Said a log, "In the fire l go! Oh, the tongues of flame tickle me so I enjoy the burn But I truly yearn For the comfort of the afterglow." #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

It begins with words. A misunderstanding, a disagreement, a poorly chosen phrase or two. It escalates into cruelty. Cruelty becomes policy. Words become violence. Guns. Escalation. War. Bombs. Long after the nuclear afterglow has faded, the bitter words remain. #VSSThreads

[PIGHEADEDNESS] Some people think society has nothing to offer them. Those people have not seen the alternatives. https://t.co/Sov7Tou1MP #WritingCommunity #amwriting #horror #shortstory

There once was a cat called Macavity Who dealt in the depths of depravity He schemed, saying, "Soon I will go to the moon!" But he just couldn't command the gravity. #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

Scientists called it a gravitational anomaly. Evangelicals called it the Star Wormwood. Most people didn't bother to name it. Then again, most people were dead. It bombarded the Earth beneath it with gravity waves, crushing and breaking. Humanity fled for the poles. #VSSThreads

A butterfly's brain is only large enough for one fact. This one had somehow learned that #natural coastlines are infinite, due to their complexity of shape. Its wings were a coastline of sorts, it reasoned. The butterfly unfolded its wings and encompassed the world. #WeirdVSS

There was a news anchor named Missy Stations loved her, though her tone was prissy Nations hung on her views And her take on the news Had the world tuning in with antici #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

Eating people was good, thought the imp. The taste, the crunch, the dripping liquid. But it was all over too fast. Waiting for it all to start, though, it could imagine the sensations over and over again. It licked its lips. The anticipation was the best part. #VSSThreads

In October they put out a cereal Branded around the ethereal Half a year later Why not honor Lord Vader And make breakfast in March more imperial? #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

By order of the Imperial Chamberlain, Interpreter of the Chained King, the Eternal Dreamer and Protector of these lands: All good folk must come to the capital city. The gates will be sealed in one month. The royal nightmares will be unleashed to cleanse the land. #VSSThreads

A heteronymic house plumber Only got work in the summer His business would fold Soon as it got cold For his clients would use the wrong number. #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

The station was nothing but a cadenced voice reciting number after number. "Three. Fifteen. Twenty. Three. One. Nineteen. Eight. Zero. Three. Fifteen. Twenty...." An inefficient way to transmit a code. A brilliant way to ensure the signal infested curious minds. #VSSThreads

There once was a demon named Bill Who came from a dimension of will He could produce Objects real and abstruse But he never could manifest chill. #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

The counselors loved to tell campers the story of the Knockfrost, an ice demon that roamed at night and froze anyone outside of the cabins. They never considered the effect of years of accumulated belief. They ignored the unseasonable chill. The Knockfrost feasted. #VSSThreads

A gymnast on a balance beam Had a slip, then a snap, then a scream After she fell Her coach said, "Well, This is why we have a whole team!" #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

Lena's team knew she wasn't an Aug, of course. They saw her chemicals and contraptions and misdirections. To everyone else she was the Augment with ever-changing powers. They couldn't plan around her. She could do anything. She felt pride. Not bad for a con artist! #VSSThreads

A rural engineer named Howard Made his bodyguard robot beef-powered But when bullies came through It would only say "Moo" It turned out that it was a coward. #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads

The city hailed him as a hero. Selfless, they said. Unflinching. Putting the good of others above himself. He accepted the praise and smiled for the cameras. He knew the truth. He was a coward. He knew what was coming. He was hoping to die well before it arrived. #VSSThreads

[HANUKKAH HARRY] You know what no one's ever said? "How come there aren't any good horror stories involving socks?" That didn't stop me from writing one, though! https://t.co/VdFgVlfpkB #WritingCommunity #amwriting #horror #shortstory

A songwriter wrote a good groove But his lyrics needed to improve In his head they were fine But mixed up in the line No one it likes to I move, I move. #limerick #limericks #VSSThreads