The geometry of #Treppenwitz Palace was recursive, shifting, and sometimes inverted, depending on where one stumbled next. Sadly, Pandora was inured to its marbled recesses, where her calloused knees bore silent testimony. You may ask, why not try the door? A #plight, indeed...
#vss365 #vssgothic
#vss365 #vssgothic
October 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM
The geometry of #Treppenwitz Palace was recursive, shifting, and sometimes inverted, depending on where one stumbled next. Sadly, Pandora was inured to its marbled recesses, where her calloused knees bore silent testimony. You may ask, why not try the door? A #plight, indeed...
#vss365 #vssgothic
#vss365 #vssgothic
The #vssgothic prompt for the week of Dec 18-24 is #midwinter. Should the shiver strike you, use it in a poem or story. Please tag @suzannalundale.bsky.social to make sure I find you!
They meet - the failed suitors -every year at midwinter, yet cawing their grievances o'er the tainted moor.
They meet - the failed suitors -every year at midwinter, yet cawing their grievances o'er the tainted moor.
December 18, 2024 at 4:32 AM
The #vssgothic prompt for the week of Dec 18-24 is #midwinter. Should the shiver strike you, use it in a poem or story. Please tag @suzannalundale.bsky.social to make sure I find you!
They meet - the failed suitors -every year at midwinter, yet cawing their grievances o'er the tainted moor.
They meet - the failed suitors -every year at midwinter, yet cawing their grievances o'er the tainted moor.
Hawthorne’s house stands a memorial to the lies, the witches and too many deaths. Black as night and as empty as a psychopaths soul. #VssGothic #writing #prompts
July 16, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Hawthorne’s house stands a memorial to the lies, the witches and too many deaths. Black as night and as empty as a psychopaths soul. #VssGothic #writing #prompts
I stand amongst the grass, watching his blood spotting the green shrouded in darkness of the fading light.
Killing him didn't help. I was afraid of what that would turn me into, but it burns inside me now.
Dusk fades into black, a reflection of my new soul.
#vssgothic #vsshorror
Killing him didn't help. I was afraid of what that would turn me into, but it burns inside me now.
Dusk fades into black, a reflection of my new soul.
#vssgothic #vsshorror
May 23, 2024 at 9:03 AM
I stand amongst the grass, watching his blood spotting the green shrouded in darkness of the fading light.
Killing him didn't help. I was afraid of what that would turn me into, but it burns inside me now.
Dusk fades into black, a reflection of my new soul.
#vssgothic #vsshorror
Killing him didn't help. I was afraid of what that would turn me into, but it burns inside me now.
Dusk fades into black, a reflection of my new soul.
#vssgothic #vsshorror
Each day with trepidation
I try and show I care
I am not fit to fight
I am not rich
But I possess
Tenacity
To keep supporting
You who have been invaded
You who are going through hell
I/we will stay with you
💙💛
#SymphAndJules
#haikufeels
#reevesroses
#vssgothic
#prompt
#WritingCommunity
I try and show I care
I am not fit to fight
I am not rich
But I possess
Tenacity
To keep supporting
You who have been invaded
You who are going through hell
I/we will stay with you
💙💛
#SymphAndJules
#haikufeels
#reevesroses
#vssgothic
#prompt
#WritingCommunity
October 6, 2023 at 6:14 AM
Each day with trepidation
I try and show I care
I am not fit to fight
I am not rich
But I possess
Tenacity
To keep supporting
You who have been invaded
You who are going through hell
I/we will stay with you
💙💛
#SymphAndJules
#haikufeels
#reevesroses
#vssgothic
#prompt
#WritingCommunity
I try and show I care
I am not fit to fight
I am not rich
But I possess
Tenacity
To keep supporting
You who have been invaded
You who are going through hell
I/we will stay with you
💙💛
#SymphAndJules
#haikufeels
#reevesroses
#vssgothic
#prompt
#WritingCommunity
“It’s all your fault!” Clara screeched at Bess. “We’ve been #turned_away from every door—even the church! All because of those—bloody—eyes—”
Clara pelted her cursed sister with stones, wishing her dead.
