<?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, 18 May 2026 08:25:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@swordpen/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[New Avatar Power Ritual]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pretty powerful, first part. THE NEW AVATAR POWER RITUAL Quietly read the following words aloud, listening to what you are saying. Read slowly and carefully, pausing between sentences, and stopping for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/occult/@swordpen/new-avatar-power-ritual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/occult/@swordpen/new-avatar-power-ritual</guid><category><![CDATA[occult]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:11:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Keep Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you keep reading at the end of this post you might see a big pair of tits that you can upvote or maybe even the whole nekkid girl combined with some willowy, flowery prose, to make it seem more artsy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/if-you-keep-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/if-you-keep-reading</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phantoms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why are you staring at your lcd/led screen on a good night or day somewhere on the only planet we know that can even keep things like us alive when you could be f**cking or eating and drinking. Something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/phantoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/phantoms</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:36:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Felt Her Fingers, Supernatural Writing Contest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Steemit! When I came across this contest, I knew I had stories to share, the only problem at first was deciding which story to share! You see, I grew up in an old farmhouse in Alabama that had been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jerrybanfield/@swordpen/i-felt-her-fingers-supernatural-writing-contest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jerrybanfield/@swordpen/i-felt-her-fingers-supernatural-writing-contest</guid><category><![CDATA[jerrybanfield]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 05:20:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2YmdUFozxdnBjKHtqiR5ae6n27e8cNzL8UC5463Z3L2r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's In The Lake?]]></title><description><![CDATA[short audio spoken word featuring Music From An Underground Circus. What's in the Lake in Slothville?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spokenword/@swordpen/what-s-in-the-lake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spokenword/@swordpen/what-s-in-the-lake</guid><category><![CDATA[spokenword]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:10:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living With Sarcoma.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four years ago, the love of my life was diagnosed with uterine leiomyosarcoma (ulms). This is an EXTREMELY rare soft muscle cancer, and very aggressive, with a poor prognosis. To give you some idea of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@swordpen/living-with-sarcoma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@swordpen/living-with-sarcoma</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:03:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/bqA9tjZHuvziKEo82Z2DFeM2ohNBkVk5S1qeGeT7hG52u74BZwg6xG3c5rvC41dUA93jd6rWTccs7vGDj427HsdNDaQkqDezmdZvyU2feSwZAtT2YPWsDLyLcg2gnXFHwCKQBvZxAb78X5yRDHrwBK1Rk2Bj2oWSKHTx8xGmp15KAUBEsFgrhsRbdtz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tree Fornications. (An environmental poem..sort of.)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey Steempeople, This is a little "beat style" (ugh) poem that I have performed live on stage occasionally. Warning their is profanity. It's called "Tree Fornications" because we have,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/tree-fornications-an-environmental-poem-sort-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/tree-fornications-an-environmental-poem-sort-of</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1X9PtZHnXvjxoNojBLH7G9edqNTudzHVBqgJxV4UYLGDzFH46VfTLTTh1fKid3ef4EySzzYH8yhzr7UDTWyvbUvZhmKyNfF2tWtFKpVShe6FvN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You.   (Another story about who you might be, or any of us)]]></title><description><![CDATA[You are born September ninth, nineteen eighty-five in the cheap hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. You are a boy, and because you were born nine weeks early, and because of both genetics and your mothers smoking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@swordpen/you-another-story-about-who-you-might-be-or-any-of-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@swordpen/you-another-story-about-who-you-might-be-or-any-of-us</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:20:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPauPbN7taCwQ6ruSnUXw7EyyZNHpDjCX2hWB3445qy2DwUWxqvzpLdhfJTrXBeaaPJhdmKcFa26MBCr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lesser Banishing Ritual Of The Pentagram, It's History, Applications, And Potential For Your Life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is The Lesser Banishing Ritual Of The Pentagram? Where did it come from? And most importantly, can it serve any practical function for your life? These are the questions I will attempt to answer in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/magic/@swordpen/the-lesser-banishing-ritual-of-the-pentagram-it-s-history-applications-and-potential-for-your-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/magic/@swordpen/the-lesser-banishing-ritual-of-the-pentagram-it-s-history-applications-and-potential-for-your-life</guid><category><![CDATA[magic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:33:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7Uxen7Pvi2PZ8cuohejSGbiJ6hyCTPRQ1vyuWqsBp3ZKEWjHjPxjhZVGyo7KMmp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Door To Door Pancake Salesladies Blues.