Loveday Writing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – April 2025 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s setting is a bed. Your story’s first sentence must have no more than three words. Your story must include the words SHAPE, ENTER, and QUESTION. *** Life in Beds Here we are. My deathbed. There’s no question how and why I ended

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – March 2025 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place entirely in EITHER of the following enclosed spaces: a lift/elevator OR a sauna/steam room. Your story must include at least TWO characters. Your story must include the words STICK, THUMP, and VALUABLE. *** Going Down It was the perfect

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – February 2025 short story competition was as follows: Your story must feature SEVEN of something. Your story must include a character who opens a box. Your story must include the words LADDER, BLANK, and CHILL. *** Pandora In the beginning there was a void, guarded by seven spirits. Once she stated who

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – December 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on Christmas Eve/December 24. Your story must include a character who has an accident of some kind. Your story must include the words AGAINST, TOOTH, and ORANGE. *** Evergreen I have the same job every year, at the same

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – October 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place in some kind of THEATRE/THEATER. Your story must include somebody shouting. Your story must include the words UNCOMFORTABLE, RECORD, and SHRINK. *** First Day of School The school’s outdoor amphitheatre was filled with students, Principal Harders was ready to

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – November 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include a character who arrives somewhere LATE. Your story’s first sentence must contain only four words. Your story must include the words SKIP, KICK, BLUE, and DISAPPEAR. *** Late Stuck on the highway. I’m running late why didn’t I set my

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – August 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place UP IN THE AIR.  Your story’s first sentence must include a colour and a number. Your story must include the words DOUBT, PACK, and SILENCE. *** Birds of a Feather I’m one of many in this V-formation, although I’m

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – July 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at a sporting/competitive event.  Your story must include something shaking. Your story must include the words GOLD, GREEN and GLOBE. (Certain variations were allowed.) *** Take Your Marks I had to hold my hands together to stop them from shaking.

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – May 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on an IMPORTANT DATE from the past 50 years – i.e. from May 1974 onwards. Your story must include a character who builds something. Your story must include the words ENOUGH, CHASE and MISTAKE. *** Mauerspecht (Wallpecker) Today was