vssGhostShip

#vssGhostShip 2024, weekly prompt from the makers of #vssHauntedHouse & #vssGhostTales.

Running for one year only.

Porn or politics = instablock & report.

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Thank you all for an incredible year of writing (and previous years at @vssGhostTales and @vssHauntedHouse).

We're having a year off, but already have a theme for 2026. In the meantime, stay safe out there everyone.

Much love,

The (G)Hosts of #vssGhostShip

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[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@TheSurrealAri Ah, not for 2025, we're having a year off, but already have an idea for a theme for next year.

We'll may host it "elsewhere" if things continue here on the track they are. Thanks for everything again - our hosts are big fans of your writing.🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@CjdHerts Thank you so much... and thank you for writing limericks for 3 years straight - that's just INCREDIBLE.👏👏👏🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Out hosts have been (and still are!) ill this week, apologies.

We'll get round to commenting on everyone's final posts as soon as possible - in the meantime, stay safe out there, and thanks for playing for the last three years!🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@ChaOFarrell Thank you - we've just read it... a perfect end to a perfect thread!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@mila255h Thank you for all your writing this year - you've been amazing!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Even as we realise that our hull is breached, we're sinking and on the way to Davy Jones' Locker, we'd like to thank you for playing this year.🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

Please tag #vssGhostShip.

Our fifty-second and final #prompt is #Davy_Jones_Locker. (#52) 🖤🏴‍☠️👻

📸NOAA/Unsplash

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@curleyhammcozy Thank YOU so much for writing with us all year - it's been incredible.🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@Jay_de4uture You're very welcome!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Incredible write, love it!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[JAY @Jay_de4uture]

#Depart with the #residue
back to your bare stripped tree
run a fresh well to market
You can’t duplicate
She the gentle breeze
a talon grip hold of each heartbeat
the image replayed
as she opens her eyes
fluttering her sauntry pinch blink
#vsshorror #horrorprompt
#vssghostship

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@lissalet You're very welcome!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@CjdHerts You're very welcome!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Wonderful thread, we love it!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[ Carrie - taking a break  @CjdHerts]

Ol Capt’n Jock knew he had no #choice
But to get the mainsail to be unhoist
“#Unholy heck!
All hands on deck!”
He shouted and boomed in his loudest voice

#vssGhostShip (49 and 50)

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@mosescloe You're very welcome!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Wonderful piece - so haunting!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[Merry Marcellino @mosescloe]

They #departed from the pier never to return and her tears would not cease. Finally, in a desperate attempt to join her lover she threw herself off the edge and sank below where she was reunited with her lover once more. #VssGhostShip

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@NerveStories You're very welcome!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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Fantastic use of language, we love it🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[LELIA G. @NerveStories]

As the shimmering halo
No longer glows and
Departs in harrowing distress
On the edge of a daydream,
I grasp it’s last gleam of wonderland
And the strain begins to tell
A new story of hurt and grief
Over bloodied bodies and effervescent pain.

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@danice_danis 🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Awesome piece!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[Danice (it's 'Danis' not Denise) @danice_danis]

Ghostships, like those lost tragically whilst moored at a wharf during a tempest, depart upon each full moon. When moonlight dances upon still waters, it will appear. Sailing out to sea, alive with silent movement--but she'll disappear when her sails unfurl. #vssGhostShip (#51)

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@mila255h 🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

WOnderful write!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[mila @mila255h]

The calendar flicked over
It was almost time to #depart the high seas for some greenery
the #residue from the fired cannons kept them to the sticking place
No one could move or free themselves
No one knew they were long dead
merely waiting in limbo
#horrorprompt #vssGhostShip

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@curleyhammcozy 😂😂😂🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Wow - there's an image we won't forget in a hurry!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[Eileen Curley Hammond @curleyhammcozy]

The captain grabbed Sam’s shoulders and pulled. “April, hold the barrel, Eve, need you with me. 1, 2, 3.” With a squelch, Sam shot free.

His body was unremarkable, except for the lack of eyes.

The captain draped his jacket over him. “We #depart.” #vssGhostShip

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@OMANXL1 You're very welcome!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

Beautifully written!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

[Brotha O @OMANXL1]

Still on the scene we're even remaining sanguine.

Contrary to beliefs full of negativity even obscene.

Still here we didn't depart though some played with our heart.

Not deterred by the shackles of time still showing heart.

#horrorprompt, #366FF, #vssGhostShip, #DailyPrompt

[vssGhostShip @vssGhostShip]

@lissalet Beautifully written, love it! Thank you for writing with us this year!🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@LeeHeffner5 Fantastic write, love it!🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@ChaOFarrell Such an incredible year of writing, thank you so much for sticking with it - you've been awesome!🖤❤️🖤🏴‍☠️👻

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@danice_danis Fantastic piece!🖤🏴‍☠️👻