With the clocks changing for summer time, the Australian Writers’ Centre challenge for October’s Furious Fiction was to write 500 words or less in 55 hours which needed to: be titled ‘The Lost Hour’ contain the phrase ‘It was lighter’ include a sentence naming three colours You can read the winning and shortlisted entries here. … Continue reading The Lost Hour
Another month, another dose of short fiction. You can read the winners and shortlisted entries on the AWC Furious Fiction page or just settle in here with my 500 words. The requirements were that the story: take place in an airport, include the word ‘spring’ and include the phrase ‘it was empty’. I went for … Continue reading River City, River Sea
Another month, another piece of Furious Fiction. July’s challenge was 500 words which 1. start with a question, 2. end with a BANG (literally) and 3. contain the words jackpot, jam and jungle. You can read the winner and shortlisted entries on the AWC Furious Fiction site. Here’s what I wrote: “What’s the difference,” I … Continue reading The Jam Jar
On the first Friday of each month the Australian Writers Centre runs a 55 hour 500 word writing challenge called Furious Fiction. It’s furious fun! June’s writing prompt was an image (extract above – see the full image and the winner and shortlisted stories here). The first thing I saw was a face in the … Continue reading All that is needed
Who doesn’t love a story? Click on the title to open the link to my posted short stories or the PDF files of longer stories. I’ve also linked to where you can buy a copy of anthologies which contain my work. There by Candlelight is, literally, a fairy story with changelings, a goblin market, and a … Continue reading Stories