Loveday Writing

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

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

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—August 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must contain HUMOUR/COMEDY (see below). Your story must include the following five words: DIZZY, EXOTIC, LUMPY, TINY, TWISTED. Your story must include a sandwich. Wait – what does “contain humour/comedy mean?” Your story must simply use humour as a main driving force (think amusing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first and last words must begin with J. Your story must include a game being played. Your story must include the phrase MISS/MISSED THE BOAT. *** Mind Games Just as I started to feel better about myself and transformation, my anxiety came to the

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first word must be FIVE. Your story must include something being replaced. Your story must include the phrase A SILVER LINING. *** Renovation Five years. Five years was how long I was married to a man who was handsome, charming and nice to me

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—April 2020 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to begin on the side of a road. Each story must include the words APRON, PIGMENT, RIBBON, ICON, LEMON (notice A-P-R-I-L anyone?). Each story had to include a splash. *** Junk Drawer Mission My day started on the side of the road in

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include a PERSON IN DISGUISE. Your story must take place in a PARK. Your story must include a MIRROR. *** A Friendly Hello I needed fresh air, planning funerals are never easy. I decided to take a walk in the park, something I

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—February 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include a character who’s a GUARD. Your story must include the words NARROW, GOLDEN, LEATHERY and GLOSSY. Your story’s first and last sentences must each contain just TWO WORDS. *** Talking My Way In I’m dead. Not only am I dead, I’m standing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—January 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include a COUNTDOWN of some kind. Your story must include a character who SHARES A SECRET. Your story must include the word SERENDIPITY. I actually submitted this for the competition, I didn’t win nor was I shortlisted. *** Countdown 06:18 (Damien has 15

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—December 2019 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to include SOMETHING EITHER BEING SENT OR RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. Each story had to include the following words: JINGLE, CLICK, BUMP, SIZZLE (plurals or -ing variants are allowed). Each story’s final sentence had to contain exactly THREE words. *** Farewell Christmas is definitely