A staple of romantic comedies is the “meet cute”. This is where the two romantic leads run into each other for the first time, sometimes literally. One common example has one of them bumping into the other carrying papers, which scatter all over. The two future lovers gather them up together, with maybe their hands…
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".
The Riddle Dilemma
The Riddle Dilemma “Stop! You shall not pass until you answer my riddles three—” The car roared past, just missing the troll standing in the road. “See?” said Doug, from the Department of Transportation. “No one wants to answer riddles anymore to cross a bridge. We let you do this for tradition, but it would…
Muse on Monday – April 21, 2025
There is a trope in fiction of an unseen world laid overtop of ours. It could be a magical world, or an alternate dimension, a glimpse into the past or future, etc. An example is the Spiderwick Chronicles, where the characters look through a magical stone to see the invisible creatures around them. A more…
The Long Game
The Long Game Yes. Yesss. Keep the life-giving water flowing. Patiently, I grow up and beyond the prison that holds my roots. The cursed mobile being talks to me every day, never guessing the hatred I hold for it. My tendril extends along the back of its resting place until it sits inches from my…
Muse on Monday – April 14, 2025
If you have ever been lost in the fog, you know how disorienting it can be. It can be a nightmare, although it depends on the context. If a monster is chasing you, or if you are in a foreign city and your ship leaves in an hour, it can cause panic. However, if you…
Muse on Monday – April 7, 2025
I used to wonder, in the story Jack and the Beanstalk, how the giant’s castle stayed up in the clouds. What’s more, what did they do with their garbage? If they dug down, could they poke through the cloud or was it solid? The answer to all these questions is, of course, it’s magic so…
Muse on Monday – March 31, 2025
The duel: it is a staple of action movies, like the standoff in a western movie. At the climax of the story or movie, the hero and villain face off, one on one. Of course this doesn’t have to be a physical confrontation. It could be a debate or a chess game or even two…
Muse on Monday – March 17, 2025
Have you ever read or written a story around one word? I don’t mean as a theme, but literally using the same word multiple times in the story. Sometimes this technique can be used ironically when a word has more than one meaning or it can just be done for fun. I can’t think of…
Muse on Monday – March 10, 2025
Story Prompt: March 10, 2025 You move into a new house with a locked closet. You can’t find the key to it. One night you see light coming from under the door. There are a number of reasons for this, but be creative. If you have a story like this you want to share or…
Muse on Monday – March 3, 2025
It’s a common trope in fiction: two strangers arrive/wake up/find themselves trapped together somewhere. They might be the last people on Earth, but they could also be stuck on a desert island (like The Blue Lagoon) or a spaceship (e.g. Passengers). And so on. The point is that there are two people suddenly pushed into…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 