<?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 01:05:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/theinkwell/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Worldbuilding Weekend Prompt #156 - Prophets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the next in an ongoing series of writing prompts in the Worldbuilding community ! I'm aiming to post one of these each Sunday. They aren't a replacement for the excellent daily prompts from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-191038/@alonicus/worldbuilding-weekend-prompt-156-prophets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-191038/@alonicus/worldbuilding-weekend-prompt-156-prophets</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-191038]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alonicus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8VPd2eLiU8mxxmbtBxfRcQLwuwKdbuTmG4MSVMDi5WQJ7CaYmt2LcYBnLyphS3i144wKV4VZrkhg19GhqB56ape6SRUH3TipbrmyxcYz1dRspUcv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something of Your Liking]]></title><description><![CDATA[The waiter progresses toward the table, tray held in hand, floating as if putting on a show. But the attraction is the cuisine, the aesthetic chic. If the food is not good, everything else doesn't matter.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@corpsekaizen/something-of-your-liking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@corpsekaizen/something-of-your-liking</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corpsekaizen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:49:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73GywJLc4qya717jY4hemJ4yGThw4XT4hSpKsUwzZqq8evXGN4D4ycM51mNYrKH3A19U4pSSuw9453x6rvQoYDcsAkW1C7qNyfdv5RZKKaJ8Cty2NPdmUi7gru656y3YihMZHX66AoSFSo8tyvW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction: Prompt  "A Quiet Place"]]></title><description><![CDATA[source In the heart of Osogbo, noise was the norm. Generators hummed, arguments among commercial bus drivers and Nigeria Union Road Transport Workers staff, traders called out princes, and music slipped]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@raymondpeter/fiction-prompt-a-quiet-place</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@raymondpeter/fiction-prompt-a-quiet-place</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymondpeter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:29:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEzNYtqbGEDRoyYeseHMDTak3FVSeKf6xhoAeY6zRSzemFsnMBPmjCe5U4Jkj8RHdREWCTCXA3wdK6AzjaKvkPuB5uTStcUNzuS7AcHR4eCxcq7kAxpZgLNi9ni2Pfh9f3ogKM7Qz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[(en.es) The three magics ✦ Las tres magias (Fiction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── ✦ The three magics ✦ 📸 Deep in the forest, where silences are shared with forgotten creatures, lived an old man. Wise, yet stubborn, and privy to secrets of bygone eras. The old man]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@almadepoeta/en-es-the-three-magics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@almadepoeta/en-es-the-three-magics</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[almadepoeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:57:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kx949aDJ3YMzVLdPdgysaSmkB2s8acfMBHMBr2Yq83EP6VcRuZ1zu7b5tQTA6S4in95prL6GGBmWuETCUXx2n5Ny21gR1XF3ShLZUVLS6wAKeLz63bC2FUxwaGqEYrEwMQeptFH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To silence noise.]]></title><description><![CDATA[source The noise still echoed in her head, just as the hammering of the earth's surface does in demagnetization. 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