake 100% of the time since Blake inherited him. It was 75% of the time w/ his former haunted & 50% w/ everyone else But Ren would trade that 25% to save Blake’s soul every time #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From A Paranormal Bromance 3 👻🕯️

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I land in the back room at Mandorla's, greeted by the sound of someone tearing up the storage area. Probably Blake, looking for more candles, the old ones having melted completely down.

"I'm here," I say softly.

"Thank God. I thought you were stuck there." He runs into the study and throws his arms around me.

And ends up on the other side.

"Why?" His voice hitches in a sob.

"Because you never would have forgotten what your spirit looked like under pixnie venom." With concentration, I take his hand and stroke the lines of his palm. The blue veins are gone, as much a part of Justyn's world as everything else we experienced. "Because you didn't know what you were doing, and you're not Richard St. Croix, and you shouldn't be punished like him when you die. Because I love you, and I know that we are strong enough to be us in any circumstance. Because I don't mind having to intend it every time I want to touch you." I pull him closer. "Because seventy-five percent is really almost all of the time." I kiss him, and our lips connect, and my tears still fall on his cheeks.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Meltdown I don't have the word, I do, however, have Rodario who is going through a mental meltdown, saying things he might regret in the long run. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

G'morning #WIPSnips! Here we have Milly busy using one of her strange abilities she's not capable of consciously acknowledging quite yet. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Once or twice I feel eyes on me, but I pay them no mind while I find my way down to the basement from the kitchen, almost by instinct, and I begin to snake my way through the extensive maze of rooms down there. It takes an hour before I finish and make my way back to the first or ground floor, whatever you’re supposed to call it, to continue what I started there. Then the second floor, and then the top one. Every room with a door that’ll open, I sweep with this process, not taking in any conscious detail as I do so. A bright conduit of sensation rushes up and down the fingers that are in constant contact with the building, helping shape and fill in the surrounding sensations as I go, like a tiny moving stream filling in the space between dry gravel.
By the time I’m finished with the ground floor, I’m already achieving a vague understanding of it all, one that becomes sharper and clearer the more I proceed. I skip past the in-use classroom as its door is closed, because I know very well that trying this with everyone present will cause far too much confusion.
Many more rooms have been passed over like this, and these are details to be filled in at a later occasion. Today, however, I finish at Irena’s office door. Like a violin string that finally snaps after years of dedicated service to music, the valley dissolves, and my conscious mind floods back to reality.

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Dr Edwards rescues the vampires from Nigel. They would be a lot more grateful if he hadn't been the one to turn them in in the first place... #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

Edwards untied it with trembling hands. The vampire lay still; too weak or shocked to even move, but beside him Jo was raging. She wrenched at her bonds, trying to scream through her own gag and turning so purple in the process that the doctor decided to untie her before he’d finished releasing Kenneth, for fear that she might injure herself.

“You!” she snarled, the moment her mouth was free, and proceeded to vent a stream of insults so filthy it was as though he had opened the valve to a sewer. He freed her hands before turning to Kenneth, while she scrambled to unbind her own ankles and legs.

“Are you alright?” Edwards cried frantically, as he brushed away the dark strands clinging to Kenneth’s forehead with his fingertips.

“What do you think?” hissed Jo. “If he dies, I’ll fucking kill you. Or better yet, I’ll turn you and bring you back here so Nigel can have his fun with you instead!”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lilia & co.’s hunt for Nico has them searching the local preserve. Lilia’s not one with nature, the way her brother is. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Magic in Our Bones🦴🏞️

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So, I find myself in nature. I don't know what Nico's status is, but if he was aware of his surroundings before he got to the cave, he would have been delighted. I'm just cringing at every memory of Nico decomposing among the chaotic growth of the forest, even though that wasn't in this patch of wilderness.

