Sunday morning, three a.m.** A Witch In Time Come on work! Sunday morning, 3am. I’ve been casting the same spell for hours, days and it still won’t work. With one white candle, my cauldron, and an athame to make a small incision in my finger for the required amount of blood, I’ve been casting a spell in an effort to
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—February 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first sentence must contain exactly THREE WORDS. Your story must include A FIRST of some king (open to interpretation). Your story must include A CANDLE. *** A Witch In Time Come on work! Sunday morning, 3am. I’ve been casting the same spell for hours,
Read moreFrom a window** New Witch on Campus New school, new life and for now that means little to no magic, at least according to my mum’s “moving away to go to uni” checklist—my name is Zoey Martin and I’m a witch. I know what you’re thinking…if I’m a witch why do I need to move when I have magical powers
Read moreThe brief for the AWC Furious Fiction—January 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first word must be NEW. Your story must include the words NINETEEN, DESERT, and PRESENT. Your story must include SOME KIND OF LIST (interpret how you like—could be just a mention or an actual list). **** New Witch on Campus New school, new life
Read moreA Christmas story: Santa recounts some incidents from his travels.** Here Comes Santa Claus This is my last year as Santa—Christmas Eve 2069. That’s right, Santa exists but he is not one person, he is/has been a variety of chosen ones who fulfil the role for fifty years, training the next chosen one in line five years before retirement. Although
Read moreThe brief for the AWC Furious Fiction—December 2018 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on Christmas Eve EITHER 50 years ago OR 50 years into the future (you decide). The first word of your story must rhyme with the last word of your story (they cannot be the same word). Your story must include the
Read moreMy Year of the Fun Walk run for July was the Happy Birthday Harry virtual run. The Happy Birthday Harry virtual run was a virtual run to celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday on July 31. It was the first annual Happy Birthday Harry run, with the option of five distances to complete: 1 mile, 5km, 10km, 13.1 miles or 26.2 miles.
Read moreThe job of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise, characters and story arcs for the season. The Seachange reboot is in the unique position of continuing a premise that was established in its original series over 20 years ago, but also having to establish its premise for new viewers. I felt this pilot really only did half the
Read moreNow we have reached the season 2 finale of Squinters. The job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and set up new story arcs for the next season (if there is one). I feel this finale executed this perfectly. The episode kicks off with Brett and Tina’s morning commute with Tina reading an email
Read moreWe are now at the penultimate episode of the season. The episode kicks off with Jess and Macca’s morning commute where he shows her a photo of himself from when they met and they discuss how much Macca has evolved over time. Later on, they pick up Gav who goes into explicit detail about his experience at the sperm donor
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