Challenge
All "You'll Be Missed!" Entries
This challenge was so much fun to put together! I don't know if it is because the entry must be very short, I've started getting responses right away. They were all so wonderfully cheek-in-tongue. Here are all the great entries, in the chronological order they were posted:
By Lana V Lynxa day ago in Writers
The Night of the Moving Deer Head
It was sometime in December, I was five years old and deer hunting rifle season was well underway. One day during that particular deer hunting season, my uncle or my older cousin (my aunt and uncle’s son) had successfully gotten a buck. They shot the buck in a secluded field not far from their home.
By Jasmine Aguilar2 days ago in Writers
Green
Grasshoppers sing upon inhaling graves a sweet tune of melted moss and time. The rocky mound is slanted, and from the base of the hill you can hear the crickets mourn. Inside the earth, the insects writhe without struggle or fear that their end is growing near. Instead, they continue their song, their opened-mouth stuffing of the dirt and the possession of the grave. Sloped and splattered with mushrooms and the rich smell of moving damp soil, is where his still body still lies. I put my bony hand against the stone, pretending it's his fleshy palm and request his final rest to be a meaningful one. So rest now, my newest friend, under the crooked necks of the lilies of the valley and the freshly packed soil and allow your soul to travel with mine. Come now friend, Ignore the mourners with their songs and tears they will return each spring to praise your decaying body which will lie here through the years, fresh with a halo of gravel and a crown of flies. Come now friend, ignore the scythe and my eyes as dark as night. I'm here to help to release you from fright.
By Kera Hollow2 days ago in Writers
Before Reading or Listening to Peter Thwing (AI Intro - Grok). AI-Generated.
(This reader’s guide was drafted by Grok, based on a sustained examination of Peter Thwing’s complete published work and shaped through extended conversation about how the essays, stories, series, and podcast function as a connected body of thought.)
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 days ago in Writers
I have an idea....
I do not know if I mentioned this to anyone here on Vocal or not. I have an idea of taking one my series on this site and turning it into a book. The one I am planning well actually started is the one I titled 'The Mission'. There were 13 installments for Vocal, so I am going to make this a book of 13 chapters with an introduction that this was collection of drabbles with a definition of what a drabble is just for information's sake. Do you think this is a good idea and please share your thoughts.
By Mark Graham4 days ago in Writers
An Immaculate Mess
The original piece, the very first writing I published to Vocal.Media allowed me to enter this particular fray of digital creativity. The piece called "Like Luthiers" ( https://vocal.media/futurism/like-luthiers-1 ) sparked this piece because now the metaphor becomes literal here. Enjoy!
By Sky Saunders4 days ago in Writers
