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Jul 17

I look forward to the #FuriousFiction competitions because I've become addicted to the escapism of writing short stories. ~ Robert Fairhead, Introduction to Twelve Furious Months (2021). ✍️ ️📱 #writing #shortstories #books #ebooks #kindle #kobo robertfairhead.com/twelve-furious

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Thank you,

, for #FuriousFiction. I'm proud to submit my 24th consecutive #shortstory for your 50th edition of the competition. And so grateful for your inspiration to write it! Good luck, everyone. 🤞 #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity

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Real wage rise sticks and carrots. Today's

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A #FathersDay2022 message from the Male Pattern Baldness Society.

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Bugger, I discounted the winning #Wordle word on my 3rd guess! 🤦‍♂️ #Wordle442 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

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Tada, tada! Finished the second draft of my #shortstory for this weekend's #FuriousFiction. Now I'm going for a walk with one of the central four-legged characters in my #shortstory, my dog! 😀🐶

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

· Sep 3

Tada, I've written the first draft of my #shortstory for September 2022's #FuriousFiction! Hope everyone else is happy with their #writing. And don't panic, because we've still got 32 hours until the deadline!

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

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Love this #FathersDay book and card from my son. ❤️ #beingadad

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What an amazing few days of AFL finals football! And on the latest FOOTYOLOGY PODCAST, RoCo & Shawry wrap it ALL up, the victors, the vanquished, what it means and where they go from here. It's the only summary you'll need, and nice & early!

footyology.com.au

Footyology Podcast: A truly epic first week of finals | Footyology

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

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Sheer delight finding the latest #Footology podcast episode in my feed this morning. AND reliving the highlights of the first round of #AFL finals with

@rohan_connolly

and Robert

@shawry_analyst

! (Especially, the Swannies' victory! 🥳) 👏👏👏

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Rohan Connolly

@rohan_connolly

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What an amazing few days of AFL finals football! And on the latest FOOTYOLOGY PODCAST, RoCo & Shawry wrap it ALL up, the victors, the vanquished, what it means and where they go from here. It's the only summary you'll need, and nice & early! footyology.com.au/footyology-pod

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

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Aw, this post popped up in my timeline memories on FB this morning. And 6 years on and now 60+, the sentiment remains as strong as ever! ❤️ #beingadad #FathersDay #FathersDay2022

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

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Aw, look what my son bought me for #FathersDay, The Boy From Boomerang Crescent by #EddieBetts! ❤️ #beingadad

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A 54-point turnaround, just wow. #foreverfreo

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

And then we had #AFLDockersDogs! Can't wait for the #FOOTYOLOGY #AFLFinals wrap with

@rohan_connolly

and Robert

@shawry_analyst

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Rohan Connolly

@rohan_connolly

· Sep 3

Best weekend of finals footy since first week of 1994, I think. That was just amazing ...again! #AFLCatsPies

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Sydney and Geelong straight into preliminary finals, Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne and Collingwood fight on, Richmond and the Bulldogs done and dusted. On FOOTYOLOGY, Shayne Hope wraps up an amazing weekend of AFL finals action.

@shayne_hope

#footyology

footyology.com.au

The Wrap: Notes you need to know from the finals | Footyology

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

"This will be a victory no footy fan will ever forget"! Hear, hear, and heave ho! 👏 #AFLDockersDogs #AFLFreoDogs #AFLFinals

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Fremantle Dockers

@freodockers

· Sep 3

WE'RE THROUGH TO A SEMI-FINAL

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

Sadly, one team looks like it should be playing finals and the other looks like it should be Carlton! 🙄 #AFLDockersDogs #AFLFinals

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@freodockers

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QT | Really poor start.

