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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…
You took a summer job delivering pizzas. One of your regulars is an honest-to-goodness wizard. The last two people to deliver to him vanished under mysterious circumstances. You,…
This is a gallery of fantasy images we have found that seemed like cool prompts in their own right.
For the last few months, you have been enjoying a back and forth with some eccentric in the local paper’s letters section. You are starting to suspect that…
Today you received a letter from your future self. How does the letter affect you and in what ways does it change your life?
It turns out that your family has an extremely wealthy relative. No one has spoken with him in over thirty years. Today, your uncle called you. “I’m dying,”…
Cupid had his work cut out this time. He was a workaholic; she wanted a man to share her love of gardening with.
This question was first posted by @Abhiofficial018 on Twitter.
In this challenge try writing your next scene for all five classical senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight). Consider taking that even further and expand on the…
You took a wrong turn on your way into town. You now find yourself in what appears to be 1877.
Today you learned that you do not live on Earth. No one has even seen that planet in the last thousand years.
Let’s start a conversation about writing. Let’s talk about those parts of writing that we struggle with. We all struggle sometimes. Just knowing you are not alone can…
If you love horror (writing or reading it) then you know that some of the most effective horror turns something comforting or safe into something menacing or horrific….
There is a place along a river with a secret. The place is a long walk from the town, hard to get to, and rarely visited. The secret…
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…
Overnight, a tall tower of metal beams appeared on the outskirts of town. No one seems to know why it is there or who made it. Local birds…
It has been a long and hot summer. Autumn should have arrived with rain and falling leaves. Summer continues uninterrupted anyway. You know why. It turns out the…
We have all thought about killing a character. Most of us probably have killed a character. But how do you feel when you kill one of your characters?