Nostr notes by NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi

#scribesAndMakers 2026-09-25 Do you use different accounts for ...

2026-09-25T05:45:58Z

#scribesAndMakers 2026-09-25 Do you use different accounts for different creative purposes?

I have tried several times to do this for writing, and I am just not motivated to keep it up. I do maintain a PixelFed account, which I use occasionally for photos.

https://usuzakuraya.us/chikashakai

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

Spoiler: A yuri love story that begins with getting ...

2026-09-25T05:07:02Z

Spoiler: A yuri love story that begins with getting dumped-in-a-dream

Finished the just-released English vol. 3.

Good for them; we are going to get a post-confession story. I thought we were going to be stuck in pre-confession disaster lesbian territory forever. But no, we move on! #Manga #Yuri

#ScribesAndMakers – 24th Sept. Have you ever put proceeds from ...

2026-09-24T13:59:25Z

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#ScribesAndMakers – 24th Sept. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in? 2/2

Not exactly the same, since I don't earn any money writing but every year I donate stories to a literary challange on #PIXIV earning between 50 and 70 dollars a year for it.

#NMPrompts #NMSAM

#ScribesAndMakers – 24th Sept. Have you ever put proceeds from ...

2026-09-23T23:20:45Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 24th Sept. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in?

I support independent artists and buy art even though I don't make any money from my writing.

I would probably donate small payments, such as what you get from small press, to either pro-democracy organizations or Ukranian new sources. If I ever magically hit the jackpot, I would probably keep the money.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers September 22: Promotion day. Self or someone ...

2026-09-22T11:05:46Z

#ScribesAndMakers September 22: Promotion day. Self or someone else. Or both.

Folks my have noticed I post ongoing serials on the Fedi. I later gather these up, edit them, fix mistakes, and post them as a 2nd ed. improved version on #PIXIV and #AO3

I am currently running #TimeTravelingGhost, a #PulpFiction inspired #TimeTravel novel.

[PIXIV: ](https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/15768981 )
[AO3: ](https://archiveofourown.org/works/83396596 )

#Sapphic #UrbanFantasy #HistoricalFantsy #Mythpunk

#WordWeavers Sep 22: If you wrote a memoir on your writing ...

2026-09-22T09:19:42Z

#WordWeavers Sep 22: If you wrote a memoir on your writing journey so far, what would it be called?

**Dyslexic Lady: Bying (sp.) a Apple ][ to become a writer**

A light novel series.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers Sep 21: In your current WIP, which character do you ...

2026-09-21T17:39:11Z

#WordWeavers Sep 21: In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?

Experientially: Airisu - I am not a #crow and can only imagine what the world looks like to a human turned into one.

Culturally: Emily, born around 1900, experiencing the Communist purge in Shanghai, the Spanish Civil War, and the shooting of WW I veterans for protesting during the Depression, is far from my experience.

Personally: Sumika - conventional, with JP attitudes towards not making waves. Naive and unworldly.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers 21. What character from one of your own books ...

2026-09-21T03:37:50Z

#ScribesAndMakers 21. What character from one of your own books or someone else's would you want to spend a day with? What would you do?

Despite my post tomorrow, I would probably want to spend the time with Ume. We could talk about writing. I could quiz her about Japan and Kakuryo. Then go out to dinner.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

# Mr. Toad's Tractor Adventure Part 1**#FanFic ...

2026-09-20T12:18:07Z

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Mr. Toad's Tractor Adventure Part 1**#FanFic #TheWindInTheWillows**
**Starring Mr. Toad and Airisu**
#Wss633 Temple #ScribesAndMakers Repossess

Mouse looked warily around as she passed Toad Hall, making sure the motor vehicle demon wasn’t on the road. Instead, Toad startled her by strutting out of his manor’s gates on foot. He wore a pea-green jacket and striped trousers. Perched on his head was a new bowler hat and in his hand an ivory-headed cane. Most surprisingly of all was his enormous grin.

She hesitated and then said, trembling, hands clasped as in prayer, “Master Toad, I am happy to see you looking so cheery. Has the magistrate decided not to #repossess your car?”

She had mixed feelings about the idea. Toad was a hazard on the road; one that a little mouse had to worry about. She had needed to dash off the road twice to avoid being hit and inhaled his roadster’s exhaust fumes and dust countless times.

“No, no, no. They are still holding it. They’re as upset as poked bees!” To demonstrate, he poked the untrimmed box hedge at the gate with his cane.

Toad’s mood emboldened Mouse, and she spoke more freely. “Indeed, I would imagine so. Lawyers are like hornets; they sting when angry.”

The truth was that the magistrates had summoned Toad to #Temple Bar to answer a citation for reckless driving. While there, he had the bad luck to run down a group of lawyers with his roadster. If Badger hadn’t vouched for him, he would have been sitting in the Old Bailey.

“Why so cheerful then?” Mouse asked.

“Miss Crow says since I tore up her fields, I need to plow them for her. Voom Vo...”

“Eek!” Mouse cried, scurrying off to warn the Shrew family.

[Continued Tomorrow]

#FanFiction #NMFic #NonCanon #MicroFiction

••⋅☾ #俳画 ☽⋅••# Anne Bonny12-link #Rengay (C) ...

2026-09-19T12:27:04Z

••⋅☾ #俳画 ☽⋅••#

Anne Bonny12-link #Rengay
(C) Nara Moore NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi (npub17cr…e970) & Paul David Mena Extra Special Bitter (npub1ecd…6ju4)
Image: Josiah (@lessethereal.bsky.social) - Abstract line drawing

[Anne Bonny: ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny )

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #completethehaiga 168 #DailyHaikuPrompt #Twilight #InikMine #Bistro #ScribesAndMakers My mistake was... #Wss366 #Rum #TalkLikeAPirate #Age #Aging #Regret #Reflections #Pirate

# My Mistake••⋅☾ #俳画 ☽⋅•• My mistake was... ...

2026-09-19T12:24:04Z

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My Mistake••⋅☾ #俳画 ☽⋅••

My mistake was...
Twilight years, growing old☽⋅••
A late snowmelt

My reflections floating
Ripples amid the ice

••⋅☾ #Haiga ☽⋅••

#Poem (C) Nara Moore
Image: Josiah (@lessethereal.bsky.social) - Abstract line drawing

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #和歌 / #短歌 #Tanka #completethehaiga 168 #Daily #HaikuPrompt #Twilight #LateSnow #ScribesAndMakers My mistake was... #Age #GrowingOld #Reflections

#WordWeavers 9/17: By the end of your story, how many injuries ...

2026-09-17T15:59:04Z

#WordWeavers 9/17: By the end of your story, how many injuries has your MC had? #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

In #TimeTravelingGhost #

Bijou:<li>dismembered off screen </li><li>Full body first degree flash burns</li><li>Amnesia twice</li><li>Temporary PTSD </li>#

Emily<li>Burns to death in Hindenburg disaster- off screen</li><li>Psychological trauma - degree undecided </li>#

Weena<li>First degree burns - so far off screen</li>#nmww #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers September 16: If your MC was elected mayor of your ...

