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Challenge 279:
HAUNTED LIBRARY
Books as far as the eye can see, neatly maintained shelves with just the occasional hint of dust, the gentle murmur of whispered conversation. It’s a good place to do some research, a little light reading, or just some relaxing – quiet, peaceful, pleasant.

Maybe a little bit too quiet. Those conversations should be audible, but somehow they’re always just a little too low to hear. There’s a few lights burned out, but some of the shadows are just a little too deep, just a little too impenetrable. And – hey, didn’t the library close twenty minutes ago?

Write a story about a haunted library.

BONUS GOAL: Bats in the Belfry

If your submission features bats, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!


Challenge ends Monday, October 27 at 9:00PM EST.
• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 279 – haunted library
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

[ SECRET POST #6865 ]

Oct. 22nd, 2025 05:58 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6865 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 22 secrets from Secret Submission Post #980.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[#278] Appetizer (Darkwood)

Oct. 22nd, 2025 08:06 pm
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Theme Prompt: #278 - Dark forest
Title: Appetizer
Fandom: Darkwood (videogame)
Rating/Warnings: R - unsettling/horror imagery, implied violence, mentions of death, spoilers for the Wolfman's quest line
Bonus: No
Word Count: 315
Summary: The Wolfman doesn't want to be hungry forever.

(This is my first time posting to this comm, hope I've done everything okay!)

Read more... )
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Theme Prompt: #278 - Dark forest
Title: The Distant Forest
Fandom: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
Rating / Warnings: PG
Bonus: No
Word Count: 399
Summary: The Pelagiris Forest was far away, but still had an influence on Jeren's village.

Read more... )

[ SECRET POST #6864 ]

Oct. 21st, 2025 05:38 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6864 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 32 secrets from Secret Submission Post #980.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

uhg yuck

Oct. 21st, 2025 03:27 pm
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its cold in my house!!! gross

had fun with talcott visiting last weekend - we went to an orchard and out to sushi. it's nice to socialize, since i really don't get chances to go anywhere these days.

fatigue's been rough. it gets made worse when i can't naturally wake up from sleep, and i very rarely get to naturally wake up from sleep. today i got woken up by neighbors using a chainsaw outside my open window.

this is pretty near about the anniversary of me finishing chemo and radiation, in 2019. is that seven years or six? i can't do math, but it's also given me a kind of low feeling. not that i survived, but that it was at such a cost. i feel so much weaker and more easily tired out now, and any time i bring it up to someone in healthcare they kind of just shrug. like, you rolled the dice on living with whatever outcome chemo & rad would give you... don't expect it to get any better. it was this or dying in a very painful way.

and then you compound that with how family really just noped out when treatment was done and how some people i thought were friends turned their backs on me (i genuinely think they wanted me to die, sometimes) it gets me low. like i am going to live the rest of my life being punished for defying expectations and surviving stage 3 breast cancer, instead of dying. i guess i'm used to being punished for defying the expectations others have for me that would be worse for me. but it still feels bad.

i'm running kind of behind on artwork because of it. also because so much of my daily time is spent trying to mitigate cat drama to stop audrey from pissing on things over and over. apparently im the only one capable of giving her more than 30 seconds of positive attention, and she needs a lot of it because she's very lonely. and i just do not have the ability to give her the attention she needs on my own and still take care of all the household chores, bills, appointments and constantly run laundry. i'm just extremely tired, and i feel like i can't trust a single other person to pick up slack without being expressly told several hours before slack needs to be picked up that they are expected to do so. it's exhausting. i hate delegating. i hate 'leadership' jobs, but evidently it's that or just collapse under the weight of doing it alone. cool

i've been trying a new livestream schedule where week to week i roll the stream forward a day (so i guess, an 8 day schedule) but it's become really obvious that people can only really make weekends. for the one or two folks who may have a day off in the middle of the week, i am sorry. but if i can't get enough stream income, i can't pay those aforementioned bills. i'm significantly behind this month because the last 3 streams were minimal in commissions. so i'm thinking about just doing a rotating weekend schedule. one week a friday, next sat, next sun, then friday again. this seems more likely to work out. i'll start this schedule in november i think.

this weekened is going to be rough since i'm getting my vaxes friday. not looking forward to the three day sickness.

finished playing through phoenix wright 2, which i haven't touched in almost 20 years so the story points were all vague and forgotten. i'm currently debating if i want to jump in to start pw3 right away next, or pick up a book. might lean to book when i'm feeling sick, the paper texture and sound is very soothing to me.

i think what sucks the most about my cancer trauma is its made it extremely hard (combined with the stalker trauma) to open up to and trust anyone, to be genuine friends with anyone. i'm just so damn tired. i can't handle someone who isnt treating their compulsive lying issue or who regularly forgets about me. and so i connect less and less and reach out less and less and feel more isolated. i am actively trying to fight against this, but it feels so crushing sometimes. because of the stalker trauma, even when i do something that people like or that resonates with people i'm beset with anxiety and the desire to withdraw and hide because i can't handle the thought of being Constantly Observed. if there was such a thing as justice in this world, the stalkers wouldve matured enough to offer apology (instead they blamed eachother and ate their own little cult of personality...) or those who left when i started cancer treatment wouldve returned when i was done, glad to see me alive. or those who jumped on to rubberneck my treatment wouldve also stuck around and been glad i lived, instead of weirdly hostile to me once i finished. i remember looking out the window of the boston harvard vanguard chemo unit at fenway park and always telling myself Sports Friend was going to come visit and say hi or wave to me, because they kept saying they would. but they never did, and when i didnt die, they got weirdly judgemental and hostile towards me for continueing to try to engage with them. this after they had said they wanted me to reach out to them while i was going thru cancer? idk, man. i think i was being used (they were a big to-do in boston furry for a hot minute) and -like i mentioned above - i got punished for usurping their expectations of me. i think i was supposed to (in their mind) really languish, really just fall apart and need a wheelchair to move or something, and then to die so i could become a symbol for them to use. and these are not good thoughts. these are not healthy feelings.

