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Shell

@vickyshell.bsky.social
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I enjoy a good coffee, but occasionally I do find tea calling to me. I like chocolate a bit too much, but I draw the line at white chocolate! Notebooks are irresistible and I love writing. All words my own © unless they are reposts or I state otherwise.

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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
She wailed out to sea. The indomitable waves thrashed against the harbour, beating a sad, futile chorus against rock, stone, and sand. The other sirens followed. On Earth and in Sea. They called as one, watching as the Earth burned. Helpless against the all-consuming flames. #VSS365 #Siren #writing
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sin screeched through the door ‘I can be your worst enemy. I can make your blood boil and your mind turn to muck’ Snow covered her ears ‘go away’ #Sin sang ‘let me in, let me in. I can fill your heart with pride and your belly with delights’ Snow looked around. She was alone as Sin crept in. #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It floats unnoticed by anyone or anything. Bathing in the warm sun, soaking up all the droplets of rain, lying dormant when snow wraps it in a blanket. Daily it endures Feet clacking, tyres grinding, fires attacking, drills fracking. #Island just wants to feel peace. #VSS365 #amwriting
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Husssssh. Close your eyes and #sail away. Take deep breathes. In two three four. Hold. In two three four. No coughing. Relax. Feel the weight wash over you. Let the tide take you to where you need to go.” Tori flinched. Her rapid breathing drowned out by the sound of the roaring sea. #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every cupboard door hung open, like gaping mouths lining the kitchen. Drawings once pinned to the fridge now lay strewn across the floor. Bottles tipped on their sides, lids off, liquids seeping across the counter tops. Margie frowned. The kids were back home from school early. #VSS365 #hurricane
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I watched the waves ripple in the #harbour. Heard the cushioned sound of ship bells toll. Salt tanged my tongue and tangled my hair. A red sun rose up from the horizon. Small fish danced in the breaking dawn. The peace was overwhelming. I lay on grit-packed stones and cradled the Earth. #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Its mouth gaped open wide. Darkness descending into depths glimmering with slivers of silver. Treasure. Trap set. Jaws waiting for the pitter patter of tiny feet, desperate to take good tidings back home. Snap shut. Full. Tumble to treasure then darkness. All that shimmers is not gold. #VSS365 #lure
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Giant rocks reach up to the heavens like fingers clutching the ethereal beauty of the sky. Praising its majesty. Clouds encircle the tips, keeping the peaks for themselves. The loner stands at its feet, wishing to uncover the mysteries of the world. #VSS365 #mountain #amwriting
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After an absolute blast (and a lot of head scratching) with the rhyming story challenge … I’m back for more with the (non-rhyming) scary story challenge! If anyone fancies it, the link is below👇 @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 16th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
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Scary Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create scary short stories based on assigned prompts in 48 hours.
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is my first @nycmidnight.bsky.social #rhymingstorychallenge and I got the words: - Comedy - A career - Astonished It has been a learning curve for sure - and so much fun! 100% plan on being back for the scary story challenge in October … I fear I’m addicted 😱 Good luck to everyone taking part.
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The mirror is shattered your faces strewn Bitterness eats your skin like moths leaching wool You search for your place, you wish to forget You yearn for peace, you are secluded An #esoteric island only you can reach You’re lost inside your own mind #vss365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#Elixir was like a warm summer’s breeze that kissed away the tears on Bonnie’s ash-soaked cheeks. Only, Elixir replaced the tears with something far more dangerous. Bonnie was only 12 at the time, but she knew what pain was, and Elixir taught her how to use it. #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Deni’s leg no longer felt like a part of her body. Her skin was heavy and light. A hot throb pulsated from deep inside her, like burning needles stabbing muscle. Squinting at the flashing lights, she could hear a man’s voice “degloved” he said. She began to sweat and shake. #VSS365 #glove #amwriting
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The sound of the paper, scrunching beneath my hands, like a rustle of crisp, dry leaves on a perfect autumn day, made my stomach churn. Broken legs of frogs and cracked snail shells scattered through my mind. In the bag, a salted slug. One more victim for the pyre. I covered it with #tissue #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The #pillow looked warm and inviting. It dimpled in the centre, like a head had only moments before rested there. The sun lit up the faded green, velvet, picking out the parts that had faded to brown. Sonja yawned. She’d be awake and be gone before anyone knew she’d been here, she was sure. #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Be you a #poster I see by the door? Draped across my windows Hanging down to the floor, Be you a kindly figure Dressed in red? Are your intentions good As you fill my soul with dread? Be you happy When you block out the sun? Are you the point of which My undoing has begun? #VSS365 #poem #writing