2026-09-16T18:36:08Z

#WordWeavers September 16: If your MC was elected mayor of your own town, would you stay or move? Why?

As disastrous as it might be to have an egotistical crow as Seattle's mayor, I would not move.

Moving is far too much work.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers 16. Create a poll listing 2-3 objects that have ...

2026-09-16T11:42:11Z

#ScribesAndMakers 16. Create a poll listing 2-3 objects that have featured in your work and one that hasn't. Ask people to pick the one that hasn't.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers 14: Favourite type of story setting? As a ...

2026-09-15T13:13:17Z

#ScribesAndMakers 14: Favourite type of story setting?

As a writer: Cute women's spaces. Throw in the supernatural and surreal.

Reader: Cute women's spaces with nothing more serious going on than romantic entanglement.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers SE 15: Your characters get one completely ordinary ...

2026-09-15T02:53:48Z

#WordWeavers SE 15: Your characters get one completely ordinary day with no villains, quests, murders, wars, prophecies, romantic disasters, or impending apocalypses. How do they spend it?

That's most days, so they do normal stuff. Work at the bookstore, patrol the garden for bugs, tend the shrine, work on the next book. Just depends on which character we are talking about.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers 15. What's a situation where you feel a ...

2026-09-14T21:39:53Z

#ScribesAndMakers 15. What's a situation where you feel a ';' definitely works better than a '.'

When two sentences are closely linked in an A<-B way. The second sentence is short, modifies the first, and is irrelevant on its own. I am saying treat this like one sentence idea, not as two separate ideas.

I am not afraid of our friend, the semicolon. (Maybe I am a pretentious wanker.)

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 14 Sept: Your MC is offered exactly what they've ...

2026-09-14T15:35:14Z

#WordWeavers 14 Sept: Your MC is offered exactly what they've always wanted--but accepting it will cost them something they love. What do they choose?

This explicitly happens twice in #KonbiniIdol. Ume refuses once and accept the second time. Context matters.

She bares the scars for both choices.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 13/9: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent ...

2026-09-13T16:03:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…2djp
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#WordWeavers 13/9: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.

Let's try again.

> Silken pillows clustered in the center of the chamber between the tables

[@weekend_editor](https://mathstodon.xyz/@weekend_editor ) better?

#NMWW #NMPrompts

I suppose not.

2026-09-13T15:37:32Z

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I suppose not.

#ScribesAndMakers ~13 How pedantic are you? I am not sure that is ...

2026-09-13T12:01:04Z

#ScribesAndMakers ~13 How pedantic are you?

I am not sure that is something most people can answer about themselves. This isn’t just detail oriented, which I am, but nitpicky and critical, which I hope I am not. There are some people here I think are pedantic, but I doubt they consider themselves such.

So you decide. Am I pedantic?

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 13/9: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent ...

2026-09-13T10:03:05Z

#WordWeavers 13/9: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.

> We were sitting near the edge of the room with an interesting group of fae.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers Sep 12: If you removed one supporting character, ...

2026-09-12T11:28:29Z

#WordWeavers Sep 12: If you removed one supporting character, whose absence would change the story the most?

Kan-chan: The climax arc in "My Girlfrind Almost Got Me Killed" would need a total rewrite.

And

In Konbine Idol the Tomo romance arc would be missing and there would be no resolution to Tomo's character arc.

For Konbini Idol the story collapses without Tomo.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers – 11th Sept. Our next featured creator is a ...

2026-09-11T00:48:49Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 11th Sept. Our next featured creator is a group of three collaborators. Have you ever been part of a collaborative group for your creative work?

Three if I include my production team or minor involvement with a friend's VN. The one below though, is clearly a collab.

I collab with several poets on the Fedi for Rengay poems. You may have seen them. Our most recent effort is below:

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 10 September: Share a description from your WIP that ...

2026-09-10T14:09:13Z

#WordWeavers 10 September: Share a description from your WIP that establishes atmosphere without explicitly naming the emotion.

> When I looked down, my hands grew numb. Below the painting was a museum case containing a smooth brown rock labeled “Meteor Fragment: Cretaceous–Paleogene Era.” I flinched as an image of fantastic towers melting in the heat filled my mind. It was a scene I had blocked out.

> Still trembling, I tried to push the memory of the cataclysm away. It was a struggle, and I walked past the next few exhibitions without seeing them. Then, a stunning painting titled “The Crucifixion by Leonardo da Vinci (1500)” jolted me out of my flashback. I’d never heard of the painting before, but it looked genuine. Not that I would really know.

#NMPP #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers – 10th Sept. Our next featured creator is an ...

2026-09-10T00:23:22Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 10th Sept. Our next featured creator is an acronym. Do you use acronyms in your work?

Not really. I've read enough JP lit. that I am more likely to truncate words or use portmanteaus.

A common one is couples. So Ume and Shishi is UmeShi. Which would also mean Plum Poetry.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 9/9: What secret would cause the most damage if it ...

2026-09-09T15:39:32Z

#WordWeavers 9/9: What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?

It would spoil the arc and ambiance of #TimeTravelingGhost if we knew what the Lapin Cabal planned. This is a story of discover as much as the adventure and character plots.

#NMPrompts #NMWW

#WordWeavers 9/8: Which character would be the worst person to ...

2026-09-08T10:21:59Z

#WordWeavers 9/8: Which character would be the worst person to get trapped in an elevator with?

#Airisu panics in enclosed spaces like this. Imagine being trapped in an elevator with a freaking crow!

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 07 September: Describe a moment when one of your ...

2026-09-07T04:46:20Z

#WordWeavers 07 September: Describe a moment when one of your characters realises they've made a terrible mistake.

Shishi realizes her girlfriend is a vengeful ghost in [For Love of a Konbini Idol: ](https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104 )

> “She’s dead, isn’t she?” She said.

> "Mikawa. Yeah, she’s dead.”

> “She’s dead, and I have been…” For a moment, she looked like she would be sick.

> Part of me wanted to say, “That’s what I have been telling you,” but the better part of me sighed in relief. This is what I had been hoping for. Any words I could have said would have reflected that less noble part of me, and I opted to light her a Camel and hand it to her.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers – 7th Sept. What 'character' would ...

2026-09-06T23:53:17Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 7th Sept. What 'character' would make a great main character?

‽: Both questioning and excited. Also, not many people use this character, so it retains novelty and interest.

Let's hear it for the interbang.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

Like Nathan. I'm anti-Amazon and FB, but author got to make ...

2026-09-04T20:51:08Z

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Like Nathan.

I'm anti-Amazon and FB, but author got to make money, and the world is as it is.

Most food is not ethically produced. I don't stop eating.

There are also things I don't talk about here. But that has been true all my life.

#WordWeavers 4. What seemingly insignificant object in your story ...

2026-09-04T04:05:48Z

#WordWeavers 4. What seemingly insignificant object in your story carries a lot of emotional weight?

