Loveday Writing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – January 2024 short story competition was as follows: *** Diary of a New Employee Time Entry 8:30 Arrived at the office for my first day at my new job, waiting for my boss to pick me up from reception. 8:35 My boss finds me at reception and tells me he’s going to

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – May 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Movie Buff My viewing schedule is as full as a doctor’s wallet. I hit the university study jackpot with a Bachelor of Film Studies (majoring in reviewing). Basically my studying consists of watching movies, sorry, films, for years on end and writing reviews.

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – December 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Arrivals & Departures I’ve never liked airports. It’s mainly because I’m always saying goodbye to someone in them, whether it’s my cousins as their holiday and the fun we’ve had together has ended, my husband when he’s gone on business trips and left

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – October 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Neighbourhood Watch She moved into the street six weeks ago and ruined everything. Our street was open – everyone was friendly, we all went to each other’s houses, we all borrowed things from each other, we all know everything about each other and

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – September 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Daily Routine My birthday is really just like every other day. I go through the same routine, nothing special. My bed is made, sometimes new sheets are put on after I’ve been moved, the blinds are opened and the morning sun shines on

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – August 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Last Meal Who had the bright idea to open a restaurant where you dine in the dark? Silhouette was the latest trendy restaurant where you’d walk in and greet the maitre d’ in a well-lit room, almost like any other restaurant, except that

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – July 2023 short story competition was as follows: #As this story prompted a child to be the main character, I made mine six-years-old, and the spelling and grammatical mistakes in the story are deliberate, as I wanted the character’s voice to read and sound child-like. *** Ring Toss I wanted to win

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – December 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Trash to Treasure The last time I saw her was graduation day (and good riddance)! Tracey Holden was the most popular girl and biggest bully in school, or at least bully to a “freak” like me. The day I graduated high school was

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** A Bushranger’s Eulogy Mum would always take off like a rocket during a chase. She loved it when it was on foot, she’d smile and look back as her enemies shot at her and missed, whilst she’d open fire and hit at least