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@stephanloy.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 10:30 AM

#WIPSnips The word is 'pulse.' From 'Nightwatch.'
During interrogation of the White One, our neurodivergent Dr. Rodriguez shoves a tablet under the alien's nose. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #AmWriting

A barely noticeable twitch of the White One's hood. What did the doc…? Garrett lifted away from the wall and stepped closer to see the tablet screen.
A world map. Lines crisscrossing the image, intersecting in tiny dots. Some of those dots pulsed red, or yellow. "What's that?" he asked.
"A network of theoretical access points between the Nightmareverse and 54 Zanthwood by 3," the doc said. "Factored and prioritized according to Bleed permeability."
"What?"
"We need a more precise designation for the Nightmareverse."
"They're ley lines," Eglemann translated. "They're tears in spacetime between our universe and the bad place. We've been watching them for about a year. She thinks they've existed for centuries."
"Theoretical," Rodriquez said, tilting her head marginally at her engineer.
"It's all bullshit, Sinfonee. You can't track this stuff. We don't have the physics."

@barrows.itch.io Oct 12, 2026, 10:01 AM

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Yana's first impression of the warmech Tragoedia, our resident neon-punk-rock-lesbian-biker-hunter-killer-drone.

Behind him, an Artificial herded a half curled-up Xyd towards the display-lined walls. Yana recognized the general design—this was a warmech, a memory older and more shameful than even Six's gynoid body, lanky and sharp-angled, with long, free-rotating limbs and a digitigrade lower body. A hunter-killer drone, one of legions once deployed to enact their programming with cold cruelty, with bladed claws atop skeletal limbs, chrome and glistening, designed not for efficiency, but for terror. But even Yana could tell this was not the lifeless shell she'd seen in the museum displays. Cables and fiber optic wires aglow in a hundred dissonant colors were cast about it in the semblance of armor, and atop its surprisingly humanoid skull rested a light fixture in the shape of a mohawk, pulsing blood-red and neon blue at seizure-inducing speeds.

@kaydwrites.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 9:50 AM

#WIPSnips | pulse vibes ✨

Adela's in a bit of a spot here... 😬

From my domestic suspense WIP.

(CW: crash scene, language)

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Writing snippet: Daniel arrives in her periphery, panting hard. He puts his fingers against her throat as Diego steps aside.
“Get the trauma kit,” Daniel says. Then, to her, “It’s all right, ‘Del. You’re going to be all right.”
She turns to look at him.
That flash of terror in his deep blue eyes. The slick of hair plastered against his forehead by the rain. The steady heaving of his chest as he assesses her.
“I fucked up,” she says slowly. There's metal mixed into the acid in her throat; her mind flags it, even as it pumps her with adrenaline, preventing her from feeling the full extent, but it’s there, regardless, laced in her breath. She’s bleeding from the inside out.
“Yeah,” Daniel says, and she knows that he’s focused on the head wound, can’t see what she can taste, as Diego arrives with the kit. Daniel presses something against her forehead. “Yeah, you fucked up.” He drops his head for a moment, letting it hang as he continues to hold her to the seat. When he looks up, he’s still breathing raggedly.

@maximejaz.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 9:48 AM

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From my crime WIP.
Nate and Eric's liaison takes a new turn when Nate doesn't hide Eric from his colleague who just popped in to check on him during the weekend.

He closed the door, feeling Eric against his back, his lips on his neck. “Thank you.”
“What for?”
“Acknowledging my new status of fuckable boyfriend. Not hiding me in the bathroom.”
Nate turned to him, closing him in his arms. “Never.”
“Are we one step further in our little liaison?”
“I think so…”
“Good…” A soft kiss. “Food then… a drink… and then… it’s play time…”
Nate just hugged him, feeling his heart beat against his chest. That heart knocking at his heart. Bumping that shattered heart around. Playful. Unashamed. And Nate’s heart answered, shy, still bruised, but beating with a new rhythm in that house filled with his scent, his coffee, his breath, his touch. His light. That warm light melting the ice of Nate’s grief. Melting it into that warm embrace, his warm pulse under his lips as they hugged, tight.

