<?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>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:43:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/downwithdivine/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Collection is for my serial fiction "Down with Divine". Divine's life is a struggle. Everyone at his school hates him. The teachers have even gone as far as to push of kids into bully him.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110144/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110144/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110144]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 03:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: End]]></title><description><![CDATA["When I woke up a Lady was standing over me. She told me that I had been summoned by the Well of Fate and passed a trial of nine days and nights." He paused. "Just a moment, I have to grab]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-end</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: After]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had so many questions. How could have that really happened? If that happened how was he still alive? This version of the story wasn't as embellished as the other stories about how he lost this eye. Like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-after</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-after</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:54:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Middle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grandpa seems more tired than I had ever seen him. Lost and hurt perhaps. Nothing I could say. I had never lost someone I loved before. My life had been thankfully okay in that aspect. I knew grandpa would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-middle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-middle</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grandpa went to the fridge grabbed a coke. Reached above the fridge into the cabinet and pulled down some whiskey. Grab a glass and poured himself a mixed drink. More whiskey than coke. He walked over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-beginning</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Tenth Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal Of MO 19 May 1846 There is something definitely wrong with the stars. They are lying to me. The bastards moved.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-tenth-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-tenth-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Grandpa's]]></title><description><![CDATA[The next day mom dropped me off at grandpa house. I was a small house. A rectangular slab built in the '40s or '50s, one story with a bedroom, bath, tiny kitchen, and a living room. It was clean inside]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-grandpa-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-grandpa-s</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 14:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: At Home Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[My eye wasn't quite as gone as my mom seemed to think it was. The surgeon told me later that it had been more like a very flat basketball. The good news was I might get some of my vision back; eventually.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-at-home-alone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-at-home-alone</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 14:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Ninth Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal Of MO 8 May 1846 My waterskin is empty and I think there is something wrong with the stars.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-ninth-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-ninth-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 14:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Going Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[She was only focusing on positive outcomes. Only the good ones. They weren't the only outcomes, clearly. Well, it was as good as it gets. You wouldn't want to be the one it happened to, but sure as shit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-going-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-going-home</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2020 14:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Eighth Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal Of MO 17 May 1846 Found a town. A very empty town. The river seems to be completely dried out now. The town has a well. Yes, rope. No bucket. None at all. Have you ever drank rope water? Well,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-eighth-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-eighth-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: At the Doctor's Office]]></title><description><![CDATA["Well, good news and bad news." The doctor as about as direct as he could be. Mom spoke up. "Alright. Start with the good news." "Alrighty. Well, Divine has a received severe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-at-the-doctor-s-office</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-at-the-doctor-s-office</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 16:54:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2ZQ7U3kTPc6Qr1nzadiUN5NkDcDF9KvVSewBFS7F2nQyDtb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Seventh Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal Of MO 15 May 1846 So, I should have come across the town a week or more ago or least seen some signs. Well, I was given directions. I followed them exactly. As exactly as "What you want to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-seventh-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-seventh-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Mom shows up]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was still here. It wasn't much longer when mom finally showed up. Both of us were then escorted into the principal's office and the door closed behind us. Principal Detrick looked all solemn. "Ms.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-mom-shows-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-mom-shows-up</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Waiting]]></title><description><![CDATA["Well? Divine, are you listening?" "Sure, When is my mom going to be here." She worked about 20 minutes away. "She said she was leaving about 10 minutes ago." So, I was out]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-waiting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-waiting</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Sixth Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal Of MO 4 May 1846 Have I mentioned that the desert is hot and it also gets very cold? My only waterskin is leaking. I've looked over it thoroughly, but I was unable to tell where from. You could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-sixth-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-sixth-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Waking up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waking up is hard to do. I'm going to lay here for a minute. Fuck, my eye hurts even worse now. "Looks like you deserved that one, Mr. Divine." Mr. Bronski said with a bright gleam in his eyes.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-waking-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-waking-up</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Fifth Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal Of MO 1 May 1846 I hiked my way back to where our base should have been; there was no one there. Luckily, I've found a stream else I would still be thirsty right now. I did end up finding a village.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-fifth-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-fifth-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down with Divine: Escape]]></title><description><![CDATA[The good thing about my mom was that at least she always listened. She didn't always think things through or make the best decisions, which is how we ended up with a lawyer. 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The last thing I remember was we were fighting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-fourth-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/downwithdivine/@verbalshadow/down-with-divine-fourth-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[downwithdivine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[verbalshadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>