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Home of Katie & Seren, #GrumpySwearyFairy , #TarlaTheBlack , #RandomHorrorBits , others. Award winning poet. 5x NaNoWinner '20, '21 (x2), '22, '23. Not on TikTok
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It's Friday 13th, unlucky for some!
Not me though, thanks to the generosity of
@AvyeAndonellis
.
So, avoid black cats or walking under ladders, and make sure you throw salt over your shoulder in the devil's eye.
The
#vss365
#prompt
word for November 13th 2020 is
#superstition
.
20
36
138
Thirteen words.
It's not enough to sum
up what we've lost.
RIP Scott.💔
7
8
85
"Why are you telling me? I'm an AI. I never had
#affection
, so how can I have
#lost
it?"
"But I love you."
"Impossible."
"Check my neural interface."
* * *
"Error
#Register
x000FF0D43A736C1. Emotion stack overflow. Unexpected feeling.💞💞💞"
#vss365
#vssDreams
#SciFanSat
9
12
81
Grandma told me that if you
#whistle
at a
#constellation
, you'll be visited by a kindly
#spirit
. Unfortunately, she never told me which constellation...
My first was Orion, and now I dare not sleep at night.
The Hunter, he follows in the dark.
#vss365
#vssmagic
#vssChristmas
22
12
79
As life slips to its
#autumn
years, I've no need of a
#chronicler
. When Winter's finally passed, take me to the
#woods
near my
#hometown
, and leave me. The corvids will feast, I shall live on through their young.
Remember me when you see a raven.
#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#vssmagic
11
15
71
Tears pricked the firefighter's eyes seeing the bear. It was, miraculously, mostly untouched. He took it back to the station, cleaned it off and sat it next to his bunk.
That night, the bear's eyes glowed red, and a voice whispered "Amy didn't love me enough. Will you?"
19
11
69
"Dr., I have this
#superstition
that someone will murder me, but they'll first cut my vocal cords so I can't
#scream
..."
"That's not an irrational fear. Hold still, whilst I examine your throat. Close your eyes, open up and say... oh, you can't..."
#vssmurder
#vss365
12
3
68
"Well," the psychologist said, "You certainly don't suffer from
#kakorrhaphiophobia
, do you? Two weeks' worth of bacon sandwiches and dressing like an old woman... and now you're thinking about getting a red tablecloth?"
The wolf sat back, smiled, and rubbed his stomach.
#vss365
5
7
66
"To what, exactly do you
#aspire
, doing that?
"I want to open a new
#realm
of consciousness....man."
"By smoking
#opium
from a pair of old
#boots
?"
"Yeah, man. gives you a chance to shoehorn a bad pun in whilst I elevate my sole."
#vss365
#vssMagic
#vssDreams
#winterwords
8
6
66
"Oi,dragon!"
"What?" yawned Clarence.
"Today
#terror
ends! No
#memorial
for you."
"Oh, ok. Do us a favour first; stick that
#butter
in yer armour? Makes yer skin
#crackle
up all nice for lunch. Ready meals are so argumentative nowadays."
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
#scifansat
13
10
68
"Good afternoon, Sir, what are you doing?"
"Afternoon, Officer. I'm protesting against cultural
#vandalism
."
"By sitting on a
#toboggan
in a Post Office
#queue
, dressed as Julius Caesar?"
"Yes. Veni calefacto vici. I came, I thaw, I conquered."
#vss365
#vssDreams
#winterwords
10
8
67
"And so I
#introduce
to you, dear colleagues,
#proof
! The
#winged
Pegasi from
#Mars
produce a
#nectar
tasting of
#saffron
! Who is brave enough to taste it?"
"Not me, I fell for it last time. It's pee in a beer mug."
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssmagic
#SpringWords
#vssdaily
#scififri
11
7
67
Dear husband,
I'm missing you so much. It's been a month, and I can't believe I won't see you again, that the crisis took you this way.
Your beautiful eyes, the way you whisper my name, how
#delicious
you smell, especially roasted.
The freezer is nearly empty now.
x
#vss365
9
11
66
"Erm...."
"What?"
"Why are there two jars of strawberry
#jam
in your downstairs bathroom?"
"Covid."
"Oh, OK."
