Iain Kelly

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  • SURMISE

    SURMISE

    Surmise: noun, to suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.”he surmised that something must be wrong.” See also: guess, conjecture, suspect. I surmise that there is intelligent life form other than ourselves somewhere out there in the universe. I surmise that there is a God, or some God or all the…

    Iain Kelly

    06/11/2020
    #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #fowc, accuse, alien, alternative facts, America, boris johnson, brexit, britain, comedy, conjecture, creative writing, election, elvis, evidence, fact, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flat earth, God, guess, humor, humour, john lennon, literature, michael jackson, non-fiction, religion, Short Story, Space, story, surmise, trump, universe, Writing, writing prompt
  • A NEW KIND OF UTOPIA

    A NEW KIND OF UTOPIA

    Lockdown again.Office closed, furlough scheme extended.Legally I cannot do any work if I’ve been furloughed.Stay home, stay safe.Raining outside, and cold. Forget exercise.The freezer is stocked up and more food is being delivered straight to my door.Time for feet up, Netflix on, or maybe a good book.Couple of indulgent snacks and maybe a glass of…

    Iain Kelly

    05/11/2020
    #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #fowc, 2020, anxiety, covid-19, creative writing, drink, exercise, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, furlough, literature, lockdown, lonely, media, netflix, news, pandemic, prose poem, Short Story, story, television, utopia, wine, winter, Writing, writing prompt
  • REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME

    REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME

    I’m breaking my own rule for once and writing something overtly political: an opinion piece, and it’s just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Regardless of the eventual outcome of the US Presidential election, more Americans have voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than they did in 2016. Let that sink in. Half of…

    Iain Kelly

    04/11/2020
    #fowc, Commentary, Non-fiction, Writing
    #fowc, abortion, America, biden, civil, climate, democracy, democrat, election, fundamentalist, gun control, health care, immigration, insane, outcome, pandemic, politics, president, racism, religion, republican, result, riots, senate, state, trump, USA, votes, voting, war, white house
  • BIG TAM

    BIG TAM

    A chap at the door. ‘They’re ready for you on set, Mr Connery.’ He smiled. ‘Mr. Connery.’ No one had called him that when he had been riding round Edinburgh on a horse drawn cart delivering milk. Back then he’d been plain ‘Tam’. A lot had happened since then. There was talk of a sequel…

    Iain Kelly

    04/11/2020
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    cart, creative writing, dr no, Fiction, film, filming, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, jamaica, james bond, kingston, legend, literature, location, milkman, scotsman, scottish, scottishness, sean connery, set, Short Story, spy, story, sun, sunshine, tribute, Writing, writing prompt
  • ANTICIPATION

    ANTICIPATION

    It was time. The anticipation building up to this moment had been growing as the weeks, then days, then hours had slowly ticked by. He hooked up the antique laptop to the power supply and prayed it would work. It seemed to take an age running through the start up process. It was definitely getting…

    Iain Kelly

    03/11/2020
    #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #fowc, anticipate, anticipation, birthday, call, civilisation, communication, computer, creative writing, dystopia, dystopian, energy, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, link, literature, one word challenge, power, Short Story, social distancing, story, video call, Writing, writing prompt, zoom
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