Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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The hazy smoke filling the room smelled of vanilla, raisin and burning cookies.

I snapped out of my work-mode, and raced to the kitchen, throwing open the window and turning off the oven.

"Timer! Why didn't you alert me?"

The enchanted device dutifully went, "Ding!"

"Oh no, I don't believe you, I definitely asked you to go off early."

"If you want me to go off, I will; those cookies were going to be abysmal, you ought to thank me."

Lina_Hailings, to queer

Hi Bookstadon! I'm an aspiring #self-published author, looking to promote my new book, The Moments Between The Apocalypse, coming out soon!
The Moments Between The Apocalypse is a #UrbanFantasy #Sapphic #Romance about a dorky mage and her super-soldier monster hunter girlfriend, as they find bright moments together in the darkest of times.

odineraven, to random German
@odineraven@mastodon.social avatar

30.5.: "Was ist auf dem Cover deines Buches abgebildet? Wer hat es erstellt?"

"Rotkäppchens Lied der Wölfe" - ein Premade von FrinaArt, aber es zeigt eine Szene aus dem Buch, als sei es extra dafür gemacht worden.

"Das Geheimnis des Monsieur Arnaud" zeigt die Protagonistin Colette vor dem Hintergrund des Quai Vauban in Besançon, und gezaubert hat es Hera N. Hunter.

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Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"Hard day in the data-mines?" asked the elf, a slight frown on her face.

The dwarf scratched at her neatly trimmed beard, "Aye, is it really that obvious?"

"You went straight to the fridge and crushed a whole beer in one gulp - a good day you normally go for three with a bowl of peanuts."

"Oh, ah, aye... Hard to drink on a full brain."

"Then let's get pizza and watch a brain emptying movie."

"I love you so much."

"I love you too."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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The mushroom ring was drawn in chalk, so I'd thought nothing of it...

As the fae realm drew me in, I tried to remember - was it just local fairy food that I needed to avoid? Was the lunch in my bag safe since I'd brought it with me?

"It worked! It's a human!" exclaimed an excited pixie.

"They-them, please," I blurted instinctively.

"They're a human! Humans exist!"

"Ugh, you won the bet, now let's send them back..." grumped an elf.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"I need an anti-itch spell," pleaded the human with an arm in a cast.

"Ah, for the injured limb?" asked the summoned demon.

"No, for the middle of my back, I can never quite reach it."

"I could just scratch that for you?"

"In exchange for...?"

"You could scratch my back," suggested the demon, flexing her wings restlessly.

"That's all?"

"The spell would cost you a first-born and probably a few toes."

"Let's get scritching then!"

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"What did you do to my laptop?!"

The young mage beamed before noting the anger and dismay; deflating slightly, "I m-made it more secure?"

"You carved runes into the letters! And all around the lid, the base, there's goo on the camera..."

"T-the glyphs protect you from typos, battery failure, spam and spy-ware."

"Oh. Sorry technomancy wasn't a thing when I was your age. Thank you."

"That's okay, mom."

"What?"

"Er, I mean, ma'am!"

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

TheTempleMom, to books
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Liz just wants a happy birthday.
Is that too much to ask?

A beautiful antique bed: her birthday present to herself. The nice delivery men set it up in her bedroom, and then all Hell breaks loose. Literally.

When it turns out the bed's former owner isn't basking in the glow of a happy afterlife, Liz must face some nasty adversaries to help him. Why on earth would she risk her life and her sanity to help a ghost? Certainly not because she’s in love with him.

Certainly not.

https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/the-bed

#bookstodon #books #fiction #novel #UrbanFantasy #book #WitchLit #witchy #magic

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"When I grow up I'm going to be a fire-fighter!"

"There are fires in the ocean?"

"No silly, I want to fight fires with humans!"

The human child decided not to tease their fish-tailed pal, and instead talked about marbles and their mutual love of turtles and pizza.

Decades later, the human had to admit that the siren looked so happy atop the firetruck she was assigned to, screaming her lungs out as they raced towards a blaze.

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"Kitty has an itch!"

There was a crash as the cat skidded out of the room.

Last time it had heard that word, the next word it had heard was 'bath'.

It did not like bath.

"Oh you poor thing," said a pixie disguised as a dustbunny, "Look at all those tangles."

A good long brushing later, kitty looked pristine and didn't itch at all. The humans thought each other had bathed it.

As thanks, the cat fetched the best left socks.

#TootFic #MicroFition #Writing #TerylsTales #Caturday #UrbanFantasy

Atarius, to philosophy German
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Gestern kam die Lieferung an und nun halte ich mein eigenes Buch in Händen 😊
Danke und viel Liebe an #klappkatapult für Euren Support!
Ihr wollt das Buch auch in Händen halten? Dann bestellt es doch einfach 😉
Überall wo es Bücher gibt oder direkt beim Verlag:
#fantasypunk #urbanfantasy #roman #SelfPublished #buch #distancia
https://www.klappkatapult.de/

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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The fishers reeled in their lines.

