The wind had left the city, unannounced and unaccounted for. This caused trouble with the higher ups, but I knew what to do. I picked up the phone and called Odysseus. Luckily, he still had the bag Aeoulus had given him. It didn’t take much convincing. He was growing wary of Ithaca. #fromoneline

Victory over oneself requires the defeat of oneself. In that paradox lies the secret and the difficulty. #vss365

Satan: Get a line open to heaven. I want to make another bet with God. Asmodeus: Are you sure, boss? That last one about Job didn’t exactly go according to plan. Satan: Oh, I’m not aiming to win. I just want publicity for my new betting app. Think of the souls who will damn themselves! #vss365

Satan: Get a line open to heaven. I want to make another bet with God. Asmodeus: Are you sure, boss? That last one about Job didn’t exactly go according to plan. Satan: Oh, I’m not aiming to win. I just want publicity for my new betting app. Think of the souls who will damn themselves! #vss365

The setup was downright #primitive: a couple of RCA cables, a VCR and a TV with only 13 channels on the dial. It was the location that mattered. We started watching tomorrow in the attic, but the signal was better in the barn, where we taped ourselves living a day we had yet to see. #vss365

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The midnight city aglow in neon. It is as bright as many a day. The lines of morality blur like the those of time, and it is difficult to tell right from wrong in the electric haze of the hit street. I pull my fedora brim low, and and disappear into the grey shadows. #vss365

The midnight city aglow in neon. It is as bright as many a day. The lines of morality blur like the those of time, and it is difficult to tell right from wrong in the electric haze of the hit street. I pull my fedora brim low, and and disappear into the grey shadows. #vss365

Cool people doing cool stuff.

Sometimes I get Karma Chameleon stuck in my head… …it comes and goes.

My daughter Maggie #reads her first place, grand champion #poem “A Shared Soul” at the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association today, on #WaltWhitman ‘s birthday. #poetry #poetrycommunity #dadlife

Today, on #WaltWhitman’s birthday, my daughter Maggie was awarded the first place grand champion in the 40th annual @waltwhitmans.bsky.social student #poetry contest. The powerful play goes on, and she is contributing her verse. We are proud of her in all her multitudes. #poetry #poetrycommunity

Happy posthumous birthday #waltwhitman. The powerful play goes on, and we’re so grateful that you contributed your verse. #poetry #poetrycommunity

We have to stop data centres from being built.

Old, scarred, and primitive, the nib bears the marks of time itself. How many tales of wonder and fragments of poetry has it etched across blank pages? It’s May 31, 2026 and my final #vss365 #prompt is #Primitive. Tomorrow, @skeptikoi will take the reins.

Just two kids writing poetry Two kings from Queens in the NYC Hip hop legend to the highest degree, Happy Birthday, #DMC #rundmc

“A book of verses underneath the bough. A flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness And wilderness is paradise now —Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam #bookwormsat

AVAILABLE NOW: Grab the lifeline we’re throwing you and enjoy stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More written by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow! The May issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!

I finally made it to @sweetpicklebooks. It’s my favorite kind of #independentbookstore. Used #books you have to comb through to find what you want. Too many books to fit on the shelves. And, some delicious pickles. #indiebookshop

Remnants of shattered mind drip through my pen and fall onto the paper in a haphazard rain. There, they form meanings I could never have imagined. #vss365

Oh! I drew the cover illustration for this excellent collection, so I feel like a proud parent or cousin or very interested bystander or something, but you should check it out! #poetry

The first thing you have to remember is that there were a lot of fucked-up things going on in New York in those days, so when I saw a rift in reality in the A Train tunnel off of 14th street, well, I didn’t think much of it at the time. (Opening line from a WIP I recently started.) #vss365

One of the best! Gritty, nihilistic and authentic to the core. I've always wondered how his television scripts would have been received without studio meddling.

Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few moments and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno

I miss you, Harlan.

What I Learned From #JackKirby: #WriteWhatYouKnow, but don't let it curtail your fantastic imagination. #comics #kirby #kingkirby #Marvel #fantasticfour #NYC #LowerEastSide #writingcommunity

Happy posthumous birthday to #scienceficiton writer #harlanellison. Take a moment to #read one his brilliant short stories today, even if you choose to read it on your “handheld repugnancy.” Text from “How Interesting: A Tiny Man.”

Listen, I’ve been from one side of this galaxy to the other, and nowhere have I encountered a gravity stronger than the attraction I feel when I look into your eyes. #vss365

A pulsar flashes like an unanswered signal fire into the empty, uncaring void of space. #vss365

In honor of #memorialday, Dirge for Two Veterans, by #WaltWhitman, the best #poem of its kind I know.

Happy #towelday and #theglorious25thofmay, you hoopy froods. Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hard boiled egg! #douglasadams #terrypratchett #thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #GNUTerryPratchett

#BobDylan: How many roads must a man walk down/Before you call him a man? Guy: how many has he walked down already? B: huh? G: you called him a ‘man’ in the question. ‘How many roads must a man walk down so the subject has already walked down enough that in your judgement, he’s a man. B: … #vss365

Stuff like this is where myths came from. 😍

Imagination is an amazing thing. Yesterday's simple word inspired tales of love and pain, while others wandered into darker places. Now comes a heavier burden. The moment where choices are weighed and truth stands exposed. It’s May 24, 2026, your #vss365 #prompt is #Judgement.

Happy birthday, #BobDylan. Write what you know, but make it better.

It’s still #caturday for a little bit. Aurora is making her contribution to my #writing. If I’m doing well, she leans like you see in the picture. When I mess up, I get a nip on the hand.

Reality or Immersive simulation So hard to *glitch* tell #vss365 #scifaikusaturday

No matter the distance between us two, These memories tether me to you. #vss365

#worldgothday is the perfect day to check out my Tell-tale Heart-inspired short story in @pseudopod.org. #edgarallanpoe #shortstory

I read some fantastic stories yesterday. Some deeply emotional, others light on the soul. I often need both to anchor myself and remain positive. A writer needs a #tether to sanity when living so often inside one’s imagination. Today, May 22, 2026, your #vss365 #prompt is #Tether

Indeed.

Happy birthday, #SirArthurConanDoyle. Never have I identified with a literary character more than I have with #SherlockHolmes in the opening page of The Musgrave Ritual. The description of his orderly mind vs the his disorderly work and living space could be a description of me.

Once more unto the breach, my friend. #colbert #stephencolbert #thelateshow #thelateshowwithstephencolbert

Linger a little longer, Stay an old man’s tears— What’s another moment, Next to all these years? Life’s a little lighter, When that you are near, So I’ll linger a little longer Knowing that you’re here. #vss365

“When any government. . . undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.” — Robert A. Heinlein

I Take the Colbert Questionert

TFW you thought that the deadline was Friday, but it’s actually June 5th.

Self betrayal is the hardest to forgive and impossible to forget. The scar never quite heals, and it is difficult to trust yourself again. #vss365

Writers, is your manuscript in dire straits? Hang in there, you can salvage it! Two days remain to get your tales of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on May 21st at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts