The 30-word microfiction stories I wrote for #30Words30Days in September while on the 5-week road trip with my black lab, Jet. 🚍 🐶 ✍️ #dogs #vanlife #roadtrip #uluru #writing #microfiction #30wordstories
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September 2025's #30Words30Days challenge coincided with a #roadtrip I'd planned from #Sydney to #Uluru with my dog. Despite being on the road, I was determined to write and post my daily #30wordstories. ❤️ ✍️ 🚍 🐶 #writers #writing #microfiction #dogs #vanlife
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Despite the kilometres I've clocked up on my #Sydney to #Uluru #roadtrip, I've still had time to write 30-word stories for September! ✍️ #writers #writesky #writingcommunity #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity #blogpost www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/30words...
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My big brother always beat me at Connect 4. It was like he saw my moves ahead of time. That's how I'll remember my big brother. Ahead of his time. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 30/30 #connect
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My big brother always beat me at Connect 4. It was like he saw my moves ahead of time. That's how I'll remember my big brother. Ahead of his time. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 30/30 #connect
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"Aw, yer've got yerself inta a pickle again, 'aven't yer, love?" Gran has an olde-worlde way of simplfying things. Like the morning TV headlines about my latest charges for fraud. ⚖️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 29/30 #pickle
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"Aw, yer've got yerself inta a pickle again, 'aven't yer, love?" Gran has an olde-worlde way of simplfying things. Like the morning TV headlines about my latest charges for fraud. ⚖️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 29/30 #pickle
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I check my list before I head out the door. Yes, I've packed and ticked everything. But a nagging doubt sits on my shoulder in the taxi to the airport. 🤔 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 28/30 #check
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I check my list before I head out the door. Yes, I've packed and ticked everything. But a nagging doubt sits on my shoulder in the taxi to the airport. 🤔 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 28/30 #check
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EDIT: As a boy, I loved the sound of the church organ. Hearing it played on Sundays was a weekly highlight. Until the parish priest offered to show me its pipes. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 27/30 #organ
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As a boy I loved the sound of the church organ. Hearing it played on Sundays was a weekend highlight. Until the parish priest offered to show me its pipes. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 27/30 #organ
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As a boy I loved the sound of the church organ. Hearing it played on Sundays was a weekend highlight. Until the parish priest offered to show me its pipes. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 27/30 #organ
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"It's the essence of love," I deliver my line. "NO, CUT!" the writer-director shouts. "It's a sense of love," he corrects me. My line sounds better, but I say nothing. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 26/30 #essence
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"It's the essence of love," I deliver my line. "NO, CUT!" the writer-director shouts. "It's a sense of love," he corrects me. My line sounds better, but I say nothing. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 26/30 #essence
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His friends called him a "smooth operator". His male friends. It was their blokey euphemism for someone who took advantage of women without considering the consequences. Until he met me! ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #microfiction #30wordstories 25/30 #smooth
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His friends called him a "smooth operator". His male friends. It was their blokey euphemism for someone who took advantage of women without considering the consequences. Until he met me! ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #microfiction #30wordstories 25/30 #smooth
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The last I saw of her was a farewell wave as she headed through the airport departure gates. "I'll be back in three months," she'd said. But our lives diverged. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 24/30 #wave
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The last I saw of her was a farewell wave as she headed through the airport departure gates. "I'll be back in three months," she'd said. But our lives diverged. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 24/30 #wave
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I want to scream at him, but after years as a prosecutor, I frame a calm, yes-or-no answer question: "Did you have sex with the intern after the office party?" ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 23/30 #frame
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I want to scream at him, but after years as a prosecutor, I frame a calm, yes-or-no answer question: "Did you have sex with the intern after the office party?" ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 23/30 #frame
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"Eat the Rich!" I paste the poster on the wall and ask Z, "Do we really want to eat rich people?" She sneers, "Why not?" "Because they're fatty!" Z sighs. 🙄 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 22/30 #paste
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"Eat the Rich!" I paste the poster on the wall and ask Z, "Do we really want to eat rich people?" She sneers, "Why not?" "Because they're fatty!" Z sighs. 🙄 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 22/30 #paste
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Dad said, "Get a wiggle on," so I pulled on my red skivvy and black pants and Dad said, "What're you doing?" and I said, "Playing my guitar with Murray!" 🎸 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 21/30 #wiggle
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Dad said, "Get a wiggle on," so I pulled on my red skivvy and black pants and Dad said, "What're you doing?" and I said, "Playing my guitar with Murray!" 🎸 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 21/30 #wiggle
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Grandma would say, "Everyone deserves a slice of happiness from life." And Grandpa would retort, "But it's not fair that rich bludgers' slices are so much larger than the workers'!" ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 20/30 #slice
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Grandma would say, "Everyone deserves a slice of happiness from life." And Grandpa would retort, "But it's not fair that rich bludgers' slices are so much larger than the workers'!" ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 20/30 #slice
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His road-trip expedition was nearing an end. Soon he would be back at Uluru, a place that was so special in his memories. But then he stopped and turned around. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 19/30 #expedition
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His road-trip expedition was nearing an end. Soon he would be back at Uluru, a place that was so special in his memories. But then he stopped and turned around. ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 19/30 #expedition
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I've double (treble!) checked, Pine should be the prompt word for Day 18, not 19. But hey, we all make mistakes and typos! 😉 #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity
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"Mahogany or pine?" I recall the 1980s TV ad for a Sydney newspaper, featuring a coffin maker making conversation. I was young and laughed. Now I'm deciding: mahogany or pine? ✍️ #30words30days #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories 18/30 #pine
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