Story Prompt: January 26, 2026 Write a story where the character finds something in their food The stereotypical version of this is a customer in a restaurant finding a fly in their soup. However, try to think of where else this could take place (at a friend’s house, in a military cafeteria, cooking for themselves…
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The Road to Macau
The Road to Macau Unlike most stories on this site, this one is true. I am currently in Macau while on a recruitment trip for work—a quick stopover between mainland China and Mongolia. Macau is kind of like the little brother of Hong Kong just across the bay. It was a Portuguese territory and was…
Dark Sustenance
Dark Sustenance He ate the Pop-Tarts first. They were easy to identify by the feel of the foil wrapped squares. After some time (a day? a week?) they were gone and he was hungry again. He tried eating uncooked rice, but it hurt his stomach, and he lay in agonized blackness and strained to hear…
Muse on Monday – August 1, 2022
Food is a very big part of our lives, even if it’s often a mundane part of it. In stories, we often don’t need to mention every time the characters eat or drink, unless it’s important to the story. However, there are times when food can be absolutely central to a story. This is true…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 