Dave Higgins @DaveHiggins@octodon.social
Speculative-Fiction Author | Curious Mind | Purveyor of Abstruse Nuance | Cat Cushion | [en-gb] | https://davidjhiggins.wordpress.com
- Jurisdiction/Location
- England
- Pronouns
- They-based or He-based
- Gender
- Provide evidences of why you're asking and I'll provide one if I think it's a relevant factor
#WeirdHookMonth Silly Hats
The city of Boras is plagued by high winds. Winds that gust strongly enough to drag a small child into the sky never to be seen again. Yet somehow the Cult of Morbon walk the streets unaffected in their three-foot mitres.
I approve of CWs on representations of clowns; however, is including "scary" in the CW otiose?
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
forgive me
they were delicious
you are cosmic
let us spoon for ever
Discover This Amazing Method To Train Your Lemur To Communicate With The Dead
Lift the weight upon your mind with a spiffing homage to consciousness expanding guitaritude.
Church of the Cosmic Skull, "Evil in your Eye": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJTofSaKUM
#WeirdHookMonth Dancing
Your friend has always been slightly out of time with music. You didn't think much of it until you read an article about soldiers breaking step to avoid resonance and remembered your friend hit the beat once, the day before the great storm.
Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️🌈🎄
Repeat after me:
My experience is not everybody's experience.
My perspective is not everybody's perspective.
My "obvious" is not everybody's "obvious".
I made the most terrible, monstrosity out of the dark Show more
daily sketch, implied violence, skull, larvae Show more
#WeirdHookMonth Small People
Two generations ago, the Talt-Vestigen atmospheric filter saved us from climate change. Industry and travel thrive. A hacker friend of yours just chanced across conclusive evidence average child growth is dropping year on year.
Cephalopedia:
An encyclopedia written about and by cephalopods.
The earliest portion of work was recorded by the nautilus line, very formal and poetic.
There are two divergent and more freeform writing styles: octopod and squidic.
While there has been little acceptance of it, a smattering of fiction is also extant, mainly dystopian stories describing the desire to fight back against mechanized predation and ocean pollution.
~ Fun fact ~
There's a contest for all five of the Eurosenses!
* Eurovision is for original songs, of course
* Eurolfactory is for industrial design history trivia
* Europroprioception is for gymnastics
* Europrecognition is NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO TOLD YOU WE EXIST, and
* Euroecholocation is for masked crime-fighting
What morning is complete without coffee and witchcraft
Hey Masto writers! I just saw that Duolingo is taking submissions for short pieces of fiction, $500 if they use it. If you write, check it out - if you know a writer, please boost or share with them! Let's get some cash opportunities to our talented Mastopeople!
https://stories.duolingo.com/call-for-stories/
#writers #writing #fiction #smallfiction #shortfiction #story #shortstory
#WeirdHookMonth Poetry
Across the world, marine biologists and aquaria report Cephalopoda tapping rocks in complex patterns. Patterns that perfectly sync with the rhythms of Nabati poetry.
The Alpennia books are everything I've ever wanted.
If you like domestic fantasy, interesting magic systems and lesbian romances that happen in the context of a queer community full of brilliant, fascinating women GO BUY THEM RIGHT NOW:
https://www.bellabooks.com/product/9781765432198e/
SERIOUSLY I need someone to talk to about Iuli's future career as a published writer of friend fiction & constructing prayer-spells like logic puzzles & Barbara being a straight up hottie
Cat: *falls asleep on me*
Me: I understand and accept these new terms and conditions
