<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:25:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@danielshortell/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[FLASH FICTION: Accost Thy Neighbor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Synopsis: Among the lush verdancy of sublime American suburbia, wars are brewing. A creeping sense of malaise is causing upright citizens to act in downright sinister ways. Competitive lawn-care and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/flash-fiction-accost-thy-neighbor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/flash-fiction-accost-thy-neighbor</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 02:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8th8uW8KLF3fw8abZP7RboayazDdYSmAy5MgJANdV4Af9q3MXoXvEmY5B1ngJGF7QsES1EpWkSP9Y9TW2y3WpXu2ai7beEYDz6CLeHmWMgGFVyzNWjpWeRV6uFaGAWQTMH8zyt2He6hcHjGi1fN6aHNZMP2edJz2X3VMrZua222AhnBCmTB3PKSDnW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: Transposition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Preface: Evolution is inevitable, its outcomes deterministic based on myriad social, physical and environmental factors contributing to change. For thousands of years, homo sapiens have ruled the animal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-transposition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-transposition</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 19:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAspi9LssChkGUNFSRTcUtZwxkCqpgYSs7C7TFaUuX25CswDAWjWTbjG8yoVi672xBFnV3ddhzNXF79MAtwzRhEHSh773tUQJfJ62yceFQoutq28irJiD5Vvc4mgRqkB3bCUEdXbCKWcjTxvJEmhnpKgexA3U2wzfuowufHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: Preston's Dilemma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Preface: Socially-awkward people go through intense struggles and play never-ending mind games with themselves. Although the DSM hasn't successfully diagnosed their affliction as yet (Avoidant Personality]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-preston-s-dilemma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-preston-s-dilemma</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 20:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9dx1buQgbeaetmq3RXiGezpxfqichiyEaJRWqMMjP1vh3sDEZpmsJ5VpUXDF43CrQvF3PS94rhAdb9FD22e2FAysHkKWffnaSRqNpxMynkffCMmNvUhhof1qmHNTi7CQJFCh4z7Pu19XdjCiLQt1okLsKRWV4iQDZERofXZWk6TkV3WkDYGFwzSHRC4gX5HCEicEX5jot?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[POLITICAL POETRY: Chucking Stones from the Tin House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. I recently moved to a new town. People here seem to view the world differently than I do. The adjustment process has been quite difficult for me. As a catharsis, I wrote this humble poem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tinfoilraps/@danielshortell/political-poetry-chucking-stones-from-the-tin-house</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tinfoilraps/@danielshortell/political-poetry-chucking-stones-from-the-tin-house</guid><category><![CDATA[tinfoilraps]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 03:43:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPcLfd5GTqv4SpJ5ni8Z7YPgbbSBNkXgPTxy7vKVG6MJqt34PJyvrHSSbMqJMWVUdNyL8kt29pUxMa3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: The Overeducation of Sir Charles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Abby, It pains me to write to your advice column, but I've reached my wit's end. I've pursued modern scientific channels (child psychologist, neurologist, endocrinologist), alternative channels (Reiki,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-the-overeducation-of-sir-charles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-the-overeducation-of-sir-charles</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:34:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRqCmQLhs7ZoybsrgTuvSTU2pMGE958MfBhFVFEaoRAVKMMohFm6Db86RoFcDU5fkWasrVQ7QbW9A37YKGgKnYpzpRKt3QHuHAru1kEFgHv6syQegF1XNMrqC2gciB6WoGEvtpWGJQGUJUYrr2obmGpUr7sNNRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: I'm Buggered]]></title><description><![CDATA[My only real complaint is that he doesn't look me in the eyes when he's doing it. Well, the blanket too. It gets stuffy and hot under the wool blanket, diminishing the experience. That nauseating, wild]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-i-m-buggered</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-i-m-buggered</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 03:18:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeLuau3m8MumiUXfA7eZTW31v33oUtB9pXeiNoYMj9oK7AZcGhAidDZbjcQQRGcJ9uWPzJzZ4as8CHrzU7X1P1LJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLASH FICTION: The Plasticity of Time, Space and Reason]]></title><description><![CDATA[He walks into walls often, bouncing off them, usually bloodying his nose or banging a knee. It wasn't always this way, the blood-stained shirts, cracked toenails, bruised knees. He used to see other worlds,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/flash-fiction-the-plasticity-of-time-space-and-reason</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/flash-fiction-the-plasticity-of-time-space-and-reason</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:20:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTps6cjBmVHvN4WKRELnFy9u363NA4sovnHTXU8JbgmFZynxP9L54RYLPJJsvawog7y85jhLKQ1jB5P9do4BoSnbrn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: Dead Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Luck's a funny thing. Like a punch to the face. Jarring, disorienting. You "have a bit of luck" and in the moment, the world's askew. Perspectives are oblique, time and reality are a little warped.