If there was one, I don't think I would tell.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers – 4th Sept. Reverse of last month's ...

2026-09-03T23:54:07Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 4th Sept. Reverse of last month's question: if e-books stopped being produced, how much would you miss them?

A bunch. 90% of what I read is ebooks. I'm trying to downsize my physical lib. too. So nice to have my complete library on one device.

Anyone in the Seattle area could probably talk me into giving them **lucky boxes of yuri manga.**

#NMSAM #NMPrompts #Manga #Yuri #Seattle

#WordWeavers 9/3: Share a line from your WIP that reveals more ...

2026-09-03T02:03:28Z

#WordWeavers 9/3: Share a line from your WIP that reveals more than the speaker intended.

> “I’m impressed. My fledgling is growing up to be a wise crow like me. I knew joining your murder was a brilliant idea!”

#Airisu has lots of lines like that that reveal her ego and bias.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers – 3rd Sept. Which ebook reader do you use? ...

2026-09-03T00:36:24Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 3rd Sept. Which ebook reader do you use?

Hardware or software?#

Hardware:<li>Samsung Galaxy Notebook (Primary)</li><li>Kindle Oasis</li><li>Mac</li>#

Software<li>ReadEra</li><li>Kobo Reader</li><li>Kodansha Reader</li><li>J-Novel Reader</li><li>Kindle Reader</li>#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers Sep 2 What would your MC notice first upon entering ...

2026-09-02T13:57:07Z

#WordWeavers Sep 2
What would your MC notice first upon entering a crowded room?

Awk!!, Motion! Feet! Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!

#Airisu: The #Crow and the Witch.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers List 7 things about your creativity<li>I ...

2026-09-01T13:06:19Z

#ScribesAndMakers List 7 things about your creativity<li>I am inspired by myth, legend, and other people's tales.</li><li>I work best with immediate reinforcement, i.e., serials.</li><li>I don't think commercial publishing channels are worth the time or money.</li><li>If it were a popular genre, I wouldn't write it.</li><li>I am not an artist; I buy my illustrations and, at the same time, support a human artist.</li><li><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Haiga"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Haiga</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/%E4%BF%B3%E7%94%BB"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#俳画</a> scratches three creative itches: poetry, photography, layout.</li><li>Mysticism and animism are deeply embedded in my writing along with romantic lesbian love and found family.</li>

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 2026.08.31 — What's one thing you hope readers ...

2026-08-31T10:13:46Z

#WordWeavers 2026.08.31 — What's one thing you hope readers remember long after they finish your story?

That they enjoyed their read and loved the women.

(And the climax kiss)

#NMWW #NMPrompts

Thank you. I don't kill my queer characters either. I give ...

2026-08-30T15:42:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…f7d5
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Thank you. I don't kill my queer characters either. I give them love and PTSD.

#ScribesAndMakers Aug 30 #TTMD @npub126z…l58s Tell us three ...

2026-08-30T13:09:28Z

#ScribesAndMakers Aug 30 #TTMD
Sandra Bond (npub126z…l58s)

Tell us three things you would like to know about you as a person, not a writer & two about yourself as a writer.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 30. If you could interview one of your characters ...

2026-08-30T04:17:31Z

#WordWeavers 30. If you could interview one of your characters over coffee, what would be the first question you asked?

Why would I ask them anything? I know more about them than they do themself and if I don't know, I can just create the answer.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers – 29th Aug. At age 11what did you want to be? ...

2026-08-30T00:22:48Z

#ScribesAndMakers – 29th Aug. At age 11what did you want to be?

A woman - oh, that's not what you meant.

mycologist

No interest now.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

#WordWeavers 8/26: "What weather best matches your current ...

2026-08-26T09:52:44Z

#WordWeavers 8/26: "What weather best matches your current work in progress?"

Eye of the Storm

Thing seem peaceful even idyllic at the moment.

#NMPrompts #NMWw

A drag on resources. Use the money to pay a programmer to work on ...

2026-08-17T22:27:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…0fev
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A drag on resources.

Use the money to pay a programmer to work on anti-spam tools.

••⋅☾ #俳句 ☽⋅•• Amid the leaves Cricket's ...

2026-08-10T02:24:21Z

••⋅☾ #俳句 ☽⋅••

Amid the leaves
Cricket's evening song
Blessing the stars

••⋅☾ #Haiku ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Leaves #Cricket

••⋅☾#片歌 ☽⋅•• Heaven knows The miles traveled ...

2026-08-03T14:51:31Z

••⋅☾#片歌 ☽⋅••

Heaven knows
The miles traveled
Putinesca anyone?

••⋅☾#katauta☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Sardines #camping #Haiga #俳画 #Photography #マストドン写真部 #写真

H. G. Wells' in "The Time Machine" was pretty ...

2026-07-10T16:55:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…0xcc
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H. G. Wells' in "The Time Machine" was pretty accurate.

I am familiar with this discussion and am in the "Alice's ...

2026-07-06T19:34:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…90xh
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I am familiar with this discussion and am in the "Alice's followers only" group. This was the OP's intent to start and means a consistent audience rather than a conversation that fades in and out.

I am not a fan of multiple options as this increases click counts for everything.

Instead, they should fix the "Only Friends" option on ...

2026-07-06T18:51:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…ywlk
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Instead, they should fix the "Only Friends" option on replies. It's just weird and broken.

#WordWeavers 29. Which piece of your own writing is the closest ...

2026-06-29T02:18:34Z

#WordWeavers 29. Which piece of your own writing is the closest to your heart and why?

Whatever my current major WIP is.

#NMWW #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers 9: Ask an author/artist (living or deceased) ...

2026-06-10T03:06:24Z

#ScribesAndMakers 9: Ask an author/artist (living or deceased) one question?

For Ken Wilber: What do you think of the current social/spiritual regression we are going through?

#NMSAM #NMPrompts #philosophy

#LoveMakeShare 15. Shout out a maker in your life who had an ...

2026-05-15T17:31:59Z

#LoveMakeShare 15. Shout out a maker in your life who had an impact on you.

My mother loved making period #doll clothes. The two pictured here are a turn-of-the-20th-century sporting outfit, and #VestaTilley (1864–1952) was the most prominent British female #crossdresser of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

#MothersDay #NMLMS #NMPrompts

#WritersCoffeeClub – 9th May. C&R: Share the first line of ...

2026-05-09T04:04:59Z

#WritersCoffeeClub – 9th May. C&R: Share the first line of your current WIP. Everyone: How enticed are you?

#TimeTravelingGhost: Vague shadows coalesced. Regrets of a half-lived life cut short—but by what? There were just swirling doubts.

#NMWCC #NMPrompts

These are my cliff notes.<li>Waka: (和歌), classic ...

