Iain Kelly

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  • THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIVIDE

    One side of the building faced out onto the street. From the window, she watched the world pass her by. Her view was constantly changing – different people, cars, buildings, all came and went over the decades. It was enough for her to watch and admire. She sat, content. The other side of the building…

    Iain Kelly

    15/02/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    creative writing, divide, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, house, literature, philosophical, philosophy, Short Story, story, thought, Writing, writing prompt
  • THE ROMANTIC

    He scrawled the heart on their bench, the tears streaming down his face matching the grey sleet that slashed across the sky. She would know, she would see what she had done to him. This was where they had met, on this bench. This was where she had told him it was over, that she…

    Iain Kelly

    08/02/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    betrayal, bridge, clean, creative writing, erased, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gesture, graffiti, heart, jump, literature, love, river, Romantic, Short Story, story, suicide, Writing, writing prompt
  • HE NEVER LEFT

    Heading downtown, with a one way ticket out of here. Nothing left for me in this one-horse town. It’s time to go and find my fortune elsewhere. This is my destiny. ‘Yo, Mikey!’ Who’s that at the window? Julie? Man, she is hot, even in tracksuit bottoms and wet hair. ‘Hey, Julie.’ ‘Where you headin’?’…

    Iain Kelly

    01/02/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    balcony, creative writing, destiny, fate, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, juliet, literature, love, Romance, romeo, shakespeare, Short Story, story, window, Writing, writing prompt, youth
  • CAN’T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

    ‘There,’ Archie called, as he swept up the final leaf and dropped it in the bin. ‘Will you come in now?’ Agnes called, her voice rising over the howling gusts of wind. ‘It’s nothing but a strong breeze. Doesn’t it feel better to have the garden clean and pristine?’ ‘Does it matter? The forecast says…

    Iain Kelly

    25/01/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, literal, literature, metaphor, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt
  • IN A SPIN

    He tried to contain his temper as he repeated the same argument into the telephone. ‘I stood in the store with your sales representative and pointed out the exact model I wanted.’ ‘And that’s the model you have,’ the manager explained. ‘Yes, but in white, not pink. Pink doesn’t match the rest of my kitchen.…

    Iain Kelly

    18/01/2023
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, colour, comedy, creative writing, customer, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, kitchen, literature, order, pink, service, Short Story, story, white, Writing, writing prompt
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