Ellipses When you see three dots together (like this: …), this is called an ellipsis. Because of English’s entertaining grammar rules, the plural of ellipsis is ellipses (just like other words that come from Greek and end in -is). Whenever you see this, it means that something is missing. You usually see these in non-fiction,…
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".
Shy Pain
Shy Pain There are many kinds of pain. There are the small angry pains of a papercut and the dull, lumbering pain of sore muscles after walking home when your mom forgets to pick you up from school again. Pains also live in different places. The pain that happily splashes around in a pot of…
Muse on Monday – January 17, 2022, featuring “The Birthday Present”
Happy Monday! It is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US, so many schools and businesses are closed today. Scroll down to read a story based on last week’s prompt: The Birthday Present, by Lyailya. This week’s prompt is based on the picture below. It was taken in a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Write…
Writing Corner: Story Series
Story Series There are times when you might write a story and realize that there is no way to contain the whole story in the amount of space you have. In that situation, there are several things you can do: Cut the story down to make it fit. This would mean either taking out some…
Muse on Monday – January 10, 2022
It’s time for Muse on Monday again. This week’s prompt is a first line of a story. The world ended on a Friday, which was a surprise. Try this exercise: Think of a sentence to go with this first line. It doesn’t have to the one after it, just one that might be connected somehow…
Writing Corner: The Magic of Language
The Magic of Language There is a certain kind of magic around language that we don’t realize very often since it is so much a part of our lives. On one hand, language is a way to transmit all the deep things inside of you to other people. There is nothing else that can do…
I, Fry Cook
I, Fry Cook Burger Lux felt like the unholy fusion of a crypt and a factory. A craptory, as I called it. There was no dining area, just four drive-thru windows along one side of the building. Behind the windows, a swarm of machines cut and fried and wrapped and packed 24 hours a day,…
Muse on Monday – January 3, 2022
Happy New Year, everyone! It’s a brand new year and a great time to restart Muse on Monday. Moving forward, I want to make this more accessible to writers with their own blogs or websites. You can still submit your story here for a chance to get it published with next weeks prompt, or just…
Happy New Year from the Green-Walled Treehouse!
Hello everyone from the small house with the green walls. It might be a bit colder outside where you are, but it’s always green here. You can be assured that we are still here. We took a break for a bit in the last month but we will be back in 2022 with more stories,…
Writing Corner: Efficient Writing
Efficient Writing One great thing about writing is that it is free. You might need a computer or at least paper and a pen, but after that, you are free to write literally anything you want and as much as you want. However, that is not true if you want people to actually read your…
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