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rheostatic.bsky.social
omg the 30dhs burnout is hitting like a mac truck but I am so touched by the responses this year. I just can't put it in words outside of mildly misty eyed gratitude lol. All my words went into the last 30 days I ain't got none left !!!!
October 1, 2026 at 11:57 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Second, the 30dhs community isn't going anywhere! If you are a GaiaOnline user, please join us in our year round thread, And The Rest Have Thirty-One: www.gaiaonline.com/forum/t.1150...
September 30, 2026 at 11:54 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
30dhs2k26 is coming to a close... so what's next?

Firstly, we want your feedback! We want 30dhs2k27 to go even better next year, so consider filling out our survey here: forms.gle/XwsJhqK9cTCy...
2k26 Thirty Days Has September Feedback!
For those who participated in 30dhs in 2026, we are looking for your feedback/suggestions for next year's event!
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September 30, 2026 at 11:54 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
There will be a survey link that goes out later this evening for you to voice your opinions on how you thought 30dhs was run this year!
September 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
All 30dhs related things (Gaia Thread, AO3 collection, etc) will remain open till at least the 3rd of October to allow everyone to respond to final comments or finally find the time to put their work in one place!
September 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
rheostatic.bsky.social
Day Twenty-Eight of #30dhs2k26: 1032/100

