This is a response to the Muse on Monday prompt for February 2, 2026: Write a story where cold weather is the antagonist. The Forces of Gale I opened the front door and stopped, frozen. This was not the world I was used to. The air was not warm, not warm at all. It was…
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Muse on Monday – February 9, 2026
I will admit I have not seen the 2002 movie Phone Booth, but I find the premise intriguing: a man is trapped in a phone booth and will be killed if he leaves. The whole movie takes place there. There is something limiting about having all the action in a story happen in one place,…
Muse on Monday – February 2, 2026
This past week, a lot of the United States has been enduring winter conditions they are not used to. It’s been cold and snowy but we’re used to it so it’s not as big a deal as it is in, say, Texas or Georgia. I’ve lived in cold areas my whole life and maybe because…
The Neighbor We Love to Hate
The Neighbor We Love to Hate The two women watched the old man lounging in his front yard amid heaps of dirty snow. “Why won’t he leave?” one said. “He’s hurting property values.” “Right? Do you know he destroyed all my flowers last night?” “You sure?” “Who else would it be?” “He should retire to…
Zoe and the World Outside
Zoe and the World Outside Zoe steps outside into air that prickles like icy pins on her skin. She’s wearing her new mask, a purple one with a platypus bill on the front. In the summer, wearing a mask was miserable but now it warms her face just like a scarf. She skips down the…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 