Author Archives: dustyplz

Got a lil recognition at the job today. I work part time at a local grocery chain and they liked the job I am doing so much they gave me this star pin! Apparently it’s a sign that I am exceeding expectations for the job, which is a first. Last job I worked refused toContinue reading

A poem By Dustin Plank (Dusty_PlZ) Work Toil And never rest The ones who fall Shall feed the rest Stock the shelves And pay the bills It ain’t worth nothing If it can’t be shilled Work, work, sleep, repeat If you hate the monotony You can live in the street From when we are bornContinue reading “A Machine For Pigs”

It sucks being a nobody. Especially in a world where being somebody is an inherited trait. People tend to take celebrity for granted in this age of social media. “just make a YouTube video and people will notice you” Sounds nice. Until it isn’t. If someone puts a video of you doing the WRONG thing,Continue reading “On being unknown”

Not certain I told anyone, but I live in America. And oh boy, things are not looking good at ALL. Our people are saddled with inescapable debt, our president is a criminal and everything is going to shit ( pardon my French). I’m worried that things are gonna get worse, with no “better days” inContinue reading “The specter of current events”

By the way have I mentioned that I have a DeviantArt page that hasn’t been updated in forever? Stopped updating it when I decided my writing was better than my drawing. However, if you would like, I can at least share some of my drawings of original characters along with the lore behind them. IContinue reading “I also have a DeviantArt page!”

Is it folly to hope? Is it strange to want more? From life’s forbidding slopes To the tender breeze on the shore. Is it weird that we dream? That we are born wanting more? If hope is a folly, I don’t want to know why for. I plan to keep hoping That all storms canContinue reading “Is it folly to hope?”

As I mentioned, I am an amateur writer, which is not to say I am inexperienced at all. I have written stories and poems that I have submitted to contests @ Writers Digest among other publications. I also have worked on a comic book story for Southeast Comics (it’s date of publication is tbd, unfortunately).Continue reading “Update: what I’ve been up to before the Hub was created”

The Hub of CreatiV is online!! WELCOME ALL! I am the Master of the Hub, Dusty_PlZ, and this is Studio CreatiV! Here, I will post stories, poems, and the occasional bit of personal news. Be sure to check in from time to time to see what is new! This whole experience is new to me,Continue reading “My First Blog Post”

Dustin Plank (AKA Dusty_PlZ or HubMaster if you please Dustin is a 30-something from West Reading, Pennsylvania. He lives in a barely held-together pile of wood and junk he calls a house with his father, Mike, and a cat named Captain Admiral President Ninja Master Snuggy. He writes prose in his spare time, focusing onContinue reading “About the HubMaster”