kiwi 22. dressed to kill + root beer float
story: second chances ; jigsaw . medium: ink. rating: safe for work.

notes: I didn't think I'd have the chance to do anything for this prompt, but I whipped this quickie comic up at a friends house today and figured I'd slide it in right under the weekly prompt deadline!

( dressed to kill...my project list )

sour cherry 15. hill of beans + acai 5. let it go + malt: Darcy : with or without you (PfaH) + malt: what if Darcy had to perform a song in front of an audience?
story: second chances ; early high school . wordcount: 2250. rating: pg.

notes: I couldn't make it through February without writing a qualifying piece for Music & Mixes month! This one ( Read more... )

sour cherry 5. feather in my cap + pocky
story: second chances ; jigsaw (levee college era). wordcount: 100. rating: pg

notes: Actual pocky today! Levee's POV, junior or senior year of college.

( When I get the e-mail, I bounce up and down in my chair, read it twice, and text Rosie. )

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grapefruit 30. end of the tunnel + malt: Rayn : message in a bottle (BTS hat)
story: second chances ; late high-school. wordcount: 2605. rating: pg.

notes: So like a million years ago I wrote this short, dopey piece about Rayn giving Mike a mystery letter and then never followed up even though I said I would. Shayna reminded me I'd yet to ( Read more... )

( Flavor )

sour cherry 30. since sliced bread + banana + whipped cream + sprinkles
story: second chances ; childhoods. medium: ball point & watercolors. rating: work safe.

This is a scene from a piece I wrote about Lonnie's childhood. From, you know, a really long time ago...but it's still funny to me, so.

( since sliced bread )

grapefruit 26. in the wind
+ malt: "Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy." - Freud (SC #150)
story: ??? ( ice cream truck seed). wordcount: 677. rating: pg.

I wrote this strange beginning as a sample seed for the Ice Cream Truck. Totally new, mysterious canon...

( I woke up feeling stiff and shivery, tangled up in one of Drake's wool blankets. )

( December and January )

vanilla 29. my favorite things
story: second chances ; high school. wordcount: 2614. rating: g.

"I'm giving this to you," she says, "with the caveat that you'll understand it was an experiment. And that I tried." How Darcy's, Mike's and Rayn's families manage the Christmas gift exchange. (With Black Friday, windshield wipers, and bad pottery of ( Read more... )