Month: January 2021

• THE WRONG GUY

  

  The man arrived in reception and shouted his name. ‘Guy?’ He stood up and walked towards him, ‘Hello.’ ‘This way, we haven’t got much time.’ Odd, he thought, his interview for a BBC accountant job wasn’t for another twenty minutes. They hurried along corridors. ‘It’ll be Karen interviewing you. Just give her the answers and…

  Iain Kelly

  20/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #fowc, accountant, BBC, comedy, creative writing, drabble, expert, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, funny, gold, guy, guy goma, guy kewney, humor, humour, identity, Interview, literature, mix-up, news24, non-fiction, one word challenge, pundit, Short Story, story, Technology, television, TV, Writing, writing prompt, wrong

• CONFUSED ME(ME)

  ‘You’re a meme!’ said Agnes. ‘A what-what now?’ said Archie. ‘A meme. That photo of you from Christmas last year?’ ‘The one where I was dressed up in your…’ ‘No, not that one.’ ‘Because that was just for playing the dame in the panto.’ ‘Yes, dear. No, the one where you opened the present from…

  Iain Kelly

  19/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, comedy, confused, creative writing, Fiction, fitbit, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, infection, literature, meme, modern, online, photo, picture, Short Story, society, story, Technology, viral, Writing, writing prompt

• TENACIOUS

  ‘She’s tenacious, a fighter, we’re not giving up hope.’ It was nice of him, but I could see he didn’t believe it. She had finally met her match. It had been a week without a sign of her. I wrapped myself against the cold. The search would resume when the storm cleared, but now they…

  Iain Kelly

  16/01/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

  Cold, creative writing, cruel, Fiction, Flash Fiction, literature, lost, mountain, mountaineer, Nature, rescue, risk, Short Story, snow, storm, story, tenacious, weather, weekend writing prompt, wind, Writing, writing prompt

• NO TROUBLE AT ALL

  Alongside temperature checks every time I enter the building, my work are introducing rapid flow Covid-19 testing next week for all staff that have to be in the building. Everyone will also get a proximity alarm that will go off if someone is closer than 2 metres away. The kids are at home and we’ve…

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Non-fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, alarm, bad times, blues, coronavirus, covid-19, creative writing, diary, family, friends, home schooling, journal, literature, no trouble, non-fiction, pandemic, panic, real life, schooling, Short Story, story, symptons, teachers, temperature, testing, trouble, trying, winter, work, Writing, writing prompt

• THE TROUBLE WITH CHOICES

  Life’s all about choices. Take diet: instead of the full fat burger, choose the veggie burger. Instead of wine, water. Instead of chocolate, carrot and dip. Everything in moderation. Take exercise: instead of sitting in front of the television, choose getting out for a walk or a run. Take politics: instead of supporting the rich…

  Iain Kelly

  14/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, choices, creative writing, diet, enforced, exercise, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hate, instead, left, literature, mask, pandemic, political, right, rights, scary, Short Story, speech, story, time, Writing, writing prompt