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casting runes — 10feb25
10Feb26 | 11.18 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260210.1118
mannaz
```
we slip
sphere to sphere
time after time
touch to touch
while the wheel
keeps turning

i no longer can even
guess at the why...
```
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is mannaz, a rune that translates to “man” in the sense of “humankind”. The rune is associated with family and the social order, and in trusting the intuitive process or seeing clearly — both from within and from without. Mannaz influences relationships of all kinds, including those of a romantic nature, and encourages compassion, for oneself as well as for others.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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mannaz, poetry, rewilding, rune
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casting runes — 10feb25
Flash fiction prompt — 10feb26
10Feb26 | 07.58 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260210.0758
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash
I am sharing flash fiction prompts generated by AI for my own use unless I don’t think they are worth pursuing. Readers are welcome to try their hand at writing based on the prompts generated for this exercise.
Notes about modifications made to the AI instructions or this post template are at the end of this post if you are curious about such things.
Feel free to skip these posts if you feel you are not the target audience. If you choose not to participate, there is no need to let us know about your preferences and opinions about these prompts, or the use of artificial intelligence to generate writing prompts.
Today’s prompt:
Genre: Speculative fiction
Subgenre: Biopunk / Post-Apocalyptic
Target Length: < 2,000 words
Key Elements:
- A genetically modified plant that blooms only in moonlight.
- A rusted key that opens nothing in the protagonist’s possession.
- The sound of running water where there should be none.
- A faded photograph of a skyline that no longer exists.
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daily prose prompt, flash fiction, just for fun, writing challenge, writing prompt
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flash fiction from prompts
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Flash fiction prompt — 10feb26

c: 260210.0719

dragonfly cattail sunning
in gentle summer winds
watching my lips trace
the curve of your calf
to the plop of a turtle
moving from sitting logs
to taking plunge for a swim

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betwixt and between, poetry

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drifts

Kasumi-no-Kuni — flash fiction
09Feb26 | 19.39 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260209.1939
This piece is based on the flash fiction prompt posted earlier and follows my personal guidelines as described in this post.
Subgenre: Silkpunk / Ghost-Tech
Rin looked out over the Land of Mists from the tower she kept her watch from, a tower built entirely of unmarked rice paper and bamboo where she slept when she needed rest, and where she ate when she was given offerings by visitors coming to pay their respect to the memories of the ancestors — those memories captured in the paper of the lands proper. True to the name, the mists and clouds flowed through the city with only a single living resident, that being Rin. The white fog snaked through the streets inked with the stories of ancestors, often obscuring the memories unless someone were to stand before them.
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daily prose prompt, flash fiction, prompted fiction, prompts, silkpunk, writing challenge
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Kasumi-no-Kuni — flash fiction
casting runes — 09feb25
09Feb26 | 14.31 CST
© 2026
michael raven
c: 260209.1431
dagaz
```
poling across
the lake of mists
following the scent
of apple blossoms
in seeking an
island's far shore
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is dagaz, which has been translated as “daybreak”, that transitional moment between night and day. By extension, it might also be interpreted as “twilight” and is representative of liminality, transformation, the space between worlds, and suggests walking in both the material world and otherworld.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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dagaz, poetry, rewilding, rune
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casting runes — 09feb25

Today’s prompt: