The brief for the AWC Furious Fiction–November 2018 short story competition was as follows: Your story must begin with a sentence containing just TWO words. Your entire story must take place at a SUPERMARKET. Your story must include SOMETHING BREAKING. **** First Shopping Trip Price check! Those words screeched by a woman over the supermarket’s loud speaker was enough to
Read moreThe brief for the AWC Furious Fiction–October 2018 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s title must be THE LOST HOUR – and the content of the story should relate in some way to that title (interpret it however you want). Your story must include the phrase IT WAS LIGHTER – either as part of a sentence or as
Read moreYou wake up and find you have a new scar on your body…** The Lost Hour It was lighter outside than usual when my alarm screamed at me to wake up. When I looked at my phone, I saw that it was 9am instead of 8am. It wasn’t daylight savings, I didn’t change my alarm settings, I had literally lost
Read moreRimmed by uncertainty** First Shopping Trip Price check! Those words screeched by a woman over the supermarket’s loud speaker was enough to startle me out of my daydream and regain my thoughts. I wandered through each aisle going through the motions, picking up things off the shelves and mindlessly putting them in my trolley. I didn’t realise that the Dolmio
Read moreThis short story is my first short story for the AWC Furious Fiction competition and is based on the September 2018 competition brief. The brief for September 2018 was as follows: Your entire story must take place in an AIRPORT. Your story must include the word SPRING somewhere. (Plural is also okay.) Your story must include the phrase: IT WAS
Read moreI decided to give myself another writing challenge: the Australian Writers’ Centre Furious Fiction monthly competition. On the first weekend of every month, the Australian Writers’ Centre publishes a brief with rules/prompt for the current month’s competition. The brief is released on the first Friday and the deadline is 11.59pm that Sunday. It is a short story competition with a
Read moreBeyond Belief** Landing on Time It was empty, which was odd for an airport. I walked through the gate and no-one was there, you would think an airport would be busy, but I guess it isn’t in the middle of the night. It was easy for me to grab a trolley for my luggage and make my way through it
Read moreWrite the worst story you can possibly write.** The Short Story This is a short story. This is a short story that is slightly longer. This is a short story that is even longer than the slightly longer story. This is a short story that is even longer than the longer than the slightly longer story, longer to the point
Read moreAfter two long years, I have finally completed two-thirds of my John Marsden 600 Writing Topics Challenge! I wanted to publish another post to record my progress, especially as it took me so long to reach 400 completed topics, in comparison to how long it took me to reach the previous milestones. As I stated in my introductory blog post
Read moreYou are cordially invited to the reunion of GoGirls! at the Worthington Function Centre on Saturday September 13th 2025. Please RSVP to Mrs Valerie Morganside by Friday August 14th and inform her of whether you will be bringing along your spouse and/or family members. Melanie Shaughnessy Angus—Go Girls! Vocalist I was pleasantly surprised when I got the invite.
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