We've left the paths far behind, diverging from their safety next to the preserve's STREAM, and are making our way into the thicker growth of trees that lies deeper. It's not forbidden, per se, to leave the pathways in La Cadabra Preserve, but every visit I ever had with my school insisted on sticking to the path, so it feels that way.

Azura's using her phone to GPS the point from the map in Dahlia's book. Any of us could have done it, but she was the one who thought of comparing the two and using it to guide us. Good thing, too, because once we leave the path, everything just looks the same over and over. We could've been wandering for hours and just going in circles like the dwarves and Bilbo in the second Hobbit movie.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Stream The MC's are travelling to Veltharyn, Capital of the Dragon Riders. One of their guides, Gideon, tells amazing stories #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Signal Early days of Kiradeii and Rodario. He found a quiet place to practice magic. Not knowing someone else used it as a hiding spot #WIPSNIPS #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 In 2-author WIPs, sometimes one of us runs into a part that is the other writer's doman. If we don't want to stop and wait for them, we drop in a placeholder note instead. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

The family tree was a vast tapestry, stretching from the high ceiling almost to the floor with top was rolled up so it could fit. Dozens of ornately embroidered arrows pointed off to the left and right signposting branches of the family which were no longer close enough to be included in the main line. Kenneth found Mackerel Mar’s name at knee-level, beside a half-stitched coat of arms signifying that he was now duke. His father, the late Duke Bream, had two brothers; Pollock and (Kenneth had to fight to keep a straight face) Lord Trout. Pollock was the youngest of the three. Trout was dead, but he had a son, Ray, the cousin who was next in line.

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“I still don’t understand how that makes Duke Craeg your heir,” said Jo. “Surely Ray ought to inherit?”

“Yes, but he’s the lorspouse.”

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mk 🦔 @mkwritesfic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From CultWIP first draft. The High Priest is trying to talk Rowan through his doubts and fears. It's...kind of working. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

“Yes,” Rowan replied, as if he even needed to ask. It was routine at this point, the only way he knew how to live his life. Rekshimyr was one of the only constants he could count on. He could feel him every second of every day, the pain that throbbed through him, reminding him of his god's love and devotion to him. If Rekshimyr did not love him, if he did not trust him, then why had he given some of his abilities so freely for Rowan to use? Why had he not struck him down by this point? He had plans for him. He cared for him. So why did Rowan have such a difficult time returning that trust? It was his body, it was his life, such a meager price to pay to make the world a better place.

“You're right, as always, Father,” Rowan said. He shifted uncomfortably. The way the High Priest stared at him reminded him of a wolf that had just gotten a whiff of blood and was ready to devour what bled. “Um…you had a task for me?”

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

G'morning #WIPSnips! Scene from one of the several in-danger incidents Milly experience while employed at this school. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“Milly!” I hear Genevieve’s muffled cries from inside the manor, the sound stifled from the closed doors and windows. “Milly, we’re inside and closing everything! Run away! Get away from them!”
Good idea. But there’s nowhere to run to, as I’m almost hemmed in from all sides and almost against the manor wall. Individual snakes are again leaping at me somehow, something normal snakes aren’t capable of.
The constrictor’s body separates from my hand, covering it in dark goo after one last strike, and the throng surges towards me in anticipation. I give it all one last look, then turn around and leap for the nearby gutter pipe ascending up the side of the building towards the roof. I’m really hoping I can get in through a window on the second or third floor at least.
My boots are really no made for this kind of activity, but I make it up to the second floor with some difficulty, nearly slipping and falling because of my gore-hand, but I make it to a window that I can access with my clean hand. I try to pull it open by force and, when it doesn’t budge, try to break the glass by slapping it with my hand. It doesn’t even budge, but a slight blue glow flashes over it every time I hit it, followed by an almost electric sounding tone.

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

Gingerly, Dr Edwards tugged the string loose and turned over the title page and introduction. The first diagram he came to showed a detailed, annotated drawing featuring a cross section of a vampire’s jaw. It looked as though the head had been sliced vertically through the middle. The root of the fang rose higher into the gums than a normal tooth, connected to a two bulbous glands and a long siphoning tube which coiled over the roof of the palate and down the back of the vampire’s throat, weaving into a network of capillaries and veins that led to the jugular.

