The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – July 2025 short story competition was as follows: *** The Last Hurrah (Part I) It was the third bachelor party at work this week, but it was the first time I’ve ever seen a bride show up and fight with her groom. The bride argued with her groom about the party itself,
Read moreWrite a passage in which something happens that seems real…yet when we think about it, it must be impossible.** The Iron Lady “Will you marry me?” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard that question being asked between two people in front of me, but if I had to guess, it’d have to be in the several thousands.
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – September 2025 short story competition was as follows: *** The Iron Lady “Will you marry me?” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard that question being asked between two people in front of me, but if I had to guess, it’d have to be in the several thousands. They call
Read moreAt a local book fair earlier this year, I came across a random find that I thought was a fun little novelty (pardon the slight pun), How it Works…The Computer. The image on the book’s cover alone let me know that it was published in the past, and I was right, it was published in 1979, and was a revised
Read moreThis year, I thought about participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) again, only to discover when I tried to login to their website that it’s no more. Admittedly, I’d been living under a NaNoWriMo rock as it’s only once a year and my participation in it was on-and-off. I read online that the organisation announced its closure in March
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to bring the season’s story arcs to a close, and establish new ones for the next season (if there is one). This finale did a solid job, but I feel that ending on a cliffhanger brought it down a bit, especially with no news as of yet, if it will be renewed. The
Read moreIn earlier blog posts, I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges, as well as my completion of the following challenges: I have since completed my forty-sixth Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Vincent van Gogh. The Vincent van Gogh Virtual Challenge takes participants on a journey “from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence—where Van Gogh developed
Read moreThe penultimate episode of a season is usually used to provide a springboard for the finale, this episode definitely did its job. Wayne and Mira The episode kicks off with Wayne, Mira, and Darren attending a ceremony to spread Timmy’s ashes. When they are back at work, Wayne gets a call from Naomi asking for help with a patient, a
Read moreIn earlier blog posts, I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges, as well as my completion of the following challenges: I have since completed my forty-fifth Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Cuba. The Cuba Virtual Challenge takes participants on a journey “from Santiago to Havana on a 70-mile route inspired by the
Read moreFollowing up from last week’s episode, this one focuses on New Year’s Eve. Eliza, Pete and Ryan The episode kicks off with Eliza and Ryan attending to a man’s wound from misusing New Year’s Eve fireworks on his property. On their way back to base, Eliza reveals that she is going on her holiday to the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow,
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