Anna Tizard, Exquisite Corpse Wizard 🌀🫖✍️

Welcome to the Short Story Revolution! Writers, raise your pens. The Brainstoryum podcast creates the wildest writing prompts using a game--and showcases *your* microfiction in response to these. May the Socks of Destiny guide us into the strange & infinite depths of the imagination. Go wild!✍️🌟

Another weird writing prompt that emerged from the Socks of Destiny on Brainstoryum (story brainstorming podcast), the Halloween Special. What do YOU make of the "tenacious mermaid"? 👀 < 250 words to annatizard.com/submit. I'll feature the best in the next show! #vss365

Some seriously weird & spooky writing prompts came up in the Halloween Special of Brainstoryum (story brainstorming podcast). What do YOU make of this one? 👀⬇️ Send max. 250 words to annatizard.com/submit. I'll read out and shout-out the best ones in the next show! #vss365

Whoops! Thanks also to @mother-poet.bsky.social --one of your words came out of the Socks of Destiny! 🤗

Who's feeling spooky? The HALLOWEEN SPECIAL of Brainstoryum (story brainstorming podcast) is OUT! 7 stories & a crazy word game, incl amazing fiction from JR Larriba, Mark West, DT Brennan & @inkmine.bsky.social What's not to like? annatizard.com/brainstoryum #halloween #vss365 #writingcommunity

Writers! If you're inspired by either of these ⬇️or any other prompt from the Brainstoryum podcast, please submit (<250 words) by end of TODAY at annatizard.com/submit ✍️ I have space to read out 3 stories on the next show which will be the #Halloween Special! 😊Get spooky!💕 #writingprompt #vss365

Writers! If you're inspired by either of these ⬇️or any other prompt from the Brainstoryum podcast, please submit (<250 words) by end of TODAY at annatizard.com/submit ✍️ I have space to read out 3 stories on the next show which will be the #Halloween Special! 😊Get spooky!💕 #writingprompt #vss365

Creepy ravens roost pecking at the potion brewed with hemlock an unholy energizer fuels witchcraft, eerie poltergeists shriek terrifying the quaking poltroons, funereal squalls unearth the forbidden sepulchers something left behind. #vss365 #inkmine #vssfantasy #BSPP58 #thingstowriteabout #vsshorror

Hey! Happy Friday! The latest Brainstoryum show has amazing fiction from JR Larriba, Kate Sylvan &Mark West. +Thanks to @nickleevee.bsky.social @bluewizardfax.bsky.social @novlr.org @jenthorne.bsky.social @madp03t.bsky.social for yr words in the #writingprompt game. The Socks of Destiny thank u!

she is the generosity of fingertips the dancer sparked by the heat of hidden desire her gyrating hips whispering to married men her naked glances lascivious a dessert of sensual delights her touch liquid fire even a lonely moon would #renounce the sky to burn #vss365

Right! Anyone up for an imagination-squeezing prompt? What do YOU make of: "The golden power"?🤔 Let me know in <250 words either here or on my 'submit' page at annatizard.com/submit. Will read out the best ones in the next Brainstoryum show, with a shout-out.🥳🥰 Aaand stretch! ✍️ #prompt #vss365

So...despite my tablet refusing to work at the last minute (😳😬in a panic, switched to my phone), the interview panel hosted by @spotlightindie.bsky.social, "LET'S GET WEIRD", went wonderfully & I learned lots of deliciously weird things from my fellow weird writers 😊❤️ youtube.com/watch?v=dzx2...

On in half an hour! Le eek! 😬🥳💕

Wanna get weird? 😜 Tonight at 8pm I'm doing a panel for the @spotlightindie.bsky.social Big Indie W/end about weird stuff and (for me) how to get weird without losing your audience. Join us! 👍 @annatizard.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social @stefmowords.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social

Tomorrow's Brainstoryum ep 116 (What’s At Risk? Enhancing Short Story Writing) is full of laughs, word games, weirdness, #vss365 + #vsshorror! Thanks to @psconway.bsky.social @jasinfayble.bsky.social @mother-poet.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social for yr word suggestions to the game. ⛓️‍💥in profile

I'm excited to be in an interview panel for the @spotlightindie.bsky.social Big Weekend this Friday! If you'd like to watch live, bookmark the Youtube channel at youtube.com/@Spotlight-I... *If you know me* & you'd like the direct link to the panel I'm in, drop me a DM & I'll share😊 #writing

I'm curious-- how many people know what "widdershins" means (without looking it up)?

Does anyone need a laugh right now? Would you like to hear me giggling for 30 seconds non-stop over an Exquisite Corpse (the surrealist word game I play on my Brainstoryum podcast)? Well, here you go: drive.google.com/file/d/1eG2m... 😂😂 Please share with someone who needs it!

