I’ve done NaNoWriMo and NaPoWriMo (rebranded KPoWriMo here). Now I’ve gone and sign up for Stories on Fire, where participants try to write one short story every day of the month.
As we say over here – cari nahas.
I can’t remember the last time I wrote a short story, although it could have been the whopper that got published in Dark City 2 ( 2007, ed. Xeus). My objective is to crank out a couple of short stories in a week – at the minimum word count of 1,000 – so that I’ll go from zero stories to a figure that is not zero. Sounds like a plan? Cool.
You can randomly drop by my Twitch livestream to see if I’m online and cheer me on. I am regularly on every night from 9pm until I finish writing my story.
If all goes well or goes at all, you will find a list of completed stories updated below.
(Last Updated: 23 Sept 2023)
- Story #1 | 2,948 words | Going Home
- A magical realism story about two urban explorers friends who accidentally entered a pocket dimension at an abandoned mansion, forcing one of them to reveal the truth about who they are.
- Story #2 | 845 words | Isle of Spirits
- The new warden of the Isle of Spirits learn the ropes of the loneliest job in the world.
- Story #3 | 877 words | Starseed
- “It all started when it fell from the sky.”
- Story #4 | 1,551 words | Safe Haven
- Two old friends realise that they were meant to be together this whole time.
- Story #5 | 2,740 words | Room Service
- The intruders found what they came for, but wanted more.
- Story #6 | 578 words | Flight
- A baby sea turtle finds an unexpected new home.
- Story #7| 1,117 words | Inspector Girlie Dog Inspects a Drain
- There’s something in the drain…
- Story #8 | 1,076 words | The History of Us
- Two estranged ex-friends confront the truth of what happened between them while the world crumbles.
- Story #9 | 1,182 words | Natural 20
- She knew his secret identity all along…
- Story #10 | 1,394 words | Glass
- Two sinners in a deserted church.
- Story #11 | 1,594 words | Special Delivery
- Some purchases have to be picked up personally.
- Story #12 | 1,061 words | Let Them Eat Cake
- A private chef brings a personal assistant a slice of cake.
- Story #13 | 1,271 words | Use Your Words
- Co-authors meet to crunch through a writer’s block.
- Story #14 | 1,109 words | Proper Courtship
- You finally crack that tough nut that is Hassian the hunter. Palia fanfic.
- Story #15 | 863 words | Strawberry Lemonade
- The dream started the same way but this time someone intervened.
- Story #16 | 534 words | The New Fish
- Bubbles has a crush on the half human half fish.
- Story #17 | 1,616 words | The Chosen
- Two best friends were forced into participating in a top secret project.
- Story #18 | 671 words | Writing on the Wall
- What if the writing on the wall talked back?
- Story #19 | [missed]
- Story #20 | [missed]
- Story #21 | [missed]
- Story #22 | [missed]
- Story #23 | [In progress]