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Hello, everyone!

Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month in the United States? This month, write about a disabled character. These stories will count for life drawing. Earn 1 novelty bead per 500 words or fraction thereof.

Go forth and write! I look forward to seeing your works.

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Our first challenge in July:

10 out of 20

Under the cut, you will find a list with 20 prompts. Your mission is to grab at least 10 of them and create a little something for it. Keep in mind, even if it is not the meaning of the challenge, no one will punish you when you only grab one or two prompts. Every work is welcome.

To complete the challenge, you can create up to ten single works, or combine one or more prompts in one work.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems like haiku or tanka, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you use more than one prompt in your work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original works and real-person works.

When posting directly to

sweetandshort, please use a header of your choice and put bigger works under a cut. You can also post your work at any other place, but please leave a header and a link here to keep the community running.

When posting your works, please use any appropriate tag. When a tag is missing, use 'tag needed'.

This challenge runs until July 31, midnight in your timezone.

( July Prompt List )

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Lots of folks want to see more activity on Dreamwidth. While researching community activities, I came across the idea of thematic meet and greet events. That seemed like something which might work here, given a membership of several hundred people and a new theme each month. So I made one for this month's theme. It gives people a place to meet folks with similar interests, and to squee about the current theme.

Here is the basic outline. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to the Westerns Bingo Fest.

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Current Mood: busy

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The Western Bingo Fest will run from July 1-31. The theme is Westerns and it spans a wide range of subgenres and time periods. Bring out your favorite Wild West fandoms, or contemporary west, or spaghetti western SF ... whatever shines your buckle. Prompt lists include Animals, Characters, Famous Westerns, Motifs, Plots, Quotes, Settings, Songs, and Subgenres. There is a 3x3 card for each prompt list plus a 5x5 mixed card. You can also make your own. See the Western Meet and Greet.

Also on the Bingo Card Generator:
Robert Plutchik's 1980 list of emotions
Color words by Guinevak
Death
Desperate Situations
H/C Bingo (multiple rounds)
Music
Time Periods

* These bingo patterns are relevant to this fest.
-- Camping
-- Horse
-- Nature

* Challenges! These are prompts that make the bingo card more exciting. You can add them to any category, or skip them, as you choose. They do let you claim multiple fills from one work.

=Frontier= match nearest border square with prompt from its opposite border,
=Fastest Gun= write adjacent prompt in 60 minutes or less,
=Long Road= double the fill size of adjacent prompt,
=Ride 'em Cowboy= whole line stuffed into one big fill,
=Waterholes= any 5 prompts make a bingo,

( Read more... )

Current Mood: busy

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Name:

cornerofmadness
Card Theme: Pride fest Bingo
Prompts: Drag, Love Nonbinary, Twink + comfort
Fandoms: Hazbin Hotel, the Owl House
My Card: My Card

( my fills under here )

Current Mood: busy

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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

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Title: The Letter
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author:

maraudersaffair
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: Explicit
Challenge: Only two “I wrote him a long letter, but he may not read it.”
Summary: Harry finally tells Severus how he feels in a letter. Severus agrees to meet him for a drink.

Read Here

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BINGO: Blackout
Challenge: Self-imposed 2025 Pride Month
Prompts: Disaster Gay/Bi, Homophobia, Coming out, Gender nonconforming, Toxic Yaoi/Yuri, Closet Key, Armored Closet/Denial, Asexuality, Gay Bar
Fandoms: RWBY, Doug (Nickelodeon), Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers/OCs, Revolutionary Girl Utena
Fandoms in icon posts: Hazbin Hotel, Archie comics, Steven Universe, BoJack Horseman, The Owl House, American Horror Story, Legends of Tomorrow, Heartstopper, Arcane, Watchmen, Good Omens, Helluva Boss, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Futurama, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Rugrats, Bob's Burgers, Undertale, Fire Emblem Engage, Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Fushigi Yuugi, Pokémon, Oniisama e

Card

( Fills under cut )

Current Mood: accomplished

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allbingo

Welcome to Winter Fest in July.

spiralicious and I (

vexed_wench) will be your guest host for the month.

We love all things winter and Christmas. We realize that not everyone has fandoms or original universes that support that. We tried to come up with a few lists that could fit into almost any ‘verse.

