Rimmed by uncertainty** First Shopping Trip Price check! Those words screeched by a woman over the supermarket’s loud speaker was enough to startle me out of my daydream and regain my thoughts. I wandered through each aisle going through the motions, picking up things off the shelves and mindlessly putting them in my trolley. I didn’t realise that the Dolmio
Read moreThis short story is my first short story for the AWC Furious Fiction competition and is based on the September 2018 competition brief. The brief for September 2018 was as follows: Your entire story must take place in an AIRPORT. Your story must include the word SPRING somewhere. (Plural is also okay.) Your story must include the phrase: IT WAS
Read moreI decided to give myself another writing challenge: the Australian Writers’ Centre Furious Fiction monthly competition. On the first weekend of every month, the Australian Writers’ Centre publishes a brief with rules/prompt for the current month’s competition. The brief is released on the first Friday and the deadline is 11.59pm that Sunday. It is a short story competition with a
Read moreBeyond Belief** Landing on Time It was empty, which was odd for an airport. I walked through the gate and no-one was there, you would think an airport would be busy, but I guess it isn’t in the middle of the night. It was easy for me to grab a trolley for my luggage and make my way through it
Read moreThis episode managed to be both hilarious and relatable. The A story this week was Greg being a coach on Sophie’s basketball team and Em believing that she hasn’t been around enough due to her new job. Throughout the episode, something is clearly up with Sophie, even more so as it’s revealed that she hasn’t scored a goal all season
Read moreThis season just keeps getting better with additional but not so mind-blowing twists. This episode kicks off with the sisters battling with Jada, at first I thought this was a training exercise a’la the simulations via Harry’s training orb. When I found out it wasn’t, I was a little disappointed as it didn’t really feel like a Charmed battle at
Read moreWrite the worst story you can possibly write.** The Short Story This is a short story. This is a short story that is slightly longer. This is a short story that is even longer than the slightly longer story. This is a short story that is even longer than the longer than the slightly longer story, longer to the point
Read moreWell damn! This week, the writers threw in its biggest twist/spanner in the works yet, but I’ll get to that in a minute. This episode kicks off with the owner of a wine store being attacked by a shadow demon and something taken from him during a blackout. It then cuts back to the sisters—Maggie is using Harry’s training orbs
Read moreAfter two long years, I have finally completed two-thirds of my John Marsden 600 Writing Topics Challenge! I wanted to publish another post to record my progress, especially as it took me so long to reach 400 completed topics, in comparison to how long it took me to reach the previous milestones. As I stated in my introductory blog post
Read moreYou are cordially invited to the reunion of GoGirls! at the Worthington Function Centre on Saturday September 13th 2025. Please RSVP to Mrs Valerie Morganside by Friday August 14th and inform her of whether you will be bringing along your spouse and/or family members. Melanie Shaughnessy Angus—Go Girls! Vocalist I was pleasantly surprised when I got the invite.
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