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Ascent.

"His disposition did not allow for the things upon which Alec feared he had wasted his life, shades, vagaries and tentative hues." —Debatable Land

"...we wander the stands, stalls and hallways of a notional trade fair, and where the illusion of cosy intimacy and friendliness – the decorated cubicles for meetings, the drinks receptions, the musical performances – are at odds with the corporate reality of such gatherings, which are essentially transactional rather than poetic." (via @mjohnharrison.bsky.social)

robots reading robots writing robots grading
—riddles no trade partner—
brave new world for Wyvern
to wander like Raven conned

"Are goblins the embodiment of malevolent mischief?— something of which the world around us only too often seems to manifest, and which cries out to be anthropomorphised (like gremlins on an airplane) in our storytelling?"