“What, am I just supposed to sit here all afternoon watching you suck on fruit,” my sister asked in that petulant way that little sisters do better than anyone else, “because that’s kind of twisted if you ask me!”
Short Stories
Exactly what you’d expect from the name.
Opening Act (April 2019 FF)
FURIOUS FICTION At the beginning of last year, March 2019, I began entering stories into the Australian Writers' Centre Furious Fiction competition. It's a fun little monthly challenge whereby you have 55 hours to write a 500 word story that could ultimately net you $500. The only caveat is that each they provide you with … Continue reading Opening Act (April 2019 FF)
Tell Me What You See
A quick story I wrote in one of my journals as part of a keyword challenge an artist friend of mine and I used to have fun with. “I could stare at the sky for hours on end,” she said as her eyes worked overtime to capture the full splendour of the night sky. “What … Continue reading Tell Me What You See
Untitled (March 2019 FF)
FURIOUS FICTION At the beginning of the year, March 2019, I began entering stories into the Australian Writers' Centre Furious Fiction competition. It's a fun little monthly challenge whereby you have 55 hours to write a 500 word story that could ultimately net you $500. The only caveat is that each they provide you with … Continue reading Untitled (March 2019 FF)
Wiggles and Matilda
Somewhere out in, oh let’s say... the south Atlantic Ocean, there is an island which very few people know about, and when I say very few people, I mean that you can count the number of people who know about this island on one hand. It is a completely unremarkable island in almost every way, … Continue reading Wiggles and Matilda
100 Word Story (10)
This will be the last 100 word story exercise I post for a little while. The exercises have been stimulating and mostly enjoyable but I feel I have enough motivation at present as well as tons of ideas and projects to eep me going. No doubt I will return to these the next time I … Continue reading 100 Word Story (10)
100 Word Story (9)
This is what the plot generator has given me: A mysterious 68 year-old man A lively 36 year-old woman A nightclub Fired from a job the effects of war And this is what I am giving you: Fuck it she had thought. I'm young and I've got energy to burn. What's one night out gonna hurt? She never … Continue reading 100 Word Story (9)
Billy
This is the 1st half of the 1st draft of a story about a girl who falls in love with a stripper named Billy. Actually, it is two different versions of that story, one told from a 3rd person perspective, the other from the 1st person. This is another story that I plan on including … Continue reading Billy
Homework (2)
Here are a few more examples of relatively succinct stories I wrote as exercises in my PWE class. Once again, they are of the use all of these words in a 2-3 paragraph story variety. Homework 06-04-11 Homework 10-05-11 Homework 14-04-11
Arizona (Marshall Part III)
Here is the first draft of 3rd (and final?) part of my Marshall series. There is still plenty of work to be done on the series as a whole - new sections to be added to each story, continuity and character inconsistencies to be cleaned up - but I am fairly satisfied that the series … Continue reading Arizona (Marshall Part III)
Small Tall Tales 