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    Day 2 winner of the GDS micro-microfiction challenge 2021

    Fiction

Yeh-Yeh peeled apples with the care of a surgeon, the slash of the pairing knife leaving a delicate twirl of blushed skin in its wake. It was because of this that I entrusted him with the important task of removing the lace cobwebs that marred my mandarin. He patiently de-shelled them, laying the fragile fruit in my small greedy hands. I held it to the light, admiring the glow of a precious jewel. I hungrily bit into the orange crescent, sanguine sweetness pooled over my tongue and fell off the edges.

They tasted better this way.

GDS commentary: Joanne’s piece takes familiar symbols – cut fruit as a sign of love – and with it, captures a single moment to suggest fully formed characters and relationships. We love the incisive imagery and careful restraint.

Joanne Fong is an emerging writer, creator and functional human. She is a journalist at KOS Magazine and is based in Melbourne. Find her on Instagram @joannefwrites

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Prompt is Twirl. Orange box with twirl text in centre. Two cowboys on either side.

October 15th, 2021 / Fiction

Joanne Fong



 

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  • Electricity — Day 2 winner of the 2020 Swinburne Microfiction Challenge.
  • Kelp Body — by Mira Schlosberg
  • The Devil of Msida — by Nick Robinson
  • GUTS — Day 1 winner of the 2020 Swinburne Microfiction Challenge.
  • The Luddite — Day 3 winner of the 2020 Swinburne Microfiction Challenge.
  • Preparation — by Katerina Gibson
  • Road Movie — by Sophie Tegan Gardiner
  • Afterbirth — by Megan Cheong
  • Things to Remember — Interactive fiction by Tegan E Webb as part of FAKE, our 42nd print edition.
  • Last Stand — Day 4 winner of the GDS micro-microfiction challenge 2021
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  • A History of Work — by Myfanwy McDonald
  • Shoulders — Day 5 winner of the 2020 Swinburne Microfiction Challenge.
  • Hot Wet Luxury Cobra — by Patrick Hunn
  • Impromptu — Fiction for voice and piano, written and performed by Coco Huang.
  • (Dream) Online Writing Workshops — by Jean Velasco
  • Bagaark! — by Emma Hardy
  • Friendly Faces — Day 3 winner of the GDS micro-microfiction challenge 2021
  • Better Left Unsaid — by Mesh Tennakoon
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