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Genre: Contemporary fantasy
Summary: Keisha recently had to bury her cat. Her cat would still like breakfast
Content Notes/Warnings: Features the ghost of a dead pet.
Words: 251
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Originally published at ankewehner.de. You can comment here or there.

Setting: As-yet-unnamed, same as Mirrors and Doors
Genre: Fantasy
Summary: Justice administered by budgies can be cruel.
Notes: Combines prompts by Ellen Million, Becky Allen, and Herm Baskerville
Words: 100
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“When I was a kid, we could still shoot them,” the cop said.

Mira just gave a noncommittal hum and continued her work.

“Thieving little bastards.”

This case was about a diamond bracelet, but still, it was a generalisation.

“I mean, they’re pests, everybody knows that. No matter ( Read more... )

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Ignoring her aching muscles, Janissa dragged the cowed suit across the yard of the experimental farm by his revers. It had taken a lot of self-control to not shoot him in the face. For what needed to be done, her shotgun wasn’t enough. She wasn’t even aware she was muttering ( Read more... )

sayunclecomics on deviantart has put out a challenge of drawing an owl a day all through October for a few years now.

This year I finally tried it, and it worked out, too. Well, not quite. It’s 31, though more in bursts, not one per day. Anyway, nice thing. :)


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Have some videos and artwork I found featuring octopi. (Yes, I know that’s not the proper plural.)

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via Wired Science, Top 10 Amazing Animal Videos

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via wtf_nature


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Caor decided that as sorry sights went, a wet phoenix ranked pretty high. The specimen on his windowsill was soaked so badly its feathers had turned black, and puffed up to wait out the rain. The metal capsule on one long leg identified it as a messenger bird, and the fact that it had been employed during the rainy season identified its owner as ( Read more... )

Six months’ worth. I keep putting off sending them to the zoo to ask if I may upload them.


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Last year the swallows came back from Africa ten days earlier than usual, around the 11th April, so we were going to prep the garage and open the window this weekend ( Read more... )

Birdwatching turned out a lot more interesting than he had expected, when Eric noticed a thrush with an aviator helmet and goggles. He watched it attack a model plane that was being flown on the nearby “miniature airfield”. Getting the attention of his parents took so long that the bird brought the plane down meanwhile.
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