• amos-robinson (53)in #christianity • 7 years ago

  Scripture for Today: Isman 2:13

  "For verily I say unto you; till Heaven and Earth both pass; one gin gimlet shall in no wise pass through anywhere, but my own lips." "Nor your lips… nor thine, nor thine."…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  Read what the critics are saying about my latest book, “The Third Gender: Tetrominoes”

  The Third Gender: Tetrominoes What are the critics saying? “Outrageous.” - The New Yorker “Mr Plume doesn’t know the first thing about gender, let alone the third.” - The…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  On the appreciation of drinking tea with friends

  I try not to complain, but the problem with having my desk in the hottest room in the house is that it's also the coldest room in the house. Because it's the only room in the…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  Down and under in the subway and powerless

  Trapped in the subway after hours. Can’t get out. Lost my ticket and now I can’t get out. I try banging on the window of the information desk, but the guards have already gone…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #politics • 7 years ago

  An open letter to the mongrel who cut the brakes on the community bike outside my house last week

  In his short stay on this planet, man has achieved much. Man built aqueducts to ferry water from hither to thither. Man took Malus sylvestris , the wild wood apple, and tamed…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 9: Fumigate

  I woke with a smouldering headache. I was in a room, lying on a compacted dirt floor, and the air smelt sickly sweet, lemony and smokey. I wonder how long I had been asleep. My…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  CBF part 4: A Computer-Based interactive Fiction For You and Your Friends

  This is part 4 of A Computer-Based Interactive Fiction For You and Your Friends. For an introduction, see CBF 1 , CBF 2 , CBF 3 . Welcome back, Computer User #1. The…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #amazing • 7 years ago

  Valentine's Day 2018

  Ever since my father's untimely death as a child, I was afflicted by a speech impediment which manifested as temporary muteness. Often, when I did finally find my voice, the…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  Space Company launches flying car

  A company from the United States recently sent a car into space. Probably the car was already in space and now it's even more so in space, but this kind of pedantry gets us…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  CBF part 3: A Computer-Based interactive Fiction For You and Your Friends

  This is part 3 of A Computer-Based Interactive Fiction For You and Your Friends. For an introduction, see CBF 1 and CBF 2 . Welcome back, Computer User #1. Today's…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 8: California

  On the horizon, we saw a wooden fence, the holes reinforced with chicken-wire and mud-bricks and adobe plastered on higgledy-piggledy, about two metres high. Inside the fence was…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 7: yard sale

  We followed the path down to the clearing. A lot of fire had passed through here recently, but it had all died out by now. The path continued, wide, and as if it had been carved…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 6: palimpsest

  I opened up the pitcher plant, and pulled Gg Kk up by his shoulders. "Let's have a look at you, then." His head-wound had healed, and the biodegradable stitching had…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 5: the smell within

  After the sound died down and I assumed the Flingellans had left, I waited two days in that pitcher plant. I don't know why I waited so long. I guess I just had bookkeeping…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  CBF part 2: A Computer-Based interactive Fiction For You and Your Friends

  This is part 2 of CBF (computer fiction). For an introduction to CBF, see CBF 1 . Welcome back, Computer User #1. The air is fresh and dry, and the sun is warm. The…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 4: cigarettes (freewrite)

  The fire was dribbling down from the canopy. Droplets of burning plastic. Hot sticky mess. Dak Ulu started screaming a high-pitched trill, when he got some on him. Gg Kk ran and…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #story • 7 years ago

  A Computer-based Interactive Fiction For You and Your Friends

  Hello, Computer User #1. Today we are going to explore a computer-based interactive fiction, for you and all your friends. But first, some background material is in order. You…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #amazing • 7 years ago

  A short pun as dictated by Gary the Gravy-monger, who comes up to you and speaks ill of the queen. Later he will be executed for his treason but at the time of writing he is a free man, speaking openly on matters of gravy and meat.

  "As certain as gravy on a Sunday, those despicable beings who put gelatine in lollies will get their jus desserts ."

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Gg Kk 3: cracker (freewrite)

  Gg Kk couldn't walk, but if he leaned on Dak Ulu he was fine. At least we didn't need a stretcher to carry him. We didn't have a stretcher. We left the small clearing we had…

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• amos-robinson (53)in #freewrite • 7 years ago

  Freewrite: paint

  When we woke up, Gg Kk was acting strange. He had painted his body blue, apparently to camouflage himself in the forest. The forest was not blue. Gg Kk had lice on his brain.…

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