#vss365
#truestory
11
8
67
"So this," he sighed, "is the
#archetype
of what your
#agency
thinks is a
#viable
bioweapon?"
"Yes, Sir"
"You've spent budget on... this? It looks like a
#naked
#hippopotamus
."
"Would you prefer it if it wore a tutu, Sir?"
#vss365
#vssMagic
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
#scifansat
14
9
65
"Hey
#foxy
lady, love the wingsh! Howsh about we
#go
some-
#where
shpeshal? There'sh a romantic moonlit shpot on the
#grange
, an'...
"I'd rather,"
#GrumpySwearyFairy
said, "stay in this
#bar
with my pint. &^!$ off, Merlin, you're drunk."
#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#vssmagic
#scifansat
11
10
63
I realised later it was no
#accident
. I mean, who gets a random
#gift
from a company called
#ScarletYearning
in Wyoming, opens it with
#relish
, and finds one of *those* inside?
Now? Now they haunt me and I daren't sleep. They're coming.
#vss365
#vssmagic
#autumnwrites
#vssDreams
8
6
61
"Look, I don't care if there are
#cookies
. You just don't
#run
with
#scissors
. What happens if you fall?"
"Sorry Mom."
"You're
#immortal
, Zeus, not unbreakable. Now, go tidy up your Mount Olympus, and I'll get you a glass of milk."
#vss365
#winterwords
#vssDreams
#vssMagic
9
7
62
"I've spent too long thinking, I've started to
#prevaricate
about what to write for today's tag."
"You're not going to write something self referential just to fit the word in are you?"
"Nooooo..... Oh. Damn."
#Vss365
6
4
61
A
#frigid
#dawn
breaks over battered remnants. As the rabid pack repeatedly
#violated
democracy, the
#jackal
smiled his weasel words.
"We love you. You're very special."
Lady Liberty cried bitter tears tonight.
#vss365
#winterwords
#vssMagic
#vssDreams
7
8
62
I heard the
#orphan
's voice through the locked
#door
,
#singing
sotto voce. "
#Twinkle
, twinkle little star..."
Despite the
#gruesome
changes the experiments had made to her, nothing could
#eclipse
her childhood innocence.
#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#vssMagic
#SciFanSat
#vssGhostTales
9
9
60
"All
#hail
me! My experiment was successful, and I am now...
#attractive
!"
They were quiet. I began to
#suspect
that
#harvest
-ing body parts to ornament myself might be frowned on upon this backward planet. Damn humans, so confusing...
#vss365
#vssmagic
#2WordPrompt
#scifansat
7
4
62
Don't listen to the
#serpent
, my child, she seeks to
#secure
a
#confession
that will haunt long after your physical form has turned to
#dust
and damn your for eternity.
Why not tell me all your sssssinsssss inssstead?
#vss365
#vssdaily
#vssdreams
#vssmagic
12
7
61
Tonight, the once in a lifetime
#eclipse
reaches its conclusion. As the dread
#creature
finally stirs,
#precious
time is wasted trying to escape.
Its
#judgement
is final.
Resistance is futile.
Mr Floofy says cuddles must be given.
#vss365
#vssdaily
#vssmagic
#vssdreams
11
4
61
"So, if I
#understand
it correctly, the
#translational
process from design to production will take 3 weeks for this new catapult?"
"Yes, Sire."
"Ok, can you go tell Ragnar the Notoriously Impatient to hold off his invasion then? No? Off with his head! Next!"
#SciFanSat
#vss365
4
6
59
I
#sigh
with satisfaction as the
#ritual
nears its end. Firelight dances,a heady mix of woodsmoke and heat. I'm too enraptured even to smile.
I
#plunge
the knife downwards,taste your
#fear
as I drink your life force. Hush, my pretty, hush.
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssMagic
#vssmurder
6
7
60
He struggled on,
#valiant
, as the snow
#flurry
turned to a
#blizzard
. Fyr, his
#stalwart
mare, had died a few miles ago but he'd shed no tears. Survival was brutal and brittle.
The clouds broke, and he saw the light... Magic, or God?
#vssmagic
#vssChristmas
#winterwords
#vss365
8
4
60
I hated school.
Celia made my life Hell. She'd grab my
#ponytail
& spin me 'til I was
#dizzy
, just 'cos she had a life of
#luxury
and I had nothing.
