Screenshot of my Facebook post from April 2020 commenting about the Australian Writers' Centre's "Thank You" screen on the Furious Fiction submission page: Well, that was a lot of fun, 55 hours to write a short story!

This post popped up in my FB timeline memories yesterday from my first Furious Fiction in April 2020. Fitting, as I wrote and submitted my seventh April story yesterday! 😊 #writers #writing #furiousfiction #flashfiction #shortstory

Screenshot of the Thank You, Your Story Has Been Received page from the Australian Writers' Centre Furious Fiction website.

Woohoo, my 7th April Furious Fiction submitted. Fingers crossed the judges like reading the story as much as I did writing it! 🤞 #writers #writing #furiousfiction #flashfiction #shortstory

And that's my entry submitted for this month's Furious Fiction contest from the Australian Writers' Centre. Fingers crossed!

#furiousfiction

Just submitted my entry for April #FuriousFiction. My mind went to a strange place. It was fun. #amwriting #writingcommunity #taswriters

Done and sent with 8 hours to spare.

My second #FuriousFiction was a fun experience.

I might be hooked.

Bedtime Stories 'Sweet dreams, Tiger.' I open my eyes and stare at the ceiling above me. Why had Mum's mantra from my childhood bedtimes entered my head?

I'm currently #writing my #shortstory for the April 2026 #FuriousFiction run by the Australian Writers' Centre. This is my seventh April story since my first Furious Fiction in April 2020. Last year's was the longlisted Bedtime Stories. 📖 #writers www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

I realised I went on random and entirely pointless 26-word tangent purely to incorporate the word 'tail'.

Finessing with fresh eyes is possibly the most interesting part of the process.

#FuriousFiction

I haven't entered the #FuriousFiction #WritingCompetition for about 6 months as my head hasn't been in the right (write) space ... Hopefully the judges like my efforts 🤔🤞💜❤️
Good luck everyone else taking part 🍀🍀
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors

Last month I participated in #FuriousFiction for the first time, after not having written anything for at least 30 years.

I enjoyed the process, so am having another crack this weekend.

But this month's effort is quite literally a continuation of that original story.

I fear that may be cheating.

Anyone else on Bluesky participating in this month's #furiousfiction? This is my first one, been a long time since I wrote short stories but the prompt is juicy!

Love the #FuriousFiction #WritingCompetition as it always has interesting prompts 🤔🤗 Need to work out if my head is in the right space to develop & create a narrative worthy of it this weekend 🤔😱💜❤️

#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting #WritersAndEditors

Family Reflections Mum's up first, though she doesn't like looking at her reflection nowadays. She splashes her face and turns away from me with a towel.

The brief drops this afternoon for this weekend's April 2026 #FuriousFiction writing challenge run by the Australian Writers' Centre. It'll be my 7th April challenge since 2020. My 4th in 2023 was my first showcased story! ☺️ #writers #writing #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

The Lost Hour You know what it's like when you lose something. It's always in the last place you look. But how do you find a lost hour?

The brief drops on Friday for the weekend's April 2026 #FuriousFiction. This is my 7th April challenge since 2020. My 3rd in 2022 was "unofficial" because the challenge briefly shifted to quarterly. But I needed my monthly fix! ⏰ #writers #writing #flashfiction www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

A Song on the Radio Elliot parked close to the beach and grabbed a brown-bagged bottle of tequila. Tie a Yellow Ribbon was on the radio, and he turned it up loud.

This weekend is the April 2026 #FuriousFiction writing challenge run by the #AustralianWritersCentre. It will be my sixth April challenge since my first in 2020, when I wrote A Song on the Radio. 📻 #writers #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

a woman is holding a crystal ball in her hand . ALT: a woman is holding a crystal ball in her hand .

David Bowie/Jareth and his wiggling brows would like to remind you that #FuriousFiction will kick off again this Friday.
Don't be late, or he keeps the baby. (What babe?... etc)

Ah, delighted to see my servo inspired ghost story sneak on to the March #FuriousFiction long list! Leaned into horror with this one, and I'm not talking about petrol prices. #writing

Made the list again for #furiousfiction
Behold a quintessentially Oregon flash fiction about bigfoot
#writing

I recognise a name in this month's #FuriousFiction longlist, though mention him because I don't want to spoil his surprise. 🤫 (And no, it's not me! 😭) #writers #writing #flashfiction #shortstory www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...

Alone in the Sauna Jez closed her eyes, took a deep breath, savouring the hot, dry air of the sauna in her nostrils and the sweat on her skin.

A post popped up in my FB memories on Monday morning after I'd submitted my story for the weekend's #FuriousFiction. It was a timely reminder that I hadn't shared March 2025's #shortstory. Now I have! 👇 www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor... #writers #writing #writesky

That was the most challenging #FuriousFiction I've completed. This week has been frantically busy so I wasn't sure I'd do it. But I did complete it, so yay.

A screenshot of the Thank You - Your Story Has Been Received screen from the Australian Writers' Centres' Furious Fiction website page.

Tada! My 6th March #FuriousFiction since 2020 submitted. I can't tell you much about it until the Writers' Centre announces the (blind-judged) showcased and longlisted stories at the end of the month. Except that I loved writing my #shortstory over the weekend, as always! ❤️ #writers #writing

054 – #SmallJoys

This weekend I challenged myself.

I haven't written anything for at least 30 years but decided to have a crack at #FuriousFiction

The story poured out Friday night.
Some editing yesterday. Some tweaking this morning. And I'm done, with 12 hours to spare.

Pretty happy with it 🙂

A screenshot of the Furious Fiction page on the Australian Writers' Centre's website.

I've written my first draft for March 2026's Furious Fiction, with 1 day, 6 hours, and 50 minutes of editing and proofreading to go before Sunday's midnight deadline. I hope your stories are coming together.🤞🍀🐇 #writers #writing #furiousfiction #shortstory www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fict...

My knees covered in gardening dirt beside the retaining wall I built last month.

It's Furious Fiction time again so I'll be busy writing all weekend ... soon! 🙄 #writers #writing #furiousfiction #shortstory #gardening

Dusting off my flash fiction mittens and writing something (probably silly) for #furiousfiction this month. I used to do it religiously a few years ago, and it's really such a fun little exercise. For the uninitiated: www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fict...

#writing #writesky #writingcommunity

The Sol Eight Expedition The captain noticed muttering among his crew. He shared their frustration. A faulty interstellar drive had slowed the ship's speed.

I've shared my sci-fi short story for the Australian Writers' Centre's February #FuriousFiction. The brief included that the story's theme had to be "EIGHT". 🚀 #writers #writing #scfi #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

Furious Fiction — One Theme, Two Stories My friend Gav Harris and I both made the longlist for February 2026's Furious Fiction writing challenge with our widely different stories.

A blog post about how a friend and I started with the same theme for Australian Writers' Centre's February 2026 Furious Fiction, wrote two widely different stories, and both made the longlist for the month! ✍️ #writers #writing #furiousfiction #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/furious...

Well, that's a nice surprise - long-listed in this month's #FuriousFiction. Can't complain about that!!
Thanks @writerscentreau.bsky.social

The Lost and Found Story I only realised I'd 'lost' my August 2023 short story when I started working on a blog post to mark four years of Furious Fictions.

This post popped up while migrating my Tall And True Short Reads podcast website to a new platform. I'd forgotten how I lost and found one of my #FuriousFiction stories. And that I didn't recognise its plot and characters! 🤔 #blogging #writing #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/lost-an...

A few days ago I submitted to #furiousfiction challenge. Excited to see what others have written!