Loveday Writing

Awakening to the terror of the same old day (Harvey Pekar)** 19 Words on COVID-19 Wake up, eat up, sit up, sit down, keep busy, keep writing, keep quarantining, repeat…for God knows how long.   **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.  

Write a conversation in which someone intends to ring their doctor but dials the butcher by mistake.** This story was written based on the picture above and prompts provided by the Australian Writers’ Centre. *** Personal Call I managed to hobble my way into the phone box on the bank, of all the times to hurt my ankle, why did

Write about a school for bad boys and girls. A good boy or girl goes there, and won’t conform. What happens to him or her? Does he/she get expelled?** New Girl Three. Three years I’m going to be stuck at this school, the Haywood Academy for Unruly Students. I was recruited by my previous principal, Ms. Clarke, to enrol and

A true story.** Please note, this story is not based on a true story, rather it is a story that could easily be regarded as true, be relatable, or happen to anyone. Resolutions The New Year started for me with the sun rising, the light of it slowly coming through my mostly closed blinds. In previous years I would have

I looked the other way, pretending to smile.** Gifts “It’s from me!” I forced a gracious smile on my face after unwrapping a birthday gift I picked up off the table from my co-worker, Rose. It was a so-called self-help book on how to be a happy, single independent woman, who is in no need for a man. I found

Why?** A Night Alone Ron showed up to the hotel with one suitcase in his hand and a forced smile on his face. The young woman behind the desk was friendly and checked him in quickly. When he entered the room, which was drab and gloomy looking with its faded white walls and worn carpet with an outdated pattern, he

Do I dare disturb the universe?** Mission Briefing It was decided that I would be the human test subject to travel to Earth when I was caught using a Luna boulder as my personal barbell. The Luna Police didn’t charge me as I technically didn’t steal the boulder or damage it, but they were freaked out enough that they called

The 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

Married 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

The 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