“This gland delivers the infection when the vampire bites and this one injects an anti-clotting agent,” Nigel enthused, leaning over the desk to point out bits of the diagram. As he did so, a pendant in the shape of a twisted trident slipped out from under his collar. “There are structural changes in the sinuses, brain and circulatory system too; it’s all in here.”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is time to finally post from this scene! Anybody notice that we haven't seen one of Ace's friends in Master/Puppet yet? ❗TW: non-consensual medical/experimentation❗ BigBad's POV #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Master/Puppet 🦹‍♂️🩸

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"P-Please, Ace, I kn-know you're in there."

I smile at her and pat her clammy, colorless cheeks. "You know, he actually is. But if he hasn't passed out by now, I'm doubting he cares much about your pain today. Try again next time I come visit. Then, at least he'll feel awful that one of his friends is being bled dry."

I check the containers holding her blood in the coolers on either
side of her, then the two lines leading into her veins, the valve at each one opened just enough to bleed her at the speed her body can handle. A needle is sunk in at her left wrist and inner elbow. Her arms are chained to the metal stand behind her, so that she can't move them, and the rest of her body is chained up to it as well, so she's forced to stand no matter how weak she gets. It's reminiscent of another girl I had chained up once. Good times.

An incoming IV at her right wrist gives her fluids, and a nasogastric TUBE feeds her through her nose so that she gets the nutrients she needs to continue living.

"Drink up," I say, changing the fluid bag.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My snip for the word of day: tube (or pipe) Alisa and Rodario arrive in a far and remote town, yet, Alisa seems to be known across the continent... #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

He plucked several glittering objects from the seam of his cuffs and tipped his payment into Edwards’ palm with a tinkle. Three rings: one in the form of a twisted vine with emerald leaves, another was a miniature crown for the finger, though there was nothing tiny about the pearls and garnets adorning it. The third, and doubtless most valuable ring, featured a smooth cabochon ruby, like a blood droplet. A star cabochon, Edwards’ realised, as he picked it up and it caught the light. Further rustling underneath the vampire’s cravat produced a fat teardrop diamond suspended from a gold chain. The doctor’s jaw dropped before he could catch himself.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: payment I don't have a payment, but I do have a pay. Kiradeii being distracted by her dragon Kalia, and being lectured to pay more attention. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Edwards makes himself so poorly chasing the vampires through stormy weather that Kenneth is obliged to nurse him back to health. Jo does NOT approve. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“Don’t tell him where we’re going!” Jo howled, ripping off her bonnet in frustration and flinging it onto the ground.

“He knows where we’re going. It’s obvious where we’re going.”

“You don’t need to spell it out for him!”

“No; because he’s not an idiot!”

Edwards watched to the pseudo-siblings squabbling through the open tent flap with a fond half-smile, which he wiped from his face the moment he realised he was doing it. The storm had abated at last, though the air outside his bedroll was still chilly. His throat still felt raw but the cough had subsided.

He sat up, bare chested still, wondering what had happened to his soaked clothes. His bag was open beside him. Someone had rummaged through it while he was asleep and made no effort to hide their pilfering. It looked as though the thief had gone through and unwound all his rolls of bandages on purpose and knotted them, like they were trying to make a point.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Call While exploring a new part of the wood, Kiradeii saw something she was never meant to see. Karnis and his Lightbound 'cult' chase her down, can Kalia get to her fast enough? (I want to edit the chase to feel more thrilling) #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Jo lies a lot. It's like her superpower. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“Yes,” admitted Jo, adding in an undertone: “Please help us. My brother has done nothing wrong. At least, not by the laws of your country.”