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Absorb, absorb it all Soak it up Mop it up Clean away the spills Holes appear Bigger and bigger Shrink down Smaller and smaller Run down Ragged out Yet still Absorb it all Until there is nothing left But puddles And fibres The only memories Proof that you ever were… #VSS365 #sponge #poem #amwriting
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
She balances her toe, dainty as fine china, on the high wire. The space below gapes like a hungry mouth, waiting for the fall. The wind howls. Her cold body feels the weight of the past pressing in. Balancing on a #razor edge, she moves her feet to the unsteady pulse of her future #VSS365 #amwriting
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The air is thick as tar and the threat of rain cradles the sky. Condensation trickles down the plastic kitchen window. In the distance, a #kettle whistles like a banshee burning over fire. Ella stops sharpening sticks and spreads her arms out wide, like a scarecrow, and closes her eyes. #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A summer’s day Cut. It’s fresh and wrapped Only £9.99 Contained in clear cellophane Clusters of cuttings Chopped and taken: •Buds of cherry •Springs of lavender •Blades of grass All kept in breathless Quarters Buy it quick Before it dies And is lost forever #VSS365 #Cling #poem #writing #prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Creator-Destructor Life-Death Balancing On fine wire No net dropped For babies In their nascent ages The storm inside rages From diluted lungs And censored screams What use is a #creator Whose shadowed heart Is twisted Creator-traitor Cover the world And make it A hater #VSS365 #poem #poetry #writer
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This could be fun for anyone who is interested in writing a rhyming story, receiving feedback, and, potentially, winning some cash in the process! I’ve not done it before, but it looks good! @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 15th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Buh dum. Buh bum. Buh dum. The sea Beats Against the shore The air Wraps Around mountains The Earth Grows New life The world pulses Like a heartbeat Drumming A steady rhythm Buh dum. Buh bum. Buh dum. Man keep a watch Of its fire For desire Because Nature Always finds a way #VSS365 #Cadence #poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Standing at the airport Empty suitcase packed Sun glimmers through windows I’m behind a wall Plane looms on a runway Anchored to the ground I close my eyes Wondering … what it means where it will take me and only me I don’t know if I’m ready to #depart But it’s a journey I must take #VSS365 #poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Foolish to think you can #conquer it all When surreptitious people surround you Watching Waiting For you to fall A fool I’ve been To blindly believe The cut runs deep Too deep to grieve But I’m not hanging around anymore One last wrong Now I’m walking out the door #VSS365 #Prompt #Writing
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Abash’d the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is…” (T-Bird (The Crow) reciting Paradise Lost by John Milton) #Abashed #VSS365 #Prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thunder’s angry roar #Unabashed and relentless Dry sky’s far away #VSS365 #Prompt #Poem #Haiku
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Your #magnetism draws me in An immense gravitational pull Near you, time slows down A singular mystery Keeping all the secrets of the universe An exciting, mysterious ride Into the unknown I reach your event horizon And look back to what I’ve known Too late now There’s no way back home #VSS365 #poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The tree opens Its naked limbs Outstretched To a dark Cold nothing Soil writhes beneath Its feet Moist and turgid Feeding from fat roots Footsteps crunch It holds its breath A chance for #embrace One touch Against hollow trunk And rotten bark To bring life back From the dark #VSS365 #poem #writing
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If I could have risen A #rose I’d have laid petals at your feet If I could have risen A rose I’d use my thorns to keep you safe If I could have risen A rose I’d protect you in my garden Yet I have no petals No thorns Only love And courage And these I freely give to you #VSS365 #Poem #Writing #prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
She lay at the water’s edge Looking into the early morning sky Dappled blues and purples Flecked across the velvety dark She tilted her head to face the yawning moon #Revealing something of herself But giving nothing away #VSS365 #Prompt #Writing
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The heart of art is passion Where the mind runs to In times of need A view transposed To a blank canvas Filling it with emotion Logic drips away Feelings #tenderly find a way To show all those things The heart wants to say #VSS365 #Prompt #Writing
