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Taking Stock
Vocal has asked us to write about any 2025 New Year’s resolutions on creative projects we plan to work on. I don’t make New Year's resolutions. I haven’t made one in over thirty years, so I won't lie and say I set any for myself this year. However, instead of resolutions, I look at what is happening in my life throughout the year and see what needs changing- taking stock now and then to see where I need to improve or in what direction I’d like to see myself headed.
By Mother Combsabout a year ago in Motivation
Here There Be Giants
“Control! Control! Come in, Mission Control!” Co-pilot Scott Card was on the bounce, standing beside Comm Officer Starling’s console. He was on the comm instead of her because Starling was leaning over in her chair dead from the last strike the transporter ship had taken. Frantically, the co-pilot kept trying, “Damn it, Control! This is SS4398TC MOYA calling in an SOS!”
By Mother Combsabout a year ago in Futurism
Wooden
Introducing ViM's Monthly Prompt January's prompt is: Wooden This month's requirements are simple: Write a poem inspired by the above picture. Any style of poetry will be accepted. Tag this post at the end so others can find this article easier. You can use this picture, but if you do, you must use this tag * Image by Sachu Sanjayan from Pixabay *. The picture does not belong to me. Once published, please post your links in the comments Entries will be accepted beginning now til January 23, 2025.
By Mother Combsabout a year ago in Writers
Some Things Will Kill You Faster. Content Warning.
I sit here puffing on my cigarette, thinking about where I went wrong. It’s not hard to pinpoint when I steered my life course in the wrong direction, either. I mean, shit, everything seemed to happen all at once.
By Mother Combsabout a year ago in Fiction
