This story is a response to the Muse on Monday prompt from June 15, 2026: Write a story where the character is trapped in a closet with a stranger. A Closet of Thieves The room smelled of death and opportunity. I crept in through the window that had been left open to air out the…
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Muse on Monday – June 15, 2026
Story Prompt: June 15, 2026 Write a story where the character is trapped in a closet with a stranger For this prompt, the main question to answer as a writer is ‘why’: why are they in the closet in the first place, since the rest of the story will follow from that. The tone can…
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 