But it was her own cold corpse that was found the next morning…
#vssGothic
Clara pelted her cursed sister with stones, wishing her dead.
But it was her own cold corpse that was found the next morning…
#vssGothic
October 20, 2023 at 5:28 AM
“It’s all your fault!” Clara screeched at Bess. “We’ve been #turned_away from every door—even the church! All because of those—bloody—eyes—”
Clara pelted her cursed sister with stones, wishing her dead.
But it was her own cold corpse that was found the next morning…
#vssGothic
Clara pelted her cursed sister with stones, wishing her dead.
But it was her own cold corpse that was found the next morning…
#vssGothic
“Is it a good idea? Marrying a stranger you met in the forest?”
Mary glared at Trish. Apparently bring the voice of reason had no place in the #romance novel of her life. “Flynn loves me. He’s promised me the world.”
“To be bought with your father’s fortune, I’m sure.”
#vssGothic
Mary glared at Trish. Apparently bring the voice of reason had no place in the #romance novel of her life. “Flynn loves me. He’s promised me the world.”
“To be bought with your father’s fortune, I’m sure.”
#vssGothic
January 24, 2024 at 5:07 AM
“Is it a good idea? Marrying a stranger you met in the forest?”
Mary glared at Trish. Apparently bring the voice of reason had no place in the #romance novel of her life. “Flynn loves me. He’s promised me the world.”
“To be bought with your father’s fortune, I’m sure.”
#vssGothic
Mary glared at Trish. Apparently bring the voice of reason had no place in the #romance novel of her life. “Flynn loves me. He’s promised me the world.”
“To be bought with your father’s fortune, I’m sure.”
#vssGothic
Had her uncle, the naturalist, not been in the Argentine studying a rare bat, they might have been saved. Cora set the little bird nest on the mantle & turned back to her blushing suitor. "The heat from the fire will dry it out," she said. It did not. Oh, it did not.
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
May 9, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Had her uncle, the naturalist, not been in the Argentine studying a rare bat, they might have been saved. Cora set the little bird nest on the mantle & turned back to her blushing suitor. "The heat from the fire will dry it out," she said. It did not. Oh, it did not.
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
Regina was almost enjoying herself, until she caught sight of the #coat_of_arms on the viscount’s surcoat: a chimera rampant, lion- and goat-heads breathing fire while a snake-head tail spat poison.
“We have to leave,” she hissed at her sister, surrounded by suitors.
#vssGothic
“We have to leave,” she hissed at her sister, surrounded by suitors.
#vssGothic
November 28, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Regina was almost enjoying herself, until she caught sight of the #coat_of_arms on the viscount’s surcoat: a chimera rampant, lion- and goat-heads breathing fire while a snake-head tail spat poison.
“We have to leave,” she hissed at her sister, surrounded by suitors.
#vssGothic
“We have to leave,” she hissed at her sister, surrounded by suitors.
#vssGothic
Tabitha soon dreaded encounters with others, abovestairs & below, at Arkwright Manor. Her Sight showed her what others only sensed. The Horror carved the rictus of a silent scream over each infected face, even as they spoke. She had to go, before she too was afflicted.
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
February 2, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Tabitha soon dreaded encounters with others, abovestairs & below, at Arkwright Manor. Her Sight showed her what others only sensed. The Horror carved the rictus of a silent scream over each infected face, even as they spoke. She had to go, before she too was afflicted.
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
Words, steps, and breath
Swallowed
Without regret.
We started late afternoon,
Walking at sunset,
Hesitating at gloaming,
Now into the fog we disappear.
No candle stays lit,
No cock will crow at dawn,
The carriage of the banshee
Comes for you and me,
As it follows us into the fog.
Words, steps, and breath
Swallowed
Without regret.
We started late afternoon,
Walking at sunset,
Hesitating at gloaming,
Now into the fog we disappear.
