Category Archives: Stories

Furious Fiction – December 2020

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—December 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to include a GIFT of some kind. Your story’s first sentence has to contain only THREE WORDS. Your story has to include the following words: PALM, MATCH and ROSE. *** Gifts “It’s from me!” I forced a gracious smile on my face after

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Furious Fiction – November 2020

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—November 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to take place at a HOTEL. Your story has to include a PHOTOGRAPH. Your story has to include the following ‘blue’ inspired words: COLLAR, GLOOMY, POLICE, RHYTHM, SAPPHIRE. *** A Night Alone Ron showed up to the hotel with one suitcase in his

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Furious Fiction – October 2020

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

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John Marsden Writing Topic #187

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

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Furious Fiction – September 2020

The 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

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Furious Fiction – July 2020

The 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

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John Marsden Writing Topic #154

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

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