<?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>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:11:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@cristof/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 4, Conclusion)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In which we find out that there's always a way to turn minor to major. Part one is here, part two is here, and part three is here. You'll be lost if you don't read them, and I think I can safely promise]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-4-conclusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-4-conclusion</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTps6cjBmVHvN4WKRELnFy9u363NA4sovnHTRhpuinGSt5F2FJyR1uXvaG8Y9craS5FnjKjCsQEDePwuwG6yRTDW6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 3 of 4)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. You'll wanna read those. I let myself into the dingy flat, put some soup on the burner, and dropped some rye bread into the toaster. I had been thinking about eating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-3-of-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-3-of-4</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 20:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4uukrKMPSmkUocmeqxdcomWpaJQL35sApdqytR9rXY5FQLNVFKyAvsMwH2YeqqyZvbhKcAWDUje5AoMdbk3nF8yT5TRFeQLARc2PC7LAoN9xhR897LNi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak Ill of the Dead (Part 2 of 4)]]></title><description><![CDATA[When last we left our heroine, she was burning the clothes of her failed relationship, and saying goodbye to her late boyfriend's apartment with a dumpster fire (symbolic, that) and a confession. That]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-2-of-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-2-of-4</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 19:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaRR5T4ef7369wAfGhBDwE1hfcifNn8eNgrtRQ162z2vhuVnNYY98mFUxG8Mcmbq9PvX5UzfkcfvxsG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And All Of A Sudden, I'm a 25]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spent a lot of time and energy last year getting to a 56 rep score, and today I log in and I'm a 25. I'm not sure how this happens, but I'd love to know. It's not the end of the world--my rep score is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@cristof/and-all-of-a-sudden-i-m-a-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@cristof/and-all-of-a-sudden-i-m-a-25</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfmQ5geYGqcJ1BmB3m6NEeQ4aooZBWHkgSbjng57CdqucG4fY7vo6o6XL51HqriP4ZUYLy195NSAMt5gNzeYydf72UK9jgi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak Ill of the Dead (part 1 of 2)--Original Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Speak Ill of the Dead Part One of Two We had been dating a long time when Albert died. He did not "pass away", like the preacher said over the grave. He died. I saw him do it. I helped. I don't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-1-of-2-original-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/speak-ill-of-the-dead-part-1-of-2-original-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFwWdrhsPR4KTTCTTbGjKnMRzyjy2jyzFyUk68aZw85GE3uHVJkYQEAP47qUKKuDQ5vNbmbyMSqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden Gnomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man next door is a gnome. No one knows but me. That must be very lonely. Maybe he has a tunnel in his basement that he uses to visit other gnomes. Or maybe that's dwarves. My friend Marnie could tell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/garden-gnomes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/garden-gnomes</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 05:51:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR6G5jk4Fx5qgoc2mMKeTRhk2TNUwErrCyKwhNkqfdcBTwyrcEQf6H5idXprdGr7xaYfXjqYmKP18P8TB3FmjeUdgCoTM2vPkLeY5C25ZziZwsb7D3qzUGX3jHQrjTHkL4pePUbkrNEpWUfq3MEZsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work In Progress]]></title><description><![CDATA[photo credit My dear, lovely friend and sometime editor Lyz Schulte just tagged me on Facebook and challenged me to post the first seven lines of my current Work In Progress (WIP, for us author types).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/work-in-progress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@cristof/work-in-progress</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpob2v4c9DfmJohzD8ep1CXcWLFMqUd5pTwjYphS3Rc7PbSFY5NsesmJCejcsAjX7t9VHaJ5pHuR68zvJ5vejrjaETsNJNy4kxaTD6fm9TK5mAEbkrKXXuU4oRqdaqYwqt6588RBPBAabRceNaUDmd8rTvHfAHZYqC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand As Gods (original fiction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the story of Leonidas and the Spartan 300 at Thermopylae. 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Then school started]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@cristof/why-i-m-not-posting-to-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@cristof/why-i-m-not-posting-to-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cristof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:04:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kxbgw9LhEFrfEKxyfaYxeA6PcD53UNZayQHjrXrPqcSDqHcyNuiHvor6kR1UZLDVDSixtuAtNdYQuszJiUqc8cSXmkdzZRiqp7unJhGJgNa2So7p2hDpXUXQVMB1vgs4HP6cRP4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Kind of Hate Halloween.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Halloween has busted out all over, which I dislike. It's a stupid holiday, filled with teaching children to beg, as if doing it in costume makes it better. 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