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Those Who Live in Grass Houses

by Beholden

Rated: 18+ · Book · Fantasy · #2316938

GoT plus the PromptMaster! and Cards Against Authors stuff (poetry and short stories)

Apparently this is going to be a load of writing of various types - stories, poems, reviews and, no doubt, just about anything else you can think of..

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Jayne

Jan 24, 2025 at 5:54pm
In response to "Mechanical Sympathy"

Nicely done!

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Beholden

Apr 15, 2024 at 9:54pm
In response to "Return"

Oh, interesting comment! I hadn't looked at it like that but I see what you mean. To me, it seemed one of those prompts that tells the story for you and I was just attempting to subvert that by taking an unusual line. They addressed me as the father, so I thought about how I'd feel as the father and expressed that, at the same time avoiding having to continue a story in which the punchline has already been stolen by the prompt.

As regards mystery, that comes of having only one half of a conversation - we never hear what the daughter is saying and have to work that out for ourselves. ;)

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H❀pe

Apr 15, 2024 at 9:45pm
In response to "Return"

I wish I'd not read the prompt, I really enjoyed the mystery you maintained here in your poem.

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H❀pe

Apr 14, 2024 at 6:38pm
In response to "Rago's Diet"

Finally the anatomy of a dragon explained, it all makes such sense now

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Beholden

Apr 14, 2024 at 12:46pm
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

LOL, Blueyez, I can't deny the thought of WDC crossed my mind as I was writing this. But typos are sent to plague me. No matter how many times I edit, there's always at least one that slips through.

ßlυҽყҽʐ 🤍

Apr 14, 2024 at 12:26pm
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

"(Thern) he brightened and said ..." typo?

Good story. I really like your characters.

After I finished reading, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps stars mean nothing at all in the end. Much like many things here in WDC land.

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Beholden

Apr 14, 2024 at 11:06am
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

Thank you, Angel.

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Amethyst Agape Angel

Apr 14, 2024 at 10:58am
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

Oh, that was classy. I was afraid there would be a brawl. Well done.

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February 15, 2025 at 10:57am

#1083894

Frigate Bird

Frigate Bird

An unlikely hero, the frigate bird
with bright crimson wattle
and extended beak
like an overgrown dodo on a diet
its eye staring in confusion
perhaps at its alternate name
of booby

yet when it flies there’s belief
in those angled wings
and perfect balance
playing with the wind to soar
and hover
a creature in its element
and repute

fastest in a dive indeed
a wing-tucked arrow
in vertical plummet
from the height to the rolling sea
and the flash of silver
neath the wave
a fishy dinner guaranteed

Such speed is never denied.

Line count: 22
Free verse
For Cards Against Authors, Week Six Prompt
Prompt Card: You pick your own topic this week
Word Card: Plummet
Wild Card: Constraint - Use the prompt to create a new myth.

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February 15, 2025 at 10:32am

#1083893

Abandonment 2

Abandonment 2

We’ve seen it often enough,
you and I and all the world,
there by the side of the road,
forlorn and bereft of hope,
worn and dirtied and abandoned,
so singular in mystery,
cast from society and exiled,
the shoe alone.

Line count: 8
Free verse
For PromptMaster! February Week 2 Task Prompt
Prompt: Write a poem using polysyndeton: adding multiple conjunctions in close succession for emphasis (e.g., “We lived and laughed and loved and left”).

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