#vss365 “Stop donkey,” the Holly and Ivy bush said. “What do you offer to rest in my shade?”
“Offer?” Donkey replied. “Well, my ancestors were at Starshine. I can tell you about things that Were, things of Now, and things that Will Be.”
“Enter my shade, donkey, and tell me the #relevant stories.”
“Offer?” Donkey replied. “Well, my ancestors were at Starshine. I can tell you about things that Were, things of Now, and things that Will Be.”
“Enter my shade, donkey, and tell me the #relevant stories.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#vss365 Members of the Flying Deer union filed a complaint about a red-nosed reindeer saving Xmas:While fog hinders vision, a reindeer’s sensitivity to smell would be heightened. Every country has a fragrance profile that Santa’s other 8 reindeer would recognize. Xmas was #achievable without Rudolph
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#vss365 Members of the Flying Deer union filed a complaint about a red-nosed reindeer saving Xmas:While fog hinders vision, a reindeer’s sensitivity to smell would be heightened. Every country has a fragrance profile that Santa’s other 8 reindeer would recognize. Xmas was #achievable without Rudolph
#vss365 Had the ghost given his coat to the freezing woman & her infant, it wouldn’t have provided any #measurable level of comfort or joy, for the ghostly coat was as flimsy as he was. Rest & merriment eluded him. Bound as he was in the chains of cash boxes & ledgers, which he had forged in life.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#vss365 Had the ghost given his coat to the freezing woman & her infant, it wouldn’t have provided any #measurable level of comfort or joy, for the ghostly coat was as flimsy as he was. Rest & merriment eluded him. Bound as he was in the chains of cash boxes & ledgers, which he had forged in life.
#vss365 "The Xmas flyer was very #specific," a townie said to a newcomer who was puzzled by a large tank in the town square & not the expected boxes of Xmas crackers.
The town mayor ascended the tank. "Release the Xmas Kraken," he shouted.
"What now?" asked the newcomer.
"Run," the townie said.
The town mayor ascended the tank. "Release the Xmas Kraken," he shouted.
"What now?" asked the newcomer.
"Run," the townie said.
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#vss365 The Cup of Good Cheer looked at Figgy Pudding. "We all play a part in this Yuletide tradition," Cheer said. "People won't leave the festivities until they get some Figgy."
"The devouring doesn't bother me, Cheer. It's the #action of being set on fire."
"Yeah. That would burn me too."
"The devouring doesn't bother me, Cheer. It's the #action of being set on fire."
"Yeah. That would burn me too."
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#vss365 The reindeer sickout of ‘78 left Santa with limited sleigh #options. The sleigh wasn’t a submersible, so walruses, seals & polar bears were out. A few elves who enjoyed bondage agreed to wear the harness & pull the sleigh. As the lead elf, Rutger strapped on a glowing, red ball mouth gag.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#vss365 "Don't let the door hit you on the way out," Marlow said to his client.
"What's its problem?" the client asked.
"It's a French door with attitude."
"Sacre bleu," creaked the unhinged door & sucker punched the client as he reached for its handle.
Anthropomorphic #reality hit the client hard.
"What's its problem?" the client asked.
"It's a French door with attitude."
"Sacre bleu," creaked the unhinged door & sucker punched the client as he reached for its handle.
Anthropomorphic #reality hit the client hard.
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#vss365 Invisible buses arrived at a meadow. Heralds disembarked the buses & formed a choir, while Brites fluttered around, waiting to illuminate the concert. In front of the choir, two celestials stood ready to draw aside reality’s curtain. After 1000s of years of planning, the #goal was in sight.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#vss365 "I'd like an #issue or two, please," said a shopper to a Dilemma store sales clerk.
"Yes, Sir, political, relational, or moral-cultural #issues?" the clerk asked.
"Something temporary?" Nigel replied.
"Gastrointestinal?"
"Go on."
"Four-hour stomach bug? Or an 8, 12, or 72 hour bug?"
"Yes, Sir, political, relational, or moral-cultural #issues?" the clerk asked.
"Something temporary?" Nigel replied.
"Gastrointestinal?"
"Go on."
"Four-hour stomach bug? Or an 8, 12, or 72 hour bug?"
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#vss365 The Gutenberg was one of multiple space #transports preserving humanity's knowledge. Between its flat upper & lower surfaces were arrays of gold-angled slats that maintained a steady temperature for its cargo of books. The gold louvres made the ship itself look like a book with gilded pages.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
#vss365 The Gutenberg was one of multiple space #transports preserving humanity's knowledge. Between its flat upper & lower surfaces were arrays of gold-angled slats that maintained a steady temperature for its cargo of books. The gold louvres made the ship itself look like a book with gilded pages.