Now, we're at her
#funeral
.
I gutted her like a rabbit. Who's laughing now, bitch?
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
#vssmurder
10
3
59
I slowly
#dismember
his body, taking my time to enjoy each delicate slice, and licking the stumps.
As wan moonlight filters through the leaves and branches, I briefly stop and consider: should I be merciful and kill him now?
I'll be honest, I'm enjoying the screams.
#vssmurder
13
10
59
He
#slump
-ed in his chair, frustrated. "You fool! That's the last
#chance
you'll get to be
#inconspicuous
this
#century
! You can't
#transform
now, they'll catch you!"
I smiled, as a gun formed itself in my forearm flesh.
"They can try."
#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#vssmagic
#scifansat
5
4
58
Now, as I sit in my castle of bones,
my mind whispers I'm not alone.
The curves on your body,
start to tattoo themselves into my eyes,
slowly, I come to realise...
You can't break me down,
my throne's on solid ground,
I'm crowned,
in a
#halo
of blood.
#vss365
#EchoesOfAPastLife
8
7
58
The tin had an air leak and my soup has gone black and smells... vile.
I tip it into the sink, and there is a wet plop as something solid falls out. I gag, trying to spear it with a fork to put it in the bin.
It blinks once and leaps for my face, teeth bared.
#RandomHorrorBits
14
5
56
The silence is deafening. Whenever you get within ten yards of the front gate, everything else just cuts out and the house sucks at your soul.
There's someone in the window, waving... she's mouthing "
#welcome
"!
I can't stop my feet going through the gate...
#vssHauntedHouse
01
12
13
58
Jumping at every
#shadow
, at every scrape, every whisper, wishing it was a
#dream
? I can see how it would
#petrify
you.
No worries, my pretty. When I catch you, I'll
#sew
your eyes and mouth shut. Then you'll only flinch at touch...
#vss365
#winterwords
#vssDreams
#vssmurder
13
3
58
"And this," he said, "is where the
#production
line removes all
#innocence
. A small group of these will go to that machine over there."
"What does that do?"
"Adds in existential
#torment
."
"Ah, so those must be..."
"Yes, the writers."
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
#satsplat
8
8
57
"It's
#clear
from how you're typing that you're
#busy
setting your
#outrage
out in some sort of
#picaresque
memoir, shall I come back later?"
"No, dear, I'm not."
"What are you doing then?"
"I'm on Twitter."
"Ah. Shall I get you some sedatives?"
#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#vssMagic
7
9
56
The
#unkempt
man sat, watching where the
#river
met the
#ocean
. Foolishly, I once asked him what could he find to look at for so long.
His wistful smile cracked into a grin, and he whisper-sang a song of
#hiraeth
, which haunts my soul still.
#vss365
#vssDreams
#2wordprompt
5
5
57
"A
#Grinch
?" yelled
#GrumpySwearyFairy
, "That ungrateful %$&* called *me* a Grinch after I gave him that
#elixir
for his warty $%*&ing arse?"
She scowled. "Call the royal undertakers, and tell them to
#measure
the *&$% up for a $#@*ing coffin."
#vsschristmas
#vssmagic
#vss365
9
3
57
As the
#clock
struck 6, we sat
#together
, arms linked watching a
#sunrise
suffuse the sky a mixture of
#honey
and
#auburn
.
Our alotted romance period over, we hefted our plasma rifles and went back to slaughtering alien scum.
#vss365
#vssdaily
#vssdreams
#vssmagic
#autumnwrites
8
6
55
I've watched you for years... I keep all the magazine articles. I've even made a 3d model, so I can
#plot
the incision points.
I'll show you my shrine before I make the first cut. The large mirror is so it will be complete when I'm wearing your flesh.
Love you.❤️
#vssmurder
13
1
56
A serrated edge of
#lightning
split the heavy clouds illuminating, for a briefest of moments, the silhouette on the rocky outcrop.
The Chaos-
#Wolf
threw back her head, snarling into the abyss, howling her hunger.
Tonight,
#nothing
would save them.
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssMagic
6
5
56
He'd wanted to retire to a
#candle
-lit
#cottage
, y'know like in those old
#sepia
photos?
Instead, here he was sat on a space-
#rock
, an
#eternal
-ly frustrating AI badgering him about hygiene.
