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It's that time again, again, again: we're thinking in threes. The perfect time, therefore, to enjoy today's trio of poems by Kataryna Zharkovna.
"Mid-Summons"
"Wooden Mother"
"The Woodcutter's Daughter"
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When the link sings, we come alive. You should click it.
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The tower has started sprouting little sheds and huts. Tiny towers are appearing at the tower's hips. We look forward to witnessing its architectural parenthood. On parents, today's flash:
"A Good Mother" by Chris Dodds
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Click the link before it consumes you completely.
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When checking into the tower, should you be so lucky as to visit, remember to say hello to the statues at the gate. They won't reply, but they will remember. They might even offer up a story. Just like this one...
"Guests of Frogs" by A. O. Henderson
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It is not unusual to see things in the tower. Whether they're real or not depends entirely on the tower's whim. We've learnt not to question it. We're reading flash fiction instead.
"The Glasses" by Kris Faatz
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The link is in this post. You click it.
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The tower has its own gravity this evening, and it is malfunctioning. Luckily, today's poem is working exactly as intended.
"The Gravity of the Egg Beater" by Laurel Benjamin
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Before you read the poem, you must click the link.
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The tower has, once again, decided that doors are optional so we are stuck inside for the foreseeable future. Luckily, we have an excellent short story to keep us company:
"Cave Fish" by Autumn L. Duke
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All is dark in the tower this evening. We can't be sure when the lights went out. We can only wait for them to reignite themselves. While we we wait, we're reading about other dark places...
"The Dark Room" by Elica Sue
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Once, there was a link. You clicked it.
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The tower has decided to exist underwater. We are supportive of all of the tower's decisions, even if they necessitate the growing of gills. We're reading poetry while we evolve. Specifically, this poem:
"going under is how you surface" by Linda Kohler
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here the link, as found in this post... click it
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Something is stirring in the woodland outside the tower. We keep hearing strange warbling, and it is getting closer. Read today's short story with us while we try not to think about what approaches.
"The Hunting Dogs" by Grayson Thobe
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You pour towards the link. You click it.
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There are shadows on the wall inside the tower. They're trying to tell us something, pointing at doorways. We're too afraid to follow. Instead, we're reading today's flash fiction:
"The Absent Person" by Freddy Durbin
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The first stage is clicking the link.
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