Manic Pixie Dream Witch

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A sanctuary of beauty in an ugly world. “Fix your hearts or die.” - Gordon Cole This too shall pass / So raise your glass To change and chance / And music is the heart of love / Shall we dance? - The Magnetic Fields #writingprompts #microfiction

Felt-pen drawing of adorable bunny rabbit munching lettuce leaf.
Crumbling Victorian wedding-cake of a house. Setting sun flares through window on top floor, casting an eerie glow.
Black-and-white photo: a crow on a telephone wire. A second crow perches on a streetlight pole nearby. In the sky behind them, a wintry afternoon half-moon has already risen.
Black dog waiting outside a supermarket next to a tethering-station/minimalist sculpture of a black dog with an identical profile. The dog’s slumped shoulders project a distinctly morose vibe.
‘Possible Monsters’, by autistic poet Mileta Rien.
A scowling, slime-coated Trump waist-deep in the algae-infested (no longer) Reflecting Pool. His long, red tie floats before him like a sea-snake. Behind him, the Washington Monument rears up like the overcompensating erection it always was. Caption: ‘SWAMP THING’ in green caps, with the ‘SWA’ crossed out in red and ‘TRU’ scrawled in its place.
A scowling, slime-coated Trump waist-deep in the algae-infested (no longer) Reflecting Pool. His long, red tie floats before him like a sea-snake. Behind him, the Washington Monument rears up like the overcompensating erection it always was. Caption: ‘SWAMP THING’ in green capitals, with the ‘SWA’ crossed out in red and ‘TRU’ scrawled in its place.
A scowling, slime-coated Trump waist-deep in the algae-infested (no longer) Reflecting Pool. His long, red tie floats before him like a sea-snake. Behind him, the Washington Monument rears up like the overcompensating erection it always was. Caption: ‘SWAMP THING’ in green caps, with the ‘SWA’ crossed out in red and ‘TRU’ scrawled in its place.
Close-up of extremely disgruntled cat in undignified neckerchief.
Picture of a pen with the prompt:’Write an erotic story in only three words’. Above, @anotherindiewriter.bsky.com (S.Morgan Burbank)’s response: “Universal Basic Income”
Close-up of angry StayPuft Marshmallow Man on fire.
Angry Staypuff Marshmallow Man on fire in Ghostbusters.
Street art: purple dragon
Cover art for Suzanne Vega’s 1992 album 99.9 Fahrenheit Degrees (absolute banger). I got the poster free from Red Eye Records in Sydney.
Sleepy angel statue on cemetery headstone.
Stickers on window: SKY NEWS SUCKS DON’T READ THE AUSTRALIAN THE HERALD SUN IS NOT WELCOME HERE
A old, faded advertisement painted on a brick wall: “Robur: peps you UP keeps you YOUNG”
Light pole with green felt-pen scrawl: “DON’T LIE I STARTED SMASHING YOU ON METH AND … [obscured by band promo sticker, then semi-illegible]: MEIN VERMIN [?]
Wikipedia entry extract: ‘Despite the Doctor's claim not to entrust his screwdriver to anyone, he lends one to his own doppelgänger in "The Rebel Flesh," and again supplies Rory Williams for its third job in his care in "The Girl Who Waited," after having given or loaning Rory one in "A Good Man Goes to War" [HIGHLIGHTED] and slipping him one in "The Big Bang".’
Shelby the cat looking mildly miffed at being filmed perching inside a kitchen cabinet.
Close-up of Disneyland staff member firmly gripping Olafbot’s crotch.
Blue dresser drawer covered in stickers depicting ghosts, witches, vampires, skeletons, bats and black cats.
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words:Ticking, Faint Flicker, Swamp Fox’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Filigree, Centurion, Romantic Rose’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Grey Moggy, Camel Hide, Vast Escape’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Teal Trip, Tin Cat, Molly Robins’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
jermy @notbaldanymore love when people try to hate on cats by saying. He would literally eat you if you died.... like im dead why would i care. hes a hungry boy. and he has a cute nose. dig in mr mittens
Far Side cartoon: Family excitedly looking out window at slugs on a birdbath. Caption: “Kids! Kids! The slugs are back!”
Twin Peaks: FBI Special Agents Denise Bryson (David Duchovny) and Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan).
Gnarled treetrunk roots with holes creating a face effect.
Social media post from jermy@notbaldanymore: “love when people try to hate on cats by saying. He would literally eat you if you died.... like im dead why would i care. hes a hungry boy. and he has a cute nose. dig in mr mittens”
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Monk, Tongue, Quiet Sky’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
Meme: screenshot of tweet from jermy@notbaldanymore: “love when people try to hate on cats by saying. He would literally eat you if you died.... like im dead why would i care. hes a hungry boy. and he has a cute nose. dig in mr mittens”
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Birthday Cake, Majestic Magic, Toad’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
“I used to be ‘with it.’ Then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it.’ And what’s ‘it’ feels weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you.”
Middle-aged Abe Simpsons telling young Homer and Barney, “I used to be ‘with it.’ Then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it.’ And what’s ‘it’ feels weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you.”
Skeet by Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social:” Just fell down a rabbit hole of apps that you can secretly install on people’s phones to notify you if they watch porn and holy shit what is wrong with everyone”
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Pretty Lady, Sinful, New Hope Half’
Three paint swatches with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
David Lynch altar set up on bookshelf featuring: acrylic fan-art portrait, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive DVD covers, artificial blue roses in a creamed-corn can, owl earrings, chess pieces, a Twin Peaks book with Laura Palmer on the front cover, and the Director card from the #BenMackey Twin Peaks Tarot deck.
Three paint swatches (Hearty Hosta, Baby Motive and Foresight) with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’
Tom Waits as Hermit Bob, with flowing grey hair and beard.
Three paint swatches, with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge
White daisies and yellow dandelions in an expanse of long grass.
Screenshot of previous post: ‘ #CreativeWriting exercise: use the swatch colour names (words or just concepts if preferred) to write a 300-character #microfiction piece. Feel free to share your own pieces below! Today’s words: Wild Plum, Sea Change, Miller Mood’
Three paint swatches, with the superimposed title: ‘300-Character Microfiction Paint Swatch Prompt Challenge’