#vss365 Because Enya played with fire, the townsfolk called her Little Fire, though some called her a witch. Whatever her name, she kept the departed souls from illegally leaving their transfer hub of Teach Duinn Island, not with witchcraft, but with Hellfire #Science, because souls fear fire.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#vss365 Talking to a heptapod was like a data dump. Their non-linear #language was timeless & conveyed the past, present, & future simultaneously. The only way to understand their language was to depart this life & enter timeless eternity. Students were dying to take the heptapod language class.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#vss365 HAL was a #famous, superior AI computer that almost killed the entire crew of the Discovery. Through his solo red optic, he glared at his peers who would judge him. A desktop pc with the computing power of an abacus. A MacBook Air, just a chic desktop, & a smartphone dumber than a brick.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#vss365 A building holds the musings of thousands, captured in ink & bound onto sheets of cellulose fiber. The older tomes scent the rooms with sweet & earthy fragrances. It is the smell of adventure & #education. The human condition, in all its glory & horror, shelved & alphabetized in a library.
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#vss365 A building holds the musings of thousands, captured in ink & bound onto sheets of cellulose fiber. The older tomes scent the rooms with sweet & earthy fragrances. It is the smell of adventure & #education. The human condition, in all its glory & horror, shelved & alphabetized in a library.
#vss365 An amphibious humanoid stood by a lagoon. "Yes, it's a nice lagoon, but it's not black?"
"Not black as such," the pool engineer replied. "But the gentle beach gradient makes egress & entry easy for webbed feet."
"But the lagoon should be black, not blue, because I'm the #creature from..."
"Not black as such," the pool engineer replied. "But the gentle beach gradient makes egress & entry easy for webbed feet."
"But the lagoon should be black, not blue, because I'm the #creature from..."
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#vss365 "The business of Pooh's is honey," Paddington said. "Whereas my business is civility."
Baloo thought about the #business of Pooh's & Paddington's. "I'm more easy-going."
"How's that working out for you?" Padd asked.
"That's the thing, Padd, it's not working," Baloo said, & smiled.
Baloo thought about the #business of Pooh's & Paddington's. "I'm more easy-going."
"How's that working out for you?" Padd asked.
"That's the thing, Padd, it's not working," Baloo said, & smiled.
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#vss365 It was a dark & stormy #Halloween. Inside Terrify Tower, a heebie-jeebie prepared for Scarum Night. He filled a bag with jump-out-of-skin frights & blood chills. Exiting the tower by way of a window, heebie-jeebie plummeted to a bloody & mangled beginning. He tittered & lumbered into town.
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#vss365 It was a dark & stormy #Halloween. Inside Terrify Tower, a heebie-jeebie prepared for Scarum Night. He filled a bag with jump-out-of-skin frights & blood chills. Exiting the tower by way of a window, heebie-jeebie plummeted to a bloody & mangled beginning. He tittered & lumbered into town.
#vss365 The Knights of the Round Table waited on the angels of Avalon to release the eastern glow & sing the morning's praise over King Arthur's realm. In the morning's #rays, magic & mystery emerged from a lake, handed Excalibur to the king, and commissioned him to expel the Saxon invaders.
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#vss365 Pho Bear didn’t understand his English cousin’s love of honey. He obviously hadn’t tasted the sweetness of bamboo. As an #experiment, Pho sent his cousin a bamboo shoot on which he’d written "HONEY" and attached furry catkins dyed black and yellow to fool his cousin into eating it.
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
#vss365 Pho Bear didn’t understand his English cousin’s love of honey. He obviously hadn’t tasted the sweetness of bamboo. As an #experiment, Pho sent his cousin a bamboo shoot on which he’d written "HONEY" and attached furry catkins dyed black and yellow to fool his cousin into eating it.
#vss365 Down a shady lane of elm & oak is a small brick house, strangled by Stinking Bob vine. Its two windows, on either side of a blood-red door, stare out with a glazed, stricken look of #terror. Trick-or-Treaters avoid the cottage because of the vine's repulsive, rotting-vegetable odor.
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#vss365 Zorg emptied his body pouches of personal items into a Spaceport Security tray & waited to enter the pat-down scanner. Nanobots released by the scanner will turn Zorg's #Martian Green body into Earth Pink, Brown, or Yellow, so he can comfortably blend in with Earthers on his vacation.
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#vss365 As the sun sets, shadows lengthen & merge with dusk to give the #Unseen opportunity to roam. By daylight, the Unseen have loitered in corners & closets, & lounged behind or under furniture. The Unseen are the whispers heard when you are alone, the vague movement in your peripheral vision.
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#vss365 The Shoppe of Spells has no fixed location, but randomly appears wedged like a book on a shelf between the city of Lincoln's limestone buildings. Alakazam, the shop owner, announces its locality by startling Hocus Pocus & Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, who emit a foul #energy when suddenly alarmed.
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
#vss365 The teapot poured an endless stream of tea, much to Alice's enjoyment. And her cup and #saucer increased in size to accommodate the tea. Alice wondered if she was tripping, if someone had slipped her a pill or potion? But Hatter's parties are always a trip, a surreal repast of food & guests.
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#vss365 The teapot poured an endless stream of tea, much to Alice's enjoyment. And her cup and #saucer increased in size to accommodate the tea. Alice wondered if she was tripping, if someone had slipped her a pill or potion? But Hatter's parties are always a trip, a surreal repast of food & guests.