@erikachandler.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 9:33 AM

Rin hacked Ryo’s phone for help after he collapsed, and Ryo in a venom-induced haze laughs much more easily than regular Ryo haha #WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy

@estantia.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 9:31 AM

#WIPSnips | Pulse

Unsurprisingly 'Pulse' appears a lot when you're writing about a former doctor making a child, but here's one in the non medical context.

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Rowan had *not* been prepared for the rush of emotions that seeing his child take shape would cause. His love and magic surged, falling into and flowing through the straw and cloth like blood and light, seeping into the burlap skin from the straw like capillaries.

His sight flickered, straw feet replaced by human ones in small socks, reality swinging as Vision took over. A thousand moments with the skin showing the flush of warmth.

By the time Rowan's vision cleared he was trembling from exertion. The emotions were getting stronger. He should be scared, especially given that little stunt had nearly wiped him out. This was dangerous, that a moment of inattention could result in so much power and emotion that he was left *shaking* afterwards-!

Gods, what was he *doing*? That had been a far bigger pulse than anything he'd experienced for… a long time, and his level of power was *dangerous* if allowed to run unchecked. Had he damaged anything?

He looked around the room and blinked once in surprise. The magic *hadn't* gone everywhere. Nothing in the room was glowing with his power apart from the scarecrow and the bag of straw, and the latter was only as strong as it had been before.

It… hadn't gone everywhere?

He stared down at the legs in his hands and realised all the burlap was shimmering now, the straw practically sloshing with magic in a way that meant it was near impossible to not see them as proper feet instead of cloth and straw.

Rowan *definitely* needed a rest before his senses got more skewed, but hope, small and impossible to suppress, lit in his chest. He'd let his grip slip, but his thoughts had been so focussed on his child that none of his power had spilled. *That* meant that his theory was working, that by filling his thoughts with love for the child he was making the Uncontrolled magic go precisely where he wanted it to.

@sptroweresq.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 9:22 AM

Thanks #WIPSnips - todays word has highlighted just how often variations of 'neon pulse' appear in the current draft of The Master System!
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Phil Grundy did not know where he was.

A few moments ago he was in a dark tower in a spooky forest in the grounds of Romford Castle. He had rescued Charlie, and then... somehow he must have glitched that world out of existence and ended up here, landing awkwardly with an uncomfortable clatter on a floor which was hard and glass-like, denting his armour and bruising his bottom. An angry squall of pixels illuminated the void as they fell around him, drawn into neat lines which then flowed away in neon blue pulses toward the horizon, which was marked with vast towers, pyramids and monoliths of bright green and red, which struck a weird note of familiarity despite the utter weirdness of the entire place. 'Fascinating,' he Spocked, peering into the glassy floor at the gridlines which glowed deep within it, all silver and angular, and giving off the same backlit Tron vibes as the neon pulses and monochrome background illustration. 'What is this place?'

@tarasgeir.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 9:04 AM

Ngl, I was thinking of the goo in Ghostbusters 2 with this snip.
A brief glimpse of the god inside Slate. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

There was no longer any flash, now Slate's eyes pulsed a vivid shade of blue. Brighter than a clear, summer sky. For something that should have been a comfort, all Halla now felt was a chilling fear. Slate's face changed subtly. It became blanker and her skin was clear but also had a waxy sheen. A mask that had pushed its way up through her pores.

"They're trying to free her."

The voice wasn't Slate's and the face was one Halla had seen many times in the Orbo. Cracked and weathered above temple entrances. The Fifth Sister, Calchas. Halla caught her breath, feeling cold air rattle through her teeth. She had witnessed a god so many times, but the Sixth Sister had been cowed and pathetic. This god was none of that. Her eyes blazed with such a heat that Halla expected Slate's face to shrivel.

Instead, it melted.

Slathers of pink slime began to run down Slate's head, from forehead to chin.

@andrewbrucelockhart.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 8:16 AM

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The word for October 12th is "pulse"

From Atlas Rising

General Rourke vs being asked nicely

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As he followed her, Rourke pulled the folded paper from his pocket and read it.

