Month: February 2022

• BAD FAITH

  

  The world lurched from side-to-side. She staggered into the busy marketplace, bumping into people milling around the stalls. Disgruntled looks followed her as she crossed the square. The church loomed above her. It looked sinister now, after what she had just been told. It had been her haven. A safe place that protected her from […]

  Iain Kelly

  23/02/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Abuse, betrayal, church, cover-up, creative writing, drama, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, literature, religion, scandal, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• CAT-ASTROPHE

  

  It had worked. The strategically placed books – Hugo, Zola, Harari – showing his new colleagues he was an educated reader. A man of philosophical thought. A last minute decision to move Michael J. Fox and some puzzle books into view showed he also understood modern culture and had thoughtful pastimes. Even the cat showing […]

  Iain Kelly

  16/02/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  background, cat, catastrophe, colleague, comedy, creative writing, faux pas, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, literature, new job, orgasm, philosophy, remote, Short Story, sophistication, story, WFH, work, Writing, writing prompt, zoom call

• PICK-UP

  

  They waved him through the road block. No one noticed the sweat on his hands where they gripped the steering wheel. No one checked the rusty trunk on the rusty flatbed truck. They were looking for a Prius, not a clapped out pick-up. He drove for another five miles, then pulled into a layby. He […]

  Iain Kelly

  09/02/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  creative writing, crime, criminal, drama, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, kidnap, kidnapping, literature, pick-up, ransom, Short Story, story, thriller, truck, Writing, writing prompt