Muse on Monday – August 21, 2023

Happy Monday everyone. I hope you had a good week last week. For the summer, Muse on Monday writing prompts are a combination of a theme and a genre. Last week’s theme was Death and the genre was Comedy. Here is the prompt for this week. Story Prompt: August 21, 2023 Theme: Nature’s Fury Genre:…

Muse on Monday – August 14, 2023

Happy Monday and happy Independence Day to anyone reading from Pakistan. This is the busies time of the year in my office since we have new university students arriving from all over the world, so that’s why I did not post anything last week. For the summer, Muse on Monday writing prompts are a combination…

Muse on Monday – July 31, 2023

Welcome to the last day of July! It’s also Flag Day in Hawaii. Did you know that Hawaii’s flag is the only one in the US that has a foreign nation’s flag on it (United Kingdom)? It was also the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii before that was overthrown. For the summer, Muse on…

Everything’s a Critic

Everything’s a Critic I pick up the guitar. Eight apprehensive eyes appear, watching like I’m a toddler with a chainsaw. I’ll try Bad Moon Rising. D, first. No, that’s wrong. The eyes widen. I start again. A moan of protest begins. “I see the bad moon a-rising,” I sing, trying desperately to match my voice…

Muse on Monday – July 24, 2023

Can you believe that July is almost over? It’s going fast, at least for me. I hope this week goes well for you. Happy Children’s Day in Vanuatu. Part of the mission of this site is connect young people from all countries, large and small, so it would be wonderful to have some submissions from…

Discomfort Food

Discomfort Food I pushed the scooter as fast as it would go. A shadow loomed on my left and momentarily the buildings around me seemed to run with blood. Then I was past it, and normalcy returned as the Horror’s mental influence faded with distance. I hate people. I hate Horrors more, but I hate…

Muse on Monday – July 17, 2023

Happy Monday and Happy Independence Day for anyone from Slovakia that might be reading. I hope you have a great day. For the summer, Muse on Monday writing prompts are a combination of a theme and a genre. Last week we had exploration and mystery. Here is the prompt for this week. Story Prompt: July…

Build For What You Want

Build For What You Want In my culture, hospitality is life. And hospitality fills the space it is given. Build a 2-man tent and you can only have one guest. I wanted a tent for a hundred friends. No one makes tents for a hundred people. Merchants scoffed. “You need a palace,” one said. “I…

Ultimate Hide & Seek

This is my story for last week’s Muse on Monday prompt. You can find the one for this week here. Ultimate Hide & Seek The games never changed, just the scope and effort that went into them. Dodgeball in elementary school had evolved in high school into a similar game played on unicycles with baseballs,…

Muse on Monday – July 10, 2023

I hope your July is going well and you are happy and healthy. For the summer, the writing prompts for Muse on Monday will be a combination of a theme and a genre. Last week we had rivalry with a genre of adventure. You can read my story based on that tomorrow. Here is this…