She looked at the captain imploringly; eyes wide and innocent as a kitten, though she’d lied twice in the same sentence. Kenneth thought calling him her brother might be pushing it since apart from their bone-white skin they bore no resemblance to one another, but the sailor seemed to buy it.

“I see, Found you out, did they?” Captain Pollock said grimly, shaking his head. “Don’t fret lad, it happens all the time. Stash yourselves out of sight below deck and let me handle it.”

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Month A little dragon Kalia pov. Going out at night is technically forbidden, but that doesn't stop Kiradeii and Kalia from going into the forest. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 🧀 again. Kenneth does devote quite a lot of his heart to food. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“We shall have to come back here,” remarked Kenneth, excitement distracting him from his roiling stomach and burning lungs, as Jo helped him up to the satin-lined seats. “I counted three tea parlors, and there's an antiques shop on the corner and an artisan cheese stall which merits further investigation!”

“There’s my boring brother,” Jo said, flinging her arms about his torso in a loose hug. “Finished frightening me witless and back to obsessing over porcelain cups and elevenses.”

“I long to be boring. A grotesquely underrated state in my opinion.”

Nearby, two old men were sitting on a bench, holding hands. They looked about as dull as they came. One of them had a pair of binoculars and was watching either the birds or the ships sailing in and out of the harbor; Kenneth couldn’t tell which. The other wore a tweed cap. He felt a pang. What a fine thing it must be to have the luxury of being boring!

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Distract Dragon Kalia was asking a lot of questions to Kiradeii. Which got her injured when a bear attacked. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lilia & Nico’s dad was just sentenced to be bound by magic, unable to move or talk Lilia’s got some feelings about it Also, another day of shoes! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Magic in Our Bones🦴🩴

I sit on a swing at the playground outside the library, waiting for my family to find me out here. Mom will try to put a decent spin on it. Nico will give me worried eyes or hold me until he thinks of some way to DISTRACT me.

I'm not ready to be soothed or DISTRACTED. I want this fury raging through me, telling me that this was an injustice. There's no doubt that Dad's guilty of using necromancy. I have the proof of that by my side every day. It's just also clear that whatever he did wasn't the end of the world. Nico's not a monster. Nico's the furthest thing from a monster that you can get. Right now I'm feeling more monstrous than he ever could.

The toes of my flip-flops touch the ground, and I swivel the swing from side-to-side, watching them draw shapes in the sand.
It's a minor version of the thrashing about I wish I was doing, instead.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Wedge I have only used the words once, even if their are a lot of wedges between characters Kiradeii shows Rodario Fishtide Village for the first time. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here are the nominees for the 2026 Funniest Award Ace Starr in Hero/Villain trilogy Lawrence "Ren"/"Laurie" Hart in A Paranormal Bromance trilogy Sunny Ray in Summer’s Cruel Warmth, Winter’s Gentle Chill Christopher "Topher" Ky in Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft #AwesomeCharacters 1/6

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Jo and Kenneth prepare to flee their home. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“Food!” Jo panted. “Underwear!”

Those took up the remaining space. Some stockings, long johns, a handful of undershirts (Jo did not care for corsets- at least not on herself) and a loaf of bread which would be very squashed by the time they got round to eating it for by now the trunk was quite crammed. The tea caddy (Everlasting forbid they leave that behind), some root vegetables snatched from the kitchen countertop, a wedge of cheese, three bottles of wine, knives and the salt and pepper shakers.

“Sit on it!” Kenneth told Jo urgently, for the case was reluctant to close. Now fully clothed and scrambling to tie on her bonnet, his landlady plonked herself down with a crunch that both of them prayed silently wasn’t the bottles. One buckle was secured, the other loose, when there came a rap at the door.

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Blake & Ren being cute as they try to figure out the mystery of Richard St. Croix’s three malevolent ghosts. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From A Paranormal Bromance (1) 👻🧌

"Perhaps they died together. Oh, oh!" Ren's face always lights up when he has an idea. "What if when you get to become a ghost, you're tethered to the closest person to you. I mean, the nearest. If he survived an accident they were all in, they could have gotten tethered to him by chance."

