<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:32:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/literarygames/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Winner: Literary Game No. 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past week, we only had one entry to Literary Game No. 11. That's too bad. I was hoping for a few more stories. Still, the one story submitted was an excellent story about characters in the Dungeons]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@allentaylor/winner-literary-game-no-11-6rd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@allentaylor/winner-literary-game-no-11-6rd</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[allentaylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8VPd2eLiU8mxxmbuBSRMjCEnnFfhv7tkHDavJeeieX2trrzVUyNEeLgbjHzkUJGuCj8VGUQfYJdMw35yKw92RTCAWkoHC5JLuHhx2TcMLkR2ihca?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary Game #11 - Two Fathers]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post was inspired by Literary Game Number 11 from @allentaylor. 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I'm still deliberating,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@allentaylor/literary-game-no-11-an-uncanny-hostage-situation-hck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@allentaylor/literary-game-no-11-an-uncanny-hostage-situation-hck</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[allentaylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHbccWEZjKb3kuARN1v3aJidk6CG5P5L7BAyYSW9Dw75rTziSmQ9a7Ut9gLFVw2JXxBV68mbdXfXUyV4ep5t7HyjzV33qMrUv6wtA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winner Announcement: Literary Games No. 10 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recall, before the infamous hard fork, how Steemians made magic with words. 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Literary games #7.]]></title><description><![CDATA[”No!....no! Please don't do this. I'm innocent. I didn't…I really…didn't”, Camilla spoke in a tone so soft it was almost unheard. 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