"A silver ring with elvish inscriptions on the inside... What about you Bena?"

"Another dagger--ow! Sharp... What about you Ron?"

"A gold chain with a ruby pendant," he sighed.

Potions, a bottled fairy and an ancient scroll were bemoaned by the rest.

"Err... I was diving for treasures... Would you like to trade for all these fish that kept swimming into my net?" asked a surfacing treasure hunter.

thorncoyle, to fantasy
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Did you know that my urban fantasy By Sea is about witches joining with community to fight fascists on May Day?

https://books2read.com/by-sea

@bookstodon

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"...So then I said, if you can't hex 'em, pay a professional to do it. And what did he do?"

"Still tried to do it himself," I guessed.

"Yes! And now all of downtown is purple and full of peacocks," the witch grumbled, "It'll take thirteen whole covens to untangle this botched spell."

"Can you even find thirteen covens that get along?"

"No, but the truces should hold... Hopefully."

"So avoid downtown?"

"For at least a week, yeah."

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"I thought fairy godmother's were for ladies."

She shrugged, "Sometimes men need a little magic too."

The scruffy young man looked down at himself, then at the list of tasks he still hadn't completed, after hours, for free, "A little magical help would be nice..."

"To the gala with you, charm some princes, be back by midnight," said the fairy godmother tucking away her wand then pulling on her programmer socks, "I'll finish up here."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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The kettle was always the right temperature for the intended beverage, nor did it require fire nor electricity.

Yet it was always cool to the touch. This tended to startle people, especially if they had placed it on a stove and witnessed a typical whistle of steam.

It had been created by a tea-loving wizard, then given as a gift to the wizard's favorite tea-loving Influencer.

It was delivered by raven because the wizard was too chai.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

sfwrtr, (edited ) to Dog
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As an #author I often assume knowledge that I should ask about. So, here's the ask: As an average person, if you saw a woman in an urban situation with a #wolf (it is a wolf but nobody is saying it is a wolf), would you assume it was a #dog?

Please boost for maximum sample size.

Feel free to comment if you have experience with telling the difference or studying #wolves.

#BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool

#Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersAMastodon #Fiction #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy
#WordWeavers #WritersCoffeeClub
#RSInklingsStory #poll

DrNicky, to webcomics

Here it is: the final page of Chapter 6 of the Weird Luck webcomic!

We'll be back later this year with Chapter 7, in which our evening of intrigue takes its inevitable turn toward mayhem!

#webcomics #webcomic #comics #weirdluck #urbanfantasy #fantasy #scifi #intrigue #weird #penguin #mantis

https://weirdluck.net/comic/1-6-12-indications-of-violence/

Atarius, to pnpde German
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Nun ist es soweit:
Ab heute könnt Ihr mein Erstlingswerk "Distancia-Pogo und Portale" im Shop von Klappkatapult vorbestellen 😁

https://shop.klappkatapult.de/produkt/distancia

tinadonahuebooks, to Paranormal
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Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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Magic is found in many places; liminal spaces, trinkets, most books and of course, within Every Person.

For some it is buried too deep to easily access, for others, cyclists in particular, they overflow with more than dimensional stability can handle.

For the Clestalia Cabal, it was a daily struggle to discreetly siphon off the excess magic from unsuspecting cyclists.

The whole process looked questionable but explaining it was worse.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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The car parked on the flowerbed, to the displeasure of the gardener.

"Thought it was part of the lawn," the driver shrugged unapologetically, before rushing across the road to the theater.

Inside a small pug put its paws on the window with a sad whine.

"Poor little friend," mumbled the gardener, drawing a series of sigils in the dirt under the car.

Ten minutes later a wolf-beast tore through the car's roof and fled to a better home.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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A shudder of wind shaken branches woke the little prince from his deep slumber.

This would not do, and he immediately called to his mother, yowling as he searched through his home.

She was watching her magic window again. He hopped onto her desk, obscuring her view.

"Sorry, one moment," she said, shifting him to his own magic window full of birds.

"You spoil that cat," chided the coven leader.

"Cats exist to be spoiled!"

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy #Caturday

SusannaShore, to bookstodon
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I review Small Gods of Calamity by Sam Kyung Yoo. Paranormal mystery set in modern Seoul. Out today.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/03/small-gods-of-calamity-by-sam-kyung-yoo.html

#BookReview #urbanfantasy #mystery @bookstodon

Firlefanz, (edited ) to sciencefiction
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#WritersCoffeeClub 3/3: How much of your worlds are invented versus real? Give examples.

The Cloud Lands: totally invented. With dragons.

The Holy Empire: completely invented. Without dragons.

The Wolves? Our world, with the addition of shifters. I use Google Maps a LOT.

Franssisi Four: Invented planet, terraformed far in the future. With Aliens.

I prefer writing in invented worlds. It means so much less research. 😂

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy
#UrbanFantasy
#ScienceFiction

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