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Tansy Undercrypt purveyor of doom & whimsy
Preparations
Dec 5

Dec 5 Preparations

Tansy
Microfiction

… he chose to be more positive and hopeful …

Dedication
Dec 2

Dec 2 Dedication

Tansy
Microfiction

"I am determined to stay handmade …”

Trees
Dec 1

Dec 1 Trees

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Microfiction

“Let’s go big …”

LETTERS FROM KRAMPUS: the First Letter to Anthony
Nov 30

Nov 30 LETTERS FROM KRAMPUS: the First Letter to Anthony

Tansy
Microfiction

I don't mean to brag …

Discards
Nov 28

Nov 28 Discards

Tansy
Microfiction

Outside, the world was overachieving and overwrought …

Feast
Nov 25

Nov 25 Feast

Tansy
Microfiction

They wanted to ask …

Ready
Nov 24

Nov 24 Ready

Tansy
Microfiction

You are consistently droll and sharp-witted …

LETTERS FROM KRAMPUS: The 2025 Preamble
Nov 23

Nov 23 LETTERS FROM KRAMPUS: The 2025 Preamble

Tansy
Microfiction

I am exhausted from sustaining my glamour …

Act
Nov 22

Nov 22 Act

Tansy
Microfiction

They all grinned and raised their glasses …

Machines
Nov 19

Nov 19 Machines

Tansy
Microfiction

“It’s back,” Brad whispered …

Category
Nov 17

Nov 17 Category

Tansy
Microfiction

… it was time …

Passing Words: John Cleary
Nov 15

Nov 15 Passing Words: John Cleary

Tansy
Passing Words

“ … every tree along the way had formed a name in its bark … “

Photography credit: John Filo

Moment
Nov 13

Nov 13 Moment

Tansy
Microfiction

She had tried not to obsess over it …

Closet
Nov 12

Nov 12 Closet

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Microfiction

Emil sat, frozen …

Signals
Nov 11

Nov 11 Signals

Tansy
Microfiction

" … but you never know … ”

Bulletproof
Nov 10

Nov 10 Bulletproof

Tansy
Microfiction

It was the kind of honesty that got you fired …

Remembering
Nov 6

Nov 6 Remembering

Tansy
Microfiction

“That’s not forgetting … “

Precautions
Nov 5

Nov 5 Precautions

Tansy
Microfiction

“And here we are,” Dr Jacobs said to himself …

Passing Words: Selma van de Perre
Nov 3

Nov 3 Passing Words: Selma van de Perre

Tansy
Passing Words

"You cannot know," it said …

Feast of All Souls / Dia de Los Muertos 2025
Nov 2

Nov 2 Feast of All Souls / Dia de Los Muertos 2025

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Admiration
Apr 3, 2026
Admiration
Apr 3, 2026

… no one else said things like that …

Apr 3, 2026
White
Apr 1, 2026
White
Apr 1, 2026

White had rolled her eyes for years …

Apr 1, 2026
Passing Words: Nicholas Brendon
Mar 31, 2026
Passing Words: Nicholas Brendon
Mar 31, 2026

… she loved who they had been …

Mar 31, 2026
Superpower
Mar 30, 2026
Superpower
Mar 30, 2026

Everyone laughed …

Mar 30, 2026
Conversations
Mar 27, 2026
Conversations
Mar 27, 2026

It was here she felt the truth …

Mar 27, 2026
Advice
Mar 25, 2026
Advice
Mar 25, 2026

… they craved a new life, had little to work with …

Mar 25, 2026
Reminders
Mar 23, 2026
Reminders
Mar 23, 2026

"I always warn them … “

Mar 23, 2026
Passing Words: Carlos Ray ("Chuck") Norris
Mar 21, 2026
Passing Words: Carlos Ray ("Chuck") Norris
Mar 21, 2026

"I never mess with the good guys … “

Mar 21, 2026
Playground
Mar 20, 2026
Playground
Mar 20, 2026

A couple of the ladies from a local church paid him a call …

Mar 20, 2026
Dither
Mar 18, 2026
Dither
Mar 18, 2026

"Your life is like a bad haircut," she said quietly …

Mar 18, 2026
Plow
Mar 16, 2026
Plow
Mar 16, 2026

Those faces in the snow were real …

Mar 16, 2026
2:20pm
Mar 14, 2026
2:20pm
Mar 14, 2026

It's a choice, of course …

Mar 14, 2026
Phase
Mar 13, 2026
Phase
Mar 13, 2026

"How can you stand it?!?" Nour asked …

Mar 13, 2026
Disregarded
Mar 12, 2026
Disregarded
Mar 12, 2026

The decrees were challenged in other reigns …

Mar 12, 2026
NDA
Mar 11, 2026
NDA
Mar 11, 2026

He raised his hand and then stood up …

Mar 11, 2026
Answers
Mar 10, 2026
Answers
Mar 10, 2026

He nodded, still silent …

Mar 10, 2026
Plodding
Mar 9, 2026
Plodding
Mar 9, 2026

He was done paying attention …

Mar 9, 2026
Passing Words: Endo
Mar 6, 2026
Passing Words: Endo
Mar 6, 2026

… the soul adjusted quickly to its sense of wonder …

Mar 6, 2026
Dead
Mar 4, 2026
Dead
Mar 4, 2026

"Pity a fella if he even slows down … “

Mar 4, 2026
Walk
Mar 3, 2026
Walk
Mar 3, 2026

"Why go to all of the trouble … “

Mar 3, 2026
 

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