Hi everyone! This quarter has reached its midway point, so it's time for a Currently on my art post. Everything noteworthy this year seems to have accumulated into a singular post, because I have a LOT to tell you all this time.
Tag: Flash Fiction Month 2025
FFM 2025 31: The Ill-Judged Choice
...Then again, if he consented, would it really be so bad, especially when she would still be there to give him more hugs (and other platonic touches) if he wanted more later? "May I hug you?"
FFM 2025 30: Explanation(s)
Beyari leaned back, ready to rehash how she usually explained Mind-sense to other people. "I can sense nearby people's emotions that are on the surface passively. I can sense them more acutely if I focus, but it's got a high risk of those emotions sweeping me away and throwing me off-balance, so I avoid doing that. Conversely, I can also block my Mind-sense out if I focus in the opposite direction."
FFM 2025 29: Revelation(s)
Beyari laughed so hard when QWERTY explained what ae and Commander Urrang (and a bunch of other mechs, including the two cute Infini'Tech Labs Courier-series 'bots she had met the other day) had been working on. "So diabolical!"
FFM 2025 28: Proof of Concept
Sifting through the data the mechs gathered was easier to arrange; Steirdrar was already visiting the Afterglow fairly often, after all. Agent Ket noticed him working with QWERTY immediately but when her inquiry got responded only with him helping with one of QWERTY's projects, she backed off with a smile and a "glad to see you two're getting along."
FFM 2025 27: Mech Intrigue
Steirdrar tried not to think that he was being led into a trap as he followed QWERTY into one of the more secluded warehouses. There was a gathering of mechs, no organics, already there — including the two courier 'bots he had taken with him when he had defected. Cou-1 and Cou-2 both chirped greetings the moment they spotted him, their digital faceplates immediately smiling.
FFM 2025 26: The Hydra’s Call
One day in May 2015, The Fool is killing a little time on DeviantArt, listening to Linkin Park's Until It's Gone on repeat. Somehow, their browsing leads to a journal that advertises literature events on the platform, including one called the "Flash Fiction Month" — an event that lasts all of July and involves writing a 55-1000-word story each day of the month.
FFM 2025 25: So Much Gossip
"You're frustrated." Steirdrar startled. "Oh, QWERTY. Sorry, when did you get here?" QWERTY's face remained blank. "The warehouse: five minutes ago. Your vicinity: one minute and counting ago."
FFM 2025 24: To Escape A Plane
Challenge: Write a story of the thriller/spy genre and include some kind of escape or escape attempt. Roll a 6-sided die to determine your setting, a character you must include, a plot twist and, optionally, something to spice things up. My rolls were plane as a setting, a detective as a character to include, Someone … Continue reading FFM 2025 24: To Escape A Plane
FFM 2025 23: Tiredness
The first sun had already risen by the time Beyari emerged from the plant room. QWERTY eyed her and the harvested lemongrass she carried to the galley. "One of those dreams again?" "Yeah." Beyari set up the kettle to boil water. "Rough enough to make Yak-Dayn cry."
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