Feel free to use any prompt how they speak to you. I have them separated just to make the list a bit more manageable.

For example, if you use a movie or music prompt, feel free to just work off the title or you can remix the movie, it's up to you. Or however else it moves you.

As usual, there will be banners at the end of the month. Also, fills can be made of anything; fic, poetry, vid, podfics, recs, or handcrafts. Art, icons, and wallpapers are nice as well. If you think of any medium not listed, that’s cool too.

This is a winter fest-themed month, so why not share some of your favorites and rec yours or someone else's work.

Anything goes this month. The only limit is your imagination.

And once again, thank you for being our guest. Cue the candle song!

There is a public card at the bottom of this post, or feel free to make your own here.

You can mix or match any of the prompts below or pick your own if you like.

Most of all, we hope you have fun!

Holidays

Food

Music & Movies

(Everybody's Waitin' for) the Man with the Bag,
¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus?),
A Boyfriend for Christmas,
A Cadaver Christmas,
A Charlie Brown Christmas,
A Christmas Carol,
A Christmas Wedding,
A Christmas Without Snow,
A Miser Brothers' Christmas,
A Smoky Mountain Christmas,
Al Hanisim,
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth,
All I Want For Christmas Is You,
Auld Lang Syne,
Away in the Manger,
Babes in Toyland/March of the Toys,
Baby it's Cold Outside,
Bad Santa,
Bikini Bloodbath Christmas,
Blue Christmas,
Call Me Claus,
Casper's Haunted Christmas,
Chopping Mall,
Christmas Every Day,
Christmas Evil (You Better Watch Out),
Christmas in the Wild,  
Christmas Inheritance,
Christmas Season Massacre,
Christmas Wedding Planner,
Christmas with a View,
Christmas with the Dead,
Deadly Little Christmas,
Deck the Halls,
Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey),
Don't Open Till Christmas,
Eight Days of Hanukkah,
Elf,
Fairytale of New York,
Feliz Navidad,
Finding Mrs. Claus,
Frosty the Snowman,
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,
Grown-Up Christmas List,
Hanukkah Blessings,
Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane),
Holiday in Handcuffs,
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!,
I Farted on Santa's Lap (Now Christmas Is Gonna Stink for Me),
I Have a Little Dreidel,
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,
I Saw Three Ships,
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,
Jack Frost,
Joy to the World,
Judas Maccabaeus,
Just Friends,
Last Christmas,
Little Saint Nick,
Maoz Tzur,
Marshmallow World,
Merry Kissmas,
Mi Y'malel,
Miracle on 34th Street,
Monsters' Holiday,
Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo,
Mrs. Miracle,
Ner Li,
Nestor The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey,
Nuttin' For Christmas,
O Come All Ye Faithful,
O Holy Night,
Oh Chanukah,
Olive the Other Reindeer,
Pretty Paper,
Psycho Santa,
Redneck 12 Days of Christmas,
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
Santa Baby,
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians,
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town,
Santa Claws,
Santa Who? ,
Santa's Slay,
Sevivon,
Silent Night Bloody Night,
Silent Night Zombie Night,
Silver and Gold,
Silver Bells,
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron,
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast,
Snowmageddon,
Special Delivery,
Stalking Santa,
Suzy Snowflake,
The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas,
The Bears Who Saved Christmas,
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree,
The Bishop’s Wife,
The Chanukah Song,
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late),
The Christmas Cottage,
The Christmas List,
The First Noel,
The Holiday Planner,
The Horror Seasons,
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,
The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot,
The Little Drummer Boy,
The Man Who Saved Christmas ,
The Nightmare Before Christmas,
The Nutcracker Suite,
The Twelve Days of Christmas,
The Year Without a Santa Claus,
Treevenge,
'Twas the Night Before Christmas,
Undercover Christmas,
Up on the Housetop,
Vendetta: A Christmas Story ,
We Need a Little Christmas,
We Three Kings (Star of Wonder),
We Wish You a Merry Christmas,
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?,
What Child Is This? ,
White Christmas,
Yes Virginia,