TW: Gore. Longest piece I've written during 30dhs and I'm proud I got there at last! Used like three forms of touch in here because I just can't ever get enough of these two!!! Star-crossed yearning indeed : ) Even the gods keep them apart!
Isaac had never seen this many Corrupted Beasts in one place before; it was as if Agape’s grasp had tightened on every creature in the surrounding Hartwoods all at once. The screams of the townsfolk were background noise to the Frenzy beating in his ears. Rip. Rend. Hunt. He let the “blessing” guide him to the next Beast, his scythe gorging into horrific creatures with a self-satisfying ripping noise. His blood sang for more. Isaac found himself standing near the town’s Creationist church between breaths when the Frenzy was quelled enough to give him his awareness back. What an ironic sight: Agape's own Blessed Hunter standing on the steps of his former lover’s church, the Corrupted Creatures blood spilled like a stain on her sanctuary. Isaac let his scythe sing as he spun it round to clear the viscera that had collected there. Then he heard a familiar shout. His head - and regretfully his jaw - snapped towards the direction of the sound. Amber eyes alighted on a Beast perched on a nearby balcony, attempting to break its way into an abode. But before the Frenzy could completely take him once more, a cold chill flooded his system. There barricading the door, in nothing but simple night clothes, was Roderick. “No.” He snarled and he went leaping towards the Beast. The creature, amalgamation of flesh and bone that dripped with viscous blood, managed to force Roderick away from the door by the time Isaac landed on the balcony. Isaac couldn’t keep the snarl from his throat as he yelled “Don’t you fucking touch him!” at the Beast. The Beast turned at the noise and was instantly met with the wrong side of Isaac’s scythe. The Hunter slashed at the Beast before wrenching the head of the damnable thing off with another clean slice. Viscera splashed back on him and as he stood above the unmoving creature - he wiped it off his brow. Roderick was splayed out on the ground from where the creature’s forcible entry had caused him to fall back. He was up on his elbows, chest heaving as he stared up in sort of awe at Isaac. As the Frenzy was appeased a little, Isaac finally took in Roderick. That was the least amount of clothing Isaac had ever seen him in, even if he was still completely modest. His face was not a foreign concept to the Hunter, but he was so used to seeing the heavy cloak and mask that Roderick wore that he felt as if he shouldn’t be seeing Roderick in this state. Roderick got his wits about him first. “Are… are you hurt?” he managed. Isaac, in lieu of responding with his voice filled with slowly rising Frenzy, shook his head. Roderick rose to his feet and looked at the remains of the Beast on his balcony and bedroom. “It is gone?” A silent nod. “Let me get you a cloth… You are covered in… Addia…” Roderick, still kind of dazed, wrung his hands out and went to busy himself with fetching a cloth. Isaac stood there a moment, unsure if he should just leave but before he could make up his mind Roderick was back with damp cloth in hand. He stepped as close as he dared to the viscera in his room and went. “Come here?” with a small gesture. Isaac, like a man possessed, stepped in closer. Roderick tentatively reached with the cloth and wiped away the viscera that had stained his face. The cool damp water was a balm to the hot stickiness of the Frenzy broiling just below the surface. Deft fingers slowly reached up to undo the mask that covered his jaw and Isaac reflexively grabbed his wrist. “Crow.” It was a little bit like a growl. “Hunter, it is the least I can do for you since you saved my life.” There was a calmness to his voice that did not leave room for argument. Isaac let go, leaving a stain of crimson on Roderick's pale, two-tone skin. The other man ignored it, freeing Isaac from his muzzle. Isaac knew the Frenzy didn’t have any physical changes to his face except the glow of his eyes, but Roderick looked at him as if it did. And maybe with Roderick’s own blessing from Eros… perhaps he could see something the Hunter couldn’t. “Oh Hunter…” It was a sigh of concern. Roderick gently pressed the cloth all over his face and for a moment Isaac wanted to press closer… but it was more than just his face covered in the blood of the Beasts and he couldn’t bring himself to mar such a beautiful sight. It was over far too soon as Roderick removed his hand, the white cloth he had fetched soiled in crimson. He wrung it in his hands for a moment. “I am unsure if it was my goddess or your god who sent you here… but whoever did…” there was a breath. “It does not matter. I am grateful it was you.” There in those icy blue eyes that pierced into his soul, was an emotion that Isaac wasn’t sure if he could place. Awe was the closest thing his mind could come up with. The Hunter felt the twinge of Frenzy in response, a burning in his chest that threatened to rise out like bile. But instead of the mantra to feast, to kill… he desperately wanted to reach out and pull Roderick into an embrace. Sink not metaphorical fangs into his skin, but drink deep of him regardless. Isaac’s grip tightened around the scythe as his other hand rose to his chest. “I need to go.” He forced out - afraid of what the Frenzy might morph into if he did give into that urge. Roderick took a tentative step back. “Go. If any can save all of creation from these Beasts it is you, Hunter.” He offered a small smile and while Isaac was used to those lips curling in such a way, he didn’t often get to see the kind eyes that went with it. With a deep, centering breath, Isaac pulled his mask back on his face and jumped back out the window.
September 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
rheostatic.bsky.social
30dhs dictates that I make a grotto avi : )
A Gaia online avi featuring a boyish witch avatar! He's in a colour scheme grotto with a lot of nature elements behind him.
September 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
manndelion.bsky.social
My blurbs for 30 Days Has September so far~
I'm rewriting an old fic that's also a part of my TGS series. It's a prequel to the main story.
#30dhs #30dhs2k26
A screenshot of three blurbs written in the OmmWriter program. Sorry, I cannot copy and past the text in its entirety here due to character limits. The posts on Gaia can be found here at the following link: https://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/writers/thirty-days-has-september-2026-a-writing-challenge/t.115342968_105/#105
September 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Welcome to Thirty Days Has September 2026!!! Excited to have you here! Can't wait to see what you write : )

There will be a lot of activity as everything gets set up today! Once everything is live, I will have a post pinned with all the relative links!

Let's get writing!

