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aislingcronin

@aislingcronin

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aislingcronin
@aislingcronin Feb 13, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

The Beast awakens again (freewrite)

The Beast stirs at first light, as he has done every morning for the past three thousand years. His chamber is grey – apart from a single golden beam, spilling through a gap in the curtains he cannot…

52 upvotes 1 replies $0.41
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@aislingcronin Feb 8, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC

A spy's moment of melancholy (freewrite)

There is still some redness in the sky – sunrise is rapidly giving way to a solid blue, but splotches of scarlet and gold linger on the horizon. I’m out of breath, but not incapacitated, as I hurry u…

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@aislingcronin Jan 31, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

Reconnecting (based on #freewrite prompt ‘three thousand days’)

It’s been eight years since we last saw each other. In the early days, immediately after our break-up, I used to look at his name on my phone screen – never sending him a message, never giving him an…

20 upvotes 2 replies $0.37
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@aislingcronin Jan 25, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC

Returning to organic imperfection in the age of AI

Two and a half years after quietly allowing my Hive presence to lapse (for a variety of reasons, none of which had anything to do with Hive) I have recently returned as a way to help myself get back…

31 upvotes 13 replies $0.69
aislingcronin
@aislingcronin Jan 24, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

Teenage embarrassment, taken too far (freewrite prompt response)

‘Mom, we’ve driven past four times now,’ I plead. ‘Please, let’s just go home – what if Dad sees us? Or Mary?’ Mom lets out a bitter laugh at the mention of Dad’s new fiancée. We’ve reached the botto…

30 upvotes 5 replies $0.16
aislingcronin
@aislingcronin Jan 23, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC

Pirate Patch (freewrite)

https://images.hive.blog/DQmSXYF1ZRYEt2tnQMZnS8S9euRkUgDJ8cPSXr1UUEBG7yZ/the-mascot-962674_1280.jpg There has never been any physical violence – this is what she clings to, sometimes, as a reason to…

15 upvotes 4 replies $0.32
aislingcronin
@aislingcronin Oct 9, 2023, 8:45 PM UTC

Golden tones rusted (#freewrite poem)

When I think of the old tree at the end of your garden, I see the gnarled log beside it (on which we would hop and jump – who’s the leader, you’re it, I got you, that’s the rule) I see the swings dan…

47 upvotes 7 replies $2.19
aislingcronin
@aislingcronin Aug 12, 2023, 10:35 PM UTC

A Tribute to a Magnificent Fluffster 🐱

When one sees a fantastic cat, the only appropriate response is to pay tribute to them! This is my most recent piece of digital art (proudly home-spun and AI free) — inspired by a gloriously fluffy f…

109 upvotes 0 replies $3.38
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@aislingcronin Aug 4, 2023, 11:23 PM UTC

They'll never understand what this house meant to me (#freewrite)

It didn't take as long to pack up as I thought it would. After all the fights, the headaches, the endless back and forth over who was right or wrong... it's proven surprisingly easy to pack up a life…

23 upvotes 5 replies $0.17
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@aislingcronin Aug 3, 2023, 10:25 PM UTC

Couldn’t we at least try? (#fiction)

‘Emma?’ Sarah appears around the side of the fruit and vegetable aisle. ‘Hm?’ ‘Are we ever going to talk about the fact that Derek Fitzmaurice keeps coming in here looking for you?’ Emma glances towa…

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