Winter Characters

Angels,
Articuno,
Belsnickel,
Bob Cratchit,
Budweiser Clydesdales,
Christmas Donkey,
Clara Stahlbau,
Coca Cola Polar Bear,
Crystal Maiden,
Drosselmeyer,
Elf on the Shelf,
Elsa,
Frau Perchta,
Frosty the Snowman,
Ghost of Christmas: Past,
Ghost of Christmas: Present,
Ghost of Christmas: Yet to Come,
Ghost of Christmas: Extra,
Grýla,
Hans Trapp,
Iceman,
Inn Keeper,
Jack Frost,
Jesus,
Jólakötturinn (the Yule Cat),
Joseph,
Kallikantzaros,
Killantzaroi,
King Wenceslas,
Knecht Ruprecht,
Krampus,
Kula Diamond,
La Befana and Baboushka,
La Befana,
Lich King,
Mari Lwyd - the Christmas Zombie Horse,
Mr. Freeze,
Mrs. Claus,
Old Man Winter,
Penguin,  
Perchta,
Père Fouettard,
Santa Reindeers,
Sailor Mercury,
Saint Nicolas,
Santa,
Santa's Elves,
Scrooge,
Sheppard,
Snow Villiers,
Straggele,
Sub Zero,
The Grinch,
The Jólasveinar or Yule Lads,
The Mouse King,
The Nutcracker - Hans-Peter,
The Sugar Plum Fairy,
The Tomten,
The Whore in the Drawer,
The Who's,
Tiny Tim,
Virgin Mary,
Winter Soldier,
Wise Men,
Ymir,
Yuki-onna,
Yule Goat,

Traditions

Decorations

December Holidays
A Month’s Worth of Special Days.

Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary) Birthday - December 1,
Day With(out) Art Day - December 1,
Eat a Red Apple Day - December 1,
National Pie Day - December 1,
Rosa Parks Day - December 1,
World AIDS Day - December 1,
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - December 2,
National Fritters Day - December 2,
National Mutt Day - December 2,
Special Education Day - December 2,
International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3,
National Apple Pie Day - December 3,
National Cookie Day - December 4,
National Dice Day - December 4,
National Salesperson Day - December 4 2015 (First Friday in December),
World Wildlife Conservation Day - December 4,
Bathtub Party Day - December 5,
Day of the Ninja - December 5,
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development - December 5,
International Volunteers Day - December 5,
National Sacher Torte Day - December 5,
Repeal of Prohibition Day - December 5,
Microwave Oven Day - December 6,
Miners' Day - December 6,
National Gazpacho Day - December 6,
National Pawnbrokers Day - December 6,
St. Nicholas Day - December 6,
International Civil Aviation Day - December 7,
National Cotton Candy Day - December 7,
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - December 7,
Feast of the Immaculate Conception - December 8 (Catholic),
National Chocolate Brownie Day - December 8,
Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day - December 8,
International Anti-Corruption Day - December 9,
National Pastry Day - December 9,
Weary Willie Day - December 9,
Dewey Decimal System Day - December 10,
Human Rights Day - December 10,
National Day of Animal Rights - December 10,
National Lager Day - December 10,
Nobel Prize Day - December 10,
International Mountain Day - December 11,
National Noodle Ring Day - December 11,
UNICEF Birthday - December 11,
Bonza Bottler Day - December 12,
Gingerbread House Day - December 12,
National 12 Hour Fresh Breath Day - December 12,
National Cocoa Day - December 12,
Poinsettia Day - December 12,
Ice Cream and Violins Day - December 13,
National Day of the Horse - December 13,
US National Guard Birthday - December 13,
World Choral Day - December 13 2015 (Second Sunday in December),
Monkey Day - December 14,
National Bouillabaisse Day - December 14,
Bill of Rights Day - December 15,
Cat Herders Day - December 15,
National Cupcake Day - December 15,
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day - December 16,
National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day - December 16,
Zionism Day - December 16,
National Maple Syrup Day - December 17,
Pan American Aviation Day - December 17,
Wright Brothers Day - December 17,
International Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day - December 18,
International Migrants Day - December 18,
National Roast Suckling Pig Day - December 18,
National Hard Candy Day - December 19,
International Human Solidarity Day - December 20,
Mudd Day - December 20,
National Fried Shrimp Day - December 20,
National Sangria Day - December 20,
World Snowboard Day - December 20 2015,
Ann & Samantha Day - December 21,  
Crossword Puzzle Day - December 21,
First Day of Winter/Winter Solstice
Forefather's Day - December 21,
Humbug Day - December 21,
International Dalek Remembrance Day - December 21,
Kiwi Fruit Day (California) - December 21,
National Hamburger Day - December 21,
National Homeless Person's Remembrance Day - December 21,
Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day - December 21,
World Peace Day - December 21,
Yalda - December 21,
Yule - December 21,
National Date Nut Bread Day - December 22,
National Haiku Poetry Day - December 22,
Festivus - December 23,
Human Light Celebration - December 23,
National Pfeffernuesse Day - December 23,
Christmas Eve - December 24
National Eggnog Day - December 24,
National Re-Gifting Day - December 24 2015 (Thursday before Christmas),
A'Phabet Day or No "L" Day - December 25,
Christmas - December 25,
National Pumpkin Pie Day - December 25,
Boxing Day - December 26,
National Candy Cane Day - December 26,
National Thank-You Note Day - December 26,
National Whiner's Day - December 26,
National Fruitcake Day - December 27,
Visit the Zoo Day - December 27,
Holy Innocents Day - December 28,
National Chocolate Day - December 28 and 29,
Pledge of Allegiance Day - December 28,
Pepper Pot Day - December 29,
Tick Tock Day - December 29,
Bacon Day - December 30,
Falling Needles Family Fest Day - December 30,
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day (Baking Soda) - December 30,
Leap Second Time Adjustment Day - December 31,
Make Up Your Mind Day - December 31,
National Champagne Day - December 31,
New Year's Eve - December 31,
No Interruptions Day - December 31,
Universal Hour of Peace Day - December 31,
World Peace Meditation Day - December 31,

Anti Holidays:

Public Card

Christmas Inheritance	Christmas Every Day	Elf	Snuggling by the Fire	Treevenge
Sleigh Rides	Welcome Back the Sun	'Twas the Night Before Christmas	The Good China	Tinsel
Hot Cocoa	Stockings	FREE SPACE	Christmas in the Wild	Eight Days of Hanukkah
Hanukkah	Spiking the Eggnog/punch	Tree	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Holiday TV Specials
The Twelve Days of Christmas	Hiding Gifts	Christmas Eve	Strings of Popcorn	Wooden Shoes

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Crown (477 words)	Verruckt (Star Wars)	Artist (100 words)	Face Paint (Miraculous Ladybug)
Favorite (200 words)	We're right side up and yet I'm falling off (Miraculous Ladybug)	Time (366 words)	I tell you that I'll always want you near; you say that things change, my dear (Star Wars)

Prompt: Crown
Title: Verruckt
Rating: G
Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker
Relationships: Obi-Wan & Anakin
Summary: Anakin has to do a flying skills assessment. Obi-Wan has regrets.
( Verruckt )

Prompt: Artist
Title: Face Paint
Rating: G
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Relationships: Ladybug/Adrien
Summary: Adrien wants to be a part of Ladybug's hobbies.
( Face Paint )

Prompt: Favorite
Title: We're right side up and yet I'm falling off
Rating: G
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Relationships: Ladybug/Adrien
Summary: Ladybug and Adrien are openly dating. Their relationship is so popular that Gabriel can't object outright, but he has indirect ways to try to undermine them.
( We're right side up... )

Prompt: Family
Title: I tell you that I'll always want you near; you say that things change, my dear
Rating: G
Characters: Leia Organa, Bail Organa
Relationships: Bail & Leia
Summary: Bail finds Leia avoiding her bedtime.
( I tell you that I'll always want you near... )

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This is the June community post for

allbingo. What were your bingo activities during June? What are your plans for July?

For June we had:
[new]
Pride Fest hosted by

drabblewriter
Celebrate ALL the orientations!
Posting will be June 1-30.

For July we will have:
[new]
Westerns hosted by

ysabetwordsmith
Bring out your favorite Wild West fandoms, or contemporary west, or spaghetti western SF ... whatever shines your buckle.
Posting will be July 1-31.

[recurring]
Winter Fest in July hosted by

vexed_wench and

spiralicious
Beat the heat by focusing on winter holidays.
Posting will be July 1-31.

