Just me.https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lfxnidjo6c23Fran woke with a start. Mum, where’s my #cape whispered 5yr old Max. Are you having bad dreams? He nodded tearfully. If I had my cape I could fight them. I’ve an idea said Fran. You jump in here. She grabbed her dressing gown & pulled it over them. This is my cape, ok? #vss36517 Jan 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxnidjo6c23https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lfpz3nmdzk23After the funeral, after all the mourners had gone, he gathered his thoughts. It had been a difficult day. 50 years. Could he live without her? Evening came and the #silence surrounded him. He sighed, so quiet now. So blessedly quiet. Smiling he sat in the good chair. #vss36514 Jan 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpz3nmdzk23https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lfiocvic5k23It was late, someone suggested the ouija board. Everyone else seemed up for it. Not me. Of course accusations of ‘you moved it’ rang out. Not me. I shivered. All laughing as it spelled out a creepy message. Not me. Time to go. Standing I said I #quit. Hope they do as well #vss36511 Jan 2025 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfiocvic5k23https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lffdsjnmac25His collection could be considered #esoteric, if anyone knew of it. The reason he could continue to search out pieces was simple. Don’t get caught. At times he did consider talking to his ‘contributor’s’ but their speech was usually incoherent. Marvellous things tongues. #vss36510 Jan 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffdsjnmac25https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lfd3v4yt5c2jThey tried to avoid each other but sometimes it was inevitable. Those nearby would hold their breath & wait. Well my dear you look so..I’m sure my Grammy has that very dress. It does suit you. Aren’t you so #sweet, I can see you’ve tried hard yourself. Bless your heart. #vss36509 Jan 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfd3v4yt5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lf3lhotpj227Our village was a much sought after place to move to. Quiet, very neighbourly. Every one who wished to relocate here had to first meet Aunty. She could take the #measure of anybody within a few minutes conversation. We all respected Aunty, but we didn’t visit her much. #vss36506 Jan 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3lhotpj227https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lezdqdnwps2qThey all stopped. TV forgotten. Some stared at the floor, some looked sideways at the others and the #question hung heavy in the air. Feet shuffled, urgent whispers snuck round the room. No one willing to admit breaking the vase. Mr Nobody again? Ok Extra chores for all. #vss36505 Jan 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lezdqdnwps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lew2albqvk2fIt was a #delight to see Jane again. Absent for far too long on her European travels. She looked splendid at our mid season ball. The shy girl gone, replaced by a confident one who didn’t seem to have aged a day. Travels though had left her a tad pale. We’ll feed her up. #vss36504 Jan 2025 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lew2albqvk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3leuauzf2hc2fJen sighed, peace at last. Now in her comfy chair, Cfor the cat in her lap, she opened her book. She jumped as Cfor began to growl, staring just behind Jen. Nice try cat, I’ve fallen for this before, #turning and nothing there. The cat arched with fear, yowled and ran. #vss36503 Jan 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3leuauzf2hc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3le35lughsk2g#vss365 Wishing all you lovely people a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year 💛💛24 Dec 2024 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3le35lughsk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3ldxqhowdmk2nShe sat entranced by the sight. She’d always hoped fairies existed. But as time went by she’d accepted, it was just a childhood dream. Here now, they flittered around her, their wings #glistening. So beautiful she sighed. 2 landed on her arm. The first bite shocked her. #23 Dec 2024 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldxqhowdmk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3ldltgsckus2fJack sauntered in. Late again to yr10 #drama club. Most of the girls giggled and exchanged glances, hoping he’d notice them. The boys scowled. He enjoyed the attention, played up to it. At home his parents were too high to care. The school was his stage & he loved it. #vss36518 Dec 2024 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldltgsckus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3ldh4nn3mik2xThe challenge hung in the air. Nobody could take it back. The gang started chanting. Joey, the champion bubble blower up against Sue, his secret crush. He was in a quandary, win & hang on to his title or..Sue’s eyes glittered. He had to lose. He was a 13yr old in love. #vss36516 Dec 2024 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldh4nn3mik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lddwblvc5s2nHe shivered by the door, hoping someone would answer his knock. He’d not had much luck, no one wanted new windows. She answered. He gave his spiel. Surprisingly she invited him in. Stepping over the #threshold he thanked her with a smile, his long canine teeth glinting. #vss36515 Dec 2024 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lddwblvc5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3ld4me2q4h226Fred was an excellent #propagator of gossip. He tended his tales with a mixture of half truths and downright lies. Sprinkling in some festered malice if the occasion called for it. Each tale bloomed, they couldn’t be called beautiful, more unsettling. Bought to share. #vss36512 Dec 2024 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4me2q4h226https://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lcaxarh2522qThe pavement rose up to meet him Wow! You went down with a thud his friend said. You ok? #Yes, yes I’m fine. I’ll get home, have some tea, the cure all. His friend looked at him, it won’t work. Remember the last time you saw me? He thought, it can’t be. Your funeral…? #vss36501 Dec 2024 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaxarh2522qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lillib3t.bsky.social/post/3lbp45gk5us2kThey gathered in the dark. Knowing the gods could take revenge brought fear, but the killing had to stop. Yesterday there’d been no sacrifice. Now they waited, staring at the #horizon. Would the gods relent? Sobbing with relief they fell to their knees as the sun rose. #vss36524 Nov 2024 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:hktk4qpspadrjvcvm2dlmjpc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbp45gk5us2k