Author Archives: Scott Smith

getting old

Simply older, less desirable.
If i could have given a fuck twenty years earlier ,
to prevent this malaise, 
cinder on your brown locks, 

I pass the time in whiskey and monograms.
I write my name into the ether, but do you reconginze 
any last bit of it?
its a folly, a fallacy to think any of us matter. 

More than a whisper, more than a passing star turn,
what little joy, I killed twenty years prior,
but somehow we just trudge on,
burdened with life, burdened with nostalgia.

a simple conversation, 
if only the ears listened,
and twenty year later,
You define every moment on one distraction,

cold hands, but i want the touch, 
cold hearts, but its all we have left,
cold demons, warmed by liquids, 

and we ask for more, more, more.
eternally yours, to the silent starless night,

a step forward, painful and lonely as it is,
a step forward because my feet cant move back,

getting older, there is only one direction left.

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NC State Championship

Two more sleeps until the NC State Championship for pinball in Charlotte. Last year 4367 players (700 unique) players competed in
265 pinball tournaments across the state.
I feel fortunate to be the 6th seed and even more so to have 9 of my Asheville crew also competing there this weekend.

I have no expectations going in other then being excited about earning my participation spot. I get the winner of Liam Bradley , an amazing ten year old player who is quickly making a name for himself or my good friend Brian Tavener (one of the ogs of #avl while Tony Evans was running things here.) I’m fine taking a loss to either of them although I hope to not make it easy. End of day my worst case scenario is top 16 in our state for the year. Unthinkable a year ago.

Can’t wait to cheer everyone on, see some amazing talent do their thing, and just have fun.

And if you’ve ever thought pinball looks like fun but I don’t know where to start, or I’m not very good, reach out, I’ll point you to a local event, or local organizer. I guarantee you’ll have fun, make friends from all walks of life, and maybe if your skill and luck get good enough, you’ll see your name in lights.

https://fb.me/e/1YFFv5o40?mibextid=N4tvPT

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Shop some luckycreature this holiday

Although Im not creating as much as I used to I still have stuff available.

Slightly relaunched my Etsy site this week to sell some creature prints,

https://www.etsy.com/shop/luckycreature/

I have my photos available on all sorts of stuff at Redbubble

https://www.redbubble.com/people/luckycreature/shop

Also you can still get my collection of poems and short stores here.

https://www.amazon.com/Telemetry-2014-2017-Shawn-Scott-Smith/dp/1984042262/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GCIC4G0I6QFH&keywords=telemetry+shawn+scott+smith&qid=1666980605&sprefix=telemetry+shawn+scott+smith%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

Thank you to anyone whose ever sent some love my way.

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Publication Update: Unconventional Courier

Happy to say I have a poem in the recently launched literary zine The Unconventional Courier. My poem is Available Plot Points and you can read it and the rest of the issue,

On Issu
https://issuu.com/theunconcourier/docs/the_unconventional_courier_-Or _september_2022_volum

Or on their website https://tetedepunk.wixsite.com/theunconcourier/issue-1

As always thanks for the support.

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One Cool Thing returns in podcast form

So switching the podcast from Action Figure Hype to One Cool Thing. So much more that I want to share and help get the word out about. And so much toy coverage is better then I can do myself.
So One Cool Thing is revived as a podcast and I hope to find the coolest artists, musics, expereinces, and yes even toys to share with you from time to time. Thanks for listening.

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New podcast. Action Figure Hype in One Minute

So I started a podcast earlier this week. Quick little verbal hypes for Action figures. About a minute a piece. Currently have it up on Spotify, Google, Apple and Stitcher. Let me know if you have any other places you’d reccomend me adding it to. I have other podcasting plans but just trying this out first. Thanks for listening.


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