Today’s storyaday.org prompt is to write a story for children inspired by The Golden Rule. In my story, a certain thief follows a very unique interpretation of that rule. I’m not sure the story has a good moral, but there’s no inappropriate content or overly-long words, so I’ll say it’s close enough to fit the … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #27: The Goblin Rule →

Today’s prompt from storyaday.org is to create a story through a series of documents — like journal entries, memos, social media posts, etc. — that allows the reader’s imagination to fill in the blanks. My story is told through one side of a conversation, letters sent by a soldier in a strange war to his … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #26: Letters from the Front →

Today begins the final week of the challenge! Here’s the latest official prompt from storyaday.org: Someone finds two dates listed on a piece of paper. The dates are in their own handwriting, but they do not know what the dates mean. They have to find out what the dates signify. My story features a character … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #25: Flown the Coop →

I wasn’t planning to immediately write more in the setting of Professor Calamity and the Clockwork Cowboy, but the new prompt from storyaday.org fit too perfectly. It’s to create a story inspired by this Eagles lyric: “The towns lay out across the dusty plains like graveyards filled with tombstones waiting for the names.” This story … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #24: How to Kill a Killbot →

This story is definitely my most experimental yet, as I’m using the official prompt from storyaday.org: Write a story in the form of a list. It may have turned out a bit messy, and the formatting got screwed up (I hope it's not too unreadable), but I enjoyed trying something very new. The story indirectly … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #23: Professor Calamity’s To-Do List →

We’re into the final ten days of the Story A Day May challenge! So far, I’m happy to be keeping pace with my goal of >1k words per story. It’s been wonderful writing practice. Today’s prompt from storyaday.org: The banging on the cabin’s door is incessant. Your character throws the soufflé into the oven and … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #22: The Knight of Keys →

Today’s challenge prompt from storyaday.org is to “Write about the boy you see on either side of the reflection”. And for inspiration there’s a picture of a dark silhouette reflected in a pond, which you can see on the official site. This time, my story is a completely unfaithful re-telling of the Narcissus myth. *** … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #21: Beneath the Surface →

Today’s storyaday.org prompt is simply to write a story inspired by food. This time, mine features a hard-boiled office worker on the trail of a break room thief. *** The Maltese Bread The most difficult case of my career began on a typical gloomy day in this office of saints and sinners, with a hard … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #20: The Maltese Bread →

Today’s storyaday.org prompt is to write about a mysterious object found in a thrift shop or antiques market. This time, my story is about a seemingly-broken music box found in a thrift shop, and what one woman will do to possess it. *** The Maddening Melody There was no place Josie loved better than a … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #19: The Maddening Melody →

The latest storyaday.org prompt is a very serious one: There is a llama sitting on the seat beside you, drinking coffee. No one else finds this odd. He turns to you, about to speak. This time, I wrote a portal fantasy, where the narrator goes to great lengths to avoid falling into any magic portals … Continue reading Story-A-Day May #18: Chewed Up and Spit Out →