Month: March 2017

• A TO Z CHALLENGE APRIL 2017

  

  I am taking part in the annual A to Z Challenge for the month of April. My theme, after much debate, is a simple one – inspired by my children’s A to Z jigsaw, I’m planning to write a short story based on the pictured object for each letter of the alphabet. With a bit […]

  Iain Kelly

  30/03/2017

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Short Story, Writing Exercise

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, april 2017, blog, blogging, creative writing, creativity, jigsaw, theme reveal, Writing, writing challenge, writing prompt

• LOSS

  

  They lay side-by-side on the bed. The sun broke over the harbour. Helena sat up and drew her knees to her chest. Nick looked up at her. He knew it was over. He put his hand out to brush a hair from her face. ‘There is nothing more I can do?’ Nick asked. Helena’s hands […]

  Iain Kelly

  29/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  A Summer in Crete, adapted, birth, breakup, creative writing, Death, edited, europe, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, harbour, holiday, life, literature, loss, miscarriage, sea, Short Story, story, sun, vacation, Writing, writing prompt

• CLASS SOCIETY

  

  ‘Why do you do it, mother?’ Jennie asked, as her mother tucked her into bed and prepared to return to her guests. ‘Do what, darling?’ ‘The singing.’ ‘What’s wrong with my singing?’ Jennie thought back to the after dinner entertainment. Father sat at the piano, Jennie next to him to turn his pages, and Mother […]

  Iain Kelly

  27/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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• MOTHER’S DAY

  

  Mum stopped on the wooden causeway. The wind swept the water over the sides, lapping at our feet. Through the grey mist, a man stood. He wore a grey fedora and trench coat. Mum put her arms round my shoulders as he approached. ‘You shouldn’t have taken the kid. He might have let you go, […]

  Iain Kelly

  26/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  causeway, creative writing, crime, defiant, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gangster, grey, gun, Knife, literature, mother, mother’s day, mum, noir, Short Story, stab, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Woman, Writing, writing prompt

• WINSTON IN PARADISE

  

  Winston waved off the liner as the huge ship was towed away from the harbour. He saw the Havillands and the Haliburtons waving back as he pocketed their money in his shirt pocket. Didn’t he feel like a slave ferrying the rich tourists round the island in his car, taking them out fishing in his […]

  Iain Kelly

  25/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

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