2026-04-25T21:22:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…7pw8
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These are my cliff notes.<li>Waka: (和歌), classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae 5-7-5-7-7</li><li>Kyōka: (狂歌), "wild" or "mad poetry") is a popular, parodic subgenre of the tanka form of Japanese poetry with a metre of 5-7-5-7-7.</li><li>Katauta: 5-7-7, sometimes chained.</li><li>Renga (連歌) Early renga was an informal poetic exchange between courtiers, where one person would compose the first three lines (5-7-5), and another would add the last two lines (7-7).</li>

(Any errors are mine due to incomplete understanding.)

I have adopted these because my fiction dips into the Heian and Edo eras.

I lean closer to waka, which is an older form of tanka. It has ...

2026-04-25T20:28:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…ec6r
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I lean closer to waka, which is an older form of tanka. It has the same beat pattern. Waka was also used for courtly communication. As a culture, we have less shared sense of symbolism, so my verse tends to be more obvious.

I also write naturalist tanka, but that was not what the question was about.

Some of us also share writing-linked verses. Renga and Rengay and loosely formatted linked-verse lines.

#ScribesAndMakers 25: Do you do any activism through your ...

2026-04-25T19:04:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…vhd3
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#ScribesAndMakers 25: Do you do any activism through your creative work?Solar Branka :mw: (npub1kgl…sece)

#PoliticalPoetry
Below are links to a sampling.<li><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/AO3"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AO3</a> - <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/83360976"; target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Midnight Machetes: Three Political Poems for Our Times: </a></li><li><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/PIXIV"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PIXIV</a> - <a href="https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=27308710"; target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Protest Poetry: </a></li><li>Fedi - <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/@NaraMoore/116432808893330428"; target="_blank">Blessed Are...: </a></li>

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

Tearmoon Empire: Short Story Collection #1

2026-04-25T11:21:01Z

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Tearmoon Empire: Short Story Collection #1

#ScribesAndMakers 25: Our featured creator does "a bit of ...

2026-04-25T02:02:24Z

#ScribesAndMakers 25: Our featured creator does "a bit of educational activism on the side." Do you do any activism through your creative work?<li>Queers living "normal" lives.</li><li>Political poetry</li><li>Occationally a character will go on a rant about <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Polyamory"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Polyamory</a> or queer discrimination. (But it has to fit the plot.)</li>

That is about it.

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

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2026-04-06T22:35:04Z

> [> #> QueerPrompts](https://sakurajima.moe/tags/QueerPrompts )> April 6: > [> #> InternationalAsexualityDay](https://sakurajima.moe/tags/InternationalAsexualityDay )> : > [> #> Asexual](https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Asexual )> character(s) or > [> #> ace](https://sakurajima.moe/tags/ace )> reading recs

In "For Love of a #KonbiniIdol" <li>Kan-chan is ace, alloromantic, with limited touch rules.</li><li>Tomo is ace, alloromantic, no rules about touch. <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Transmasc"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Transmasc</a></li>

They are the secondary #romance arc

[PIXIV Link: ](https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104 )
[AO3 Link: ](https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025 )

#Asexuality #PIXIV #AO3

Yack!!! There did it for you.

2026-03-17T11:16:24Z

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Yack!!!

There did it for you.

So maybe that wasn't a bad idea, but chocolates and booze ...

2026-03-10T18:38:29Z

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So maybe that wasn't a bad idea, but chocolates and booze were thinking too small.

I headed for the CEO's office and stared at the #gaping vacancy on the wall where the Rembrandt had been.

Too late.

#Wss366 #MicroFiction #TootFic #NMFic

momoku has a few more restrictions: No punctuation, 17 or fewer ...

2026-03-04T16:08:07Z

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momoku has a few more restrictions:
No punctuation, 17 or fewer beats, usually nature oriented.

••⋅☾#ものく☽⋅•• geese in flight ragged monoku ...

2026-03-03T23:07:36Z

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••⋅☾#ものく☽⋅••

geese in flight ragged monoku

••⋅☾#Monoku☽⋅••

Image by Frank Weston Benson

#PoetryOnTheFly #NMPoetry #Poetry #monostich

Solar Branka :mw: (npub1kgl…sece)

••⋅☾#ものく☽⋅•• hedge monostich monoku one ...

2026-03-03T22:55:01Z

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••⋅☾#ものく☽⋅••

hedge monostich monoku one line

••⋅☾#Monoku☽⋅••

#PoetryOnTheFly #NMPoetry #Poetry #monostich

Solar Branka :mw: (npub1kgl…sece)

#ScribesAndMakers #TTMD > did you choose your name after ...

2026-03-02T20:04:14Z

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#ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

> did you choose your name after 奈良時代, Nara jidai

No, it was the name of a #Crow Shaman I ran in a Shadowrun game many decades ago. It's a pun on the ling "And the Raven said 'Never More,'" from Poe.

I have been fascinated by #Crows for a long time.

I have been tempted at times to say it is because I come from Nara Prefecture, but that is not true.

Solar Branka :mw: (npub1kgl…sece)

#ScribesAndMakers 2026.03.02 —#TTMD featured creator Nara Moore ...

2026-03-02T19:03:33Z

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.03.02 —#TTMD featured creator Nara Moore NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi (npub17cr…e970)

> In terms of the language you write in, does it influence your text?

> Is there a big difference in structure and rules between those that you noticed?

There is a big difference between English and Japanese.

On a macro scale, I write using English rules and structures.

(Style and overall are different. I tend to use JP ones, and that's why I sometimes get pissy when questions assume the universality of our novel structure, etc.

On a micro scale, some Japaneseisms have crept in. I use Japanese words where no English ones are suitable, and then try to gloss them in text or via a glossary.

Since characters appear from the Heian and Edo periods, there is both poetry and metaphor used for communication at times. I try to use authentic Japanese forms appropriate to the era and count "beats", not syllables. That is also why much of my poetry is shorter than that of other Fedi poets who use JP forms. The West uses syllables while Japan uses "beats." It's more technical than that, but it's close enough.

Solar Branka :mw: (npub1kgl…sece)

#ScribesAndMakers 20/02: The alpha male is a misconception ...

2026-02-20T02:24:54Z

#ScribesAndMakers 20/02: The alpha male is a misconception perpetuated in popular media that our featured creator works against in her wolf books. What's a misconception that bothers you in popular media?

That jealousy is a sign of love. It is rife in JP lit, especially in things aimed at young people. I loathe it.

I actively counter this in my writing. The dominating characteristic of my antags is possessiveness and jealousy. Protags demonstrate non-possessive love, even when they are monogamous (and most aren't).

#NMSAM #NMPrompts

I had noticed you were gone. You might also think about moving ...

2026-02-04T00:23:55Z

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I had noticed you were gone.

You might also think about moving because some servers block mstdn.jp for poor moderation. Ours suppresses the images from there.

I see the prior post commented on this as well.

#WordWeavers 2026.01.01 — What are your wildest ...

2026-01-02T00:03:41Z

#WordWeavers 2026.01.01 — What are your wildest (writing-related) dreams for this year?

A novel win in J-Novel Club's novel contest.

It is amazing (not) how fast that article switched from religious ...

