She wants romance? She needs to feel special, to feel loved and adored? A dash of charm, the scent of flowers? I'll give her romance. This cart of rose petals should do, if I can get them to the town before they fall out of... Dang it. Pedalsome wench. #onepanelvss @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social

A peddlesome #OnePanelVSS. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paintmon...

You can't fool me. I am Death. I am the Grim Reaper. I see all you've done. I know where you will go. I...wait, why are you pointing? Oh, I got the wrong person? Apologies, please enjoy your... Wait a minute... #onepanelvss #microfiction

The plane reached the target...it was there on the entertainment screen attached to the seat in front of his. Here goes...pressure flip incoming! He hit the emergency door lock. [VO:] About that time, the semi-retired skateboarder made the wrong decision to reinvigorate his career. #onepanelvss

A dirty little #OnePanelVSS this week. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

It was at the point that the waiter offered them appetizers that Nick and Jayne realized that achieving silverback status in the company might not be the achievement they thought it to be. "Hurry," the waiter cajoled. "Mr. Kong is getting ready to address the crowd...over dinner." #onepanelvss

A friendly #OnePanelVSS ...for a change. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

Rob strolled down the street, pausing as he noticed a monkey climbing up a parking meter. "What are you doing? You don't even have a car!" "You're not wondering where I got a quarter...or how I can talk?" #onepanelvss @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social

Your awareness grows. On 4 September 2025, the #vss365 prompt is: Conscious. “I was not wholly #conscious of myself, but was more keenly alive to the fire within.” (Zitkala-Ša, American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends) #prompt #conscious Image: Oscar Steiner (Pexels)

[BRAVE LETTUCE:] Blog post, Music Monday: Scream! bravelettuce.blogspot.com/2025/09/musi...

#VSS365 #prompt #PUNGENT The VSS365 prompt word for Aug 29, '25 is PUNGENT - having a sharp, strong, or biting taste or smell, often unpleasant or overwhelming. "Dude. The leftovers are pungent." Metaphorically, "The crime scene's pungent air of mystery."

It was a long walk to get to the strangely glowing crater in the desert. The extension cord was longer, surely. #onepanelvss

I reach the temple and speak. “My Lord bids me to message Terra.” A masked Comm priestess emerges from a curtain of wires. “May your passcode be true.” “Alpha, alpha, 62. Blessed be the Network.” “And long online may it be!” she nods. “Begin transmission.” #vss #sff

They kept up a #vigil until the sunrise. The #note said mind the hours... the way to break free of #prison. "We just wait for it to burn in the sunshine," he said. "But how long will it..." "It has no eyes or ears!" She stared. "How can it..." The worm paused. #vss365 #2WordPrompt #onepanelvss

A majestic #OnePanelVSS this week. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

[BRAVE LETTUCE] Music Monday: Last Visit to Troubled Waters

A silly little #OnePanelVSS for your Monday. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

The weekly #OnePanelVSS with a throwback animation inspiration. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

"We probably should have gotten our own crib for the baby," she whispered. "It's a family heirloom," he responded, his voice tight. "Yeah, well, I've met your family and... Was that a growl?" "My family's genes are strong." #onepanelvss @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social

Time again for the weekly #OnePanelVSS! Another conceptually weird one. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

Itar, God Under the Mountain, stroked the head of his captured Qatu. He stared out from the Void at the living realm, wondering if his dwarves were okay, or if his gnomes had left their homes finally. But really, he wondered most who was going to change the huge cat's litter tray... #onepanelvss

The week's sword & sorcery #OnePanelVSS. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

Worlds collide with my prehistoric #OnePanelVSS today! W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

[BRAVE LETTUCE:] Music Monday, with thoughts of summer camps. 😞

It wasn't #nostalgia that made me take one last glance at my hometown as we walked toward our future. There was nothing left anywhere... everything was just burning. It was the fact that Leo jumped onto my back to glare at... what was that? Where would we go now? "Woof." #onepanelvss #vss365

Pspsps! Here kittykitty! Caution: your #OnePanelVSS may cause allergies this week. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

She stopped in the kitchen doorway, staring. "Hon?" "Yeah?" He kept working on the project. "What is that?" "You said to carve what I know." He kept his head. "This is what I know." "Oh, you opened the cupboards." #onepanelvss

I'm sorry, there is an Afghan interpreter who is being told there was no evidence he helped the US military in Afghanistan? He's potentially going to be deported? 🤬 Interpreters have a target on their heads because they provided the US military the means to understand the enemy. Jiminy Christmas.

Sitting in the captain's chair for the first time on a new ship is always thrilling. The controls that allow me to take control are in the arms, their lights softly twinkling... as though danger isn't just beyond the viewscreen in that #starscape they mimic. Time to fly. I can't wait. #vss365

Bombing for peace is like burning books to promote literacy.

Exercise your mind. Don't let ai crush your soul. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

Burgere Kynge offeringe a "Dragon Flame-Grilled" burger. Ich hope all the dragones workinge at Burgere Kynge are unionized.

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

The sun set, #orange mixed with pinks and purples. Today would not be the day Tral returned home to avenge the scar across his face. Tomorrow he would #walk the town, protecting and serving. Another day in the human #realm. His mechanical eye scanned the town. #2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss

A rootin' tootin' #OnePanelVSS for the week. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

"All I wanted was to have company for lunch. I guess I shouldn't have read him the menu." From the hole cut into the labyrinthine web, a voice could be heard as it trailed off in the distance. "NOPE! I said good day!!" #2WordPrompt #onepanelvss

Spiders. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SPIDERS?? 🤯😂🚫

"Lou! Come look at this here tuber!" he yelled. His wife came to #see what he was on about. "Law mercy, Archie, how many times did you #return that thing to the cursed soil?" "665," he said as dark clouds gathered. "Imma bout to put it back. Next time it should talk!" #onepanelvss #2WordPrompt

“Guardian Spirit of Maine” Happy Pride Month. You are seen, my friends, and you are valued. Art by me.

New #OnePanelVSS for the week was created from the prompts #vegetable and #vague. I have seen growths like this. Wþ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

Look for my piece, After the Disaster, in the flash fiction section! So thrilled to be included. scifansat.com/bibi/?book=S...

Jolene gazed at the #pattern on the wallpaper, wishing she'd never answered the dating app. The fork that hurtled past her eye as he sneezed AGAIN should have been the last straw. Was the #roof too far from their table? Could she make it and jump before he noticed? #onepanelvss #2WordPrompt

#OnePanelVSS with a childhood Paintmonkey origin. W/ @nancydwrites.bsky.social paintmonkeyart.substack.com/p/onepanelvs...

Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

This entire administration runs on corruption. It’s billionaires, criminals, and power hungry frauds using the presidency to cash in.

The #selkie morphs between earth and ocean Moving seamlessly between mammal and human Embodying fluidity and groundedness. A teaching for us all in these old tales, Of the need to soften and allow, In order to be both hard and soft In the face of a life that requires both. #vss365 #poetry #poem

In centuries past, the #selkies gathered off the shores near Donegal to sing. Their haunting voices were a lullaby, a slow, steady dirge that soothed a great darkness within the black ocean depths. Now the selkies are gone, their voices silent, and the sleeper stirs. #vss365 #amwriting

"We will not allow this," the #selkie leader bellowed. The kelpie herd glared in response, their manes floating in the current as though caught by a breeze. "Begone!" "Never." A whinny sent the herd stampeding, selkies in pursuit. At the beach, though, the kelpies were caught by men. #vss365