Write a piece in which two things are happening at once** Stage Fright Music was, sorry is my life. My friend, Valerie, from college finally opened her cabaret bar and formally invited me to sing on opening night. She knew it had been a while and she knew why. I made sure I was immaculately dressed, that the mic had
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2018 short story competition was as follows: The first word had to be MUSIC. The story had to feature singing at some point. The story had to include an invitation in some way. *** Stage Fright Music was, sorry is my life. My friend, Valerie, from college finally opened her cabaret bar and
Read moreNonsense** Happy Birthday Today’s my birthday. I’m forty; an age society tells us, especially for women, that they are starting to get old, are over the hill and are supposed to behave a certain way. I’ve never given into this kind of pressure and I don’t intend to start, but it doesn’t mean that I’ve never felt it. My personality
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—February 2018 short story competition was as follows: Have an opening sentence of exactly THREE words. Include the words “forty”, “flamboyant”, “fortune”, “flavour” and “furious” at some point in the story (plural forms – if they existed – were allowed). Involve the prop of a “feather” in some way. *** Happy Birthday Today’s my
Read moreCatch a train that takes you into a strange land.** Journey Not the Destination to the Afterlife All board passengers! Please stand clear! This is it. Throughout my life, I had many theories in regards to what the afterlife might be like; I never expected that I’d have to take a journey on a train to get there. The other
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on a TRAIN. Your story must include something FROZEN. Your story must include three 3-word sentences in a row. *** Journey Not the Destination to the Afterlife All aboard passengers! Please stand clear! This is it. Throughout my life, I had
Read moreOne person and a crowd.** One Person and a Crowd The air was thick with laughter, spilled alcohol and small talk. My friend, Amy, invited me to her friend, Charlotte’s, “F” themed party. I decided to go with floral attire. Other than Amy, I didn’t know anyone else, so I’m now one person in a crowd, holding onto my drink
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at a PARTY of some kind. Your story must include a BUTTON. Your story must include the following sentence (which you will complete with one or more words): THE AIR WAS THICK WITH…. *** One Person and a Crowd The air
Read moreGobble and Munch.** Gobble and Munch Marshmallow! She threw a marshmallow at me! I was hiding in an aisle hoping to avoid Ava. This was all her idea. “Let’s start a food fight!” She said, “it’ll be fun!” She said. It was fun when it started in the park but now the whole town has joined in and it’s become
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2019 short story competition was as follows: “It’s May, so we had some fun with five words that contain M-A-Y. And then we threw in a few other things…” Your story must include the words MAYBE, MAYHEM, DISMAY, MAYOR and MAYONNAISE. Your story’s FIRST word must be an 11-letter word. Your story must,
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