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Tag: MOTE

  • Odd Prompts: Bioluminescence

    Odd Prompts: Bioluminescence

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    I live too far West now for the delight of chasing tiny glowing insects through the field. I miss the lightning bugs.  Today’s prompt comes from Fiona Grey.  I prompted Leigh Kimmel with “The un-rescued princess”  You can read the prompt responses over at More Odds Than Ends.  sorry mine is not text this week.…

  • Picking up Spares and Running with Them

    Picking up Spares and Running with Them

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    I am still very much playing with MidJourney, or as my friend Travis has dubbed it, Midj (I pronounce that like Midge) which you’ll know if you’re on Discord with me or watching my instagram. It’s a fantastic tool, and it’s taking time to learn how to get the best out of it, like any…

  • Odd Prompts: Deep Dive

    Odd Prompts: Deep Dive

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     “Shouldn’t it be a suit?”  “What?” He looked up from the wet surface of the dock to meet the other man’s eyes. “Jimmy?”  James Pietswach, Jimmy to all and sundry, was hanging over the rail and looking down at the man on the floating dock. “A suit. With, you know, arms and legs. At least…

  • Odd Prompts: In Shadow

    Odd Prompts: In Shadow

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    This is a snippet of something from the Tanager universe. I have no idea when, or where it fits into the series, but here you go…  *** He paused on the threshold for an almost imperceptible moment, allowing the nearly invisible field to sweep him clean. That it also let him scan the comparatively dim…

  • Odd Prompts: Have a Beer

    Odd Prompts: Have a Beer

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    I don’t know that I’ll revisit this, but it was fun to write.  **** Micah heard the front door, but didn’t look up from his task. It would be one of his housemates, more than likely. He didn’t look up until the footsteps came closer, then stopped as there was a tapping at the open…

  • Odd Prompts: Snip of Groundskeeper

    Odd Prompts: Snip of Groundskeeper

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    I’m thinking this one may wind up titled ‘Groundskeeper: Bringing Home the Dead’  **** Mark, half materialized, whooshed past her and got into the other ghost’s face. “What do you mean by this?” He demanded, reaching out toward the fading figure.  “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” The other ghost drifted backward, away from Mark, and into…

  • Odd Prompts: Running with Scissors

    Odd Prompts: Running with Scissors

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    This is more of the Chloe story, from the Groundskeeper world.  *** They dashed across the lobby, Chloe weaving between bemused shoppers, and out the doors where the ghost had vanished. Chloe stopped dead on the sidewalk, right on the curb, and looked around. There was nothing besides a scattering of regular everyday people.  “He…

  • MOTE

    MOTE

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      A participant in the prompt challenge pointed out that More Odds Than Ends could be acronym’d (I know, that’s not a word) as MOTE. Which amused me, because it had never occurred to me to plan that. I was just coming up with a silly name for a group of creatives who had trouble…