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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

Writer of fiction; author of The Water Girl; lost in the forest or inspecting the mechanism Somewhere in the British Isles Joined October 2021
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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

3 days ago

#Serendipity has nothing to do with it. I have an hour to go out and get a hundred chores done, in the miserable April rain, which clearly won’t stop falling on me unless I actually dissolve, before I spend the rest of the weekend working. Sorry, I’m not in the mood. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

3 days ago

‘How did you find me?’ she asked. ‘#Serendipity,’ I slurred. ‘Leave me alone.’ ‘You’re an antidisestablishmentarian?’ ‘Go away.’ ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’ ‘Idiot.’ ‘Did you just floccinaucinihilipilificate me?’ ‘Not worth the effort.’ I never saw her again. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

3 days ago

#Serendipity sang carols on her balcony every morning, announcing Christmas to the entire street. Undeterred by incessant rain, which had drowned several reindeer and caused a number of seasonal lay-offs, her voice carried for miles. She was shot by a disgruntled elf. #vss365

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Amanda @ze_mannny

4 days ago

patiently waiting for the next jukebox track spinning a coin #vss365 #coin #haiku #senryu

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Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts @Fizzytwizler

4 days ago

#Coin me a phrase Something I can write To describe the light of you But for you my love Words aren’t enough near or far So I stutter and sigh Letting days go by Without you knowing A thing about me La-La La, dee #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

4 days ago

The #coin pixies have been in the fridge again. There’s a pile of change where the milk should be and all the gherkins are gone. I was tempted to bait a rat trap with marmalade, but Sally said that would only antagonise them. So I’ll just spend the money on perversion. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

4 days ago

Mia stumbled back into the dinner party, admittedly the worse for champagne, but confident she’d won the bet. A pleasant sojourn, a few decades into the past, and no political repercussions. Simon smiled, handing over a gold #coin. The heads side, displayed her own face. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

4 days ago

I flicked a #coin over the pier, so that it all goes the way it should this year. Minutes later, a friend did tell me ‘it’s all going the way it should.’ Three months on, my mistake is clear. The gap between ‘I want’ and ‘it should’ is large enough for Death to spot. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

6 days ago

The Devil stood under a yew, shaking his head sadly at a basket of hen’s eggs. ‘The #deal was a thousand years of good health, in return for a dozen innocent souls’. ‘Correct.’ ‘You never said you didn’t want to be a tree.’ ‘Stop whining and make yourself an omelette.’ #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

6 days ago

You #deal yourself a final card and I raise the bet. We both know your hand is unbeatable, but there is a principle at stake here. I must demonstrate submission and defeat at all costs, or lose any hope. Against four queens, I play a pair of threes and the Hanged Man. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

6 days ago

Woken by a treeful of feathered demons, whose incessant chirruping appears to be choral swearing. I’ve no idea why they despise me to such a degree, but I have neither the patience, nor the shotgun, to #deal with them today. Life is a blacksmith’s forge, in zero gravity. #vss365

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debashish samaddar @dsamaddar

7 days ago

#Mirror mirror on the wall Am I handsome? Dark and tall? No sir, sorry sir, regret to say Short and swarthy, turning gray! Fuck you mirror, go to hell! No problem sir, you as well! #vss365

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Cassondra Windwalker @WindwalkerWrite

7 days ago

Of course, the magic #mirror always spoke the truth because it was no glass at all. It was formed from a single stolen drop of the waters of the Well of Wisdom, fed continually by the tears of a fallen star trapped in the sea. And that star was mother to the queen. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

7 days ago

If in doubt, switch on a reptile #mirror and take a look at your inner lizard. It’s surprising how green skin and a forked tongue can improve your confidence, ahead of an interview. If they ask the wrong questions, try swallowing aphids and licking your own eyeballs. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

7 days ago

Limerick Johnson took the bet and began improvising the clientele. He had fun with the owner, Regina Duff. The plumber, Bart Cringe, fared worse. Astrologer, Pity Badluck, was unrepeatable. Smirking at the end of the bar, was the concierge, Ozymandias Filth #Mirror. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

7 days ago

I see your face in the #mirror. It makes me wonder where you’ve been and whether my reflection took away reason. He must be out there somewhere, miserable or dead. This crippled thing, jammed into the husk in its place, might even survive. I may have to give it a name. #vss365

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Helen Laycock, Writer ✍ @helen_laycock

a week ago

For #EarthDay2024, I thought I would share again my poem 'To the Unborn' (originally published by @popshotmag). The final word was originally 'regret', but the magazine's editor suggested a more positive ending which is why we decided instead on 'hope'. #poetry ♥️🌎♥️

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

a week ago

‘You can’t create sentient beings, just so you can swan about with wings and a halo’. ‘Can I still do the sea creatures of #folklore?’ ‘Absolutely not’ ‘Even on special occasions?’ ‘If it happens again, you’ll be demoted to demigod and spend eternity fixing the platypus.’ #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

a week ago

Aboard the #folklore balloon, we sailed over houses, watching beanstalk worms glitter in the sonata of a total eclipse. Smashing a glass dragon with flamingo biscuits was a highlight of the aurora. Until somebody woke and we faded into a disconcertingly unpleasant smell. #vss365

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Alex Mcloughlin @AlexofLoughlin

a week ago

Local #folklore said that twins were evil, so if this pair died of plague, it was likely for the best. Mia administered antibiotics, then jumped ahead twenty years to see how they’d done. Apparently, their parents were the first of ninety-six people they boiled and ate. #vss365

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