nancyd_writes 🏳️🌈 🤟🏻
@nancydwrites.bsky.social
Hey, y'all. Indie Fantasy writer. ASL/English terp. Wife. Mom to a Terrier. She/her. Gamer. INFJ. United Methodist Adjacent. X-Bird refugee. 🐦 Kicked breast cancer's ARSE.💗 🚫 DMs please? 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇮🇪 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🤟🏻🐾🍀
About that time, it occurred to Brother Josiah that perhaps the wildlife in this new land was a bit different than what they'd left behind in Mother England...
Thus, the very moment vegetarianism arrived in the colonies.
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Thus, the very moment vegetarianism arrived in the colonies.
#onepanelvss #Thanksgiving2025 @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
About that time, it occurred to Brother Josiah that perhaps the wildlife in this new land was a bit different than what they'd left behind in Mother England...
Thus, the very moment vegetarianism arrived in the colonies.
#onepanelvss #Thanksgiving2025 @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
Thus, the very moment vegetarianism arrived in the colonies.
#onepanelvss #Thanksgiving2025 @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
It would be so easy, a slip here or there, and his worst critic would be no more. He held the razor like a pen, over his trusting yet blindfolded past, and weighed options.
The need to rewrite his story was strong...but was it worth this?
Was anything?
#onepanelvss
@paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
The need to rewrite his story was strong...but was it worth this?
Was anything?
#onepanelvss
@paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It would be so easy, a slip here or there, and his worst critic would be no more. He held the razor like a pen, over his trusting yet blindfolded past, and weighed options.
The need to rewrite his story was strong...but was it worth this?
Was anything?
#onepanelvss
@paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
The need to rewrite his story was strong...but was it worth this?
Was anything?
#onepanelvss
@paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
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
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
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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
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
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.
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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
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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
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
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."
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"Hurry," the waiter cajoled. "Mr. Kong is getting ready to address the crowd...over dinner."
#onepanelvss
September 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
"Hurry," the waiter cajoled. "Mr. Kong is getting ready to address the crowd...over dinner."
#onepanelvss
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?"
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"You're not wondering where I got a quarter...or how I can talk?"
#onepanelvss @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
"You're not wondering where I got a quarter...or how I can talk?"
#onepanelvss @paintmonkeyart.bsky.social
It was a long walk to get to the strangely glowing crater in the desert.
The extension cord was longer, surely.
#onepanelvss
The extension cord was longer, surely.
#onepanelvss
August 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
It was a long walk to get to the strangely glowing crater in the desert.
The extension cord was longer, surely.
#onepanelvss
The extension cord was longer, surely.
#onepanelvss
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
"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
August 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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
"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
"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."
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"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
July 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"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
"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
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...
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But really, he wondered most who was going to change the huge cat's litter tray...
#onepanelvss
July 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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
But really, he wondered most who was going to change the huge cat's litter tray...
#onepanelvss
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
It was the fact that Leo jumped onto my back to glare at... what was that?
Where would we go now?
"Woof."
#onepanelvss #vss365
June 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
It was the fact that Leo jumped onto my back to glare at... what was that?
Where would we go now?
"Woof."
#onepanelvss #vss365
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."
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"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
June 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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
"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
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
Tomorrow he would #walk the town, protecting and serving. Another day in the human #realm.
His mechanical eye scanned the town.
#2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss
June 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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
Tomorrow he would #walk the town, protecting and serving. Another day in the human #realm.
His mechanical eye scanned the town.
#2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss
"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
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
June 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"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
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
"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
"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
June 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"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
"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
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
Was the #roof too far from their table? Could she make it and jump before he noticed?
#onepanelvss #2WordPrompt
May 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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
Was the #roof too far from their table? Could she make it and jump before he noticed?
#onepanelvss #2WordPrompt
"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
"Never." A whinny sent the herd stampeding, selkies in pursuit. At the beach, though, the kelpies were caught by men.
#vss365
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#Happy is what everyone sees. This diagnosis, this treatment, all of it an #adventure rather than a slog through the unknown.
But the flowers know. The trees, where I pour out my pain and suffering, they know.
I return, so that I may leave again, soon, ready to smile.
#2WordPrompt #onepanelvss
But the flowers know. The trees, where I pour out my pain and suffering, they know.
I return, so that I may leave again, soon, ready to smile.
#2WordPrompt #onepanelvss
May 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#Happy is what everyone sees. This diagnosis, this treatment, all of it an #adventure rather than a slog through the unknown.
But the flowers know. The trees, where I pour out my pain and suffering, they know.
I return, so that I may leave again, soon, ready to smile.
#2WordPrompt #onepanelvss
But the flowers know. The trees, where I pour out my pain and suffering, they know.
I return, so that I may leave again, soon, ready to smile.
#2WordPrompt #onepanelvss
She couldn't go back to her friends, as they hiked the verdant Irish woodland.
She couldn't go back home, though she knew the way. It would follow.
"All I did was pick the flower." She shivered.
"From the inside of the fairy ring," the voice responded.
