<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:19:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@sculpordwarf/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Black Cat]]></title><description><![CDATA[pic link In the garden of the Witch’s cottage, I lay the brown pine box that contained my beloved black cat, Skeeto. I had named him Keoto in Japanese, and the word meant literally, “black cat.” When I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@sculpordwarf/black-cat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@sculpordwarf/black-cat</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sculpordwarf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1C11dtmfArLKxvYEERFxZ1MpmLq5YgSVBghYUMXmoFT6j93UD8YwyRUj9n3D8MWLce3XWVYDdCd2H6Ap8Up1S1BqDvCVWQLLyZaYQE9947RNKS74hv6dpMPj7SYxh6WZTit985V11FwouAke?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blink Twice]]></title><description><![CDATA[pic link Instead of continuing my quest of finding the man who saved my life on the train, I decided to go back home to my family in the city of Derby. 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This is Discovery. We've found something I think you might be interested in." For a quiet moment the radio silence situation was quite uncomfortable. Alfred was hard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@sculpordwarf/discovery-houston</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@sculpordwarf/discovery-houston</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sculpordwarf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 21:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe4Kp537qmDiDQZpKrqfio7JXs6UTM6eFG9zzTvPmsyX57CcYRPjHyZpvMoPX8d4LVze?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Magical Horn]]></title><description><![CDATA[pic link You slowly climb the stairs as a guard in tattered armor looks up and down the hallway. 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