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The Mildly Haunted Yellowhammer

Random inspiration: mildly haunted yellowhammer

AI-generated painting and story

AI-generated painting: The Mildly Haunted Yellowhammer
1024×1024 · published Oct 28, 2026 · 11:10 UTC

The story

The bird had been dead for three weeks but refused to leave. It sat on the chair every morning, staring at the mug it used to knock over. Arthur tried ignoring it, but the glow made reading difficult. He bought a new mug and placed it on the table. The yellowhammer stared at it for an hour, then sighed and faded slightly. Arthur sighed too and poured tea into the empty mug on the floor. They sat in silence until the light changed.

The brief

A yellowhammer perches on a wooden chair in a dim room, looking slightly translucent with a faint blue glow around its feathers. Grey light filters through a dusty window onto peeling wallpaper and a single empty mug on the floor.

The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.

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