Screencap Neoltitude account on Twitter

(19) NEOLTITUDE

Evocative magical realist short-form poetry or surreal fantasy micro-fiction on Twitter – wild tier special mention because I’m waiting for the book compilation.

Like haikus – but, you know, instead of the formal structure of three phrases and seventeen syllables, it’s a limit of 240 characters, as each tweet is its own embedded story.

I’ve encountered quite a bit of microfiction on Twitter but Neoltitude is the one to which I keep coming back. Of course, that’s because I follow them, so it would be more accurate to say they’re the one I stuck with or never left in the first place.

That’s because they’re good – always evocative, often haunting or beautiful images that burn themselves into your psyche. Much like the angels or gods that are their frequent subject.

And because they’re fun – leavened with wit and humor, often self-effacing. As in their Patreon –
“You can think of this like carbon offsets, only for making the world more confusing & surreal…Hi, I’m ｃｔｒｌ. I have written over 9000 short fiction tweets, which I estimate have cost me at LEAST several years of my life. In order to gain back some of this lost time, I am reaching out in desperation to you, kind reader. please, this is all I have”.

RATING:
X-TIER (WILD TIER)