#STARTLED - Twitter Hashtag

telepathyfordummies @tlpathy4dummies

2 months ago

@Axelsafurry #startled

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Dave A. Gardener

@DaveAGardener

4 months ago

Mystery Wednesdays #vss365 #vssmystery Karli was #startled to discover that the #ink of the letter, which was a major clue in solving the crime, began to disappear before her eyes. Quickly, she snapped a photo of it before it was gone. Then she almost jumped a mile when the hot guy next to her in class gently touched her earphone wire. “Karli, are you even paying attention? The professor asked you a question.”

DaveAGardener's tweet photo. Mystery Wednesdays

#vss365 #vssmystery

Karli was #startled to discover that the #ink of the letter, which was a major clue in solving the crime, began to disappear before her eyes. Quickly, she snapped a photo of it before it was gone. Then she almost jumped a mile when the hot guy next to her in class gently touched her earphone wire. “Karli, are you even paying attention? The professor asked you a question.”

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@CamieElias

4 months ago

#vss365 hand #vssmystery startled I wake up a few perhaps too many minutes later, half-#startled, the aftertaste of a nightmare lingering in my mouth. I try to move. It wasn't just a bad dream after all: Trevo and I are still shackled together under a single light bulb inside a dark, windowless room. It’s still stifling. The stench hasn’t changed. My #hands and feet feel numb. in #SAMRIOTREDUX Part 2

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@CamieElias

4 months ago

#amwriting #neonoir #flashfiction #noirfiction #shortstories #SAMRIOTREDUX SAM RIOT REDUX: A SLIPSTREAM NOIR PART 1: THIS IS NOT A DATE, IS IT? The room is one thick shadow pierced by a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling. “Our first date,” he scoffs. We’re shackled, wrists and ankles, sitting together, back to back, on a bare concrete floor. The place is stifling. It smells of rot and rat’s urine. There’s something else in the air, but I don’t want to think about it. I tell myself it’s too soon for that. “This is not a date,” I tell him, as matter-of-fact as possible. He chuckles quietly, then says, “I’d rather die believing I was actually on a date.” “That’s because you’re way too romantic for your own good.” He chuckles again but says nothing. The heat from his body spreads across my back; it feels like a warm coat on a hot summer’s night. After a silence that seems to last forever, he mutters, “No. That’s not it.” I know. ▪️▪️▪️ PART 2: DON’T SAY IT Some strange miracle – or maybe the drugs they’d used on us – makes me nod off. I wake up a few perhaps too many minutes later, half-startled, the aftertaste of a nightmare lingering in my mouth. I try to move. It wasn't just a bad dream after all: Trevo and I are still shackled together under a single light bulb inside a dark, windowless room. It’s still stifling. The stench hasn’t changed. My hands and feet feel numb. “Sam?” Trevo calls out, sounding almost as startled. “I’m fine. Just blacked out for a bit.” “Yes,” he says. “You were snoring.” “Thanks. Always good to know.” He scoffs. “No. I mean, I could hear you snore, so I knew you were asleep, not…” “I know.” A moment of silence goes by as I try to get my blood circulating again. “What is this smell?” Trevo suddenly asks. “Have you noticed it? It smells like…” I can feel a name rising in his throat. “Don’t you dare say it,” I snarl. “Unless you really wanna die here.” My words shake him. His back stiffens against mine. “No. Of course not,” he mutters. “But… it does smell like…” He refrains from saying the name. “Doesn’t it?” My breath turns into a sigh. “Yes.” Trevo’s cogs keep turning for a while. “Is he going to kill us?” he asks. Then, remembering one of us isn’t exactly mortal, he rephrases: “Is he going to kill me?” “I sure hope not. Good associates are hard to come by.” His chuckle ripples up and down my back. “Just don’t tell him that joke about being on a date,” I add – and listen to the chuckle die out. “No,” Trevo agrees, dead serious now. “He wouldn’t like that.” No, he wouldn’t. ▪️▪️▪️ TO BE CONTINUED Learn more about SAM RIOT https://t.co/O92yDu2qaa ▪️▪️▪️ ©2026 CE

CamieElias's tweet photo. #amwriting #neonoir #flashfiction #noirfiction #shortstories #SAMRIOTREDUX

SAM RIOT REDUX: A SLIPSTREAM NOIR

PART 1: THIS IS NOT A DATE, IS IT?
The room is one thick shadow pierced by a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

“Our first date,” he scoffs.