“I need you leading the task force on this. Working directly for me. Please.” The Prime Minister’s neat handwriting continued, “Bernadette will show you to your office.”

Rourke stopped walking.
Bernadette did too.
‘He needs you.’ She made her way back to stand beside him. ‘Please?’
‘I’m only here to see—’
‘She’s waiting for you in your office, sir.’
Then she set off again.
Rourke watched her.
Thinking hard, pulse accelerating.
Then he followed.
They’d said please, after all.

@theeldervampire.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 8:12 AM

#WIPSnips | Pulse
Took a bit of a break, but I’m back with this scary snippet of Askel with his latest prey from Raw
cw violence

The scent of blood hit Askel’s nose, and he found himself staring face to face with terrified prey.

Baring his fangs, he dug right into the merchant’s jugular.

When the merchant tried to scream, Askel grabbed his jaw. Silence. Silence him so that he could feed. And feed he did.

Askel never let a single drop of blood go to waste. He sank his teeth deeper into tender flesh. Drafts of blood were gulped down in time with a fading pulse. He crushed the man’s jaw, forgetting that he was still gripping down on it.

@authorkimfindlay.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:55 AM

"Couldn't sleep?"
Marla heard the voice and leapt to her feet, a scream catching in her throat. Her pulse was kicked into overdrive, and she searched desperately for the source of danger.
He stood up at the far end of the porch, and as her panic subsided, Marla realized it was Grady.
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@thatvoidauthor.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:52 AM

When you have to make THAT call.

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It wasn’t like he was expecting his contact to answer. At best, he could request a call back that may never come.
Fine.
With deliberate care, he set up the comm to minimize field of view and logged into SIDNet. And was honestly surprised that his access still worked.
It was limited, as a quick check confirmed. No access to the sort of information that might help him.
But apparently, for SID, there was no such thing as an ex-asset.
The man he wanted wasn’t listed, of course. But he remembered the comm code. It was one of those things that had become etched in his memory, probably impossible to erase.
The connect screen came up, gray and ominous.
Fifteen more seconds, then he could leave a message and go back to sleep.
Except that the fucking call connected and amber eyes regarded him from the second-most terrifying face he’d ever encountered.
He sat up straighter.
“Sir.”
“Operative Rutherford.”
And it turned out Admiral Qamar was no less intimidating over comm than he was in person.
“Just Ed these days, Sir.”
And he’d just corrected an Admiral. Necessary. But, holy shit.
“Very well… Ed. Any particular reason for this call? Or were you just feeling social?”
His mouth had gone dry and his pulse was fluttering like a trapped bird. But he kept his face and voice neutral.
“I need to request your help, Sir. As it affects Ri—I mean, Spook, Sir.”
His phrasing was deliberate. The admiral and Rina were close. Ed was banking on that fact, although the silence felt oppressive. Finally Qamar sat back and inclined his head.
“Very well, Ed. Tell me everything. You wouldn’t want me to get bored.”

@kamikaye.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:44 AM

I already had that but I like it a lot. Vela attending a concert/rave. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

The crowd had gathered in front of a round metal stage, topped by a shell of dark steel girders, festooned with lights, projectors and all sorts of concert type tech. Sprayed cool waterfog was sliced by teal lasers.
The deep reverberating bass pulse slowly started to fade, giving way to crowd chatter and nightly bird cries for a moment.
Tonights festival opened with the first live act among many this night. A Nihydron trio was taking the stage with their electronic drumkit and a huge synth-harp featuring a water-filled chassis as centerpiece.
A truly otherworldly soundscape filled the pit, led on a narrow path by synth-beats, like a line of lights guiding through dark sea. Vela closed her eyes and let the melody carry her through the Nihydron hommeworld's dark ocean trenches, bioluminescent passages and lush kelp forrests.

@markweaver.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:43 AM

I find myself without a pulse, so am going to have to synonym my way out of this one. A couple of days #WIPSnips ago, our travellers in space and time found themselves thrown off a galleon into a rowing boat. This is how they got there.