Stranger(s) In A Strange Land

Anthology of flash fiction / graphic art about and for refugees. ALL profits to go to volunteers working with refugees. Admissions from artists of any age :) !

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

Artists of all types (amateur/professional; adults/children; word/drawing/sculpture/music/video/comics artists... and anything that I might not have thought of) are invited to submit work to this digital anthology. No money in it for you (or us), but you'll get a free copy.

[Ranting Lunatic @RantingLunatic2]

Which of these mugs would you rather own?
(See images in my reply. Note that the taller one is advertised as "made of 100% crappy material, GUARANTEED to fall apart the 1st time that it gets into hot water - and vice versa!") That is, it ADMITS that it's useless.

Please retweet!

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@gracepetrie I'm just listening to https://t.co/wbt8N4MVDg for the 2nd time in a row. May we have your permission to include a link to this song in our anthology? Here's a sneak preview: https://t.co/bWrayrHVE6

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@granota_hut [5th verse, Emilie!]

I call her the Night Train
Cause she rattles all night long:
Subjugating all my fright-pain
To that pacifying song.
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@olgavilella @TheBelleDame1 Y de uno más antiguo:

Y triste, el jibarito va,
Pensando así, diciendo así,
Llorando así por el camino.
¿Qué será de Borinquen, mi Dios querido?
¿Qué será de mis hijos y de mi hogar?

Borinquen, la tierra del Edén
[...] la Perla de los Mares
https://t.co/54I3Mc7Gbq

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@RantingLunatic2 @TheBelleDame1

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@granota_hut [4th verse]

I called my baby "Darling":
Near drove her up the wall!
Well, she commenced to snarling
Hasn't stopped at all!

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@granota_hut [3rd verse]

I called my sugar "Honey".
Didn't go down well.
Said "Now, that ain't funny,
And you can go to Hell."

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@granota_hut 2nd verse

I called my honey "Sugar"
She didn't like it quite.
Flipped me a squishy booger;
Locked me out all night!

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@granota_hut [This one's for you, Emilie. 1st verse]

I call my lover "Baby"
Though she's ninety-one years old.
She says "Listen! Maybe
Gonna leave you in the cold."

[Jimmy Hollis i Dickson 🇵🇸 I💜🌏🌍🌎! @JimmyHiD1]

@ahcrowley_a @granota_hut Not comfortable to listen to. But then, it was never meant to be.

And, heartbreakingly, infuriatingly, as relevant today as when The Lady sang it in the '50s, though today they use guns, tazers, and choke-holds instead of ropes and trees.
https://t.co/TgLHWG3GlX

[La Granota - publishing hut @granota_hut]

BY POPULAR DEMAND: a music/lyrics theme. And it’s got a video starter!

These 2 despised each other. Yet they performed together for 38 years, their names almost inseparable.

This week’s #WannaScore?: write EXACTLY 20 words of your own #Blues… or SING em
https://t.co/PxTka1vY2u

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@TheBelleDame1 [After our capsize, walk home in rain, hot cocoa, good night's sleep, & long lie-in (not entirely inactive, if you get my drift) this a.m., Emilie and I are ready to face the #10WordTales challenge! Here's 1 from me.]

If you're going to #travel, don't act like typical #TOURISTS!

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@TheBelleDame1 Emilie and I have just returned from a day's boating.

[Jimmy Hollis i Dickson 🇵🇸 I💜🌏🌍🌎! @JimmyHiD1]

@granota_hut Just as the tadpole evolves into the frog, so La Gr@not@ is transforming itself into a publisher of DIGITAL books.

[Tadpole version: https://t.co/HGfdTEtRRW The whole web-site needs rewriting. On that page, points 3b, 3c, & 3d are no longer applicable. @Hepburn7373 re: point 4?]

[La Granota - publishing hut @granota_hut]

Last week's #WannaScore? #Dickens winners, announced, it appears, by a mate of @Artie_Dodges:

https://t.co/2BWWjJV4GB

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

GREAT FUN! But time's running out. Less than 5 hours to go.

If you miss it, look out for #WannaScore? and/or @granota_hut from 7a.m. GMT next Monday.

[La Granota - publishing hut @granota_hut]

@DGBarnes3 @TheBelleDame1 @SiaslStranger @pendlewitchfolk @JimmyHiD1 @TSileve @relawrence76 @Fiery40 @carty_mick @CheyenneDhraga @AJPonderBooks @ahcrowley_a @SaraStaggs @bisabelwrites @Hepburn7373 @SuzannaLundale @Mgellis15 @chisoilo @JacBuchanan_JB @RantingLunatic2 @Barbarabxj349 @Artie_Dodges @wtfdoiwritenow And now, EVERYBODY, get voting on https://t.co/2YZVhwp3K1!

There are some REALLY good entries there which still have only one vote (possibly that of the author).

DON'T leave it until the last minute to like each other!

And INVITE your friends/followers to join us, GODDAMMIT!😝

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@bisabelwrites @granota_hut @RantingLunatic2 @DGBarnes3 @TheBelleDame1 @pendlewitchfolk @JimmyHiD1 @TSileve @relawrence76 @Fiery40 @carty_mick @CheyenneDhraga @AJPonderBooks @ahcrowley_a @SaraStaggs @Hepburn7373 @SuzannaLundale @Mgellis15 @chisoilo @JacBuchanan_JB @Barbarabxj349 @Artie_Dodges @wtfdoiwritenow He used to live in our village, but he's been in another country since the first Covid lockdown. Now we're running La Gr@not@ from places_ _ _ _km apart... or trying to.

Where's our village? Sorry, Love, I can't answer, since the statute of limitations on pirates never runs out.

[La Granota - publishing hut @granota_hut]

This is one facet of the kind of fun we get up to on #WannaScore? Each Monday a new, 20-word challenge set, to be completed by Friday- Multiple entries encouraged but not obligatory.

Wanna join us? Just look for that # (NOT @!) or click on my name and scroll down.
#amwriting

[La Granota - publishing hut @granota_hut]

@bisabelwrites @RantingLunatic2 @DGBarnes3 @TheBelleDame1 @SiaslStranger @pendlewitchfolk @JimmyHiD1 @TSileve @relawrence76 @Fiery40 @carty_mick @CheyenneDhraga @AJPonderBooks @ahcrowley_a @SaraStaggs @Hepburn7373 @SuzannaLundale @Mgellis15 @chisoilo @JacBuchanan_JB @Barbarabxj349 @Artie_Dodges @wtfdoiwritenow La Gr@not@ is taking part in today's (26th May) #FlipPit, in which agents and publishers are looking for writers, NOT the other way around as per usual. So if any of you are writing a book, follow that hashtag to see what their wish lists are like!
Ours: https://t.co/6JneY3d7OO

[Stranger(s) In A Strange Land @SiaslStranger]

@JacBuchanan_JB @granota_hut Professionally? La Gr@not@ can't compete with big-name publishers, as you'll see on that webpage.