At the beginning of this month I wrote two different stories for the Australian Writers' centre Furious Fiction competition. The the first one, entitled Yeezy Does It, I did not enter into the competition, but did post to this site a couple of days later. The second one, titled Reservations, I did enter, though not … Continue reading Reservations (April 2021 FF)
Month: April 2021
Big Game (June 2020 FF)
A Furious Fiction entry from smack bang in the middle of Covid-19 lockdown. Only I wasn't locked down as my day job was deemed and essential service. In fact, we were busier than we had ever been up to the point in time. I work in online retail, the definition of essential service being somewhat … Continue reading Big Game (June 2020 FF)
Alex the Adventurer
This was the first story I wrote as part of the keyword challenge I first mentioned in the introduction to the story Tell Me What You See, posted almost a year ago now. Back then I didn't really explain what that keyword challenge involved, at least, not in the introduction, so I will do so … Continue reading Alex the Adventurer
Ramblings of a Man Rediscovering his Motivation
Here's the thing. I really want to post something here that isn't one of my Furious Fiction entries or a story I wrote in a journal or on a napkin, paper-bag or air sickness bag in the past couple of years. I do have a handful of all-new stories that are at various stages of … Continue reading Ramblings of a Man Rediscovering his Motivation
Macaroons
A few years ago I had a little trip overseas that consisted of visits to London, Liverpool and various parts of Yorkshire in the U.K., as well as Boston, New York City and Portland, Oregon in the U.S.A. It was a supremely awesome trip that I hop to be able to repeat one day, though … Continue reading Macaroons
Yeezy Does It
This is the one I didn't enter into the competition (see Reservations - 1st Draft), even though the only feedback I received was that people preferred this one over the other one. I'm like that sometimes. It was inspired by some recent conversations I've had with a couple of my co-workers, who for some reason have all of a sudden become low level athletic footwear enthusiasts.
Reservations – 1st Draft
Most of the time with these things, I start writing a story based on an idea that has randomly popped into my head,an idea that is completely independent of the criteria put in place by the Australian Writers' Centre - the organisation that hosts the Furious Fiction competition - and this time was no exception. In fact, the only difference between this submission and my previous attempts was that, having missed the previous month's competition, I decided to write two stories.
Small Tall Tales 