Catch 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,
Read moreA science fiction forest.** The Trees Behind the Books “He’s never done anything like this before.” Simon was always a cautious boy, a good boy. He always did what he was told by his parents, relatives, teachers, any authority figure. He had good friends, the same friends for years. Although he had experienced fun in his life, he never set
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—April 2019 short story competition was as follows: To celebrate the launch of the new Fiction Essentials: Dialogue course, we (the AWC) thought this month we’d have fun with some. What we’ve done is pluck actual lines of dialogue from three famous books, and you need to use ALL OF THEM in YOUR story:
Read moreWrite about a human being who has a relationship with a machine.** Laundry Night I love going to the laundromat every Friday night because that’s where my best friend lives. I feel such joy when I walk in and I see her, sometimes I worry I take her for granted, she does my laundry once a week, every week and
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2019 short story competition was as follows: The PICTURE (shown below) should inspire your story’s setting. The THEME of your story is to be “CURIOSITY”. *** Laundry Night I love going to the laundromat every Friday night because that’s where my best friend lives. I feel such joy when I walk in
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Loveday Writing 