2025-12-26T22:18:16Z

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It is amazing (not) how fast that article switched from religious compared to "unchurched" to comparing Christian to "Unchurched."

Generally, I am quite happy that the Buddhists are overlooked. It is still disturbing to see religion equated with Christianity. (Though unsurprising).

#WordWeavers Dec 4. What’s the worst thing about the world of ...

2025-12-03T23:31:24Z

#WordWeavers Dec 4. What’s the worst thing about the world of your story?

Whatever the worst thing is in this world. Humans beat youkai hands down for awfulness.

#ScribesAndMakers 24/10: Do you have a favorite pen, pencil, or ...

2025-10-24T01:39:20Z

#ScribesAndMakers 24/10: Do you have a favorite pen, pencil, or other writing implement? What's special about it?

I perfer fine tip pens.

But really, I use a computer and an external keyboard.

New scam is surfacing on Bluesky, which means it will arrive here ...

2025-08-03T00:25:10Z

New scam is surfacing on Bluesky, which means it will arrive here soon.

It works by telling you they have information about someone impersonating you, but for thin bogus reasons, you need to contact them on Discord. This is a scam.

#FediTips #FediAdim #mastoadmin #Scam

Gentle haze Smoke in the hills. A prophecy #ForestFire ...

2025-07-16T15:43:25Z

Gentle haze
Smoke in the hills.
A prophecy

#ForestFire
#dailyhaikuprompt #Poetry詩 #Haiku #俳句 #Senryu #PoetryOnTheFly #Fire #俳句
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Thoughts on Fever (発熱への思い) Monoku & Waka & ...

2025-07-06T01:52:54Z

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Thoughts on Fever (発熱への思い)
Monoku & Waka & Katauta

          •─────⋅☾#ものく☽⋅─────•

Sanuki Tenman-tennō Greets You with Single Flower
讃岐天満宮が一輪の花でお出迎え

          •─────⋅☾#和歌 ☽⋅─────•
Title: Sanuki Tenman-tennō Greets a Flower
題 : 讃岐天満宮、花を迎える

Wild hill
Evening flowers
Too soon frost
Petal dropping
Morning dew forgot

          •─────⋅☾片歌☽⋅─────•

A cool hand
Your gentle touch
Bedtime fever

You can take what you want from my katauta; one reading is rather ecchi. But it was about how cool a hand feels when you have a fever. Lol

私のカタカタから好きなものを取ってくれて構わない。でも、熱があるときの手の冷たさについてだった(笑)

一読は割とエッチです。

© 2025 Nara Moore

#WakaPoetry #和歌 #poetry #詩 #poetrycommunity
#Flowers #花 #Mortality #死亡 #必滅 #KonbiniIdol #HaikuFeels #Senryu #川柳 #Tanka #短歌 #Monoku #katauta #Fever #熱 #熱病
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# Sanuki Tenman-tennō Greets a Flower## ...

2025-07-06T01:18:38Z

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Sanuki Tenman-tennō Greets a Flower##

讃岐天満天皇迎接一朵花Wild hill
Evening flowers
Too soon frost
Petal dropping
Morning dew forgot

© 2025 Nara Moore

#WakaPoetry #和歌 #poetry #詩 #poetrycommunity
#Flowers #花 #Mortality #死亡 #必滅 #KonbiniIdol #HaikuFeels #Senryu #川柳
poetry group (npub1xfw…mava)

# Sanuki Tenman-tennō Greets a Flower ## ...

2025-07-06T01:17:53Z

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# Sanuki Tenman-tennō Greets a Flower
## 讃岐天満天皇迎接一朵花

Wild hill
Evening flowers
Too soon frost
Petal dropping
Morning dew forgot

© 2025 Nara Moore

#WakaPoetry #和歌 #poetry #詩 #poetrycommunity
#Flowers #花 #Mortality #死亡 #必滅 #KonbiniIdol #HaikuFeels #Senryu #川柳
poetry group (npub1xfw…mava)

#MastoPrompt 07/2 #Effuent #Katauta: ...

2025-07-02T19:35:06Z

**#MastoPrompt 07/2** #Effuent
**#Katauta:**

•─────⋅☾#片歌☽⋅─────•

One percent
On a golden throne
Effluent wealthy

#NMMP #NMPrompts
#senryu #PoetryOnTheFly #poetry #poetrycommunity
#Political
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#WSS366 07/2 #Blue 番 2 * #Monoku: *(< 17, no caps or ...

2025-07-02T19:05:28Z

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**#WSS366 07/2** #Blue 番 2

* **#Monoku:** *(< 17, no caps or punctuation)*
* **#Haiku:** *(5-7-5 metre)*
* **#Katauta:** *(5-7-7 metre)*
* **#Waka:** *(5-7-5-7-7 metre)* #WakaPoetry

I use morae not syllables

 •─────⋅☾#ものく☽⋅─────•

Clear blue fearless lemming

 •─────⋅☾#俳句☽⋅─────•

For clear blue
Fearless lemming
Promising

 •─────⋅☾#片歌☽⋅─────•

For clear blue
Fearless lemming
Promise return

 •─────⋅☾#和歌 ☽⋅─────•

Wind in face
Clear blue around
Brave lemming
Gold haze approach
Promise return

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© 2025 Nara Moore

#NMWCC #NMPrompts
#senryu #PoetryOnTheFly #poetry #poetrycommunity #HaikuFeels
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# #Wss366 7/1 #Cool## #Katauta #片歌A cool hand Your gentle ...

2025-07-01T20:50:15Z

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#Wss366 7/1 #Cool##

#Katauta #片歌A cool hand
Your gentle touch
Bedtime fever

NMPrompts #NMV366
#senryu #和歌 #PoetryOnTheFly #poetry #poetrycommunity #Fever #熱 #熱病
poetry group (npub1xfw…mava)

# #MastoPrompt 7/1 #CowardiceAppeasement Peace at a price ...

2025-07-01T19:52:49Z

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#MastoPrompt 7/1 #CowardiceAppeasement
Peace at a price
Cowardes

#NMMP #NMPrompts
#senryu #PoetryOnTheFly #poetry #Haiku #Ukraine #politics #poetrycommunity poetry group (npub1xfw…mava)

#WritersCoffeeClub 06/27. Share an experience of writing in a ...

2025-06-29T18:32:27Z

**#WritersCoffeeClub 06/27**. Share an experience of writing in a restrictive format **Part 3**<li><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Monoku"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Monoku</a>: (< 17, no caps or punctuation)</li><li><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Haiku"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Haiku</a>: (5-7-5 metre)</li><li><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Katauta"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Katauta</a>: (5-7-7 metre)</li><li>Waka: (5-7-5-7-7 metre) <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/WakaPoetryI"; class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WakaPoetryI</a> use mora not syllables</li>

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suddenly blue hilltop screaming down

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A hilltop
Suddenly blue
Scre… down

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A hilltop
Suddenly blue
Screaming down

 •─────⋅☾ ☽⋅─────•

A hilltop
Suddenly blue
Airy leap
Gold haze below
Screaming down

© 2025 Nara Moore

#NMWCC #NMPrompts
##senryu #和歌 #PoetryOnTheFly #poetry #poetrycommunity #Sky #上空 #上空 #Hill #丘 #HaikuFeels
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# #MastoPrompt 6/26 #breakThe cane breaks Sun break through ...

