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tWR September Prompt: Safe

It was two stories. Sandstone block entrance. A glass revolving door and one that slid open if you stood in front of it and waved your arms around - or maybe that was just me. Inside, it was always quiet and cold. A small army of librarians and volunteers marshalled the books into order from the checkout desk and metal pushcarts between the stacks. Because it was downtown and in a poor neighborhood, there was a doorguard. I remember only one of them - the late shift staff that would stay after the library lights went low and the door locked. We spent hours in each other's company from time to time. I always used the revolving door. Old enough to know I was silly and young enough not to care, I'd turn and turn in it at least two or three times before going in. The rush of air conditioning and the smell of dust and lemon scented cleaners. The afternoon librarian knew me on sight. She was blonde and grey - I thought she was so very old, but she was probably the same age I am now. There

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El hombre mayor caminaba con dificultad. Le dolían las rodillas, las espaldas y la vida. Caminó hasta el edificio rojo, cuya pintura nueva brillaba al sol como si fuera de rubí y no de resina. Tal como le fuera explicado, encontró una puertita que conducía a una farmacia luminosa. Allá adentro encontró un farmaceuta con una sonrisa color de sol, que le dijo: “Cómo puedo ayudarlo?” Entonces el abuelo le contestó: “Perdí mi sonrisa. Tiene alguna cosa que me la devuelva? Mis parceros de ajedrez me dicen que siempre encuentran sus sonrisas en una caja de medicinas que usted me podría vender.” “Ummmm, no creo que usted necesite una caja de medicinas. Venga, hombre, vamos a tomar un café.” El farmaceuta cerró la farmacia - porque era su propio patrón, hacía siempre lo que le daba gana de hacer - y llevó al desconocido por unas escaleras apretadas hasta su confortable habitación. Las ventanas estaban abiertas y era posible escuchar la música que venía del apartamento del otro lado de la

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Last Summer I used to cover my sadness in glitter - nevermore.
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  • May 5
  • United States
  • Deviant for 13 years
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Current Residence: Nowhere, Middle of, California


I'm still chasing dreams on the coast with my partner in art and life.


If you like my fiction, you can buy me a coffee!


Favourite Visual Artist
Giger, Parrish, Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo
Favourite Movies
Titus, Baaria, Behind the Mask, Pan's Labyrinth, Evil Dead, The Lighthouse . . .
Favourite TV Shows
The Expanse, Grimm, Supernatural
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Ensiferum, Metallica, Gogol Bordello, Muller, Daft Punk, Assemblage 23
Favourite Books
Kraken, Way of Kings, Wheel of Time, Imajica, Dresden Files
Favourite Games
Dragon Age Series, Neverwinter Nights, Divinity, Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC and PS3
Tools of the Trade
Google Docs, Open Office, MS Word and Publisher
Coming soon to a page near you! Or . . . your page, actually. The SIDEBAR. It's a new way to navigate in deviantArt, making new posts from active users and groups easy to see. Right now, it's still being developed and I am lucky enough to get to beta it. AND I can finally share some screenies and thoughts about it. So here we go! When you're on your home page, the sidebar is collapsed but visible on the left side of the screen. This makes it easy to click between deviants you watch, daily deviations, topics, popular, and new deviations. The icons for the groups you watch are also listed, and those with new posts get a red alert dot: You might notice I circled the 3 horizontal lines on the top next to the deviantArt logo/home icon. That's what you click to expand the sidebar. When you do, it'll look like this: I'm so excited to see so many of the groups I watch are active! If I click the group icon, I can view group posts and deviations. If there are new deviations, there will
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Are you interested in getting published? Reaching a wider audience with your written words? Then check out the list of publishing opportunities, prompts, and contests below: July 2022 tWR Prompt: Rites of Passage Accepting poetry and prose up to 3K words on the theme of a list item - see prompt! Deadline: July 31, 2022 Prizes: up to 100 points Details: https://www.deviantart.com/quixoticapricot/journal/July-Prompt-Rites-of-Passage-921183750 3, 2, 1 Script Contest from the House of Playwrights Any length script featuring the theme Running Out of Time, with 1-3 speaking characters, locations, and time units (see journal for full details!) Deadline: August 30, 2022 Prizes: up to 2K points, showcase features, and critiques Details: https://www.deviantart.com/same-side/journal/3-2-1-Script-Writing-Contest-ENTER-HERE-921769821 Water Dragon Publishing: Corporate Catharsis The Work from Home Edition Accepting short stories 2K to 10K words of speculative fiction involving the impact of the
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Are you interested in getting published? Reaching a wider audience with your written words? Then check out the list of publishing opportunities, prompts, and contests below: April 2022 tWR Prompt: Sei Shonagon Accepting poetry and prose up to 3K words on the theme of a list item - see prompt! Deadline: April 30, 2022 Prizes: up to 100 points Details: https://www.deviantart.com/quixoticapricot/journal/April-Prompt-Sei-Shonagon-911834130 Off Topic Publishing - Home: What is it and how do I get there? Accepting flash fiction up to 1K words or poetry up to 60 lines on the theme of home. Deadline: April 30, 2022 Prizes: 15CAD Details: https://offtopicpublishing.com/opencalls/ Alan Squire Publishing: Run Away Accepting fiction and creative nonfiction 500 to 3K words on the subject of running away. Deadline: May 9, 2022 Prizes: 30USD and 2 copies of the journal Details: https://alansquirepublishing.submittable.com/submit Weird Little Worlds: Mother, Tales of Love and Terror Accepting
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Thank you very much for the :+devwatch:Have a nice weekend! :wave::sun:

Thanks, Z-A! :heart:

Hey I'm Robert, I saw that you were tagged in the Writing Train May Check In.


Since I want to popularise myself I'm reaching out to professionals and artists of many varieties.


I thought I'd recount a poem I wrote. Would you judge it for me?

"

Time in place,

No rest nor haste.

Acquired tastes, always taste.


The sweetest, the needful.. contrarian people.

" - Robert Michael Dudley Esquire

Loved it ^_^ You know Lovecraft wrote poems too. That guy xD I'm playing a Lovecraft based game atm and it is a trip.

I feel like anything to do with Lovecraft is a trip....


Did you watch Lovecraft Country, by the by? I might not be brave enough for it.

I have not watched it YET but I did read it. It was very intense, and an interesting use of actual historical horror with a layer of cosmic horror behind it. They managed to juggle both without minimizing or deflating the tension of either.

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