#30dhs2k26 | #30dhs
September 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
#30dhs2k26 starts TOMORROW! The #30dhs team is very eagerly awaiting tomorrow to start! How excited are you?
August 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
4 days left until #30dhs2k26! Community is a big part of #30dhs! Make sure you follow our socials to see the works of others or come chill with us on Gaia in our hangout thread! Links will go up once everything is live : )
August 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Just 5 days left until #30dhs2k26! Are you excited? Nervous? Eager? Tell us the mood you're feeling about #30dhs!
August 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Just 9 days remaining before the start of #30dhs2k26! Are you keeping your writing energy for the start of 30dhs? Or are you stretching those muscles now to get them warmed up?
August 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
rheostatic.bsky.social
Sliding on my personal for this! 30dhs doesn't have that "all or nothing" feel to it. I wanted to avoid that feeling of falling behind because you missed a day because that's the major hurdle for me in other challenges. So my advice is do what you can! And only what you can!
August 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Only 11 days till #30dhs2k26! We have a lot of new eyes on our event this year - what advice would you give people who are joining 30dhs for the first time this year?
August 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
rheostatic.bsky.social
Jesus I just had a heart attack seeing 30+ notifications. This close to 30dhs I thought something had gone *horribly wrong*. Glad to see it was just some random bluesky bug
August 21, 2026 at 1:38 AM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
30dhs isn't exclusively about posting every day! The goal is finding time to write and having a low word count to help that! Post the days you can and don't worry about the days you can't! Any day over one should be applauded!
August 20, 2026 at 12:10 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Very ambitious! I hope you find the groove you had before! But if not, don't get discouraged! The spirit of 30dhs is to just keep going even if you miss days or miss your goal for the day!
August 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
With a daily goal of only 100 words in any format (prose, poetry, screenplay, etc), anyone can take on this challenge!

Find out more about the challenge here: 30dayshassept.crd.co

#writesky | #writingcommunity | #writingchallenge | #writingprompts | #poetry | #writing | #30dhs
Thirty Days Has September
A creative writing challenge for the month of September
30dayshassept.crd.co
August 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
No pieces will be uploaded to the collection by the 30dhs team (except their own works)! Every writer has a chance to post their pieces to AO3 and add it to the collection themselves!
August 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
This year #30dhs is cross-hosting on Archive of Our Own! Collections are new to us - and maybe new to you too, dearest writer - so we did a short and sweet instructions page on how to get your work into our master collection!

Just remember, we don't start till September!
August 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
It's because of some responses to this survey that we have decided to also host on AO3 this year! There will be a collection you can upload your own 30dhs pieces to! We'll get your more information on how to do this later!
August 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Secondly, if you haven't seen our previous posts - we have a survey out! We want to take your ideas in expanding or adapting 30dhs to make it better! You can read about it here: bsky.app/profile/30da...
30dayshassept.bsky.social Thirty Days Has September 🖊️ A Writing Challenge! @30dayshassept.bsky.social · Jul 13
Hello fellow writers! Were you a part of the Thirty Days Has September Writing Challenge last year? If so, could you spare us a moment of your time to fill out this short survey to help improve our event this year?

forms.gle/YYHuDqt2S7jQ...

Can’t wait to see you all on the first of September 👀!
2k25 Thirty Days Has September Feedback!
For those who participated in 30dhs in 2025, we are looking for your feedback/suggestions for this year's event!
forms.gle
August 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Hello fellow writers! Were you a part of the Thirty Days Has September Writing Challenge last year? If so, could you spare us a moment of your time to fill out this short survey to help improve our event this year?

forms.gle/YYHuDqt2S7jQ...

Can’t wait to see you all on the first of September 👀!
2k25 Thirty Days Has September Feedback!
For those who participated in 30dhs in 2025, we are looking for your feedback/suggestions for this year's event!
forms.gle
July 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
30dayshassept.bsky.social
Hello again, fellow writers! I'm back from a months long hiatus with "In like a Lion, Out like a Lamb" a small mini-challenge to hold you over until September! While it's namely being hosted in our GaiaOnline Community thread (www.gaiaonline.com/forum/t.1150...), you can participate too! 🧵
A banner with a edited photo of foliage that says "IN LIKE A LION" in scratchy text and "Out Like a Lamb" in floraly embossed text. Below the title is a subtitle that says "A 30DHS MINI-CHALLENGE".
February 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM