Iain Kelly

MR. VORACIOUS

He decided: from now on, whatever it was, he was going to do it voraciously. That’s what they said about all these successful people: Musk and Jobs and Bezos, they were obsessives and workaholics. Work hard, play hard. That was how to get ahead. So he would work longer hours and stop taking breaks and…

Iain Kelly

04/12/2020

#fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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AESTHETICALLY PLEASING

How they had mocked him at Right-Angle Brick Co.: What’s wrong with an old-fashioned rectangle? A deformed brick gave him the inspiration, he had to make order out of its irregularity. And here it was, laid out across the town square, each polygon snugly slotting together (debate still raged about whether they qualified as hexadecagons).…

Iain Kelly

02/12/2020

creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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SURVIVAL

I tried not to vomit as I peeled the fetid sock away from my foot. It came off in tattered patches, stuck to the putrid flesh underneath. The pain was excruciating. I had to look. It wasn’t my foot any longer. I didn’t recognise it. It was just a lump of red-purple meat. There were…

Iain Kelly

30/11/2020

#fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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DOUBT

The End. Sit back and feel that wave of satisfaction. Done it. Seventy-thousand words. A great ending. A strong start. Plenty of twists. Sags a bit in the middle. Needs a bit of work there. That character is a stereotype. That part is unbelievable. Is it really any good? It’s dire. Back to the start.…

Iain Kelly

28/11/2020

creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

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I SWEAR

I swore fidelity to the crown and to my husband. I knew as I uttered the words to both, solemnly and with reverence, that I would keep neither. The marriage was arranged and brokered between the families. A marriage of business and politics. It was polite and kind and never hurtful, but it was passionless…

Iain Kelly

27/11/2020

#fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

#fowc, business, creative writing, crown, Death, drama, Fiction, fidelity, Flash Fiction, hanging, historical fiction, infidelity, intrigue, literature, love, marriage, politics, rebel, redemption, Romance, Short Story, spy, story, Writing, writing prompt

MR. VORACIOUS

AESTHETICALLY PLEASING

SURVIVAL

DOUBT

I SWEAR