We’re shackled, wrists and ankles, sitting together, back to back, on a bare concrete floor. The place is stifling. It smells of rot and rat’s urine. There’s something else in the air, but I don’t want to think about it. I tell myself it’s too soon for that.

“This is not a date,” I tell him, as matter-of-fact as possible.

He chuckles quietly, then says, “I’d rather die believing I was actually on a date.”

“That’s because you’re way too romantic for your own good.”

He chuckles again but says nothing. The heat from his body spreads across my back; it feels like a warm coat on a hot summer’s night.

After a silence that seems to last forever, he mutters, “No. That’s not it.”

I know.

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PART 2: DON’T SAY IT

Some strange miracle – or maybe the drugs they’d used on us – makes me nod off.

I wake up a few perhaps too many minutes later, half-startled, the aftertaste of a nightmare lingering in my mouth. I try to move.

It wasn't just a bad dream after all: Trevo and I are still shackled together under a single light bulb inside a dark, windowless room. It’s still stifling. The stench hasn’t changed. My hands and feet feel numb.

“Sam?” Trevo calls out, sounding almost as startled.

“I’m fine. Just blacked out for a bit.”

“Yes,” he says. “You were snoring.”

“Thanks. Always good to know.”

He scoffs. “No. I mean, I could hear you snore, so I knew you were asleep, not…”

“I know.”

A moment of silence goes by as I try to get my blood circulating again.

“What is this smell?” Trevo suddenly asks. “Have you noticed it? It smells like…”

I can feel a name rising in his throat.

“Don’t you dare say it,” I snarl. “Unless you really wanna die here.”

My words shake him. His back stiffens against mine.

“No. Of course not,” he mutters. “But… it does smell like…” He refrains from saying the name. “Doesn’t it?”

My breath turns into a sigh. “Yes.”

Trevo’s cogs keep turning for a while.

“Is he going to kill us?” he asks. Then, remembering one of us isn’t exactly mortal, he rephrases: “Is he going to kill me?”

“I sure hope not. Good associates are hard to come by.”

His chuckle ripples up and down my back.

“Just don’t tell him that joke about being on a date,” I add – and listen to the chuckle die out.

“No,” Trevo agrees, dead serious now. “He wouldn’t like that.”

No, he wouldn’t.

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TO BE CONTINUED

Learn more about SAM RIOT
https://t.co/O92yDu2qaa

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©2026 CE

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#vssmystery🕵️‍♀️ @vssmystery

4 months ago

The #startled cries of the onlookers brought many to a standstill Your #vssmystery prompt word for this week is #startled Quote #vssmystery & @vssmystery for a like & RT @PPPRetw88t @The_Scribblings

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FireCave

@FireCave_Art

6 months ago

Portrait Challenge — Day 2 | Surprised / Startled Yarik freezes, hands raised, eyes wide. The moment hits faster than thought. Pure surprise caught completely off guard. #PortraitChallenge #Surprised #Startled #Shock #portrait #Sketch #WideEyes #Emotion #スケッチ #OC

FireCave_Art's tweet photo. Portrait Challenge — Day 2 | Surprised / Startled
Yarik freezes, hands raised, eyes wide.
The moment hits faster than thought.
Pure surprise caught completely off guard.

