Wandering Shop Stories 31

Prompt Word: Fish Minervie and Chip 23 Minervie came through the back door of her home to Mindy brewing herself a second pot of tea, “I’m back,” she called. Mindy looked up as Minervie was dragging a very large bag towards her workroom. Mindy said flatly, “This place suddenly smells of rotten fish. What ever is in that bag?” Minervie responded, “Not every monster in the woods agrees to cooperate with my survey, and today there were seven....

6 Dec 2025 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Wandering Shop Stories 30

Prompt Word: Brain Minervie and Chip 22 Minervie looked Greandle the treant in their darkest pit, where she presumed their vision is. “Now your brain is back, my request is quite simple. Who name bound you?” “Is THAT what you are after?” the treant squeaked mirthfully. “Chip did, I thought you knew that. Wait, you were there, how did you not know this?” Minervie took a step back, “Wait, what?”...

5 Dec 2025 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

What NFT Was Supposed to Be

Traditional Visual Still Artists The artist who draws or paints on canvas or paper, can take very high resolution photos, and sell prints for some amount of money. That same artist may decide to sell the original painting for a fairly decent sum of money. Every artist is different, and some are lucky enough to never NEED to sell those originals. Similarly, a film photographer can sell a first process photo along with the negative, after making sufficiently high resolution copies....

5 Dec 2025 · 6 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Wandering Shop Stories 29

Prompt Word: Bush Minervie and Chip 21 Fresh from being caught in the magic security trap, Chip clung to Minervie. In turn, Minervie held onto him until he stopped shaking, then whispered in his ear, “Are you up for seeing your friend, Peter, and having breakfast now?” Feeling better, Chip replied, “Yes’m.” So Minervie and Chip came back in through the back door, where Peter was sitting at the table, and Mindy was plating anything that looked like it was about to burn....

4 Dec 2025 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink