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The Mides of Arch · Original Short Story ·
Organised by RogerDodger
Word limit 2000–8000
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I don't quite see how to illustrate a prompt like this, so I'm just going to submit whatever strikes my fancy.
#2 · 1
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Sorry for the fuss, but I have not had time to write at all this weekend so I’m having to pass on doing a submission.
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I'm hoping:

To have something--which it to say I've got half of something and aim to get the rest of it done before sundown.

Mike
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Had to work today but also hoping.
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I could have slept the night. I did this thing instead.
#6 · 1
· on Vanishing · >>GroaningGreyAgony
That's a pretty cool cloud pattern. I wonder if that photo was taken on the ides of March...
#7 · 1
· on Marching Through
Hm, trying to determine what these figures are. Quadrupeds? Maybe Dave Matthews with some ants?
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· on Collapse · >>GroaningGreyAgony
I've never seen a formation like that before. I wonder what caused it. Chicken Little must be mental right now.
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· on Misapprehension · >>GroaningGreyAgony
Hah, rabbits. They assume if they're not moving, you can't see them. Cool little natural arch in the foliage.
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· on Neckless · >>GroaningGreyAgony
That's one way to avoid a neckbeard. Hm, what was this originally? A dinosaur? An elephant? A Trojan antique?
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· on Vanishing
>>Pascoite
Vanishing
According to my phone, I took this on June 1, 2026, at 8:14 PM.
One of the benefits of life on the Florida Suncoast is the spectacle of dynamic and often dramatic cloud patterns and sunsets.
#12 ·
· on Marching Through
Kudos to the Artist for calling forth a work to match the Prompt. This loose pen sketch lacks a human connection but those accustomed to the strange may interpret this as alien forms being led to some sort of revelation or transfiguration.
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· on Collapse
>>Pascoite
Collapse
My partner spoke to a meteorologist, who said that this is an example of a collapsing thunderstorm taking place about 60 miles away from the photographer.
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· on Misapprehension
Misapprehension
>>Pascoite
The rabbits in this neighborhood are fairly chill around humans and I've succeeded in getting less than ten feet away from them when they silflay on my lawn. I saw this one on a walk, it ran from the edge of the road and paused at the entrance to an arbor vitae hedge to take my measure. So I took its measure as well.
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· on Neckless
Neckless
>>Pascoite
This curiosity is the Lake Lindsey Dinosaur, last and uncompleted work in the life of August Herwede. There's more than one dino sculpture in this general area, including one that is also a building housing an auto repair business.