The #MastoPrompt for Monday 6 April 2026 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
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#Writing #SmallPoems #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories
At six, she wanted to cut her hair and disguise herself as a boy to attend university. At her teens, forty scholars were assembled to examine her at once. She was self-taught. She passed. When the Church made her stop writing, she signed her vows in her own blood. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: the Tenth Muse who wrote anyway.
The #MastoPrompt for Sunday 5 April 2026 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
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In 1373, a woman had her own funeral sung while she was still alive, then walked into a hundred-square-foot stone room and let the door be sealed behind her. She never left. Julian of Norwich — the first woman known to have authored a book in English — wrote from inside a wall.
The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 4 April 2026 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
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He rode a caiman like a horse. He climbed St. Peter's Basilica to leave a glove on top, then climbed back up to fetch it when the Pope demanded its removal. He dangled his bare foot from a hammock so vampire bats could feed on his toes. Charles Waterton: the barefoot squire who taught the man who taught Darwin.
The #MastoPrompt for Friday 3 April 2026 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.
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Green Plush Cthulhu Terrifies Child
My friend Dave used to have a cute green plush #Cthulhu sitting on his mantlepiece.
One day a 5 year old-ish small person took one look at it, screwed up his face, and just started bawling loudly...
Naturally, me and Dave and his sons started laughing uproariously and assured the kid, yes it was indeed a monster and appropriate to be terrified of.
She burned down a convent, defeated three duels at a single party, and earned two royal pardons before anyone thought to check the law. A composer eventually built an entirely new vocal category around her voice. Her name was Julie d'Aubigny — the woman who rewrote opera with a sword at her hip.
Steven Cudahy
Oddlet - Lovable Weirdos
Tales are told by Wendy Taleo
Henry Edward Hardy