2025-06-26T18:14:41Z

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#MastoPrompt 6/26 **#break**The cane breaks
Sun break through
Birds rising
Mist still heavy
upon the lowland

© 2025 Nara Moore

#NMPrompts #NMMP
#WakaPoetry #和歌 #PoetryOnTheFly #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Lovely.

2025-06-18T19:43:14Z

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Lovely.

#TimeTravelAuthors 06/11 #Harmony #TimeTravelingGhost Part 12 ...

2025-06-11T16:03:50Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 06/11 #Harmony
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 12

Once inside, we were surrounded by partygoers in costumes that would have put modern cosplayers to shame: tigers in rich yellow and black outfits, a peacock woman with a full peacock’s tail, pirates flashing gold teeth, and costumes that would get you canceled today. The whole thing moved in a Folies Bergère harmony of silk and chaos.

“We are fashionably late,” my mystery date said. Her Hungarian accent made it hard to understand her. My French was already weak; add a dash of Eastern Europe and full comprehension was dicey.

The woman continued, “But we are in time for Sidney Bechet’s sweet harmonies. Shall we sit and have a cocktail or dance?”

“Sit. I don’t seem hip to any of that jive rug cutting,” I said, immediately unsure if I’d used that right.
Indeed, the dancers dansaient comme des diables, cutting loose with spins, flips, Charleston shakes, and Black Bottom hip grinds.

“Dancing is for the young, is it not? There was nothing like this when I grew up,” the Countess said. (For want of another name, I shall call her that.)

“Has Bechet shot that woman yet?” I asked.

“Oh, will he shoot someone? Divine. I must try to be there. No one tells you how dull life is if you live too long.”

A server in a risqué sequined dress arrived, and we promptly had Champagne cocktails, along with a tin of black Russian cigarettes for the Countess. She removed her mask, but I only got a hint of her appearance. The veil, appropriate for her costume, was fine black lace studded with red droplet stones; blood and shadow in perfect harmony. I could just make out her face, pale, almost as pale as the mask.

“Order what you like. I meet so few ghosts, and believe me, you are more intriguing than most. Dreadfully dull, always bent on revenge or hanging on to what they had in life. They should have worried about that when they were alive.”

She waved for two more cocktails and continued, “Mademoiselle Baker is best appreciated after a few cocktails.”

(To be continued)

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMTTA #SidneyBechet #JosephineBaker #CountessElizabethBáthory #Jazz #roaring20s

#TimeTravelAuthors 06/09 #Costumes #MastoPrompt #sketch ...

2025-06-09T20:43:37Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 06/09 #Costumes
#MastoPrompt #sketch
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 11

The dingy London street faded from view. The last thing Ghost saw was David Copperfield waving a sad goodbye. “Not a bad fellow,” Ghost thought.

A brightly lit street replaced the scene of grime and despair. Before me stretched an avenue thronged with people in search of tonight’s delights. Neon signs blazed above doorways, proudly naming the city’s temples of amusement. Down the boulevard, the Moulin Rouge flaunted its red windmill, turning lazily in a bath of neon. Not far from it, a grand neoclassical façade flashed a marquee in red, white, and blue:
“Casino de Paris — Maurice Chevalier — To-Night!” On a lamppost was a sketch of a woman in a skirt of bananas.

And directly before me, under the glow of neon lights, the Folies Bergère shimmered. Its sign read:

“Josephine Baker — Masquerade (Private)”

A red carpet lay unfurled across the sidewalk, cordoned off with velvet ropes. Burly attendants held back curious onlookers as men and women in fantastical costumes stepped gracefully from chauffeur-driven touring cars. Somewhere close by, I heard a pair whisper:

“Is that Hemingway?”
“No costume. So gauche.”

I stood mesmerized. So many lights! So many people! How could such opulence exist along with the squalor I had just seen?

A red-gloved hand tugged at my sleeve, and a woman’s voice, heavy with a Hungarian accent, said, “Charming a ghost. I needed a companion tonight.”

She was wearing a 17th-century-style dress of deep crimson satin, but with décolletage that was totally 1920s. It was further accented by black lace and tiny rubies or, more likely, red glass that could have been mistaken for droplets of blood in this light. Her mask was delicate, enameled porcelain, shaped like a weeping face from a church tomb.

She linked arms with me. Unlike the hand that had tugged my sleeve, it had no glove, displaying long, talon-like scarlet nails. They were hands that never worked beyond claiming what she thought was hers by right.

Having secured me, she gently took me in tow and entered the theater. The crowds parted for her with a small murmur, “The Countess.” Just as she had claimed me without regard to my wishes, she entered the building, brooking no interference.

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMTTA #JosephineBaker #CountessElizabethBáthory

#TimeTravelAuthors 06/07 Saturday excerpt #Focus ...

2025-06-07T16:07:03Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 06/07 Saturday excerpt #Focus
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 10

The ghost and the boy walked through the waking streets of London, threading their way through the bustle of people getting ready for the day. Periodically, they heard shouts of Merry Christmas and other holiday salutations.

Ghost led the way through poor back-alley streets, past mean penny-a-day inns and crowded tenements. But she never hesitated. As long as she focused, he knew where the Cratchits lived. Arriving at a run-down house, the Ghost stopped.

“What’s your name, boy?” Ghost asked. It seemed silly to keep calling him “boy.”

“David, sir, if it pleases you, sir. David Copperfield.”

Ghost nodded, not being well-read. He didn’t recognize the name. She knew enough ghost lore to know the story “A Christmas Carol,” but there were no ghosts in “David Copperfield.”

“This is what you do, David. Knock on the door and say you have a message from Mr. Scrooge. Say he has had a change of heart, and a generous present will soon arrive. Lastly, say that Mr. Scrooge could not pay you to deliver the message, but he was sure the Cratchits would share a meal with you. You can add that line, ‘I’m so hungry,’ if you like. You do it very well. It would melt a heart of stone.”

“And you, sir. Surely you won’t run off now. I shall sorely miss you if you do.” David grabbed at Ghost’s hands, but it was like trying to catch the morning mist.

“I must; I have someone to find,” Ghost said and closed her eyes, imagining a new place and time. A woman’s name popped into her head. “I will visit her.”

Q: Who did Ghost think of, i.e., where shall we go next?

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMTTA #CharlesDickens #pastiche #AChristmasCarol #DavidCopperfield #Poll

#WordWeavers 5. What would your first chapter smell like? The ...

2025-06-05T01:34:22Z

#WordWeavers 5. What would your first chapter smell like?

The heavy smell of river bottom fog mixed with the smell of corruption, stale cheap beer, and cigarettes.

#nmww #NMPrompts #KonbiniIdol

#TimeTravelAuthors 06/01 Dreams in your stories – Now I have. ...