Guardian? Ha, prisoner more like.
#vss365
#vssdaily
#vssmagic
#autumnwrites
#scifansat
5
7
57
"How many times have I told you, Arabella? If someone starts to
#vex
you, you don't hit them with a
#hockey
stick. It's not nice."
"...but Mom, they were drinking cognac from a
#flagon
!"
"The absolute
#monster
! Fetch my baseball bat!"
#vss365
#winterwords
#vssDreams
#vssMagic
10
6
56
I
#remember
.
I sat on the exoplanet's
#shore
, hopeless, staring at the
#pentacle
#torn
into
#titian
skies. Our
#beam
weapons were useless, judgment was upon us, but I'd be damned if I was going down without a fight.
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssDaily
#vssMagic
#SciFanSat
#autumnwrites
5
7
53
They love it when you cry
#mercy
. It's what makes it such a
#success
. The critics and public think it's all performance
#art
. Wait until they find out.
My
#metamorphosis
from artist to greatest serial killer of all time will be complete.
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
#vssmagic
10
5
55
I call myself a writer... but today, I don't have the words to adequately express the utter rage and despair I feel watching what is happening to civilians in Ukraine.
🇺🇦💖
8
1
56
Nanna told wild
#stories
, like the one about drowning a highschool
#jock
in a
#lake
and eating him,because he'd said her dress was "a bit
#gamboge
".
We laughed until one day we found her picking her teeth with a finger
#bone
.
#vss365
#vssdaily
#vssmagic
#vssdreams
#autumnwrites
12
8
54
"I have spent
#years
#training
to take on the
#scaled
menace, Sire. My
#record
speaks for itself!"
"I hope so, because the last one we sent to deal with him, we got a derogatory note back saying 'the ready meal tasted a bit
#irony
'..."
#vss365
#vssmagic
#2WordPrompt
#SciFanSat
3
4
54
I remember we used to build a
#SnowFort
each winter,and invent our own
#lore
. You were a King, I was a warrior Queen, and together we'd rout the Evil One.
Now, we have only the
#stigma
of what you did, and I am haunted by the
#voiceless
.
#vss365
#winterwords
#vssDreams
#vssMagic
6
5
56
I smile, carefully removing a
#stiletto
,and flinging it across the bedroom. It thuds into the wall, blade humming with the impact.
You said I was dressed to kill, you weren't wrong. Time for an education.
Bet you think Bowie is just a singer too.
#Madmurder
#vssmurder
#madverse
9
3
55
A memory lingers in the motes of dust caught by the sunlight. Peeling paint on the walls, from a time long forgotten by all except me.
Laughter, tears, love, happiness.
I don't want to step through the door, into the light, but I have no other choice.
I love you.
#vsspic
15
14
55
He waved, an
#extravagant
gesture for his
#kind
. Fluted calls spoke of
#sorrow
, but his home world needed him.
I'm not ashamed to admit I cried, I'd come to think of him as a friend. An orange tentacle pressed against the window as his ship took off.
#vss365
#vssmagic
#scifansat
3
4
55
We threw
#salt
over our shoulders, did a leaping
#jump
over every
#dandelion
, and avoided ladders and black cats.
Still, in the end, it made no difference.
Now, we are to cross. Alone, scared, tired, and cold, in the dark.
May Gods have mercy.
#vss365
#winterwords
#vssDreams
6
7
52
Steve was captain of the school football team and too cool for goth girl Josie. He used say "I'll sleep with you when I'm
#dead
", and then go chat up the cheerleaders.
Tonight, she mused, fingering the knife, she'd get her wish. The rigor mortis might even help.
#vssmurder
8
4
55
"Come in!" she said to the
#Ranger
, "You look frozen. Warm yourself by the
#fireplace
."
He took in the
#splendour
of her home, hesitating. "I'm not sure-"
"Please do", she said, hiding
#talons
behind her back. Her eyes flashed hungrily.
#vssDreams
#winterwords
#vss365
#vssMagic
7
4
54
"For the tenth time, he's not
#obstreperous
. He can get a little... rowdy at times, I'll admit. But he's got a good heart and, at the end of the day, loves a nice cuddle and a bottle or two before an evening nap."
"Yes, but really, should he be running the country?"
#vss365
6
7
54
"Go on then, how are you going to use the prompt words today?"
