My Pet Rog

My Pet Rog I have a pet cat. I found him under the front porch. I call him Rog since he’s as kind as Mr. Rogers and twice as friendly. What people notice first is that his eyes aren’t the same color as each other. It makes him unique. Of course, he doesn’t have fur,…

Breakfast at All-Size Inn

Breakfast at All-Size Inn Jasmine had worked at six motels, hotels, inns, and bed-and-breakfasts in her career. Breakfast had always been easy: you put out the stuff and people came and ate the stuff and if the stuff ran low, you refilled the stuff. It was a bit different at All-Size Inn. Not only did…

Muse on Monday – June 7, 2021, Featuring “The Hinge”

It is June and summer is in the air. As part of that, the Green-Walled Treehouse has launched the Summer 2021 Young Writers Contest. To find out more about it, go to the Writing Contest tab at the top or click on the picture below. The challenge of Muse on Monday is to write a…

The Good Octopus

The Good Octopus If you are like me, then the first thing your grandfather told you when you were young was to stay away from octopuses. It’s not that octopuses are bad; they are just tricksy. It’s all their arms. Most people have two arms, so you can see what they are doing, but octopuses…

Justin Dreamcatcher

Justin Dreamcatcher was born on a Tuesday afternoon in art class. He knew his name was Justin since that was the name that was written on his tag in black marker. He listened to the teacher explain what a dreamcatcher was. “You put them near your bed and they will chase bad dreams away,” the…

Dance

No one saw it flying towards Earth. No telescopes spotted it. It was invisible. But everyone felt it, the dancing star. In the living room, it started with Dad tapping his foot. Mom came in and Dad took her hand and spun her around. The kids started jumping up and down on the couch like…

Alone on Top of the World

Alone on Top of the World Dawn came early on top of the world. It was a hard dawn, not like the mellow mornings down below. Up on top, the glaring sunrays were as flint-edged as the wind and the burning cold. But there was light and it found its way through the crack in…

Choco the Raisin Woman

This story started as a story for the March 22 Muse on Monday prompt but I decided to post it separately. Choco the Raisin Woman I hated all humans. They might be nice enough to each other, but every time they see me, they try to kill me. You can understand my feelings. Life is…

First Day of Ghoul

First Day of Ghoul It was the first day of ghoul and three little monsters waited for the ghoul bus. “This is going to be awesome!” said Pucky, the little red one said. “I’m going to eat a basketball on the first day.” “I’m going to eat five basketballs,” the tall blue one said. Her…