📚 Short Stories From The Immortal Quill – Issue #60
Goldi’s Take on Operation Feathernet
The Story Where Birds Aren’t Real (Allegedly)
The day dawned suspiciously chirpy.
Outside the stained-glass windows of The Immortal Quill, birds were singing. Loudly. Too loudly. As if they were transmitting... something. Red sipped her coffee with narrowed eyes. “They’re up to something.”
“I told you,” Goldi declared triumphantly, striding into the main lounge wrapped in a robe made entirely of feather-print silk. “They’re not birds. They’re aerial surveillance bots built by the government. And possibly enchanted with ancient runes. We are being watched.”
Cindi, perched gracefully on a plush armchair with her SLA$HERBUCK$ cup in hand (today’s pick: Maple Blood Moon Macchiato), didn’t even look up. “I’m not doing this again, Goldi.”
Goldi whipped out a glittery binder labeled Operation Feathernet in comic sans. “You will this time, Cindaspy.”
Red groaned. “Oh not this again. I swear if you call her Cindaspy one more time - ”
“She works for NASA and you know it.” Goldi snapped back.
Rapunzel peeked up from her sketchbook where she was doodling a candy concept called “Cinnamon Secrets.” “I thought she worked for The Immortal Quill?”
“Exactly,” Goldi hissed. “Cover story. You think it’s a coincidence her hair is always perfect even on foggy days? That’s elite weatherproof agent tech.”
Dorothy wandered in with a honey stick between her teeth. “What did I miss?”
Tink popped up from behind a curtain. “Goldi’s back on her bird drone theory.”
Dorothy’s face fell. “I thought we all agreed the flamingo incident was just a weird zoo thing.”
Goldi slapped a diagram onto the table like she was unveiling forbidden lore. “Listen, flamingos don’t recharge on power lines unless they’re secretly USB-C compatible. Look at this. The beak antenna theory checks out.”
Rumplestiltskin strolled in right on cue, juggling croissants and chaos. “Do continue, Goldilocks. I love when your conspiracy arc kicks off the morning.”
Cindi took a delicate sip of her coffee. “Why don’t we just ask the birds if they’re spying on us?”
Goldi’s head snapped toward her. “Nice try. That’s exactly what they want. Distract, deflect, discredit.”
Red raised an eyebrow. “Goldi, sweet starshine... the last time you tested this, you were young and you tried to hack a pigeon with a fork and ended up grounded for a week.”
“Allegedly!” Goldi shouted, flinging a feather in the air like it was a smoking gun.
Tink crossed her arms. “Okay, okay. But just out of morbid curiosity - how exactly do you think the birds are sending data?”
Goldi pulled a glittery pointer from her sleeve and dramatically aimed it at a crudely drawn “bird satellite uplink” sketch. “Via micro-quacks and feather-coded wind patterns. Probably encrypted. Possibly Morse code. But spooky.”
Rapunzel sighed. “Should we be concerned that I kinda want to turn this into a Taffy & Tales candy?”
Dorothy’s eyes sparkled. “Ooh! Conspira-Crunchies! Tiny bird-shaped nougats that hide secret messages inside!”
Cindi giggled despite herself. “Better make one shaped like a drone dove with raspberry filling.”
Goldi slammed her hands on the table. “YES. This is how the truth gets out. Through CANDY.”
Rumple grinned. “I’m calling it now - limited edition NSA Nougat coming soon to a suspiciously feathered pop-up cart near you.”
Tink gave in with a chuckle. “Fine. But I want a flavor called Wings of Denial.”
Red shook her head but smiled. “Honestly? That sounds kinda good.”
And as the crew dissolved into laughter, brainstorming, and sugar-fueled chaos, one thing was clear - truth, taffy, and total nonsense were always on the menu at The Immortal Quill.
And somewhere outside... a pigeon definitely looked guilty.
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The Immortal Quill Short Stories
🩸✨ A Bloodthorn Publishing™ Original
From the twistedly magical minds of the Immortal Quill™ Storytellers, welcome to the World of 4EverMore™ - where fractured fairytales wear combat boots, myths misbehave, tea spills itself, and chaos is couture. ☕️
Featuring your immortally iconic favorites:
• Goldilocks (paranoid and perfect)
• CindaSpy™ (that’s Cinderella with a security clearance)
• Red (badass in boots)
• Snow (soft goth apple queen)
• Dorothy (click it and rip it)
• Beauty (rose-stem sharp)
• Wendy (shadow-slick rebel)
• Alice – Queen of Ink & Lore™ herself
• Loki (divine trickster snack, taken 😘)
• Ivy (Rumple’s sister, lethal in Louboutins)
• and Rumplestiltskin (unhinged, unmatched, unstoppable)
✨ Guest appearances may include sentient teacups, tragic ballgowns, questionable prophecy scrolls, and one flirty, possibly dangerous Elven stranger...
🪄 Storytime just got a whole lot more immortal.
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