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  • AFTER THE FIRST DATE

    How long before making the call? The next day – too desperate? Two days – too aloof? A week – too late? Always the same conundrum. Not this time. The following evening. Perfect. He dialled. ‘The number you have dialled has not been recognised.’ Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt…

    Iain Kelly

    20/02/2021
    creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt
    call, comedy, creative writing, date, dating, Fiction, first date, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, literature, love, lover, phone call, rejection, Romance, sammiscribbles, seeking, Short Story, spurned, story, weekend writing prompt, Writing, writing prompt
  • A NEW FREEDOM

    Invigorating was one way to describe it. Freedom. A weight lifted. A new start. The rest of his life starting now. He put the sledgehammer down. All that remained of his laptop, PC, tablet and smartphone was a mangled, twisted pile of metal and plastic. His past life, his identity – trashed. He turned his…

    Iain Kelly

    18/02/2021
    #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #fowc, computer, contact, creative writing, fict, Flash Fiction, freedom, human, invigorating, laptop, letting go, life, literature, machine, modern, outside, pressure, short, smartphone, story, stress, tablet, trash, Writing, writing prompt
  • IRRECONCILABLE

    IRRECONCILABLE

    We had our differences. For most couples they would have been irreconcilable, but we always muddled through. It’s all about compromise. Sure, his job kept him busy, away from home a lot. Maybe that helped. We weren’t living under each other’s feet for forty years. Then I found out it wasn’t his job that kept…

    Iain Kelly

    17/02/2021
    #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    #fowc, address, adultery, ashes, bigamy, comedy, compromise, creative writing, dark, Death, differences, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, husband, irreconcilable, kill, literature, marriage, murder, post, postal, remains, Short Story, story, wife, work, Writing, writing prompt
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    Only 11 words allowed this week, so not really a story! This week my story collection is free to possess from Amazon. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt was: Possess. Click on the link to read more stories by other writers. Get ‘Collected Sketches’ for free for the next few days…

    Iain Kelly

    13/02/2021
    Books, sammiscribbles, weekend writing prompt, Writing
    advert, advertisement, amazon, collected sketches, free, giveaway, kindle, non-fiction, possess, sammiscribbles, short stories, weekend writing prompt
  • DEEPER MEANING

    DEEPER MEANING

    ‘I’m worried for your welfare!’ she shouted up to him, trying to hide her genuine fear. ‘I’ll be fine.’ He had come this far, he wasn’t going to turn back now and chicken out in front of everyone. A bet was a bet. He stood in just his pants and looked down at the black…

    Iain Kelly

    11/02/2021
    #fowc, #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #fowc, #writephoto, air, bet, brave, breath, creative writing, deeper, dive, fear, Fiction, Flash Fiction, jump, literature, love, peer, pool, pressure, relationship, rescue, rock, Short Story, story, swim, water, welfare, Writing, writing prompt
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