That Mouse Is High

by Scott Semegran

A father frantically prepares for his daughter's birthday party only to come across a stumbling block that threatens to ruin the day. A short story by Scott Semegran.

Nook

First published March 8, 2010

About the author

Scott Semegran is an award-winning writer of ten books. BlueInk Review described him best as “a gifted writer, with a wry sense of humor.” His latest book, Starman After Midnight, is a quirky novel-in-stories about two beer-drinking neighbors who team-up to track down a mysterious late-night interloper terrorizing their middle-class neighborhood. His nine previous books include The Codger and the Sparrow (Discovery Prize winner for Fiction in the 2024 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards), The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island (first-place winner for Middle-Grade/Young Adult fiction in the 2021 Writer’s Digest Book Awards), and To Squeeze a Prairie Dog (winner of the 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal for Humor and winner of the 2019 Texas Author Project for Adult Fiction). He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English.

Scott Semegran is co-host of the web series Austin Liti Limits along with fellow award-winning writer Larry Brill.

Rep: Mark Falkin at Falkin Literary.

Reviews

[Mataos Ponticello · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun, light read about a father's devotion to his daughter (Daddy's little girl). Of all the descriptive dialogue, characters, and events, the one that made me laugh out loud was the young manager's "Bong-smile." Bravo, I enjoyed this short feel-good story.

[Sherri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this funny story about how a father struggling to make sure his daughter loves her birthday party.