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forflugis jam kaj studentoj kaj anasoj… restas nur fekaĵ' / already flown away both students and ducks… just droppings remain #hajko #haiku #esperanto

"Down!" Zaza ordered. "Roll over!"
Tau seemed to #wilt. He meekly laid down, rolled over on his back, and let Zaza clean his paws.
"Now you may go," she said. (3/3) #wss366

At the top of the ramp, as they went to step inside, Zaza — standing with a mop — said, "Ahem!"
She pointed at their muddy foot prints leading up the ramp.
"Oh, right," David said. He pulled off his boots.
Tau stood there, shifting uneasily from foot to foot to foot. (2/3) #wss366

David and Tau were supervising the construction of the stage on planet Kotego. After checking progress, they returned to Angels' Wings. They entered up the ramp through the main cargo hatch.
Tau barked.
"You're right," David said. "It's like a mud volcano out there!" (1/3) #wss366

If you like reading about Bebe & Tau or Totemo Isogashii & Lamba, pick up a copy of Better Angels: Tour de Force at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy (or any place fine books are sold). https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/

Without warning, Tau suddenly shook his #head. His slobber flew everywhere. Two big blobs landed in Bebe's hair.
Tau barked.
"Bebe kinda lost her appetite," Bebe said, trying to get the slimy mess out of her hair. (3/3) #wss366

Little drops of saliva began to appear on the floor as they walked.
"One time, Bebe had it with bacon too."
Now strings of drool began to hang down from his jowls.
Bebe suppressed a giggle and tried to think of something else delicious to mention. (2/3) #wss366

"Bebe loves breakfast sausage," Bebe said. She and Tau were walking along the Docking Ring. "The kind with maple flavor is best, you know."
She glanced over at Tau. He licked his chops.
"It's great to mix it with gravy," she said. "And then pour it over biscuits." (1/3) #wss366

#PennedPossibilities 1024 — MC POV: Name a time where you cried your eyes out.

Riva lay on the floor, sobbing, and then spent the next several hours, cold and shivering on the hard floor, bewildered by a world that thought girls weren't worth teaching. She was smart! She was smarter than they were. Her brother knew it. Why should she be condemned to a life of ignorance and servitude just for being a girl? She clenched her fists and resolved to escape somehow. (Riva's Escape in Revin's Heart)

"A döner kebab?" Totemo said. "Huh. Never heard of it. Okay, sure." She punched it into the replicator.
Lambda's tongue lolled, and she drooled as the replicator hummed. (3/3) #wss366

"No," she said. "Never again. I'll never forget the last time you got a #gyro."
Lambda barked angrily. Insistently.
"Don't act like it was no big deal! I could barely breathe! I had to open all the windows."
Lambda thought for a moment, then ruffed. (2/3) #wss366

Totemo Isogashii and Lambda arrived home after work. Totemo put on an apron.
"What do you want for dinner?" she asked, finger poised over the replicator.
Lambda tilted her head over thinking, then barked.
Totemo drew her hand back in horror. (1/3) #wss366

"We'll not take any more of your time," Jimmy said, standing.
"Hurry back, Darling. Don't make me wait so long this time!"
He hugged the Duchess and stepped back.
Coral started to follow him, when the Duchess cleared her throat.
"I hope you find what you're looking for, mon fillette." (6/6) #wss366

The two men with automatic weapons were still there, in the shadows, observing. Coral closed her mouth and waited.
"Here, Darling!" the Duchess said when she returned. She handed Jimmy a small piece of paper. He studied it, nodded, and put it in his pocket. (5/6) #wss366

They sat in silence for a moment, then the Duchess spoke again.
"One moment, Darling. Let me check something."
She got up and left them in the courtyard.
Jimmy sipped his sangria and smiled at Coral. Coral started to open her mouth, when Jimmy gestured discretely. (4/6) #wss366

"Someone must be paying him," Jimmy said. "Who does he work for?"
"His type will work for anyone If the money's right."
"But you've not heard anything?"
"No, Darling," she said, shaking her head. "I vouchsafe I'd not hide it from you, no matter how much I despise that woman." (3/6) #wss366

"These three are small fries," she said. "Muscle."
She put the other one down between them.
"This one is the brains. He's young and well connected. But I have no idea why he'd be after an old lady." She glanced over at Coral and winked. "Apologies to your terrible mother." (2/6) #wss366

"Coral's mother has been abducted by pros," Jimmy said. "We think these four men have something to do with it."
Jimmy pulled out the dossiers and pushed them across the table. The Duchess picked them up and studied them carefully one after another. She set three aside. (1/6) #wss366

"There's something on my face? Where?" #DogsOfMastodon

The other night, I submitted a manuscript to an anthology and the next day saw I'd gotten an email that started, "Thank you for your submission […]"

I was like, "Rejected already!?"

But then I opened the email and it continued, "I wanted to let you know your story has been received."

Aw!