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# TalesFromTheOddSea

@aavni · Joined July 2024

chronic overthinker, part-time wordsmith, full-time collector of curiosities

### [Earth](https://aavni.me/earth?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

“Gross’’I looked up in mild annoyance. “You can’t just say that’’.“But it’s gross’’He had a point.The alien; indeed, this was first contact, stumbled out of its ship in a horrifyingly ungainly shuffle

8 min read · [aavni.me](https://aavni.me/earth?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 25](https://hashnode.com/posts/earth/6adde1b3018bf08f1a7a2d4b)

### [Rage, Rage, Rage, Rage.](https://aavni.me/rage-rage-rage-rage?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Fear, passion; joy, jealousyteeth gnashing, jaws snapping ''Please tie your hair properly'' Feet stomping, hearts shriekingwild dreams and untold legacies ''Sit like a lady'' Ambitions drawn,

1 min read · [aavni.me](https://aavni.me/rage-rage-rage-rage?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Sep 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/rage-rage-rage-rage/6abd078abe622970af071b8b)

### [Reconstructing King Tut's Tomb](https://aavni.me/reconstructing-king-tut-s-tomb?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A week ago, stumbling about forlornly within the deepest abysses of summer-vacation-induced monotony, I found my battered old copy of Ian Shaw's 'The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt'. Thus was born

4 min read · [aavni.me](https://aavni.me/reconstructing-king-tut-s-tomb?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/reconstructing-king-tut-s-tomb/69cbba13c1e86567d7278361)

### [The Storm](https://aavni.me/the-storm?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Glinting slashes of white bone,Velvet dark of the unknown. An agile pounce, a booming roar,Blood seeps into the undergrowth. Blood-soaked earththe ichor of life Apollo’s wrath, muffled by storm.A shadow dispersed,A silence born.

1 min read · [aavni.me](https://aavni.me/the-storm?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Sep 9, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-storm/68c0460338ba5d78dfb7c6ab)

### [The Perfume Bottle](https://aavni.me/the-perfume-bottle?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The many divots and indents upon its body of glass twinkle like the stained windows of a cathedral at night, devoid of colour. Stains that smell like the twinkling of an old piano in a dusty library. A smell that coats the hollows of your bones, like...

1 min read · [aavni.me](https://aavni.me/the-perfume-bottle?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 17, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-perfume-bottle/68a1eb2a497068dab83761a3)