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-dead-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-dead-money</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 02:44:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3YPY82SEa7SJvsvpWtBM6Y7qtxHYyEW2nxn9HDKccEebUFUPCEJB1vpgwnHKtDTCQsKZ8QgQXqQWDLfG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short Story: Awakening While Homemakening]]></title><description><![CDATA[Synopsis: A nice lady's inner dialog spirals out of control as she is born into her new reality. Through our binoculars we see Gladys from afar. Her head fills the entirety of the viewable space. Her]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-awakening-while-homemakening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-awakening-while-homemakening</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 04:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsKQG7nhCXMsgXxUQHwtJm4rGgDFSP27G8NsdCbgL9Rd8XzE8DDeMbYMjuYyZ6SwP7dRSDgNtR1CKpFc4PbtYs37r9P4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[POP MUSIC HAIKU: "These Girls" (Why Don't We)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has two brain cells to rub together knows Time Magazine is the clairvoyant purveyor of emerging music culture. Moronic conspiracy theorists claim Time is an antiquated rag shilling for corporate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@danielshortell/pop-music-haiku-these-girls-why-don-t-we</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@danielshortell/pop-music-haiku-these-girls-why-don-t-we</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:35:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ATHztMY7eTapPwspYdMBRJpCg2cpJqfvtBLEyjUrHKTzDuhZeyocRVFHNj4Q9iz1WggJxvQoCAG7b4NcQwqu3CXYTaWedHNPw4HR34xfRPFvpzut51CSNs21x8XsfSNKQoZusJyRPvqpQ16fkgZJDhW9dx9zV6oEgbQAFwxZpT8iyoSmhoFzBMP5TWBZYG5iotHz2AzaT1VV9XdSfuMt75Yr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLASH FICTION: Dear Jimmy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Synopsis: A precocious 7-year-old boy drafts a letter to his frenemy the day before he moves out of state. 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The bible was sitting in the second pew, far left-hand side in St. Mary's Church]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-holy-financial-catechlysm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-holy-financial-catechlysm</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rc8JYwSdskYi1LZcqR7GLRSRAnySjG6iP7erxWGr5wdHFVvZFiecLCdf5oeeCorccWtCx5huTQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[POP MUSIC HAIKU: GUCCI GANG (Lil Pump)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sheer quantity of baldly superficial, uber materialistic rap targeting the teenage demographic is horrifying at best, dystopian at worst. In three-minute vignettes, we see the world reduced to a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@danielshortell/pop-music-haiku-gucci-gang-lil-pump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@danielshortell/pop-music-haiku-gucci-gang-lil-pump</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:30:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dw1v38cx9TvY8x8gYfqAz6EmwrCJxo1faDU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: The Butcher]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fawning as it may seem, I think the customers are the best part of my job. Now, I can hear your thoughts. Of course I need them to patronize my shop, but that's not the reason. Too many people in retail]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-the-butcher</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/short-story-the-butcher</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:44:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsKQG7nhCXMsgXxUQHwtJm4rGgDFSP27G8NseJCVJJWTKSxNAf3eVmkEax9P2JvG8PCFm8MmNrckkSj9u2hmEHDogZXc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AESOP'S REBOOT, FABLES FOR ?KIDS?: The Cow and the Douchey Weasel]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short fable, in a kid-friendly format, spotlighting the dirtbags who profit from illegitimate take-downs. FOREWORD FOR PARENTS Most kids' books I've read suck. Invariably, when reading them to my son,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/aesop-s-reboot-fables-for-kids-the-cow-and-the-douchey-weasel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/aesop-s-reboot-fables-for-kids-the-cow-and-the-douchey-weasel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrTps6cjBmVHvN4WKRELnFy9u363NA4sovnHTXU8A7tRWwH59PdSpSbLGurBCis4ESjbxuKv2qWSJ9XZbrvPGqgjfi6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLASH FICTION: Just Jane]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, she seemed bent on sharing all these flippin' details with me. I mean, I get it, we were neighbors and all, but never close. Never chatted much beforehand, a couple fence conversations about the weather.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/flash-fiction-just-jane</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@danielshortell/flash-fiction-just-jane</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3YPY82SEa7SJvsvpWtBM6Y7qtxHYyEW2nxgu66zydiCm3WcEs2kJ5dcttBehwst2L95EaHqNWa5xN7tA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[POP MUSIC HAIKU: Friday (Rebecca Black)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traditionally, pop music hasn't been viewed as a modality of deep expression. 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Drivers are responsible for all of their costs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@danielshortell/news-driving-cars-for-slaves-wages-let-s-decentralize-the-shit-out-of-uber</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@danielshortell/news-driving-cars-for-slaves-wages-let-s-decentralize-the-shit-out-of-uber</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danielshortell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:53:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3YPY82SEa7SJvsvpWtBM6Y7qtxHYyEW2o4RwFcBikhUb9tqL8oPozETGzvVXtxzt3pZsvyLqVzy4Bq8J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHORT STORY: The Unfortunately Infinite Lives of PussEcat]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is not possible. That was my ninth death. I shouldn't be staring God in the face right now, a shambles on his workbench. 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