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

Can't believe I was in Perth at #OptusStaidium only 3 Saturdays ago with my dad and brothers to watch the Western Derby! ❤️ #AFLDockersBulldogs #AFLFinals #GoDockers

Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

This is a great book offering insight into the history and lives of #Indigenous #Australian trackers. It was a gift from my son for #FathersDay a few years back, and I highly recommend it! ❤️

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Michael Bennett

@nthistorian

· Sep 3

Can’t wait to be part of the @OutbackWriters festival this Friday evening at @MacquarieRegLib. See the following link for more details: mrl.nsw.gov.au/EventViewTrain

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Can’t wait to be part of the

@OutbackWriters

festival this Friday evening at

@MacquarieRegLib

. See the following link for more details: mrl.nsw.gov.au/EventViewTrain

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@WritersCentreAU

Sep 3

That app on your phone – is it a TORCH or a FLASHLIGHT? Why are there two words for the same thing? Which word came first? And what do power tools and zinc have to do with it? We shed light on the subject in this week’s Q&A on our blog right now…

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Best weekend of finals footy since first week of 1994, I think. That was just amazing ...again! #AFLCatsPies

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

Don't have skin in the result as a #SydneySwans fan, except that I love #AFL, and what game! 👏 #AFLCatsPies #AFLGeelongCollingwood #AFLFinals #GoSwans

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Deja vu dog! Last night and tonight. ❤️ #dogs #rescuedog #blackdog #blacklab #labrador #mydog #mydogposts #dogsofinstagram #dogsoftwitter

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

Another one of those #Worlde-days, so I'm happy to get away with a 5-guess win! 😬 #Wordle441 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

Tada, I've written the first draft of my #shortstory for September 2022's #FuriousFiction! Hope everyone else is happy with their #writing. And don't panic, because we've still got 32 hours until the deadline! ⏳

writerscentre.com.au

Furious Fiction | Australian Writers' Centre

The next FURIOUS FICTION challenge will go live 5pm Friday 2 September 2022. Days Hours Minutes Seconds NOTIFY ME WHEN IT BEGINS Days Hours Minutes Seconds SUBMIT STORY Days Hours Minutes Seconds...

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This week’s cartoon, by

@jonkudelka

… #AusPol #SatPaper

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Jon Kudelka cartoon, September 3, 2022

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 3

It's my third #FuriousFiction September! And while saving this year's draft, I wondered what I'd written for 2021 and 2020. And here's 2020's #shortstory, The Cruise Ship (again, I've also narrated this a podcast episode). 🚢 2/2

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The Cruise Ship | Short Stories | Fiction

Should have done this years ago. But don't tell Pearl I said that because she's been on at me for ages to do a cruise. I kept telling her I didn't want to be stuck on a floating hotel with a bunch of...

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It's my third #FuriousFiction September! And while saving this year's draft, I wondered what I'd written for 2021 and 2020. Here's last year's #shortstory, A Free Spirit (which I've also narrated as a podcast episode). 💡 1/2

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A Free Spirit | Short Stories | Fiction

Nadine lies on her mattress on the floor of the attic. She stares up at the naked light bulb hanging from the ceiling and the moth circling it.

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BREAKING: Footyology has conducted an internal investigation after criticism of our shirt choice at last night’s post-match press conference. That investigation has now concluded with the finding that you can all sod off. 😎

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@jonkudelka

Sep 3

He is telling you this in large bold type in a whole page of a newspaper. There is a photo of him doing a facsimile of a smile at the top. I think he appears on the telly as well. Possibly on the radio.

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Déjà vu in my Facebook timeline memories this morning! 🔴⚪️ #AFLDemonsSwans #AFLFinals #GoSwans ❤️

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We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ~ #MartinLutherKing #MLK #quotes

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 2

RT: Short Stories shared on Tall And True, an online showcase and forum for writers, readers and publishers. ✍️💻📱 #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writing #fiction #shortstories

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Robert Fairhead

@tallandtrue

Sep 2

#GoSwans! Wish I could be there at the #MCG hugging Swannies players and fans, too! 🔴⚪️ #AFLDemonsSwans #AFLFinals ❤️

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#GoSwans! What a game! Cheer cheering you guys to a preliminary final at the #SCG! ❤️

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The siren sounds and we have a two goal lead heading into the final quarter... An amazing fight back after conceding three early goals - the Bloods never quit! #Bloods #AFLDemonsSwans