but nor are they incorrect.

what is best is to move on and move forward, to try to make new and better friends, and to hold tight to those who stuck by me. but this is all so, so much harder to do when this garbage sack country is pulling out all the stops to make life that much harder for anyone who isnt a good little nazi footsoldier.

ok, audrey is calling me. and i am trying to teach her to use her words to express her emotions, not her piss. so i need to go.

later

Spotlight

Oct. 21st, 2025 02:09 am
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spotlight paint 1I just put up a whole bunch of Saks Fifth Avenue window displays I shot a year or two ago but didn't post to my Flickr. I'm definitely not a fan of these mannequins and would've been much happier if they had heads instead of necks sharpened to a stake, but I really liked the colors and effects Saks used in the displays.

I'm going to try to get into the city one night within the next week in the hope of picking up some nice window displays before the stores spend most of November shrouded as they put together their holiday windows.

+++

A water leak the second-floor neighbors complained about for months was traced to our toilet Saturday. My toilet was supposed to be fixed Sunday but wasn't anchored properly and would move when you got on and off it, so we made the landlord and his cheap repairman return today. It seems okay and stable now.

So, that was four hours Saturday, three hours Sunday, and three hours Monday where I wasn't allowed to use my bathroom for anything.

+++

I wanted to see a few Open House New York locations Sunday but woke up feeling awful so I didn't. The places I wanted to go were in Manhattan and would've required me taking the subway and buses--and figuring out what was running where for a weekend day--and doing a few miles of walking. Maybe next year.

[admin post] Admin Post: [#278 | Dark Forest] Amnesty

Oct. 20th, 2025 11:45 pm
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It is once again mini-amnesty time! Toss your Dark Forest fills (and just for fun, let's say any fills for other #270-anything prompts) at the community until Wednesday at 9pm, or whenever after that your friendly neighborhood mod has a chance to get the new challenge up.

[ SECRET POST #6863 ]

Oct. 20th, 2025 06:18 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6863 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 42 secrets from Secret Submission Post #980.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

AWS outage

Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 am
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DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

[ SECRET POST #6862 ]

Oct. 19th, 2025 12:05 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6862 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 52 secrets from Secret Submission Post #980.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Theme Prompt: #278 - Dark forest
Title: Watching the Watch
Fandom: Game of Thrones (ASOIAF)
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Something is lurking out in the depths of the forest, watching the Night's Watch.

Read more... )

[ SECRET POST #6861 ]

Oct. 18th, 2025 05:01 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6861 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 62 secrets from Secret Submission Post #980.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #981 ]

Oct. 18th, 2025 04:54 pm
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[ SECRET SUBMISSIONS POST #981 ]




The first secret from this batch will be posted on October 25th.



RULES:
1. One secret link per comment.
2. 750x750 px or smaller.
3. Link directly to the image.

More details on how to send a secret in!

Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is.

Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret.

Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment!

[ SECRET POST #6860 ]

Oct. 17th, 2025 07:06 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6860 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #979.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[#278] Into The Forest (Original)

Oct. 17th, 2025 01:55 pm
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Theme Prompt: #278 – Dark Forest
Title: Into The Forest
Fandom: Original.
Rating/Warnings: PG / None
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: There were no trees in sight when they’d parked, but now there’s a whole forest…




Will you tell me a story tonight

Oct. 17th, 2025 02:51 am
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My fic site has returned!

+++

Oh, I don't owe my dentist money! I don't have a balance. Their computer system just sends bills out automatically sometimes and they don't always reflect the correct balance on file!

I'm so glad I tried e-mail first. If I drove all the way to Bayside to talk to them in person about this, since they refuse to discuss billing stuff on the phone, I would've been even more ticked off. Plus, this way I have an e-mail of them saying I don't owe them money.

+++

So my Gas Guru app is no longer in operation, and I switched to Gas Buddy, which is a massive downgrade. They list so many stations with no pricing. Even if you give me an old price and tell me it's a few days old, like Guru would've, that would be better.

[ SECRET POST #6859 ]

Oct. 16th, 2025 07:03 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6859 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 06 secrets from Secret Submission Post #979.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

[#278 | Dark Forest] Challenge Post

Oct. 15th, 2025 11:21 pm
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Challenge 278:
DARK FOREST
Some forests are peaceful, beautiful places, perfect for a romantic walk or a quiet camping trip – but not this one.

Legends swirl about ghosts or monsters, ancient stories of something sinister waiting under the trees. Unknown creatures howl at night, and the shadows seem darker even at the forest’s edge. Sometimes people who go into the forest don’t come back at all – or they come back changed.

Write a story about a dark forest.

BONUS GOAL: “You’re going in there? Alone?”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!


Challenge ends Monday, October 20 at 9:00PM EST.
• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 278 – dark forest
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

[ SECRET POST #6858 ]

Oct. 15th, 2025 07:23 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6858 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[The Boys and/or Gen V]



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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 13 secrets from Secret Submission Post #979.
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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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