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short audio story I improv'd about the fantastical town of Slothville, and how the door to door Pancake Saleslady has to get clever with her business to compete with the new Waffle King.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/storytelling/@swordpen/the-door-to-door-pancake-salesladies-blues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/storytelling/@swordpen/the-door-to-door-pancake-salesladies-blues</guid><category><![CDATA[storytelling]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 08:12:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man In The Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture I drew. Lots of time to reflect when you are the man on the moon. Bet it's lonely though.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fantasy/@swordpen/the-man-in-the-moon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fantasy/@swordpen/the-man-in-the-moon</guid><category><![CDATA[fantasy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAkdFG3LKecdQCPmfRCQaSsGaU2hrfkfq5jM3vTkuKmqkQcim27r9Ue9gNG2tohhm46rLzT5YDb9scoR6irxczKMfYtNTLVGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a Viscious Cycle!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little cartoon I drew. Don't get caught in a bad cycle! They are out there!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cartoon/@swordpen/it-s-a-viscious-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cartoon/@swordpen/it-s-a-viscious-cycle</guid><category><![CDATA[cartoon]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:19:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8nehLTSyJrhWa5KyxCARc3nBBUFG42basBMswg6y6H5R4oLQ69as1eG6GrfGqnVX6vjbaCETj8gwRo6u9mXvTZKumqKt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Ride Called Everything!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a little audio story about one mans investigation into the abandoned Next World amusement park in the town of Slothville. Hope you enjoy!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@swordpen/a-ride-called-evrything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@swordpen/a-ride-called-evrything</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:27:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Selma]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src=" alt="DSCF0566_Copy" border="0"> Papermill skunksmoke envelopes this town that time Has only barely just remembered has just taken the time to carve the cracks into the faces of the millworkers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/in-selma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@swordpen/in-selma</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVGWu6Gbw8fsAeZNtpVzfxB5fEs2LUBW47HkpXHB6EVqMB9YthGpyT4VggQ9SJkhVym2NUSRfYuDdRvTCemWcay9oLMVrsmd8xz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruley Sez.]]></title><description><![CDATA[ This is part one of a dystopian sci-fi short story where the people are kept ignorant of true history and a small group of chemists invent pills to help them remember the real past and lead a revolution.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@swordpen/ruley-sez</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@swordpen/ruley-sez</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:33:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmvvGPbPYFBfLcR2wvFBabMKyQtQuTk7vaBiKABWUo1D4Mhj1smWGhvGp2G7dL3C3S8uzYe3acXSLfrRnGzvL7EtryX2tjqoBhscNiC8cNuApKFVqPZsn3Pxf4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Friend Bob]]></title><description><![CDATA[    My friend Bob lived in the country where there are coyotes. Bob did not (or claimed to not) like the coyotes because they were forever slaughtering the chickens he kept. Deep down]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@swordpen/my-friend-bob</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@swordpen/my-friend-bob</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4HhFUkiVRHYUqDLqQrxrGBWaGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Steemit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is "swordpen" and I am a writer/artist living in Birmingham, Alabama with my lovely girlfriend and a little jack/chi dog.  I was born in Selma, Alabama, I am sure many of you have heard of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@swordpen/hello-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@swordpen/hello-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[introducemyself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:08:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Hcug2HDS9QuKm3XHovvCzG2tn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hatman. (a work of short fiction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a short story about a real phenomena that has become known as The Hatman. Many people around the globe have been terrified by visitations of this figure for decades, and it is almost always a harbinger]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@swordpen/the-hatman-a-work-of-short-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@swordpen/the-hatman-a-work-of-short-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:53:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrXbgXj5Xn848w4wWQywdSRuYJ8qBDCjJu35vH2uP1XqqgC1Q3okLsNvCyfMGF8jtvCEa23ZJpmc2yPHqQBn9RBmUBvSA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You]]></title><description><![CDATA[( A story starring you, or who you might be, or I might be. Hope you enjoy!) You are born August fifth nineteen seventy-six in Kansas City, Kansas. You weigh five pounds, four ounces at birth. You were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@swordpen/you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@swordpen/you</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[swordpen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>