No candle stays lit,
No cock will crow at dawn,
The carriage of the banshee
Comes for you and me,
As it follows us into the fog.
August 17, 2023 at 5:33 PM
#vssGothic
Words, steps, and breath
Swallowed
Without regret.
We started late afternoon,
Walking at sunset,
Hesitating at gloaming,
Now into the fog we disappear.
No candle stays lit,
No cock will crow at dawn,
The carriage of the banshee
Comes for you and me,
As it follows us into the fog.
Words, steps, and breath
Swallowed
Without regret.
We started late afternoon,
Walking at sunset,
Hesitating at gloaming,
Now into the fog we disappear.
No candle stays lit,
No cock will crow at dawn,
The carriage of the banshee
Comes for you and me,
As it follows us into the fog.
Mother's final rattling breath echoing in her ears, Bea covered the remaining mirrors & saw thru a window that the day had given way to a thick fog rolling in off the moor, as if to claim her, the last Worthington. With a sigh, she stepped into the fog to pay the debt.
#vssGothic "into the fog"
#vssGothic "into the fog"
August 17, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Mother's final rattling breath echoing in her ears, Bea covered the remaining mirrors & saw thru a window that the day had given way to a thick fog rolling in off the moor, as if to claim her, the last Worthington. With a sigh, she stepped into the fog to pay the debt.
#vssGothic "into the fog"
#vssGothic "into the fog"
No one knew when the rumor of its arrival started, but that week at Book Club the ladies openly discussed #The_Horror, and so invited it in—the formless darkness beneath the couch began to twitch and hiss, and Miss Chelsea served it a cup of tea (two sugars, no cream).
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
January 31, 2024 at 11:26 PM
No one knew when the rumor of its arrival started, but that week at Book Club the ladies openly discussed #The_Horror, and so invited it in—the formless darkness beneath the couch began to twitch and hiss, and Miss Chelsea served it a cup of tea (two sugars, no cream).
#vssGothic
#vssGothic
With a snap of her fingers, all the ghouls drop dead.
With an #admiring glance, the fancy gentleman bows. “Such power you have. Perhaps you’d like to accompany me, witchling?”
She would very rather not. “My mother told me not to talk to strangers. Good evening, sir.”
#vssGothic
With an #admiring glance, the fancy gentleman bows. “Such power you have. Perhaps you’d like to accompany me, witchling?”
She would very rather not. “My mother told me not to talk to strangers. Good evening, sir.”
#vssGothic
October 27, 2023 at 8:18 PM
With a snap of her fingers, all the ghouls drop dead.
With an #admiring glance, the fancy gentleman bows. “Such power you have. Perhaps you’d like to accompany me, witchling?”
She would very rather not. “My mother told me not to talk to strangers. Good evening, sir.”
#vssGothic
With an #admiring glance, the fancy gentleman bows. “Such power you have. Perhaps you’d like to accompany me, witchling?”
She would very rather not. “My mother told me not to talk to strangers. Good evening, sir.”
#vssGothic
“#Which_way to the Prospero masquerade?” intoned the grim reaper.
“Oh, take a left on Lenore, you can’t miss it!” Mina replied, and off they went. To me she said, “What a great #costume!”
“…I don’t think that was a costume. Let’s skip the party and go home.”
#vssGothic #vssDaily
“Oh, take a left on Lenore, you can’t miss it!” Mina replied, and off they went. To me she said, “What a great #costume!”
“…I don’t think that was a costume. Let’s skip the party and go home.”
#vssGothic #vssDaily
October 31, 2023 at 7:06 AM
“#Which_way to the Prospero masquerade?” intoned the grim reaper.
“Oh, take a left on Lenore, you can’t miss it!” Mina replied, and off they went. To me she said, “What a great #costume!”
“…I don’t think that was a costume. Let’s skip the party and go home.”
#vssGothic #vssDaily
“Oh, take a left on Lenore, you can’t miss it!” Mina replied, and off they went. To me she said, “What a great #costume!”
