It seems like most of the writing I do these days is in emails, especially emails for work. That’s probably the case with many people. Work emails tend to be, unsurprisingly, most informational but an email is also just writing and can convey a story. There are lots of examples of stories written only through…
Muse on Monday – July 20, 2026
I have not read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares or The New Dress, by Virginia Wolfe, but I have read The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, by Dr. Seuss and The Emperor’s New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen. What all these have in common is that they are stories about clothes,…
Muse on Monday – July 13, 2026
Crowds are interesting things. It seems like, from a storytelling point of view, a story about a crowd of people would have hundreds or thousands of characters. However, when a lot of people get together, they tend to merge into a single unit which can act like a single character in a story. This is…
Muse on Monday – July 6, 2026
It’s pretty common to buy things online these days, so if you’re like me, you get packages from time to time (every day? Hey, I’m not judging). Every so often, one of your packages might be delivered to the wrong house. Then there are the situations where you get a package you didn’t order. If…
The New El Dorado
The New El Dorado I’d never felt such cold in my life. It was like an infection seeping into the thirty dreamers trapped shivering for a week in the back of a truck. We barely talked, each dreaming of the approaching land of gold. The smugglers told us about the insane riches, showed us a…
Human Blood Worms
This story is a response to the Muse on Monday prompt from June 22, 2026: Write a story about trying a new food. Human Blood Worms Embassy Report 8373929-34 It is my 11th day on Earth. The inhabitants are respectful and are anxious to make me feel at home. The climate in the city where…
Muse on Monday – June 22, 2026
Personally, I love trying new foods, although I’m sure even I would have my limits. In the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode “A Matter of Honor”, Commander Riker is assigned to a Klingon ship and eats gagh, live serpent worms, to prove that he can fit in with the crew…
A Closet of Thieves
This story is a response to the Muse on Monday prompt from June 15, 2026: Write a story where the character is trapped in a closet with a stranger. A Closet of Thieves The room smelled of death and opportunity. I crept in through the window that had been left open to air out the…
Muse on Monday – June 15, 2026
Story Prompt: June 15, 2026 Write a story where the character is trapped in a closet with a stranger For this prompt, the main question to answer as a writer is ‘why’: why are they in the closet in the first place, since the rest of the story will follow from that. The tone can…
Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine “Mom, it’s not real!” “Please! Don’t shout.” “It’s not him. It’s just an AI-generated version of Dad. You can’t even talk to him.” “I miss him so much.” “And I don’t? I’m his son. But he’s dead, Mom.” “You’re cruel.” “It’s not healthy.” As soon as he left, she put on…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 