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sunlight shimmers across soft waves Sending shards of diamonds Scattering through the sea The sky stretches an endless cerulean and something more A sapphire signalling to the ocean Messaging soil and sea Life is an endless window of wonder Just waiting to show what it can be #VSS365 #Stunning #Poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The stare A crisp, sharp #appraisal. Palms sweaty Core cold. Paper scratches Against Formica. Eyes flick up And down In rhythm To a heart’s beat. Feet shuffle Legs locked. Throat clears. It’s time to begin. Words forgotten Mouth runs dry Another interview down the pan #VSS365 #Prompt #Writing #Poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#Carrion flock To bare bark. From behind The sun shines- A wire of gold Coiling around the dark. High above they watch the pit Stalking animals as they walk, crawl, and claw through it Studying for weakness They know their prey Before they’re dead Carrion have already flocked their way #VSS365 #Poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Stick the needle in Drain the pot dry Leach life And fill it with something dark Leave the vessel To swirl in confusion Blood lost and dizzy Fire stamped out Ash and soot Smoulders of a person A silhouette Of what happy used to be #VSS365 #Flea #Prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Mountains peaked Points perfect arch Dark sky brewing Rain sparks Lightening strikes Beauty breaks Enemy torn asunder It drags us all under #Villain of A perfect sky #VSS365 #DailyWordPrompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A #grain of sand In my hand Sparkling under Summer rays Washed up On a shore no more Because land Has disbanded, gone away Sparkling like a diamond I watch it twinkle And wish for the days When toes touched Earth Soil, sand But all that’s left Is that grain of sand Glittering in my open hand #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Be hungry for it Dream about it Day and night Night and day Want it Taste it See it Feel it Don’t let anything stand in your way The window of opportunity is open Jump through it Let your savage narrow-mind run free #VSS365 #defenestration #prompt #dailyword
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Blowing thick dust off the tome, his fingers ached with memories. It was #forbidden to touch the secrets inside. The dark corners of the room called him to the shadows. Folding his hulking frame into a ball around the text, he swallowed its pages into his skin. ‘Martha,’ he whispered. #VSS365 #Story
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
You should have been shelter Salvation Solitude A place to turn to When all other roads closed A #cradle rocking A lullaby in the dark Lighting the way home You should have been many things But our paths were decided Before we were born Now you’ve got your way And I have mine #VSS365 #prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I left you But you left me before Yet, in my dreams I love you #evermore #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Resonate with me Make me care Take me to the height of excitement Guide me to the depths of despair Lead me into your world Then leave me at the door Looking in, begging for more Keep me #falling for your words Like liquid gold Write my pain My pleasure My passion My joy #VSS365 #writing #prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Sharp shards stick out And pierce the soft skin. Jagged edges raze tender hearts Slicing them to slush. The wounded lay weeping, Weary on the worn out ground Threadbare by barbs Exposing the fibres, The stuffing seeps through cracks. Despite #wondrous beginnings, Everything falls down broken #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The #gravity grabs hold Free-falling With nothing to stop the descent Surrounded by absence Fingers reaching for mist There is no end No net Cartwheeling through the air Down Down Down No bottom But know, it’s coming #VSS365 #prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Your inspiration never left Your energy and strength #linger still. Even now. Despite your exterior Your heart was pure gold You carried a room You commanded attention A goddess living in plain clothes With a northern accent The world is one wonder barer Now you’ve returned To become a star #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#Luminous is your smile on a good day. Like a ship, finding its way home. The sun sparkles and birds sing as joy finds safe harbour. Though it’s fleeting, it’s greedily welcome with arms wide open. And when it leaves, as it always does, life yearns for your luminosity to rise again #VSS365 #prompt
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I follow your light Sightless Through #barren lands And wasted spaces I follow your voice Soundless Through battles And screams I follow your lead Aimless Through sadness And sorrow I follow you, hopeful That from a wasteland A shoot will grow I follow you, For a life I may never know #VSS365 #poem
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Forgive me, for I have tried I’ve wading the oceans And battered the waves I’ve trod the deserts And burnt in the sun I’ve smiled and bowed Curtsied and grovelled Forgive me, for I am tired Of fighting Of being burnt I’m tired of being a puppet For no reason I ask for #forgiveness For trying #VSS365
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Shell @vickyshell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
An orb, crystal clean Pristine Clinging to nighttime’s chill A reflection of a world Turned on its head In their circles The fairies sit Celebrating the coupling Of Night with Dawn The skies briefly touch Colours merge Before Dawn scorches the #dewdrops With her sad goodbyes #VSS365 #Prompt
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