“…I don’t think that was a costume. Let’s skip the party and go home.”
#vssGothic #vssDaily
#vssGothic I left with your kiss, eyes glistening with tears. Safe young men cannot imagine the horrors of war until it is too late. I return to you changed a burden not a man.
July 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM
#vssGothic I left with your kiss, eyes glistening with tears. Safe young men cannot imagine the horrors of war until it is too late. I return to you changed a burden not a man.
#vssGothic - #thehorror
My constancy an artful confusion,
the horror of multiform failure.
Come to unfruitful fruition
so long ago --
And you:
Thinking me soul-stitched.
Now that I so wish.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting
My constancy an artful confusion,
the horror of multiform failure.
Come to unfruitful fruition
so long ago --
And you:
Thinking me soul-stitched.
Now that I so wish.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting
February 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM
#vssGothic - #thehorror
My constancy an artful confusion,
the horror of multiform failure.
Come to unfruitful fruition
so long ago --
And you:
Thinking me soul-stitched.
Now that I so wish.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting
My constancy an artful confusion,
the horror of multiform failure.
Come to unfruitful fruition
so long ago --
And you:
Thinking me soul-stitched.
Now that I so wish.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting
“I’m looking for Crowley’s #Auction.”
“You found it. 'The place to find #demonic delights, for dark stormy nights.' Are you buying or selling?” the proprietor asked, bored—at least until she aimed a pistol full of silver bullets at his face.
“Stealing.”
#vssGothic #vssParanormal
“You found it. 'The place to find #demonic delights, for dark stormy nights.' Are you buying or selling?” the proprietor asked, bored—at least until she aimed a pistol full of silver bullets at his face.
“Stealing.”
#vssGothic #vssParanormal
November 8, 2023 at 8:16 AM
“I’m looking for Crowley’s #Auction.”
“You found it. 'The place to find #demonic delights, for dark stormy nights.' Are you buying or selling?” the proprietor asked, bored—at least until she aimed a pistol full of silver bullets at his face.
“Stealing.”
#vssGothic #vssParanormal
“You found it. 'The place to find #demonic delights, for dark stormy nights.' Are you buying or selling?” the proprietor asked, bored—at least until she aimed a pistol full of silver bullets at his face.
“Stealing.”
#vssGothic #vssParanormal
I loved him. He was my everything. The way he soothed my sorrows with kind words, encasing me with walls that kept me safe and collected, and how his delicate hands brushed my tears away.
That was until those same delicate hands wrapped around my windpipe and squeezed..
#vssgothic #vsshorror #hands
That was until those same delicate hands wrapped around my windpipe and squeezed..
#vssgothic #vsshorror #hands
August 31, 2023 at 2:12 PM
I loved him. He was my everything. The way he soothed my sorrows with kind words, encasing me with walls that kept me safe and collected, and how his delicate hands brushed my tears away.
That was until those same delicate hands wrapped around my windpipe and squeezed..
#vssgothic #vsshorror #hands
That was until those same delicate hands wrapped around my windpipe and squeezed..
#vssgothic #vsshorror #hands
La dah dee dah, someone's feeling dark and twisty 🎶😉😂
#ToPRoom #vssLonely #vssGothic #InstantEternal #vssSensual #BraveWrite #vss365 https://t.co/yVBuZXXsqe
#ToPRoom #vssLonely #vssGothic #InstantEternal #vssSensual #BraveWrite #vss365 https://t.co/yVBuZXXsqe
February 16, 2023 at 1:45 AM
La dah dee dah, someone's feeling dark and twisty 🎶😉😂
#ToPRoom #vssLonely #vssGothic #InstantEternal #vssSensual #BraveWrite #vss365 https://t.co/yVBuZXXsqe
#ToPRoom #vssLonely #vssGothic #InstantEternal #vssSensual #BraveWrite #vss365 https://t.co/yVBuZXXsqe