Simone Bowers

Well, it's been a minute since my last effort, but I've conjured up a (somewhat average) 500-word story and clicked 'submit'. Thanks again to @WritersCentreAU for the nudge to get creative with #furiousfiction Good luck FF'ers.

@WritingDani Hoping your turmoil isn't around for long, Dani. Your loyal #30words30days community supports you and will be here when you're ready to jump back in. 🥰

Hello #30words30dayscommunity I’ve got a lot of turmoil going on just now, so sadly I won’t be #prompting this #November Look forward to seeing you all in April for #30words30days Meanwhile, Happy Writings! ✏️😁 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FlashFiction #microfiction #prompt

My determination to submit to @WritersCentreAU #furiousfiction failed 😣 Busy being a tourist in stunning Sydney interfered with my plans. Next month 🤞🏼

It's @WritersCentreAU #furiousfiction time again. I've got a busy weekend ahead, but I am determined to submit something this month. Good luck to all FF'ers (great prompts to work with ... I think🤔)

@rat_ink 🙋🏼‍♀️😋

Brie tried her first at a party, developing cravings she satisfied by keeping a secret stash. Quitting was hard. Alas, she relapsed at the supermarket—just couldn’t resist half-price Cheezels.   #30Words365 #Relapse

@KProkhovnik Perfect depiction 🙌🏼

If I could distil the essence of beach holiday it would sound like this. Wattle birds creaking, magpies warbling, black cockatoos screeching overhead. Somewhere in the distance, the sea pulses. #30words30days #essence

Cross customers… Dodgy drivers… Pickle-hating progeny… Master manipulators… Stressed-out strangers… Influencers exhorting affluence and emitting effluence… At least we can decompress each evening thanks to 30-word-story prompts. #30Words365 #Master #30Words30Days #Pickle

Thank you @WritingDani, for continuing this fun challenge (a lot of catch-up posts for some of us 😆) It's always great to reconnect with familiar names 😊

I farewelled September with a wave, made the smooth transition to connect with October, landed in a Yamaha-organ-sized pickle. A check confirmed I’d missed the essence of the 30-day challenge. #30words30days #wave #smooth #essence #organ #check #pickle #connect #compoundwords?

@janehhodgkinson @WritersCentreAU Congratulations 🙌🏼 I've literally just opened the email and scrolled through for familiar names. I am looking forward to reading your 'lil story' 😊

@WritersCentreAU Oh my! Super excited that my lil story got picked for the September #FuriousFiction showcase! Thank you for the feedback @WritersCentreAU and well done everyone! writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious-f…

Oh wow - its already time for the September #FuriousFiction - 'just' 500 words - its never as easy as it sounds! Thank you @WritersCentreAU and good luck everyone on your travels! writerscentre.com.au/furious-fictio…

The once sturdy frame of Belle’s childhood home was becoming rickety, much like the frame of her marriage to her childhood sweetheart. Sometimes it’s not possible to reinforce young love. #30words30days #frame

I underestimated the energy consumed to paste a smile onto my face when my faith in the strength of friendship is shattered, and my heart is broken. I am spent. #30words30days #paste

‘Okay, let’s get you in the right position. On your back.’ ‘Completely flat?’ ‘Yep. Now, deep breath in. And wiggle it. A bit more. And yank that jean zipper.’ ‘Success!’ #30words30days #wiggle

Oh yes, I can see you, looking so nice Perfectly central, and sure to entice I glanced over once (okay, it was twice) You’re glossy and beautiful, red jelly slice #30words30days #slice

@KProkhovnik 😆

They love their yellow towing hooks on their oversize utes, these men. Big bright testicles that wiggle and wobble as they drive, dangling heavily off the bar at the back. #30words30days #wiggle

@KProkhovnik 🙄

Two heads bent together at the neighbouring table. Eavesdropping – difficult, but possible – provided a depressing slice of life. ‘No-one recognised her,’ the young man said, ‘because she’d. Let. Herself. Go!’ #30words30days #slice

@rat_ink 👏🏼 ... skedaddle. Not a word you see very often, but when you do, it's an image generator 🙌🏼

The tremors joggle the building’s residents. They skedaddle as thirty-two floors lean and sway. Then one last wiggle by Earth, and the tower curtsies to the point of no return. #30Words365 #Point #30Words30Days #Wiggle

Troy feigned exhaustion after the expedition with Nan to collect milk from Uncle Bert’s farm. What felt like endless miles of hiking was only a short walk up the road. #30words30days #expedition #childhoodmemories

Albert was thrilled when the grandchildren headed out to collect pine cones. Kindling for the fire, he thought. Instead, he spent the afternoon watching the children teaching themselves to juggle. #30words30days #pine

‘Nanny, Poppy, look at Mummy’s birthday present from Daddy. Only for special, he said.’ Uh-oh. With a wobbly strut, Marney proudly modelled the black lace corset (over her Bluey pj’s). #30words30days #lace