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She couldn't go back home, though she knew the way. It would follow.
"All I did was pick the flower." She shivered.
"From the inside of the fairy ring," the voice responded.
#onepanelvss
May 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
She couldn't go back to her friends, as they hiked the verdant Irish woodland.
She couldn't go back home, though she knew the way. It would follow.
"All I did was pick the flower." She shivered.
"From the inside of the fairy ring," the voice responded.
#onepanelvss
She couldn't go back home, though she knew the way. It would follow.
"All I did was pick the flower." She shivered.
"From the inside of the fairy ring," the voice responded.
#onepanelvss
Hey y'all. In case anyone has noticed, I've been quiet since last week...but I'm still around. I'm just in recovery from surgery and my brain isn't brain-ing. Back soon! 🤟🏻
April 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Hey y'all. In case anyone has noticed, I've been quiet since last week...but I'm still around. I'm just in recovery from surgery and my brain isn't brain-ing. Back soon! 🤟🏻
"You don't #deserve her!" Ben was at the end of his rope. "Does she know #who you really are, what you've done?"
"Perhaps," Sath snarled, "but at what #cost?" Gin put a hand on Sath’s arm to stop him.
"What I DON'T deserve, TAEBEN, is you." She cut that rope with her sword.
#2WordPrompt #vss365
"Perhaps," Sath snarled, "but at what #cost?" Gin put a hand on Sath’s arm to stop him.
"What I DON'T deserve, TAEBEN, is you." She cut that rope with her sword.
#2WordPrompt #vss365
April 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"You don't #deserve her!" Ben was at the end of his rope. "Does she know #who you really are, what you've done?"
"Perhaps," Sath snarled, "but at what #cost?" Gin put a hand on Sath’s arm to stop him.
"What I DON'T deserve, TAEBEN, is you." She cut that rope with her sword.
#2WordPrompt #vss365
"Perhaps," Sath snarled, "but at what #cost?" Gin put a hand on Sath’s arm to stop him.
"What I DON'T deserve, TAEBEN, is you." She cut that rope with her sword.
#2WordPrompt #vss365
Annie and Lucy raced to #find the #train with the changelings on board. It was headed for the closest station to the Strid, to force them back to the Fae realm.
The platform numbers didnt match. Despite the #segmentation of long trains, theirs was missing.
Or hidden...
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
The platform numbers didnt match. Despite the #segmentation of long trains, theirs was missing.
Or hidden...
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
April 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Annie and Lucy raced to #find the #train with the changelings on board. It was headed for the closest station to the Strid, to force them back to the Fae realm.
The platform numbers didnt match. Despite the #segmentation of long trains, theirs was missing.
Or hidden...
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
The platform numbers didnt match. Despite the #segmentation of long trains, theirs was missing.
Or hidden...
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
Sath grabbed his #coat before dragging his son to a dark corner of the #restaurant in the tavern. His daughter watched, horrified. She was too young to understand what had happened.
"Kazhka," Sath said softly, "keep #pressure here on your brother's wound. I need to find Gin."
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
"Kazhka," Sath said softly, "keep #pressure here on your brother's wound. I need to find Gin."
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
April 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sath grabbed his #coat before dragging his son to a dark corner of the #restaurant in the tavern. His daughter watched, horrified. She was too young to understand what had happened.
"Kazhka," Sath said softly, "keep #pressure here on your brother's wound. I need to find Gin."
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
"Kazhka," Sath said softly, "keep #pressure here on your brother's wound. I need to find Gin."
#vss365 #2WordPrompt
"You really thought you were coming here as my #guest, didn't you?" she purred as she lit the candle. "Silly. Humans are so predictable. But it's time you learned your #lesson, my darling."
As the wax hovered above my eye, I knew this was the #end... wasn't it?
#2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss
As the wax hovered above my eye, I knew this was the #end... wasn't it?
#2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss
April 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"You really thought you were coming here as my #guest, didn't you?" she purred as she lit the candle. "Silly. Humans are so predictable. But it's time you learned your #lesson, my darling."
As the wax hovered above my eye, I knew this was the #end... wasn't it?
#2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss
As the wax hovered above my eye, I knew this was the #end... wasn't it?
#2WordPrompt #vss365 #onepanelvss
Gin thought about her #life as she looked over the edge of the guard tower. She was already whispering a healing spell as a #shout over her #shoulder interrupted her. "Sath?"
"Darlin, don't..." He reached for her as she lost her balance, shouting the healing words as she went.
#vss36 #2WordPrompt
"Darlin, don't..." He reached for her as she lost her balance, shouting the healing words as she went.
#vss36 #2WordPrompt
April 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Gin thought about her #life as she looked over the edge of the guard tower. She was already whispering a healing spell as a #shout over her #shoulder interrupted her. "Sath?"
"Darlin, don't..." He reached for her as she lost her balance, shouting the healing words as she went.
#vss36 #2WordPrompt
"Darlin, don't..." He reached for her as she lost her balance, shouting the healing words as she went.
#vss36 #2WordPrompt