A Little Night Music

A Prism & Pen Writing Prompt

When I was in high school band, we did a Mozart piece called “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” which is German for “A Little Night Music.” The idea of “night music” captures my heart. One of my favourite songs is “The Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera and it is this idea of the beauty of darkness and night that once again stirs my imagination.

Can you grasp it, sense it, feel it secretly possess you? How does a little night music intersect with the queer experience?

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar! And you’ll live as you’ve never lived before

— Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Music of the Night

It’s time for the Prism & Pen writing challenge, time for your story!

It’s time for a little night music.

Take this challenge and run with it. Make it yours. We want fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry. If you can dream it, if you can write it, we want it. Go dark, make it funny, or do something wild and weird. Be creative.

I want wait to see what you can do with this!

P&P’s challenge round 6 starts today —

Not written with us before? Here’s the link to our submissions guidelines:

Don’t forget our master classes —

If you want help polishing your prose, David Wade Chambers is offering a series of interactive workshops for P&P writers and prospective writers. Wade is an accomplished author and creative writing professor volunteering his skills at the Master Class link at the top of every Prism & Pen page and story.

Stories so far —

Esther Spurrill-Jones, BFoundAPen, Zayn Singh, Ainsley L, Kathy Lee Tolleth, Brian Pelletier, Fred Shirley, Ikedi Oghenetega, neil chapman, David Wade Chambers, Artemis Shishir, alto, Sean Stephane Martin, Gabriela Penelope Carolus, Lois Shearing, b.henriques, Carl Rebeiro 🏳️‍🌈, Rodney Frazier, Simon, Carl Rebeiro, Brian Fehler, Deneishia Jacobpito, Chris Hedges, Ronald C. Flores-Gunkle, Kathy Lee Tolleth, Brian Pelletier, Alex David Bevan, Ikedi Oghenetega, David Wade Chambers, Sean Stephane Martin, Gabriela Penelope Carolus, Lois Shearing, Valentine Wiggin, b.henriques, Carl Rebeiro, Rodney Frazier, Simon Z. Brian Fehler, Cassie Brighter, Deneishia Jacobpito, Ronald C. Flores-Gunkle, James Patrick Nelson, Brigid Maloney, Gabriela, Presley Thomas, Evan McCoy, Loren Olson, Ken Wilson, Chandler Myer, NaNa’sworld, Arabelle J., Liam Heitmann-Ryce, Edis Rune, Prickly Pam, Dawn McGrath, Jonathan | sex & theology, Tabitha Lowndes, Emma Nwosisi, Melissa Speed, Dr. Thomas J. West, Till Kaeslin, Dave Smurthwaite, Ellie Rebecca, Zoey Milford, Edris Quinn C., Dennett, Michael Constable, Jim Martens, Stephen Foster, Kravitz M.