Category: News and updates

Hit us with a two-sentence horror story of your creation

The rules are simple. You get two sentences. Use them to scare or horrify us.

Hello #Mastodon (and others using #ActivityPub)

The Muse of Last Resort can now be followed (and commented on) right where you are. Our ActivityPub blog profile is: https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/@muse.authorbuzz.co.uk You can also follow specific promoters….

Colin Blaze and the alien’s lost doodad (an AI story)

I fed ChatGPT the background notes on Colin Blaze and asked it to write a Colin Blaze story. This is the resultant story. It bounces around from good…

Warning: Incoming experiment

For the next hour or so, we’re going to try some new things on the Must of Last Resort blog. If all goes according to plan, there will…

I gave an AI one of our prompts, this is the story it wrote.

The prompt The AI story When you tossed the penny into the well, you foolishly wished to rule the world. Now you are stuck in a huge office…

Five of our more popular Tumblr prompts (number five has a full story as a reply)

In case you did not know, The Muse has an outpost on Tumblr. Here are five of our more lively prompts from Tumblr. The last prompt has a…

Story Shout – an Open Mention story suggestion

I am pleased to announce Story Shout. Story Shout is a part of the Muse of Last Resort website where you can give your stories a shout out…

Now on Twitter too

The Muse of Last Resort is now on Twitter with our very own account. You can follow us at @MuseResort. We will be posting prompts and inspiration from…

Take a look at our new browsing friendly writing prompt site

Take a look at our new browsing friendly writing prompt site – we are still The Muse of Last Resort but we have a new look. Muse is…

Considering refreshing our look

The last time the look and feel of the site was changed was back in 2020. A lot has happened since then. I am once more considering updating…

Discarded Angel: A short story by Janet Moulder

Discarded Angel is a short story inspired by the prompt, The Day You Met an Angel. It begins: It was a beautiful morning, deep red and cerise pink…

NaNoWriMo 2020 is almost here

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo ) is also known as November by boring not-writer people. The challenge is to forget about plot and perfect prose and just bash…

Do you like our new look?

In the wee small hours of a Tuesday morning, I gave The Muse of Last Resort a makeover. I was awake early and feeling creative. Everything should look…

NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow

NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow which means that all that creative prompting energy might be going elsewhere for a whole month. Don’t worry, I’ve been scheduling these prompts weeks in…