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  • FRANK, THE WONDER HORSE

    Frank, the Wonder Horse, loved his life. Riding across the plains, chasing the criminals, watching the sunset with the Old Sheriff by his side. One evening, Frank found he he was sharing his barn with a strange new contraption. The next morning, he watched the Sheriff turning on the contraption and riding out the barn…

    Iain Kelly

    05/08/2016
    creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Writing
    Cars, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Horse, Humanity, Man, Technology, western, Wild West, Writing
  • THE HIGHEST BOTTLE

    THE HIGHEST BOTTLE

         First attempt at Friday Fictioneers challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details here). The idea is to write a short story based on the photo prompt. My first attempt is a little on the long side, but not by too much, so I hope I’ll be forgiven! THE HIGHEST BOTTLE ‘You want a…

    Iain Kelly

    04/08/2016
    creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Literature
    Bar, bottle, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, scotch, Writing
  • THE JEWEL AND THE SEA

               The waves lapped on the hull. The mainsail flapped in the gentle breeze. The sun burned. The coast was a hazy blur in the distance behind them. The woman lay motionless on the deck of the sailboat. She lay on her back, basking in the sun’s rays. She wore a…

    Iain Kelly

    03/08/2016
    Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Short Story, Writing
    Bijou, Boat, Cote D’Azur, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, France, Jewel, Man, Mediterranean, Prose, regret, Romance, Sailing, sea, Short Story, story, suicide, tragedy, Woman, Writing
  • THE ATTIC BY THE SEA

    Exercise from a creative writing course I recently completed: Imagine a beach. On the beach is a door that leads to an attic. You go into the attic. Write about what you find there. THE ATTIC BY THE SEA        The attic was bare. The floorboards rough and uneven. As I walked across…

    Iain Kelly

    29/07/2016
    Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Writing, Writing Exercise
    attic, beach, calm, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, imagery, literature, memories, sea, Short Story, Writing, writing course, Writing Exercise
  • LAST ORDERS

    The result of a writing exercise from a course I took recently – given the first sentence, extrapolate a page of fiction writing. LAST ORDERS            He lifted his head from his drinking, as cattle do, and looked at me vaguely. His large, dark, empty eyes reinforced the bovine similitude. He didn’t…

    Iain Kelly

    29/07/2016
    Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Writing Exercise
    Bar, Bartender, Fiction, First Sentence, Flash Fiction, Last Orders, noir, Short Story, Writing, Writing Exercise
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