Current Mood: busy

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And we have reached the end of June. During Amnesty Days you can (re)use every prompt of the year 2025 to create something for it.
All former rules are disabled; anything goes.
You can grab single prompts from the bingo cards.
Feel free to combine multiple prompts in one work.

Here you can find the Amnesty Prompts from January to May 2025.

Posting ends on July 1, midnight at your timezone.

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I have made bingo down the G column of my 6-2-15 card for the Pride Fest Bingo, plus 7 extra fills. That covers Row 5 also.

G1 (support) -- "Fatherhood Is Support" (standalone)
G2 (aroace) -- "Preparing Every Nook and Cranny" (Polychrome Heroics: Finn Family and Mallory)
G3 (found family) -- "Born and Found and Made" (standalone)
G4 ("I'd rather eat cake") -- "The Bond with a Dog" (Polychrome Heroics)
G5 (belonging) -- "Worthy of Love and Belonging" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken)

B3 (activism) -- "The Result of Your Own Bad Behavior" (Monster House)
B5 (unlabeled) -- "Emodox" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)

I3 (rainbow) -- "Along These Sympathetic Fibers" (Peculiar Obligations)
I5 (community) -- "When Warmth and Gentleness Are Needed" (Clay of Life)

N1 (growth) -- "Tomato Seedlings in Tin Cans" (Daughters of the Apocalypse)
N5 (comfort) -- "All It Takes to Be Invulnerable" (Polychrome Heroics: Marionettes)

O5 (validation) -- "Choose to Be Gentle" (Arts and Crafts America)

Current Mood: accomplished

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Name: Clarification
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Techelet #5: Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), Light Black #17: Lose
Styles and Supplies: Brushes (June 27 2025: Oblige), Oils (“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.” - Tupac Shakur)
Word Count: 2040
Rating: PG
Warnings: Discussion of slavery
Characters: Setsiana, Sapfita
In-Universe Date: Night of 1912.1.1.2
Summary: Setsiana gets clarifications from Sapfita.

( Clarification )

cmk418 posting in

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Title: Means to an End
Fandom: All for the Game
Character: Neil Josten
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 179
Prompt: Practice
Summary: The Ravens practices were different

( Means to an End )

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Name: Couplet #4
Story: The Starling Nest Box
Colors: Agate (ascend/descend) + bog body (I turned and ran / To save a life I didn't have / Dear, in the chase / There as I flew / Forgot all prayers of joining you)
Supplies and Styles: Miniature, life drawing
Word Count: ~20
Rating: G
Warnings: None
____________________

( FIC: couplet #4 )

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Title: Good Behavior
Fandom: OZ
Character: Augustus Hill
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 191
Prompt: Behavior
Summary: An Augustus Hill monologue on good behavior

( Good Behavior )

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Name: Leap of Faith
Story: Leap of Faith
Colors: Calcite (#8, storm/calm) + jasper (#12, divide and conquer)
Supplies and Styles: Silhouette, life drawing
Word Count: ~800
Rating: Teenage
Warnings: Mention of violence and maiming, implied sexual content
____________________

( FIC: leap of faith )

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Title: Different Ways of Arriving at the Same Destination
Fandom: OZ (HBO)
Character: Tobias Beecher
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 178
Prompt: Arrested
Summary: The first time was easier

( Different Ways of Arriving at the Same Destination )

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Fandoms: Epic: The Musical, The Iliad, Greek Myth

Mediums: 4 fics

Prompts: bisexual/biromantic, queerplatonic, arospec, acespec

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July Challenge

July: 10 out of 20

Western Meet and Greet

Western Bingo Fest

Pride fest bingo row (and a bonus)

Rebuilding journal search again

Only Two - HP - The Letter - Harry/Severus

Pride Month 2025 Bingo - Blackout

Winterfest in July

Micro Bingo fills - June 2025

June Monthly Post

June: Amnesty Days

Bingo

Techelet #5, Light Black #17 [The Fulcrum]

10 out of 20 - All for the Game - Neil Josten - Means to an End

agate #6; bog body #6 | couplet #4; the starling nest box

10 out of 20 - OZ (HBO) - Augustus Hill - Good Behavior

jasper #12; calcite #8 | leap of faith; leap of faith

10 out of 20 - OZ (HBO) - Tobias Beecher

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