"Did they look like each other? Maybe they were related."

He shakes his head. "I don't know. Yes, because they were all gray and weird, but that's just because they were dark, negative ghosts. I'm not gray and weird-looking, right?"

"Not gray, Ren. Never gray."

"Good." Then, "Hey!"

I ruffle his hair. "Come on, Gram wouldn't have loved you so much if you were gray and weird-looking."

"She would have loved me even if I lost all my TEETH and had a bulbous nose and my eyes weren't the same size and my hair was all chopped off and I had warts. Even if I was grotesque."

I believe him, but I'm not about to tell him that. "You're not gray and weird-looking."

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Teeth Tavira using magic to remove the memory of Kiradeii from Rodario's mind. Dragon Kalia ready to protect Kiradeii. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

G'morning #WIPSnips! Milly has indeed been having a *mental* day in the run-up to this specific scene. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“Okay?” I respond, beating back the compulsion for just a moment. Whatever might come next, it won’t yank away the possibility of escape, Clara has never been that strong even on her healthiest days.
“I’m just going to reach up to my own head, alright?” she says and starts reaching upwards, and I have to stop myself from laughing at the fact that I have to resist the urge to bolt from that simple motion. How far I have fallen. Her hands reach her head and close in on… her headphones? She grasps them and lift them up and over her head and… and…
And over the fox ears.
How?
Those are supposed to be on the headphones.
What?
The ears twitch, and I feel yet another piece of that old mental construct crumble and fall away, like a tower detaching from a once formidable castle and falling into a widening abyss. Clara shakes her head a bit and visibly relaxes.
“You have no idea how hard it is to keep them still like that whenever anyone watches,” she says with a wan smile on her face and drops the headphones to the side, onto the thick carpet on the floor.

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Vibes today! Jo has to spell out to Kenneth the extent of Edwards' mental health problems after the doctor outs them as vampires in the middle of a panic attack. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“What do you mean he wasn’t right when he went in?” Kenneth asked stiltedly. “You didn’t know each other before, did you?”

He prayed not silently. That would be a huge secret for both of them to have kept from him, and another betrayal was more than he could stand.

“No, but I know that voluntarily submitting to those soul-butchers is not something one does in a healthy state of mind. Especially not an educated physician, who must have had at least some idea of what he was getting himself into.” She hadn’t looked away from Kenneth once, but she paused now, searching her fellow vampire’s face. “It’s what you do once you are down to your last two options.”

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Actually, it’s not a superhero novel at all. It’s a story about a girl playing video games with her bestie, & occasionally she fights folks in spandex #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Hero/Villain 🦸🏼‍♀️🎮

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"Danny and I are watching TV and playing Wii."

"You'll tell your dear old dad when the two of you officially start dating, won't you?" he says. I can hear the teasing tone in his voice, but he still raises his volume so Danny can hear him in the living room. "So I can perform my fatherly duties and interrogate him properly?"

"You got it, Mr. Dark," Danny calls.

I give a loud, fake groan that I'm sure both of them can hear. "You're going to scare Danny away. You don't want to scare Danny away, remember? You love Danny. He keeps away the scary boyfriendly boys." God, I hope that's not true. But I'm cool with Dad thinking it's true.

He kisses the top of my head. "Is your non-boyfriendly boy staying for dinner?"

"We already got a pizza." Damn, I bet Dad would have bought it if we had waited.

But my MENTAL censure is unwarranted. He hands me a twenty before heading upstairs. All right!

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Mental Rodario fights the origin of Sarnath's curse. His wyvern Grifnir ready to protect him, as always. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

BigBag got Evie's body stabbed in the gut in Ace's penthouse suite and has left Evie to take care of it She's already called for help, she just has to get to the stupid elevator because nobody else has a key to get onto the floor. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From Master/Puppet🦸‍♀️🛗

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I make myself breathe steadily and take one step, then another across the hall and around the kitchen counter. I can do this. I can make it.