#PortraitChallenge #Surprised #Startled #Shock #portrait #Sketch #WideEyes #Emotion #スケッチ #OC https://t.co/tNj4ohBhR1

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woke honse @CaptWalnuti

6 months ago

@ChanXaki why is it staring #startled

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{KICK} CrazyNate28

@crazy_nate28

6 months ago

A sudden in-game encounter sparks a hilarious moment of shared fright. Ever been there? It's all fun and games until someone gets virtually scared! #Gaming #Funny #GamerLife #Startled #Apologies #Reaction #Humor

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Debra Martz @DebraMartz

8 months ago

"One Very Surprised Roadrunner" by Debra Martz https://t.co/CSfyVCBS7m #Roadrunner #Astonished #amazed #startled #stunned #flabbergasted #shocked #bird #Birds #Aves #Avian #BirdLovers #FeatheredFriends #ornithology #BuyIntoArt @DebraMartz #giftideas #presents

DebraMartz's tweet photo. "One Very Surprised Roadrunner" by Debra Martz

https://t.co/CSfyVCBS7m

#Roadrunner #Astonished #amazed #startled #stunned #flabbergasted #shocked #bird #Birds #Aves #Avian #BirdLovers #FeatheredFriends #ornithology #BuyIntoArt @DebraMartz #giftideas #presents https://t.co/kAk86G8IJ4

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Niall MacMillan @niallmacmillan

8 months ago

Cats always raise my spirits 🐈😳 #carroof #hellokitty #startled

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Debra Martz @DebraMartz

9 months ago

"One Very Surprised Roadrunner" by Debra Martz https://t.co/CSfyVCBS7m #Roadrunner #Astonished #amazed #startled #stunned #flabbergasted #shocked #bird #Birds #Aves #Avian #BirdLovers #FeatheredFriends #ornithology #BuyIntoArt @DebraMartz

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✝️ Ian Schwabe (施瓦布岩) 🎨 @ArtisIan_

10 months ago

How is this even possible? The Artist and His Brain | Startled Easily #webcomic #theartistandhisbrain #startled #cartoon #comic #comicstrip #webtoon #artistsontwitter #procreate #procreateart https://t.co/q72KsaXlUy

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Zee Tamil News

@ZeeTamilNews

11 months ago

திடீரென மயங்கிய பெண்... பதறிய தமிழிசை! #zeetamilnews #tvk #vijay #KarurTragedy #TVKStampedetragedy #woman #fainted #tamilisaisoundararajan #startled #viral #shorts

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KeithLuvsToDraw @m4goodtimes

about 1 year ago

"Beep! Beep!" #watercolor #sketch #drawing #fanart #WileECoyote #RoadRunner #BugsBunny #cartoon #show #yeg #Edmonton #artist #art #startled #spooked #surprise 5.5 x 8.5 inch

m4goodtimes's tweet photo. "Beep! Beep!" #watercolor #sketch #drawing #fanart #WileECoyote #RoadRunner #BugsBunny #cartoon #show #yeg #Edmonton #artist #art #startled #spooked #surprise 5.5 x 8.5 inch https://t.co/xhElm65I84

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SMAB GAMING @SMABGAMING

about 1 year ago

#Death Toll #Startled #L4D #Witch on #Purpose #Vtuberフリー素材 #Vtuber推し探しにどうぞ #Vtuber準備中 #YouTuber #darkness #VTuberUprising #Hololive #HololiveEN #GhostOfTsushima #Twitch #follow #fanart #artist #3DCG #fandom #Subscribe Youtube link https://t.co/iVc6mc6Sfq

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voidcaster @flrlvssl

about 1 year ago

@M1das_OW2 Im either stupid (highly possible) Or this insinuates u a white boy #confused #startled #undereducated #puzzled

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Serizawa Katsuya @EMOTlONSTORM

over 1 year ago

Boy.wants to talk to me. He scared Me. #Startled 😓

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kuba (╯︵╰,)

@kascsgo

over 1 year ago

Critics will look at the 14 kill game and think damn.. this guy sucks.. But in reality, what I lost in the firepower, I gained in the all chat. #generationalRattlement #startled #DroppedACrazyBombBars

kuba (╯︵╰,)

@kascsgo

over 1 year ago

HAD TO HOP IN THE GAME DUST OFF THE MOUSE & KEYBOARD EMERGENCY SUB GOAT WE BACK