If your Monday is miserable...You know where to get 30 mins of laughs, wackiness, short stories and insights into writing craft. Hit the refresh button on your creativity today! #writingcommunity #vss365

optimism is invisible stamina of the soul a quiet enduring muscle a marathon run in the deepest dark gathering ashes but not forgetting the fire kneeling in black ruins seeking the single spark that refused to die to #sustain hope be broken but not finished is a stubborn beautiful defiance #vss365

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky wrap up those thoughts in your #autumnal scarf as we near the crisp end watch leaves fall like tears burned into the ground small flames, fluttering in the bitter sunshine wind eyes that turn orange to light the way

Been thinking about the word 'procrastination'. Apparently 'crastination' is also a word, and has the same meaning. 'Pro'-crastination therefore must mean that you are actively supporting it. OR...that you've become so good at crastination, you're a professional now?! 🤔😆 #funny #words

#SillySeptember a word made up in the depths of my mind..... The word to include #skoooff

Is it a game show? Is it a writing show? Is it laugh-out-loud funny or dark? Why can't a podcast be ALL of these? Check out Brainstoryum ep.115 for great #vss365, a murder mystery, & how to connect wildly different story elements in a single plot that will thrill. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkNL...

#vss365 Tongue-Dust ​Behind the library’s frosted glass, dust has its own eloquence. Settling on the spine of forgotten Latin, coating verbs in velvet silt until the past is translated into a single, drift-grey grammar that says everything by staying completely still. #eloquence #eloquent

#vss365 #photography A photograph can speak to us in wordless #eloquence.

Happy Friday-eve! Tomorrow's Brainstoryum is something to look forward to. Crazy prompt-generating game, tea drinking, #writingtips & STORIES! Thx to: @bluewizardfax.bsky.social @nickleevee.bsky.social @jasinfayble.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @madp03t.bsky.social

Eeek! Happy release day to me! #writingcommunity #books #reading

Eeek! Happy release day to me! #writingcommunity #books #reading

Anyone up for a quick writing prompt (that could get you a read-out and a shout-out on the next Brainstoryum show)? What do you make of "the dusty social butterfly"? 🤔 Roll up your sleeves & get creative, peeps! ✍️250 words or fewer. Comment or submit on website. ⬇️ #vss365 #prompt

Out now! Start your weekend early with Brainstoryum ep #114. Laughs, prompts, twisty stories... Become addicted to the unexpected.🌀 Thanks to: @nickleevee.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Sean, Alessandro, Paul & Brian B for your short stories & word suggestions for the games ✍️🥰 #vss365

Hurray! It's official: I'm in an author discussion panel as part of the @spotlightindie.bsky.social Big Indie Weekend! The panel is entitled, "Let's Get Weird". I mean, how appropriate is that?! 😁😜 With @alethearlyons.bsky.social @keithwdickinson.bsky.social @stefmowords.bsky.social 👋🥰 Excited!

Hi New Followers 👋 You've made a wise choice. 👍 As well as posting silliness and hope for a better world I also write books (full of silliness and hope for a better world). Start with this free book of shorts written to introduce you to the #steampunk world of Hammersmyth. mybook.to/hammersmyth2

THE BIG INDIE WEEKEND IS BACK! Not seen our epic line up yet? 25th to 27th September, 3 days of awesome indie authors and creators. Online panels, live streams, an RPG, writing sprint, giveaways and an exciting event announcement...SEE YOU THERE!

Out now! Start your weekend early with Brainstoryum ep #114. Laughs, prompts, twisty stories... Become addicted to the unexpected.🌀 Thanks to: @nickleevee.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Sean, Alessandro, Paul & Brian B for your short stories & word suggestions for the games ✍️🥰 #vss365

for the record the word game is a real show and the fiction grows out of what listeners hand in. I've contributed one (1) word, so I can vouch for the intake process at least.

It's nearly time for the new Brainstoryum to drop! Laughs, crazy brainstorming, stories, more laughs, all laced with that special ingredient: the unexpected. Out tomorrow! Is your fiction featured? You know who you are (but I'll tag you tomorrow anyway 😉). #writing = #surrealist #word #game

Poets! Great article appreciating poetry. We need you. Poetry matters. 😘 #poetry #poets #writing justreadingnook.com/2026/08/25/p...

😲 I got 2 new subscribers this month!🥳 Can I get any more? I write weird contemp. fantasy, leaning towards magical realism (but with well-paced plots!).😉 A word game generates my prompts. I only email once/twice a month. Get a free book & a secret story too! annatizardsubscribe.kit.com/e631e9eb31

Back in January, winter-frazzled me read out A Storm Brews to BFS: a story that changed a collection of shorts into a novel-in-stories... It was going to be called Weird Creatures, that being the theme. It became Story-Travelling with a Tea Witch (see📌) #books m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUu...

In her seaside tea shop, Eswilda is a sweet old lady—with monstrous tendencies. Her teas include assam and betrayal, lapsang souchong and death. When she stirs the pot, stories awake. But her magical journeys are ending. Who will inherit her powers? Now on pre-order! #writing mybook.to/Tea

The hallway is longer at night. Everyone knows this. #ambient #nightvibes

Time for a new writing prompt? What do you make of "the delirious shadow"? 🤔 This bizarre prompt came up on the latest Brainstoryum show amid laughter, "Oohs" & tea drinking. ✍️🍵 Best responses (up to 250 words) will be featured in the next show! #vss365 (Font: Needleteeth regular)

Vladimir Kush (b.1965. Russia) Music of the Woods. Oil on canvas. #Surrealism

Keep the weekend alive with the most hilarious, intriguing, and--yes--dark, writing prompts around. Enjoy the latest Brainstoryum and keep that imagination of yours well and truly limber. 👀✍️⬇️🌀 #surrealism #writing #vss365 #prompt

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