Month: July 2018

• THE SIMPLE THINGS

  

  ‘A shoe shop?’ She was incredulous. ‘They had to actually go out to find shoes that fitted, try them on and buy them?’ ‘Yes. Some women adored doing it, had collections of hundreds of pairs. The same with clothes, bags, jewellery.’ ‘I do like the red shoes she is wearing,’ my daughter mused. ‘Can I […]

  Iain Kelly

  30/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  3D print, change, creative writing, daughter, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, future, history, humor, humour, life, literature, museum, parenting, past, scan, sci-fi, science fiction, shoe shop, shoes, shopping, Short Story, simple, story, Writing, writing prompt

• MUTATION

  

  ‘Scan it,’ Colonel Hawk ordered. Kelso gulped and approached the huge skull with it’s gaping eyes and large nasal cavity. He raised his scanner. It bleeped and the gave a read out. He radioed back. ‘Negative, Colonel. Whatever it is, it’s from this planet.’ ‘Some sort of mutated monster gorilla,’ Hazard mused, peering over the […]

  Iain Kelly

  29/07/2018

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

  army, bomb, creative writing, experiments, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, indian ocean, island, king kong, literature, mutation, Nature, nuclear, remote, rock, sculpture, Short Story, skull, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, tourists, Writing, writing prompt

• AN ACT OF MERCY

  

  His face was as stony as the rocky outcrop at the top of the hill. I wondered if his heart was made of similar granite. Since Mum had passed he hadn’t shed a tear. My sisters and I had gathered round, reminiscing, watching old family films, looking through old photographs. We laughed at the memories, […]

  Iain Kelly

  26/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, ashes, assisted, creative writing, Death, dementia, dying, euthanasia, family, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, life, literature, memories, mercy, mother, murder, old age, outcrop, rock, scattering, selfish, selfless, Short Story, sister, stone, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• LIFELONG FRIENDS

  

  Bill took Agnes’ arm and steered her to the pavement. ‘One too many prosecco?’ ‘Come on, follow the white lines home,’ Archie called back to them. ‘Remember that time you followed the wrong white line…’ ‘…all the way off the end of the boardwalk.’ Bill and Archie finished off Agnes’ story. Archie took Agnes’ arm. […]

  Iain Kelly

  25/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agnes, Archie, cancer, creative writing, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, friends, good times, growing old, holiday, humor, humour, life, literature, memories, old age, sadness, Short Story, story, vacation, Writing, writing prompt

• DEATH DUMBS DOWN

  

  ‘I tried Tiddlywinks, Ludo, even Snap. In the end I settled on this.’ Death gestured to the game scrawled out on the paper in front of them. Reginald felt a pang of sympathy for the depressed figure shrouded in his black robe. ‘Really? Tic-Tac-Toe was the only one we could cope with?’ ‘It’s called Noughts […]

  Iain Kelly

  24/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  black comedy, cat’s game, chess, comedy, creative writing, Death, draw, dumb, dumbing down, entrance, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, games, hell, humor, humour, life, literature, noughts and crosses, Short Story, story, the seventh seal, Writing, writing prompt