Muse on Monday – May 12, 2025

Isn’t it great to have someone with more experience who can teach you things? Fiction is full of examples of mentors who helped a character grow and develop. This is especially true when the main character is a newcomer to the world, or a noob. This is when one character explains the world to another…

Kharkiv Classroom

This is story is based on the Muse on Monday prompt from September 4: Write a story about the first day of school. Make it unique. Kharkiv Classroom This is not how I imagined my first day of school. Most of the things we learned in the Education University don’t seem to apply here underground….

Savanna Classroom

Savanna Classroom It was hot and the class was restless. It consisted of 8 young red-billed oxpeckers perched along the neck of Giraffe 216 and a yellow-billed oxpecker lower down on the flanks who was a recent transfer student. The teacher was droning on about air currents and thermals. “What’s your next class?” Mbaya whispered…

Muse on Monday – March 29, 2021, featuring “The CN Witch”

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Starting this week, you can use the link in the brand new Submissions page to submit your stories based on this week’s prompt. This is only for people 18 years or younger, but there is a place to submit original stories that is open…