Iain Kelly

TIME

Too old. Her back was killing her. She straightened up and stretched. This would be the last year. Next summer she would need to get some help in, or let the garden grow wild. Maybe that was the answer. Time to give up trying to control everything. Time to just go with whatever will be,…

Iain Kelly

09/10/2020

creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

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CRABBIT

Shovelling the seaweed away, Agnes was not happy. ‘Fourth time this year,’ she muttered and threw a disgruntled stare at the waves lapping against the ineffective flood wall. Archie pulled up in the hire van. He drove over the seaweed Agnes had spent the last hour gathering into one neat pile. ‘Next lot ready?’ he…

Iain Kelly

07/10/2020

creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

Her Mum helped her bake the pastries using the rhubarb they had grown in their garden. Each had their own neat tray – rhubarb crumble, rhubarb tarts, rhubarb and toffee cake. She set up the stall at the corner of her street, waiting to capitalise on the Friday, end-of-week rush hour footfall. ‘Treat for the…

Iain Kelly

02/10/2020

creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

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THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE

She could hear her mother’s voice from the grave, ‘Is it worth it?’ The world tilts out of kilter. Sun sears her eyeballs. Cool tarmac against her face. Shards of broken green glass. A dent in a red metal bin. Memories of the night before. Anger and hatred. Standing firm. Too slow to run. Her…

Iain Kelly

30/09/2020

creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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A FUTILE LIFE

It was time to give up. Admit defeat. Accept the desolation. The whole thing was futile. Life was futile. It was just another thing, on top of everything else, that made him angry about this year. A year of pandemic, riots, protests, more Brexit, more Trump, more Boris. Was it no wonder the country was…

Iain Kelly

25/09/2020

creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

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TIME

CRABBIT

ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE

A FUTILE LIFE