Archive - BrainCation

Third Place in 2023's John Gavin Writing Competition

Jul 6 •

April 2025

Shanty of the Doomed Influencers

A cheerful ditty about the horrid end for a yacht of influencers, unable to lighten their load due to indecision over the meanings of flotsam, jetsam…

Apr 23 •

December 2024

The Four Queenslanders

True tales of manhood. Well, mostly true.

Dec 23, 2024 •

November 2024

Advertising: Where Meaning Goes To Die

Part 1: Aural Hex on Oral Sex ... (NSFW) ... Because I'm angry that a song about b*** jobs and snorting b*** is now selling hearing aids!

Nov 8, 2024 •

September 2024

Inadvertently Offensive Storytime

An “… And then the murders began” Story

Sep 29, 2024 •

March 2024

Short Shorts Episode V

The Microfiction Strikes Back | The next chapter in the ongoing saga of micro, nano and teeny-weeny flash fiction recently written but not long enough…

Mar 8, 2024 •

January 2024

Stardust: Trinity

Priorities change after you’re ejected into space with no chance of rescue

Jan 30, 2024 •

Finding Your Spark

The power of a good prompt

Jan 22, 2024 •

December 2023

Life in a Fishbowl

Reflections on the first four weeks of a writer’s residency

Dec 15, 2023 •

November 2023

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