Lightning flashes outside, thunder cracks immediately behind it, and I'm going down. My hands jam into the ground, keeping me from hitting my full body on the floor. I use them to draw myself forward, scooting my lower half forward as carefully as I can. I'm bleeding all over Ace's kitchen. Sorry, Ace.

I get to the door and reach up to pull the handle down. Just a couple of feet to the ELEVATOR, but they're an agonizing couple feet. Once there, I reach for the button and lean against the doors, waiting for it arrive.

The ELEVATOR dings, and I fall back into it when the doors open. "Dark," Jesse says, already standing in there, still in his Greyhound outfit. He scoops me up, instantly.

"Sorry," I say weakly. "I'd kick your butt for this, but I need chivalry, after all."

"Only you could ask for help by threatening me. What happened?"

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My snip for the word of today: Elevator I don't have any elevator, but I do have plenty of stairs. Alisa has been protecting Rodario from himself. He isn't happy with it and knows better... maybe #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"4 breaths 4 drops of blood 4 flames…” Little does Blake know that he’s mastering the 4 breaths part of this working. But surely he won’t light 4 candles or bleed 4 drops of blood here at the occult fair, right? …Right? #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From A Paranormal Bromance 2 👻😮‍💨

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I give her my most withering glare. "Are you kidding? You texted me--"

"Us," Ren interrupts.

"--Us here so you could shop?"

"For the store. You have to look early, or all the quality merchandise is gone. It's not going to hurt you to watch the Mandorla booth. I didn't even bring the scented stuff. Thanks." She kisses my cheek and slips the necklace over my head before I can stop her. I SIGH at her assumption, but it doesn't do any good. She's already skipping down the aisle.

Ren looks at me with his big blue puppy-dog eyes.

"Yes, go follow her as far as you can," I say as if it's the biggest burden ever to stay here alone. Because it is.

"Don't SIGH so much. It's a waste of oxygen."

I blow some air in his face just to waste some more, but he swoops around me and flies after her. At least I'll know exactly how far away she is if I need help. But how hard could manning a booth be? Just sit in a chair and sell people shit, right?

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(I remembered this time) G'morning #WIPSnips! We substitute the lack of garden for something else! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The back yard are less full of garden than Id expect from a manor like this. It’s just an open lawn, freshly cut, in a big open space up until a distant treeline, enough for a normal school’s worth of kids to run around on. I look to my sides as we emerge out of a back door, almost directly opposite the big front double doors. I catch a glimpse of the glass panels of a greenhouse to my left, or at least the edge of one. I didn’t spot a building like that when I walked up to the manor, but it’s a big building, though, so it was probably obscured behind it.
Irena turns to her right, to a line of other buildings, a few with large garage doors at their front. She reaches into another hidden pocket and produces a set of keys with a small fob remote on it. She presses a button and the rightmost garage door swings up to reveal a deep ocean blue painted… 1964 model F-100 ford truck? It looks absolutely pristine, like It’d just rolled off the showroom floor yesterday. I look sideways at Irena and I see her face glow with pride.
“My Seahorse! I just got her serviced and detailed, almost good as new!”
“Seahorse?” I ask, half amused by the name. I see her face cloud over with sudden confusion, tension and regret as if she’s just given away some grand state secret, but it quickly passes and she laughs. “Yes! Like the sea creatures! I love the name, don’t you?”

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My snip for the word: Garden I needed some personal leave, but I'm hopefully back! A brand new chapter to show more growth between Kiradeii and Rodario Kiradeii is getting more clear with her hands, Rodario isn't openly replying, yet #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My snip for the word of today: Fresh The early days of Kiradeii and Rodario. Rodario has stumbled upon "Kiradeii's" secret glade in the forest. #WIPSnips #Writesky

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