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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Fairies of the library in lamellar armor made from treated book scraps, covered in countless tiny runes and enchantments #ttrpg #dnd

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Deodand Street has grown two additional alleys overnight. Housing might develop over the next few weeks, depending on precipitation and moon phases.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Number of ancient foretold prophecies fulfilled today: 2. Thankfully, they cancel out each other.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Number of ancient foretold prophecies unfulfilled today: 17.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

An entire age just passed by into an uncertain future, leaving behind small ripples and rivulets of time in the now.

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I love Terry Pratchett because he was a wise and humane student of life capable of profound insights and brilliant observations and who was also the kind of person who would name the ancestral home of his fictional vampire clan Don'tgonearthe Castle

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Today is going to be superliteral. Make of this what you want, but take the necessary precautions. #Writing

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

One of my oldest names means 'conflict' in five different languages, all of them long extinct but for that one word. Yes. The irony does not escape me. #Writing

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Somewhere, in a house so far removed beyond broken streets, decades of thickets, and the neglects of time, someone just turned on a light. #Writing

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Last night's aurora is frozen to the sky this morning. A few dragons are trying to chip away bits of it, undoubtedly to sell them for exorbitant prices at a later time. #Writing

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

That stray thought which you forgot about five weeks ago still remembers you. #Writing

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Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Yamada Kiyoharu (Japan, b. 1948) Natsu no Yado (The Summer Inn), 1995 Color woodblock print Text: "The window pane of the inn at the top of a mountain looks like an #insect specimen box." #JapaneseArt ukiyo-e.org/image/arteli...

Ukiyo-e modern Japanese woodblock print, illustration of a window pane, with an outdoor view of black branches crawling with cute colorful insects, with green mountains and blue sky with white puffy clouds in background
Japanese text on top translated as "The window pane of the inn at the top of a mountain looks like an insect specimen box."
Titled, numbered, signed, dated, and stamped along bottom margin

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Name one thing that you would like to see painted on an untouched wall. #Writing #Art

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Mild showers of errant inspiration are expected in Thorn Hills and above today. Local citizens should prepare accordingly. #Writing #Fiction #Creativity

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Sometimes, I look at older maps of myself to remember where I did not use to be. #Writing #Fiction #Maps

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Explore the depths of my old streets if you dare, or venture out into the ones that won't exist until tomorrow. #Writing

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Number of letter openers used as impromptu weapons today: 23. So far. #Writing

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Fungal Abbey is regrowing earlier this year thanks to all the rains of the past weeks. Ferries are already taking passengers to its outskirts, for the right price.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 28/10/2022

Be the howl you want to hear in the dead of night.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 20/09/2022

Yes, there is fog coming out of the sewers and the lanterns have started making strange noises. This is nothing to be worried about.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 01/08/2022

Remember to turn all your clocks upside down for the polar reversal tonight.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 25/06/2022

It is only following you because it does not want to be alone.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 12/05/2022

Use an extinct word in conversation today.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 02/05/2022

An expedition into the upper reaches of Marble Pass was last seen in an ancient manuscript on glaciers.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 28/04/2022

We need to walk our streets with more curiosity again. Even the most trodden path still harbours mysteries.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 07/01/2022

I think I just accidentally swallowed a street. Again.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 13/10/2021

Many ghosts in town are scouting fresh haunts these nights. To propose your home, leave at least two mirrors uncovered before going to sleep.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 01/09/2021

The Vertical Library is seeking new books. You should have one written and at hand before its collectors arrive at your door.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 06/08/2021

I just felt the thump of an old heart that I must have misplaced aeons ago. Good to know in case I forget about the others.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 04/08/2021

Slight chance of meteor showers tomorrow. Wear a fancy helmet, just in case.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 29/07/2021

We are already haunting the houses we currently live in.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 25/06/2021

The mere fact that clouds exist should make us all so much happier.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 21/06/2021

Shadows waking up in hooded backyards and ginnels, delicately reaching out with curious tendrils. The night awaits once more.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 19/05/2021

There is a scent of smoked moss and pine needles in the air, almost as if all the tables and doors and cupboards echoed their forest pasts.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 07/05/2021

That moment when your radiator does something that sounds almost like a hiccup.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 30/04/2021

Heavy showers of dream echoes are expected to hit Willow Boulevard and environs the next few nights. Harbour positive thoughts.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 23/04/2021

Whenever you move home, take your time and calm to settle in. What is already living there will eventually get used to you.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 21/04/2021

Clouds like mountain ranges trying to tiptoe by. A scent of cold rocks on the air. This could be an interesting day.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 06/04/2021

You may be experiencing a mild case of thoughts this morning. Do not worry and try to carry on as usual.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 31/03/2021

The physical manifestation of Lörnis has been spotted in the skies again. Refrain from eating game for the next few days, if possible.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 17/03/2021

Sometimes, you have to be the thing that goes bump in the night yourself.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 14/03/2021

Only a slim echo of morning today, as if someone had tried to smuggle it through the night and then abandoned the cart two thirds in.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 26/02/2021

I sometimes wish for there to be less schemes and more secrets in the world. Then again, I wonder if that would make things different at all.

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 21/02/2021

Take a walk in the White Woods today! Stay a bit! Stay forever. (This message was definitely not sponsored by the White Woods)

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The City of Names @thecityofnames.bsky.social · 06/02/2021

Crestport Bridge is fully frozen and thus passable again. Expect an influx of cart traffic marketwards.

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