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  • HOME ALONE 13: HOLIDAY IN THE HACIENDA

    HOME ALONE 13: HOLIDAY IN THE HACIENDA

    Being abandoned by his family every Christmas as a child had set off the downward spiral. Thirty years later, he had finally hit rock bottom. Cassandra lay naked on the bed, her skin blotchy and bruised, the needle still hanging out her arm. He shelled out the notes from his wallet and left them on…

    Iain Kelly

    23/12/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction
    Abuse, black comedy, border, cartel, childhood, christmas, comedy, creative writing, Dark humor, dealing, decorations, drug, Drug use, family, fan fiction, festive, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hacienda, harm, home alone, humour, issues, kevin, literature, mexico, mule, overdose, prostitute, sex, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Writing, writing prompt
  • A CHRISTMAS STORY

    A CHRISTMAS STORY

    ‘The setting for our Christmas story today is a mountainous region far away, a land of hills and fields. There lived three men there…’ A small hand shot up, ‘Was one of them Santa?’ ‘No, one of them was not Santa. As I was saying, there lived three men there who tended to their flock…

    Iain Kelly

    20/12/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt
    #writephoto, agnostic, atheism, christian, christmas, comedy, creative writing, elf, Fiction, Flash Fiction, funny, humor, humour, literature, Lord, nativity, nursery, reindeer, religion, santa, saviour, setting, Short Story, sleigh, son of God, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, true meaning, Writing, writing prompt
  • THAT ONE SPECIAL DAY

    THAT ONE SPECIAL DAY

    It started one year, with one child. ‘What do those children get?’ she asked, and her mother told her, ‘Not much.’ The child had some shoes she’d outgrown. She placed them at the gate of the orphanage on Christmas Eve. The next year more shoes were left. Another year on and bags of clothing appeared.…

    Iain Kelly

    19/12/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    charity, child, children, christmas, creative writing, donation, feel better, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fortunate, Friday Fictioneers, giving, guilt, innocent, less, literature, orphange, present, secondhand, shame, Short Story, society, story, vulnerable, Writing, writing prompt
  • TABLOID INTRUSION

    TABLOID INTRUSION

    Well, it didn’t look much – a cuddly toy, a small chocolate each, a few sweets. It would have to do. He hoped they would understand. He collected them all and put them in the Santa sack. He left the newspaper lying open on the bed. His own face stared up at him from the…

    Iain Kelly

    17/12/2018
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story
    believe, christmas, creative writing, discovered, family, father christmas, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, found, hidden, hounded, literature, merry, miracle, morning, noel, paparazzi, Presents, press, privacy, real, sack, santa claus, secret, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt
  • Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore – New Book on the Shelves for Christmas – #Dystopian #Thriller A Justified State by Iain Kelly

    Delighted to have been featured on Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore site, with my novel ‘A Justified State.’

    Iain Kelly

    17/12/2018
    creative writing
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