<?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>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:54:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@gashepard/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sun didn’t always travel across the sky and disappear where our world ends. The sun used to sit on top of that far mountain. Back when there were masters and workers. Night never came and the people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/the-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/the-sun</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 16:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqEaYB8caqVAtpCsskXLNXw4fkpghPJJ72ADH2gaYxK99eUfTQTzu4oAgQZpmT8DK5kPUXd92s8hjCBqAhBhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wedding]]></title><description><![CDATA[They chose me because I was the most coveted. There had been a bidding war. My family would have had more status and wealth with my sale to a husband, but the priests said I was worthy of our god. So I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/the-wedding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/the-wedding</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:39:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1UtNorhGbvwWbaPyocBG2BjejSr3EmeguLKJUAvmRqZKQm1jS54PbxQuDPZaTE8jLi3dx7c3wa1NyFEiJDN1Dq2ReNdkPaXZ7Zj4RL2KWsTibFvLUcTM9CWZ8fjooUJ6dPCsS7C2VfzBfPae?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stall]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blurry figure in front of him moved aside and Brian took his place under the order-here sign. The barista's silhouette, a girl with long hair pulled back in a ponytail, stood waiting behind the counter,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/stall</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/stall</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:29:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9r6YNA7hLUteemhtoF4rs8eCMKWmf6vPgJQeSKfgtqRCp3LPbW3bNzaZ5dCsTf2JzPFtsWh6USgV3QBgD5cLEVQgm2aE7Uz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six-Word Story @gashepard #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[The gun fell to the floor.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sixwordstories/@gashepard/six-word-story-gashepard-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sixwordstories/@gashepard/six-word-story-gashepard-2</guid><category><![CDATA[sixwordstories]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:18:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Island Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gary pulled a dried starfish from the pile that separated him from his castaway-companion James. “So, what books do you wish you’d brought with you?” James leaned his head back and let out a groan. Gary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/island-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@gashepard/island-life</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:46:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmNZNkpP1KqbAYPvjoQEhCvz6Vhu6W5oruf2BwacpvsSF4FKfrZhnwJadFS6Th8sQBL8y3xgXg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Word Story (9-20-2017)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My eyes open. The ceiling spins.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sixwordstories/@gashepard/six-word-story-9-20-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sixwordstories/@gashepard/six-word-story-9-20-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[sixwordstories]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:41:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Crypto Mistress]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few months ago I watched “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin” on Netflix. Since then I’ve been obsessed with this new world of crypto-currency/block-chain technology. I can’t stop thinking about ICO’s, Exchanges,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gashepard/my-crypto-mistress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gashepard/my-crypto-mistress</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyq93FPmCtBzyQkBthtM4x1CjJoBaAUYcDQqoDr1G5FnE7Sj55GjnkQn3YuyEtukC33EksD3gi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Top Five Most Reread books]]></title><description><![CDATA[My top five most reread books. This list started as a favorites list but that was too hard to figure the criteria. Would it be books that affected me emotionally? Characters that stuck with me the longest?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gashepard/my-top-five-most-reread-books</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gashepard/my-top-five-most-reread-books</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:09:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1pqLw9CieU9CdXG3JHaDJg28eh8AHaafa9BjWHnmpCP5aXf6pwfL4geodqLM63WAmoDcArS8v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My time will come...]]></title><description><![CDATA[(My son playing outside my office in our old house. Yes, my office was a coat closet.) I have an 8yr old and a 5yr old that demand my time. It’s summer and I stay home with the kids while my wife works]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gashepard/my-time-will-come</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@gashepard/my-time-will-come</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:57:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8sbmXVLoQ3bzeapEHXTRoYNcgCdz7B2tW68RuhDnznyPT3Y97ymEyHpz1WUXTHacgE2HoP4z2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Drowning in Turn"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'd prefer a stop in time. Peaceful, black silence. But when I close my eyes, the undercurrent pulls me down and the waves crash overhead. I swim upward, kicking hard, fighting to breach the surface. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gashepard/drowning-in-turn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gashepard/drowning-in-turn</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:40:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZB4jYsUqJ4nHWhNCJpyuAXsLxoqEot9ize5zJ4DnCqibwCdGmBV9N7pg3qx1Jv5SQhz7U3KGBx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing for Medicinal Purposes]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write for medicinal purposes. Writing is a drug. Not a bad drug. It's more like an antidepressant— with magical powers. When taken daily, I feel good about myself. The people close to me find me more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gashepard/writing-for-medicinal-purposes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@gashepard/writing-for-medicinal-purposes</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 01:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrVGovV7hsdSjf9D3gXCk8N9oNrAdyUPf5K1nG8jRMxE2fEnVN13AePv3Kr8TwKNNdt4rh1eSi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is me! And hello to you!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello to the Steemit-verse! My name is Greg and I’ve been on Steemit for about a week now. I write fiction under the name G.A.Shepard (Gregory Alexander Shepard). But that’s me now, so, let me back up]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@gashepard/this-is-me-and-hello-to-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@gashepard/this-is-me-and-hello-to-you</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:37:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Crawfish Prayers" (A young boy struggles to cope with the death of his father)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tommy lay in the middle of the train tracks looking down between the railroad ties. It was fifty-feet to the shallow river that ran underneath the trestle. A low growl made the wood and metal shudder.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@gashepard/crawfish-prayers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@gashepard/crawfish-prayers</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gashepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYXgAdukjqfLMgNdN4GTdqAsq7aeN2UNTD6L626uKKbW8DgNPkYYvM4Rx27A3VrjY1kPGJL86A2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>