<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:32:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@cosimo/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Succ - Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surprise. Didn't go home. Somethin' was still eatin' me. I climbed an apartment building. Wadn't that hard to get up there, stairs and doors and shit's easy with low to mid-range acrobatics. I lazy-man]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/the-succ-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/the-succ-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9V4Nq9io3qBjk1q1XVTcu9wvn8dDKynxz8nMUCxBt8oqGLW5JJfgTPefjux9uaQvkaCUCmZ3qmi9Rb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Succ - Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can't say for sure I felt better. Distracted is more like it. Don't remember the rock and hard place or any panicky strain when I watched her. Likely juss' distracted. 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Stag has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/the-succ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/the-succ</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9V4Nq9io3qBjk1q1XVTcu9wvn8dDKynxz8nMUCxBt8oqGLW5JJfgTPefjux9uaQvkaCUCmZ3qmi9Rb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast Fiction: V-Mail(Corey)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jessica sat back down. The free coffee sitting on the little table, untouched, still hot. The expression of the counter-woman hung in Jessica's mind. 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The line between life as you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cosimo/fast-fiction-v-mail-jessica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cosimo/fast-fiction-v-mail-jessica</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2019 06:39:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvf3xsYr6qQrDaXEvY2oxeMgJjYHxo16JietvZRs4Lf4CLQYrB364h45M98wzvQK45n2eCqKP1yXfSsUz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick Word to Millennials and Gen Z]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a rant. If you are easily triggered or offended, step right up... I was walking my dog, and some random thought assaulted me. Which means that I was triggered earlier and didn't notice it. 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Seriously, you'll be living life so much that things like email,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-v-mail-welcome-email</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-v-mail-welcome-email</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvf3xsYr6qQrDaXEvY2oxeMgJjYHxo16JietvZRs4Lf4CLQYrB364h45M98wzvQK45n2eCqKP1yXfSsUz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast Fiction: V-Mail (Landing Page)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jessica sat in a coffee shop at night. Rain tapped and ran down the big glass window facing out to the street. It was over an hour past the meeting time with her internet date. 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6 minute read Malphus rolled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-7</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 11:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvCMJTX7owXd26zXYjZqAJUBTewkwpoEFuRzL1nF22iUyCz7hkR8D2NepaHy81i1XGazugLpWgeDi8dgxW22GLmCvXZ7K7aJJVMEpXmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast Fiction: Flight to Antonica (Part 6)]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source Go to Part 1 - 6 minute read Go to Part 2 - 6 minute read Go to Part 3 - 5 minute read Go to Part 4 - 5 minute read Go to Part 5 - 4 minute read Baelerwyn was on his feet with weapons drawn.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-6</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:26:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvCMJTX7owXd26zXYjZqAJUBTewkwpoEFuRzL1nF22iUyCz7hkR8D2NepaHy81i1XGazugLpWgeDi8dgxW22GLmCvXZ7K7aJJVMEpXmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast Fiction: Flight to Antonica (Part 5)]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source Go to Part 1 - 6 minute read Go to Part 2 - 6 minute read Go to Part 3 - 5 minute read Go to Part 4 - 5 minute read * Roybin Oveel stood over his son sleeping next to the lantern at the end]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-5</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvCMJTX7owXd26zXYjZqAJUBTewkwpoEFuRzL1nF22iUyCz7hkR8D2NepaHy81i1XGazugLpWgeDi8dgxW22GLmCvXZ7K7aJJVMEpXmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast Fiction: Flight to Antonica (Part 4)]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source Go to Part 1 - 6 minute read Go to Part 2 - 6 minute read Go to Part 3 - 5 minute read Malphus's voice sounded in the night, "Flash!" Zalmo didn't have time to adjust his field]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cosimo/fast-fiction-flight-to-antonica-part-4</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cosimo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:30:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvCMJTX7owXd26zXYjZqAJUBTewkwpoEFuRzL1nF22iUyCz7hkR8D2NepaHy81i1XGazugLpWgeDi8dgxW22GLmCvXZ7K7aJJVMEpXmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast Fiction: Flight to Antonica (Part 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[image source Go to Part 1 - 6 minute read Go to Part 2 - 6 minute read * Saminel carried a lantern as his bony feet thudded against the planks of a long pier just after dusk. 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