FICTION
Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is still fun to read and to write.
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At school, creative writing assignments were always my favourite homework. But once I had left school, I didn't write a lot of fiction except for a story or two for the children in my life.
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Then in 2019, I discovered a challenge called Furious Fiction - write a story using prompts, under 500 words, in a weekend. I entered. I was long-listed. They had me hooked. ​I have entered Furious Fiction at every opportunity since then and have been long-listed a number of times, and short listed once.
I write the odd story in between. In October 2024, I was delighted to win the mindshare Creative Writing Award after having two pieces shortlisted. Additionally, I have four 42-word stories in The 42 Stories Anthology (available from Amazon).
Here are someyou can read online. Those marked NEW have been added in the last update.
"I think that the act of taking something and making it into a story that you share with someone else, even if it's just one person - that's an act of love."
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Katherine Heiny -
The Guardian
Quick Links
Listed Stories
Come to the Window (short listed Furious Fiction, May 2021)
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A Letter from Santa (long listed Furious Fiction, December 2019)
And Yet It Moves (long listed Furious Fiction, October 2023)
Good Neighbours. Good Friends. (long listed Furious Fiction, September 2022)
Only on Tuesdays (long listed Furious Fiction, July 2024)
Pink (long listed Furious Fiction, April 2023)
Survivor (long listed Furious Fiction, November 2023)
The Pub Test (long listed Furious Fiction, November 2020)
There is Always Tea (long listed Furious Fiction, August 2023)
Winning Scientifically (long listed Not Quite Write, August 2023)
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Furious Fiction Entries
A Chair is Just a Chair (originally written for FF March 2023 - this is an edited version curated by mindshare) NEW
A Crime of Passion (March 2022)
A Teen Movie Cliche (September 2021)
Alice in the Outback (April 2024)
Catching Tram 22 (December 2022)
Driving Miss Maisy (October 2020)
Future Foils (September 2024) NEW
How I Met Your Grandmother (January 2020)
I Don't Like Cricket (May 2024)
If You are Listening to This... (December 2021)
Jack the Giant Slayer (August 2023)
Job Done (January 2024)
Late Fledgling (March 2024)
Marvellous Martindale (March 2021)
My Little Friend (February 2024)
Other People's Madness (July 2020)
Pearls Before Swine (November 2021)
Rose, By Any Other Name (December 2020)
Seeds (July 2023)
The Flower Watcher (February 2020)
The Golden Age of Musical Icons (April 2020)
They're Not Called Love Apples for Nothing (May 2023)
Those who Wait (December 2023)
Too Pooped to Pap (March 2020)
When Life Gives You Pumpkins (August 2020)
Where's My Bicycle? (January 2021)
Other Stories
A Meeting of The Supreme Council
Meanwhile, at the Crawford's...
The Myth of The Scrolls of Perpetual Servitude