2025-06-03T20:52:20Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 06/01 Dreams in your stories – Now I have.
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 9

The boy looked at Ghost. “I had a dream, sir. If it ain’t too silly to say so.”

“There was a man in black, like one of those mimes in Piccadilly, only black, not white. I even know his name, bless me. It was on his chest, proud as a toff with his misses. ‘Quasi Temporal,’ it said. I remember quite distinctly.”

“He handed me a box, square, warm… Oh, but the smell, like all the food vendors had piled their food in your lap, so fine it made my mouth hurt. When I opened it, there was a great round of bread inside, all covered with cheese. Cheese all melty and shining, like the sun on a morning like this.”

The boy stopped and pointed at the sun, which had just peeked through the buildings across the street.

“Sir, the taste. It was the best thing I’ve ever eaten. I was quite the pig. I ate the whole thing, every crumb, sir. A mouse couldn’t have found a bit to eat. I know I shouldn’t have, not all at once, but I couldn’t help myself.”

“And then, I said, very soft-like, not wanting to be rude, ‘Please, sir, may I have more?’”

The boy’s eyes got wide with wonder and excitement. “And he gave me more. A stack of them, like plates at a feast.”

“And just when I thought I ought to say a proper thank you, he vanished like chimney smoke.”

This time, the boy pointed to the coal smoke rising from the houses.

“And he says, ‘Anytime Time Traveling Pizza,’ just like that. I don’t know what it meant, but I wish he were real.”

“Then I wake up, so hungry and not anything to eat except my shoes and dust under the bed. You mentioned food, sir. Could we go? I’ll be like at church and make no more noise than a mouse. Please, sir.”

“Boo, hoo, creeek, hoo” Jeckle cried.

Ghost floated up and held out her hand. “Sure, let’s go, little sir.”

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMTTA #CharlesDickens #pastiche #DavidCopperfield #HeckleAndJeckle #Pizza
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#TimeTravelAuthors 06/01 Tell us about your story ...

2025-06-01T20:47:51Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 06/01 Tell us about your story
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 8

Ghost drifted out of Scrooge’s house, where she hadn’t felt welcome, and sat on the steps in the grim pre-dawn light. As the light grew stronger, a ragged, dirty boy sat down beside her. Silence stretched between them until the boy tentatively began talking.

“Sir—if you please, sir—are you quite deceased?” the boy inquired, tugging his threadbare cap.

“Yeah, it sucks.”

“If it wouldn’t trouble you greatly, sir, I should like to hear your story. I expect I shall be dead soon myself, what with the hunger and all.”

“Sure. Then I’ll take you someplace where there’s food—Bob Cratchit’s house.”

There’s an author who writes silly things, and she wanted to write a story for a prompt (#WSS366). #HEAVEN knows why! So, she made a “Lass” who... (Let me cut that short.) Anyway, she killed the Lass most cruelly. Then she found another prompt for time travel stories (#TimeTravelAuthors) and had the Lass summon me. I think I’m a kind of ghost, but not really. (Frankly, it makes little sense.) The ghost can time travel and is named “Time Traveling Ghost.” (That’s me.) “Ghost,” for short. Only Author (that’s her name in the story) hasn’t told Ghost how to time travel. All Ghost wants is to get revenge on the people who killed Lass (Poe and Time Manager—TM for short). The—

The boy raised a hand. “You believe the strangest things, sir,” said the boy, wide-eyed. “But I dare say the world is full of such strangeness, if only one’s stomach weren’t growling too loud to hear it.”

Jeckle, who perched below them on Scrooge’s steps, added, “She sure does, don’t she, Boy? Let’s EAT!”

Heckle, sitting next to Jeckle, screeched, “Chow down. Chow down. Get yer feed bag!”

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMTTA #AChristmasCarol #CharlesDickens #pastiche #DavidCopperfield #HeckleAndJeckle #Crow #Corvid #Plushies ShadowPlay (npub1u2y…25ww) [@plush_bot](https://plush.city/@plush_bot )

#TimeTravelAuthors May 31 Author choice #TimeTravelingGhost Part ...

2025-05-31T18:47:02Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors May 31 Author choice
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 7 (Long)

The word “Goodbye” resounded like a pen’s ultimate declaration, and Ghost found herself in a dark room smelling of mildew. In front of her was a moth-eaten four-poster bed with a figure struggling to arise.

“Have you come to call upon me as well?” inquired the figure, an old gentleman whose nightgown hung on him like a shroud, his cap askew, and blankets heaped around him. “I assure you, good spirit, I am a reformed soul. Pray, tell me, who are you?”

“Time Traveling Ghost, and who might you be?” Ghost took the chance to look around. She found herself in a bedroom furnished only by the bed and a writing desk with a lone bowl, a spoon handle protruding from it. Underfoot was a threadbare carpet with an incongruous holly leaf and three red berries scattered on it.

“Ebenezer Scrooge!” came the astonished reply. “But I was given to understand — most solemnly — that there would be three spirits, and three alone. What business have you here?”

“I think it’s a joke by Author.” Ghost said, as perplexed as Scrooge at the turn of events. She cast her eyes about and spotted Heckle and Jeckle in the corner. “Damn, just my luck they would come along,” she muttered so low Scrooge couldn’t make out the words.

The elder blinked at him, befuddled. “I know not this Arthur of whom you speak, nor have I an appetite for riddles at this hour. The cock has not crowed, and come dawn I am beset by more tasks than I can bear. Go your way, sir, and take your visions with you.”

“I don’t suppose you’d spare me a farthing for a morning cup of coffee?” Ghost asked. “As you say, it’s rather early.”

“Not a farthing, nay, not a penny, ill-begotten beggar!” Scrooge cried, waving his arms as if to banish a vapour. “Begone, figment conjured by the tyrannies of undigested mustard!”

“Changed man,” Jeckle croaked, “Not.”

“Coffee? You’re a ghost,” Heckle screeched. “Hey buddy, can you spare me a dime?”

Scrooge pivoted to where the voices came from. “And what ill-begotten jesters are these? Vile emanations of prunes left too long to stew. Begone, thou late-born fragment of muddled sleep! Coffee indeed! Brazen haunt, seek you an almshouse, not my abode.” And with that, he dove under the covers.

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMTTA
#AChristmasCarol #CharlesDickens #pastiche
#HeckleAndJeckle

#TimeTravelAuthors May 29 How much violence in your story? ...

2025-05-29T17:08:48Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors May 29 How much violence in your story?
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 6

“I pity the GochiUsa girls,” Ghost said. “It’s like having bratty little brothers.”

“Who you pitying?” Jeckle said.

“Yeah, it’s like having snotty big sisters!” Heckle said.

“I love being a big sister. You can count on your onee-san,” Hoto Cocoa said.

“Crarrk, Cawwk, boo, hiss.” #HeckleAndJeckle screamed as they threw food at the girls and random bystanders.

“This is as violent as this story gets,” Author said.

“No, no, no. You need to hurt Poe and TM,” Ghost pleaded.

