This story is a response to the Muse on Monday writing prompt from January 6, 2025. The Universe and I It was January 1, 2025, and I decided I was going to make a New Years resolution. I hadn’t done that in a while but here it was a new year, and I wanted to…
Author: David Stewart
I am a writer of anything quirky and weird. I love most genres of fiction and in each there are stories that I would consider "my kind of story".
Jeff’s Bucket List
Jeff’s Bucket List “Hi Mom! There you are. Jeff! I got Mom on Facetime. We’re at that monkey hot spring in Japan, Mom. The one on Jeff’s bucket list. Okay, there he goes. You see him? The monkeys look nervous. Okay, a few are coming over. They’re climbing on him. Oops, they’re holding him under…
Muse on Monday – January 13, 2025
Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. This week’s prompt is a super-specific one. There are enough blanks you can fill in to make it your own, but it sends the story in a specific direction. Story Prompt: January 13, 2025 It is your birthday and you are stuck in your apartment. The…
Muse on Monday – January 6, 2025
Welcome to 2025! This is our first Muse on Monday for this year, so hopefully we can set a good tone for the year. I haven’t had anyone ask me about New Year’s resolutions for a while. Maybe people are cynical about then since they seem to last until February at the latest. Still, I’m…
Freedom of Movement
Freedom of Movement Jax stared at the ancient watercolor. “The cars had wheels? Why?” “They stayed on the ground.” “But what if there were trees? Or water?” “Well, you couldn’t drive on that part, just on the road.” “That’s so narrow! They must have felt suffocated.” “No, it was normal then. You don’t miss what…
Writing Corner: The Power of Story
The Power of Story When I was young, my sisters decided to get rid of a lot of the dolls they had that they didn’t play with. Some of them were gently used, some more scruffy, as children’s toys will be. We came up with stories for each of them, giving them a name and…
Muse on Monday – December 23, 2024
So it turns out that Christmas is this week. So for this week’s prompt, we’re going to write a Christmas story. What exactly is a Christmas story? There are several different meanings of this. These are: The third one isn’t an official name, but it’s the type of story that takes place during Christmas and…
Working Very Remotely
Working Very Remotely Mia digs her toes around the rough gravel of the beach and opens her laptop. It is 4:55 am here on Pitcairn Island, one of the most remote islands in the world. Her laptop connects to the satellite internet just in time for her meeting on Teams to begin. “Hi all,” she…
Muse on Monday – December 16, 2024
There is a type of movie called the buddy comedy. This is a movie with two main characters who have to work together. They are often very different since that produces conflict (and also, comedy). There are books like this as well. Normally, these are two people, but in a fantasy story, this duo can…
Writing Corner: Realism in Fiction
Realism in Fiction Does fiction have to be realistic? That seems like an odd question considering there are stories containing magic and time travel and other things you cannot find in real life. So really it depends on what you mean by realistic. If you mean, do stories have to be possible in our real…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 