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Meet Guest Author – Iain Kelly…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: ‘Write about what you know’ – it’s the advice author after author and book after book tells you when you’re starting out. Well, what if all you know is pretty humdrum and ordinary? I’ve never travelled much, I’ve never had a family tragedy or a relationship…
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HIS DAILY PERAMBLE
The first snow of the winter arrived. He looked out at the path and the fields, transformed, covered in a smooth white cowling. This might be the last time he would see such a sight, the pure untrodden blanket, but he’d thought that every winter for the last decade and still he soldiered on. Each…
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FAMILY REMAINS
After Dad had passed away, it fell to Dave to empty out the family home. In the garden shed, Dave looked at the collection of oil cans. There was no use for them now and they weren’t worth anything. He picked up one and opened the lid. There wasn’t oil inside, it was something else.…
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THE VISIT
We were still heading away from the private beach, the staff on the sand were dots in the distance. ‘Shouldn’t we turn back now, Dad?’ He only smiled and carried on rowing, ‘Just a little further.’ Should I be panicking? This wasn’t some mad attempt at reaching another country, was it? ‘I’ve had enough, Dad.…
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WOMAN ‘PROVES’ NESSIE EXISTS
“Man ‘Definitely’ Saw Aliens!” “Doctor ‘Heals’ With Touch Alone!” “Scientists ‘Travel’ Back In Time!” The Editor-in-Chief threw the papers across the room as he spat out each headline. “It would be nice, just once, to have a front page that was genuine and didn’t require quotation marks for legal reasons.” “Remember we did try that,…
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Iain Kelly 