<?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, 13 Apr 2026 06:36:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@someoneusual/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Fifty words - nightmares & dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Suddenly - silence. The noisy room just went dead silent, and everyone turned to look. A titter, choked off in embarrassment, then more silence. You can feel your cheeks alight, blazing red. How DID you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiftyword/@someoneusual/fifty-words-nightmares-and-dreams</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiftyword/@someoneusual/fifty-words-nightmares-and-dreams</guid><category><![CDATA[fiftyword]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:32:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 words: Humor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fair warning - some slight squick in this one.... She hacked a wretched cough as her family let the healer into the hut and closed the door against the bitter cold. "How long has she been like this?"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/f/@someoneusual/50-words-humor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/f/@someoneusual/50-words-humor</guid><category><![CDATA[f]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 15:55:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another fifty-words....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spawned by @not-a-bird 's previous post... Gremlins get into everything. That's their greatest curse. Can't help it, the lil darlings. Someone able to aim one - well, they'll be rich, if they don't get]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiftyword/@someoneusual/another-fifty-words</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiftyword/@someoneusual/another-fifty-words</guid><category><![CDATA[fiftyword]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:51:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifty-word story, as per @minature-tiger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is where I saw it.... Another crash. Not unusual, but still unpleasant. It’ll rot your soul if you let it. Can't let it, though - it happens too often. It was just a matter of cleaning it up, now.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiftyword/@someoneusual/fifty-word-story-as-per-minature-tiger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiftyword/@someoneusual/fifty-word-story-as-per-minature-tiger</guid><category><![CDATA[fiftyword]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 15:20:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[300-word story]]></title><description><![CDATA[....sounds like a fun challenge. . . The lights flickered on, another annoying sign of decay in what was once a pristine palace of perfection. I just sighed as I walked into the room, knowing there were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/300-word-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/300-word-story</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 09:19:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7WcA2TpkbN68DmPtsp7yncHMPNbJ181QuQgHUXQFFQJsSZ67ETPhqrHkXopsSdtcSVcww9Vofo1iZXAS119WLFNbGxezd4qg5L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Minute Freewrite - "Pen"]]></title><description><![CDATA[From by @mariannewest .... Let's see what hash we can make out of THIS topic! It wasn't me, I tell you! Honest! No, I don't know who did it, nor how they did it, but it Was. Not. Me. I was just standing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-pen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-pen</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 08:48:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Minute Freewrite - Surprise]]></title><description><![CDATA[I guess I was surprised. How often do YOU have a spitting image of yourself open your own door and come walking in as if he - you! - owned the place? Surprised is a pale hint of the emotion I felt at that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-surprise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-surprise</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:35:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five minute freewrite - "Toilet"]]></title><description><![CDATA[From - and somehow I can hear her laughing.... "ohgawd, ohgawd, ohgawd," he chanted as he jogged as quick as he could in his condition. It clearly was not a good day. Of course, the door was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-toilet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-toilet</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 20:34:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alien aliens - one example]]></title><description><![CDATA[One thing we tend to get in Sci-Fi and Fantasy are a lot of "bumpy-headed humans" as aliens. This is relatively easy to do, as we more or less have preconceived notions of what humans want, need,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldbuilding/@someoneusual/alien-aliens-one-example</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldbuilding/@someoneusual/alien-aliens-one-example</guid><category><![CDATA[worldbuilding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:26:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five minute freewrite - "Pill"]]></title><description><![CDATA[From I swallowed. It hung just at the back of my throat, stuck by phlegm or friction or just plain cussedness. Gagging a little, I grabbed a drink and slurped some down - and it was done. Peacefully, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-pill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-pill</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:49:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Minute Freewrite - "Fire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[from "FIRE!" - the cry that always gets my adrenaline running. This time it woke me out of a sound sleep, as it'd been a very long day. I heard lots of people hurriedly getting geared up as I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/five-minute-freewrite-fire</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:35:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sci-Fi/Fantasy Shielding]]></title><description><![CDATA[A common trope across sci-fi and fantasy are immaterial shields which still manage to stop things from harming those within. Occasionally these will cause my suspenders of disbelief to slip a little, leaving]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/worldbuilding/@someoneusual/sci-fi-fantasy-shielding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/worldbuilding/@someoneusual/sci-fi-fantasy-shielding</guid><category><![CDATA[worldbuilding]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:26:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYXcjBWanoQt8uQKU2ywEBjEyreRL9qYXuH9ToD8CH3SXE2Rqh9TkgiQhraWVLfRnCJGyqx4tX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Minute Freewrite - Nose Hair]]></title><description><![CDATA[From - a fun, if icky, challenge.... Icuma sneezed. The breeze passed out its nose and dissipated. ** rewind - play ** "Icuma's in the next room, you know." "I know. That sneezing demon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/5-minute-freewrite-nose-hair</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/5-minute-freewrite-nose-hair</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:58:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things, Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the beginning of a story I'm in the process of writing. If people like it, I'll share more, and work more vigorously at finishing it. If not, that's OK too. :) In the beginning, there was only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/things-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/things-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9v8y5iFo2HrUxhMGwjkmBjSzgkWr5XcCRmxDK3QVockgCipsMXgYKhsMimeMuzqc3e71Zonww45bWki6AAQAQUdYqd7e8w8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend's surprise....]]></title><description><![CDATA[A friend of mine was driving home late one afternoon in his little shovel-nosed coupe, taking back roads and moving a little quick. He had someone waiting for him at home, and was anticipating a bit more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/a-friend-s-surprise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@someoneusual/a-friend-s-surprise</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:38:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMpu1L93L7mMU5AACLuEUGTBHYynJYr9wB3xkLAbRgVu6PCP2t3GhUi3hCK4tVuTfPWJEyzE7VScsLnrdM2jFJMYQsZUKkxoaZ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Poetry Contest #8 - "Mirror, mirror"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mirror, mirror, on the wall Mirror, mirror, before a great fall Show me now what I may see Tell me now what I must be Mirror, mirror, hanging still Mirror, mirror, floating free Your view makes me thrill]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@someoneusual/steemit-poetry-contest-8-mirror-mirror</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@someoneusual/steemit-poetry-contest-8-mirror-mirror</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 19:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa41aBmZV5tvcDaUqgYurYvPkqjubvEz9EiNmem4EdreLnNA6hDJzkfCs7jBHbpjBkcwGU8SvXp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry warmup - "Myself"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Been a while since I've written a poem. A couple whole days - shocking, I know. So - here's a closed rondeau titled "Myself" My faith is weak, morals loose My mind is scattered hither and yon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@someoneusual/poetry-warmup-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@someoneusual/poetry-warmup-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 22:46:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, hello!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, hello! Welcome to this home away from home! Well, hello! You're welcome here For now, from far or from near. Well, hello! I, your host, Am nothing to special. I, your host, Invite your insight, Your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@someoneusual/well-hello</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@someoneusual/well-hello</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[someoneusual]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 23:05:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>