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@crowkeys.bsky.socialhere the link, as found in this post... click it
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@crowkeys.bsky.social@crowkeys.bsky.socialThe tower has decided to exist underwater. We are supportive of all of the tower's decisions, even if they necessitate the growing of gills. We're reading poetry while we evolve. Specifically, this poem:
"going under is how you surface" by Linda Kohler
@crowkeys.bsky.socialYou pour towards the link. You click it.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialSomething is stirring in the woodland outside the tower. We keep hearing strange warbling, and it is getting closer. Read today's short story with us while we try not to think about what approaches.
"The Hunting Dogs" by Grayson Thobe
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.socialReposted by @crowkeys.bsky.social“Every child is lost. That’s how it works. If your child isn’t lost, you have failed. What is a successful adult if not a child who has disappeared?“
Love this haunting changeling story on @crowkeys.bsky.social by @janstinchcomb.bsky.social! 🔥
@crowkeys.bsky.socialThe first stage is clicking the link.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialThere are shadows on the wall inside the tower. They're trying to tell us something, pointing at doorways. We're too afraid to follow. Instead, we're reading today's flash fiction:
"The Absent Person" by Freddy Durbin
@crowkeys.bsky.socialThe link is a welcome. Click it. It's only polite.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialIf you're very quiet & if you stay very still, the tower might talk to you. We can't repeat what it whispers, that's reserved for the listener, but we invite you to try for yourselves. Maybe, it'll whisper this story:
"Upstairs Neighbours" by D.S. Burton
@paulagilfillan.bsky.socialReposted by @crowkeys.bsky.socialI'm delighted that Crow & Cross Keys has reprinted my poem, The Fourth Sister Of Eskrigg, in their webzine. It was inspired by the oak trees at #eskriggnaturereserve and how nature ultimately takes the old, to make new. Thanks to #LockerbieWriters for supporting me in the development of this poem.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialSink into the link. You know you want to.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialThe tower is circled by trees. The circle is impenetrable. We're unsure when the trees will let us leave, but luckily, we have excellent poetry to read in the meantime.
"The Fourth Sister of Eskrigg" by @paulagilfillan.bsky.social
@crowkeys.bsky.socialKeep click-click-clicking the link.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialAll of the taps in the tower are running with tea today. We're not complaining though. The kettle is having a well-earned day off. While we drink tea-on-tap, we're reading flash fiction:
"Empty Nest Syndrome" by Mugdhaa Ranade
@crowkeys.bsky.socialDon't avoid the link.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialAn entity handed us an orange earlier. It was the most perfect orange we have ever seen. We are dedicating a room in the tower to what remains of its peel. While we memorialise, why don't you read today's poem?
"The Iron Queen" by Amanda Reck
@crowkeys.bsky.socialYou don't try to forget the link. You click it.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialWe're overwhelmed by the scent of baking here at the tower. Curiously, there is no one in the kitchen and nothing in the ovens. We're going to read today's flash and pretend not to think about it.
"He Will Sustain You" by Xavier George
@crowkeys.bsky.socialYou are staring at the link. You click. That is choice enough.
@crowkeys.bsky.socialIf you look closely, you will see galaxies running through the mortar of the tower. The galaxies, and thus the tower, keep expanding. We've no idea how big the tower is now. It's hard to fathom. So we're concentrating on poetry:
"narrative" by Kate Choi
