The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—October 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to include someone/something being caught. Your story has to include the words: OBJECT, WOUND, BAND, ELABORATE (ed/s variations included). Your story’s final two words have to be THE MOON. *** Mission Briefing It was decided that I would be the human test subject
Read moreThe world is now open for business.** Please note, this short story is not meant to trivialise the seriousness of COVID-19 and its subsequent consequences. This story is set in the future when the world has reached a point where they have contained the spread of COVID-19. The World Is Now Open for Business Show me the world! After months
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—September 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story should be inspired by the picture above. Your story’s first word must begin with SHO. Your story must include the following words: SCORE, SLICE, SPRINKLE, STAMP and SWITCH (plural and past-tense variations allowed). *** Please note, this short story is not meant to trivialise
Read moreMarried in black (Lynelle Eaves).** My Best Friends’ Wedding Day Today is the wedding day of Aaron and Erin – the (former) love of my life, and my long-time best friend. It turns out that they were secretly seeing each other behind my back. I was so furious and screamed so much that I thought I was going to have
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at either a WEDDING or a FUNERAL. Your story must include something being cut. Your story must include the words “UNDER”, “OVER” and “BETWEEN.” *** My Best Friends’ Wedding Day Today is the wedding day of Aaron and Erin – the
Read moreThe Teddy Bears’ Picnic. (In an offbeat style?)** Teddy Bears’ Picnic The door slammed behind a slightly messy purple bedroom with a picnic attended by teddy bears and other toys on the floor, lying on an old woolly blanket, after Katie suddenly bolted up and out of the room, running on her mother’s orders downstairs to get her lunch. “All
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—August 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must contain HUMOUR/COMEDY (see below). Your story must include the following five words: DIZZY, EXOTIC, LUMPY, TINY, TWISTED. Your story must include a sandwich. Wait – what does “contain humour/comedy mean?” Your story must simply use humour as a main driving force (think amusing
Read moreWrite about a game of Chess which is more than a game, where black and white pieces represent something – two opposing forces, or armies, maybe.** Mind Games Just as I started to feel better about myself and transformation, my anxiety came to the table and wanted to play the game again. This never-ending game of Chess between me: my
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first and last words must begin with J. Your story must include a game being played. Your story must include the phrase MISS/MISSED THE BOAT. *** Mind Games Just as I started to feel better about myself and transformation, my anxiety came to the
Read moreThe fifth virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) – Part II was the Haiti run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a second Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I signed up to other country races after starting my first tour, as
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