"Weeeellll.... how about 'There's a
#phalanx
of
#paranormal
#squirrel
-s sneaking up behind you to mug you for your
#butterscotch
'?"
"What?"
"Don't say I didn't warn you."
"Arrgghh!"
#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#vssmagic
6
9
54
"If a
#starving
person gives a
#cry
for help, don't make them
#leap
through hoops. Help them immediately *and* put longer term structural solutions in place."
"I'm sorry, you've just failed your interview. You're unsuitable for government. You may leave."
#2WordPrompt
#vss365
11
4
55
My fractured mind,
can make no sense
of this dilemma.
A soft landing
in water, perhaps to you,
but I am made
of chalk.
I fear that I shall soon
dissolve and that,
my friends
will be that.
Know this: I loved
some of you,
and love you still.
Remember me well.
#DarkLines
689
13
12
52
It'd be easy to write about you as just a piece of
#meat
. Something for dinner, perhaps?
But that would be rather to miss the point, wouldn't it? You're so much more.
I gently place your flayed skin over my face, gaze into the mirror and think how pretty I am now...
#vssmurder
12
6
54
Today's WIP wordcount is 38.
Yes, you read that right.
Think I might try again tomorrow.😬😂
13
0
52
"Mommy," she says, blinking at me, "I haven't put mascara on today, but my eyelashes are really long and black."
I lean in to look. One lash extends and punctures my iris. Now I am beautiful too, and the spider-queen wants me to find a new home for her babies.
#RandomHorrorBits
12
2
54
The locals warned me about the man in the mist. A devil, they said. He'll take your eternal soul, they said. Don't go out alone.
Yet here I am, out in the winter storm, and there's a figure ahead. I involuntarily shiver.
They were right.
I will take his soul.
#vsspic
9
8
54
"Why...?"
"Market saturation in my own country."
"So you've come to Sussex? The
#vampire
of
#Rye
?"
"Yes. All
#hail
me. Lay down your
#sword
und vepons. I vish to have a dvink und sausage roll in your vonderful pubbe."
"Oh dear God."
#vss365
#vssDreams
#winterwords
#vssMagic
5
4
51
In the aftermath, I built a
#crude
#sanctuary
from the bones of those who hadn't survived.
I haven't slept in a month, and I hear them outside, hungry for human flesh. They don't know I'm down to my last 3 bullets.
Even God himself couldn't save me now.
#vss365
#vssmagic
10
2
54
You've tried everything. Sunlight, puppies, even
#petrichor
. All to no avail. It does nothing to
#curtail
my deep seated loathing for you.
Now, though...? Now, I can finally find peace.
We are both here, in the dappling woods, and no one can hear you scream.
#vss365
#vssmagic
6
3
53
#vsshorror
#horrorprompt
In the shadows of the overhang, Sister Crimson watches, her patience infinite.
When the time is right, she'll spread those bloodied, broken wings, and swoop like a hawk out of the cracked sun. You won't even realise she's there until you're already dead.
Visual prompt by
@TymothyLongoria
Use the image as inspiration for your terrifying tales and horrifying haikus. Share your work in the comments and/or use the hashtags.
#horrorprompt
|
#haikuhorrorprompt
|
#HorrorInSix
|
#vsshorror
1
8
14
15
14
52
"You dare
#violate
the
#ritual
?
#Wrestle
statutes that have been in place since the
#epoch
? All because you want us to move...'
#beyond
', in your words. Hah."
"Damnit, Dad, I just wanna soft boiled egg for breakfast today, OK?"
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
#vssmagic
#Converstory
6
4
53
"What you
#fail
to grasp, Madam," he said leaning on the
#mantle
-piece, "is that it is Christmas."
"What YOU fail to grasp," replied
#GrumpySwearyFairy
, "is that your $#!&&y
#XmasJumper
is on fire, you stuck up $%!^ing #!@#."
"Arrrgh!!!"
#vss365
#vssChristmas
#scifansat
10
9
53
Don't mind admitting I'm
#afraid
. It's been still, silent all night out here, far from land. I needed solitude to become
#omniscient
, to centre myself.
There it is again, a
#splash
.
The boat tips, and the stars above are replaced by waves and teeth.
#vss365
#vssDreams
#vssdaily
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