“We’ll see,” Author said.

“For a time-traveling ghost, you’ve been here a long time. – Charles Dickens, 1843.”

“What?”

“Goodbye.”

Puff

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#wss366 5/28 #Dog 5/27 Hungry maw Three days straight Precious ...

2025-05-28T17:14:02Z

#wss366 5/28 #Dog 5/27

Hungry maw
Three days straight
Precious prize
Mama finally found
Something that I love

© 2025 Nara Moore
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#TimeTravelAuthors May 27 Siblings in your story? ...

2025-05-27T16:54:10Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors May 27 Siblings in your story?
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 5

The crow twins peeked at the day’s TimeTravelAuthors prompt and asked, “Is a qubling, someone who quibbles?”

Jeckle said. “We never quibble!”

“No, we’re the image of polite crows. Nothing like ravens or rooks,” Heckle amended.

“Are they always like this?” Ghost asked.

“Pretty much, unless they’re throwing food at the GochiUsa girls.” Author answered.

“It means you’re brothers or sisters,” Author corrected them #plushies.

“We knew that! Just testing you,” Jeckle said.

“We thought we were first cousins, but Mom said we we're twins,” Heckle said.

“Not to quibble...” Heckle started.

“...we’re siblings,” Jeckle finished.

“Tada,” they said together.

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #Drabble #NMTTA #SliceOfLife
#HeckleAndJeckle #Crows #corvids
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#TimeTravelAuthors 25: Historical research? #TimeTravelingGhost ...

2025-05-25T18:59:45Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 25: Historical research?
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 4

“Okay, when will you hurt them?” Ghost asked.

“I did what you ASKED.” Author pulled up her post to #wss366 5/22. “See.”

“That’s not what I meant!”

“You asked me to visit them with ‘Gnarly Bad Things,’ and I did.”

“She’s a firecracker, that one,” Jeckle yelled.

“Word twister,” Heckle added.

“I didn’t mean someone named ‘Gnarly Bad Things,’ I meant hurt them,” Ghost said.

“This is a slice-of-life, sorry.”

“And where did you learn history? That’s not what the 12th century was like.”

“I don’t research. I make it up. ALL of it. My motto:”

“Garbage in, Nonsense Out!”
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Story referenced: https://sakurajima.moe/@NaraMoore/114553264860578663

Note: I research for my main-story, part of which takes place in a pseudo Heian era imperial court. But that’s no time-travel, that supernatural.

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#TimeTravelAuthors 5/23 Pink #TimeTravelingGhost Part 3 “So ...

2025-05-21T16:52:27Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 5/23 Pink
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 3

“So what’s are all those PINK ones? I like PINK,” Time Traveling Ghost asked.

“Anya, from #SpyXFamily,” Author said.

“Them all? You must love that anime.”

“No, on the left is Nabeshiko from #YuruCamp. And yes, I like SpyXFamily. I’ll read the manga next.”

“Hay, Miss white ghosty stuff, did you travel to the past to ask stupid questions about PINK #plushies?” Heckle called down.

“Right,” said Ghost. “I want you to write gnarly bad stuff happening to Poe and TM.”

“Okay,” Author replied.

“Idiot. She’s a writer, and it’s a story. Bad things happen!” Jeckle said.

“Duh,” Heckly said.

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#TimeTravelAuthors 5/19 Where did you get the idea for your ...

2025-05-19T19:42:40Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 5/19 Where did you get the idea for your story?
#TimeTravelingGhost Part 2

“The author! Def best place to screw with Poe and Time Manager,” #TimeTravelingGhost said.

“What a messy desk, but the plushies are cute,” Ghost noted.

“There’s a ghost,” Jeckle called from a shelf.

“So, what’s new?” Author shrugged. “Who’s it this time: Boo-gart, Greta Ghoulbo, Long Chain-ney?”

“Have Poe fall under the pendulum,” Ghost whispered in Author’s ear.

“Why? ‘Fall’ isn’t the prompt word.”

“Because I’ll haunt you otherwise! Stupid!”

“Stupid,” Heckle echoed.

“So? Get in line. It’s Betty Graveis’s turn, then Fred A. Scare.”

“How do you think up this stuff?”

Author tapped her head. “Garbage in, #nonsense out.”

Author’s note: blame RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist (npub1rg8…m6l5)

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#TimeTravelAuthors 6/15 Character who's least likely to time ...

2025-05-17T22:05:39Z

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#TimeTravelAuthors 6/15 Character who's least likely to time travel.
#TimeTravelAuthors 6/17 Excerpt: #Justice
#wss366 #Easy 6/17 (#TimeTravelingGhost Part 1)

That’d be me, the “Wee Lass,” from the beginning of #TimeManager.

(Call that pantsing, rambling, toot, drabble fiction, even a story? It’s EASILY the worst story on the Fedi.)

I got my wish to be in two places simultaneously, but not the way I expected. No time travel involved.

Now invested with the power of the TimeTravelAuthors prompt, I summon a time-traveling ghost. I’ll get JUSTICE (revenge) from Poe and the Time (Project) Manager.

Consider this a prologue to another terrible, pantsing, etc., fiction. If you’ve a low nonsense-tolerance, filter on #TimeTravelingGhost. Twofer filter #NMTTA

Muahahaha, Hehaw, cough, cough, cough.

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMV366 #Drabble #TimeTravel
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#wss366 #Lick 5/16 #Easy 6/17 (#TimeManager Part 10) Poe awoke, ...

2025-05-17T20:56:15Z

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#wss366 #Lick 5/16 #Easy 6/17 (#TimeManager Part 10)

Poe awoke, clutching his head, thinking, “EASY on the cocktails next time.”

Around a bonfire pranced lizards, toads, stags, and creatures more grotesque.

“Where the hell!?”

TM answered, “A smal wicche bad us hoom, 1150.”

Poe’s bedraggled raven added, “Þis is BYFAR þe wierdeste þing þat ich evere seye.”

“You’re not making a LICK of sense,” Poe said. “Translate!”

Raven obliged. “A wee witch invited us home to 1150.” I said, “This is EASILY the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.”

“A witches’ Sabbath!!!” Poe exclaimed.

“Nay, a fest of disgisynges,” a goat-footed man explained.

Raven translated, “Nay, a costume party.”

#MiddleEnglish

#MicroFiction #NMPrompts #NMV366 #Drabble #TimeTravel #TimeTravelAuthors #NMTTA Quasi (npub18d7…73lz)

#PennedPossibilities 673 Tell us about the kindest thing your ...

2025-05-17T14:26:51Z

#PennedPossibilities 673
Tell us about the kindest thing your antag has done.

“Okay, Ashiya is crow, and he warned her of... Oh, he’s making excuses!”

Another silken rasp—the blade fully drawn—a prelude to the Empress’s cutting verse:

          Foolish crow
          Flying near the sun
          Beware the scorching

“That sounds like a threat. She’s not buying his excuse.”

          White dove coo
          Katana sheathed
          Blind Crow croaks

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