This episode focuses on the inevitability of death, even with immortal beings. The episode kicks off with Michael in a meeting with Vicky, providing her with a lengthy memo of torture ideas at her request, only for her to reject them because the memo was too long. The episode then cuts to Michael divulging Vicky’s plan to torture Tahani by
Read moreAs well as the Mr. Men and Little Miss books, another series I loved growing up was the Clue books. Clue is a book series that was published throughout the 1990s based on the board game of the same name. There were 18 books in total. Each book has an almost-identical format: A prologue delivered by Mr. Boddy, the owner
Read moreThe previous episode ended with Michael asking the gang to join forces with him, this episode focuses on the gang debating whether or not to trust and join forces with him. The episode picks up exactly where we were left off where Michael reveals that Vicky is blackmailing him and that she plans on operating her version of the neighbourhood
Read moreThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of Mr. Men and Little Miss by British author, Roger Hargreaves, so I felt it was only fitting to write about why I love these books so much. As a child I loved the simplicity of the stories, the unique characters, and the colourful accompanying illustrations. I had a lot of
Read moreIn February, the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) celebrated the Furious Fiction competition’s third birthday by putting a call out to participants to share their own experiences, insights or perspectives on the competition. The AWC shared the responses they received here. My response wasn’t included, so I thought I’d publish it below. *** Furious Fiction and Me I fell in love
Read moreWrite a piece in a style quite different to the way you normally write.** Acrimonious It took me two days to break free. The rough, thick ropes delicately slipped off my limbs once I untied the weak knot. I sprinted out of the old shed, down the highway, with no plan. I eventually managed to find a man driving a
Read moreEarlier this year I entered the NYC Midnight 100-word Microfiction Challenge, an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to write original 100-word stories by giving them a specific genre, action and word assignment, in 24 hours. Every writer is placed in a specific group based on the genre, action and word assignment they are given. The competition judges pick
Read moreDescribe a scene in which there is close scrutiny of every detail.** Poison I’m at the home stretch and my plan so far is working. If I poison too many dishes it would be too obvious that someone is cheating, so I’ve had to be creative in this year’s Country Cooking Contest. Some dishes I spiked with MSG (which is
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2021 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to take place at some kind of contest. Each story had to include a character who forgets something. Each story had to include the words PRESS, FLING and GROUND. (Longer variations were accepted as long as original spelling was retained.) *** Poison I’m at
Read moreDescribe a scene which is dominated by rich, intense colour.** Waiting Room I’ve been in my fair share of waiting rooms before, but this one by far is the ugliest. While it’s silent and still with a few people, like other typical waiting rooms, it’s still as ugly as sin. I would like to know whether this clinic was actually
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