Iain Kelly

Fiction Writing

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  • HOUSE OF CARDS

    ‘Is this a joke?’ Indignant ’til the end, even while being led away in handcuffs. Ex-Prime Minister arrested. Sat in a jail cell next to an indicted ex-President. A pair of jokers. Guilty of lies so obvious only the blinkered can’t see them. Like a House of Cards, the weight of so much corruption and…

    Iain Kelly

    22/03/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    arrest, boris, cards, corruption, creative writing, donald, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, guilt, indict, johnson, joker, lies, literature, pack, politics, Short Story, story, trump, Writing, writing prompt
  • TO THE BEACH

    The arrow pointed down the narrow alley, under the words To The Beach. Encumbered by bag and flip-flops, she pushed past holiday-makers and locals. The crowd thinned until she found she was on her own. She heard the silence. Another sign said To The Beach. She shrugged and pressed on. And on. Eventually the alley…

    Iain Kelly

    15/03/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    creative writing, disappearance, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, literature, mystery, sci-fi, Short Story, speculative, story, unexplained, weird, Writing, writing prompt
  • STOP THE BOATS

    The Home Secretary sat down to her meal in the grand hotel ballroom. The day had gone well. ‘STOP THE BOATS’: the perfect slogan to win back their core voters. Some of those irritating lawyers and activists and soft left-y socialists had bleated on about the European Convention of Human Rights, and breaking international law,…

    Iain Kelly

    08/03/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    conservative, convention, creative writing, fascism, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, hate, home secretary, human rights, immigration, law, literature, non-fiction, politics, Short Story, stop the boats, story, tory, Writing, writing prompt, xenophobia
  • SPIN CYCLE

    She tapped her fingers on the worktop. If she could just figure out this ending. She picked up the cup. Empty. Time for a refill. The background noise abated as the spin cycle ended. The words were all there, it just wasn’t singing to her. This was the one, the one that would win her…

    Iain Kelly

    01/03/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    agent, creative writing, deal, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, inspiration, laundrette, laundromat, literature, mundane, process, Publishing, real life, Short Story, spin, story, washing, writer, Writing, writing prompt
  • TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

    First game back. I stick to the same routine. A drink in Craft & Draft beforehand. All the old guys are there, arguing about the roster for the season ahead. They don’t fancy our chances. Walk the same route and in Gate 42, our superstition even though it never guaranteed a win. Take our usual…

    Iain Kelly

    22/02/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    ball game, baseball, bonding, creative writing, dad, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, hot dog, kansas, literature, nostalgia, royals, sentimentality, Short Story, son, sport, story, Writing, writing prompt
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