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  • HIDDEN GEM

    HIDDEN GEM

    The jagged edge of a smashed decorative glass hangs in the doorway. A gust catches it, sending it swinging into the wall. Another piece of blue shatters. Progress through the dark house, flashlight highlights: furniture upturned, crockery smashed, cupboards ripped open. Had they found it? Move upstairs, lift the floorboard. Still there, safe and sound.…

    Iain Kelly

    29/07/2020
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    caper, creative writing, crime, dark, dauphin, dolphin, drabble, drama, Fiction, Flash Fiction, floorboards, Friday Fictioneers, gem, heist, hidden, house, Jewel, literature, sapphire, shatter, Short Story, stolen, stones, story, theft, Writing, writing prompt
  • BOOK REVIEW: WE HIDE WHAT WE HATE ABOUT OURSELVES by MELODY FINCH

    The Blurb: Annabelle Riley invites you to join her on a rocky journey to happiness, that will make you laugh and cry along the way. Annabelle has discovered that hiding what she hates about herself has caused damage to those she loves most. Behind a sunshine smile, she has been hiding a mental health issue…

    Iain Kelly

    26/07/2020
    book review, Books, creative writing, Review
    amazon, blog, book, book review, family, Fiction, kindle, love, melody finch, mental health, Publishing, relationship, Review, Romance, self-publishing, Writing
  • THE DARKNESS

    THE DARKNESS

    This wasn’t where he belonged. He was comfortable in town, in the narrow, dirty streets and rundown boarding houses. He liked to be among people, even though he despised them. He felt comfort in the crowd. But he had to escape. He could feel the darkness descending again. The need. He wanted to resist it.…

    Iain Kelly

    23/07/2020
    #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story
    #amreading, #amwriting, #writephoto, brides in the bath, cloud, conflict, creative writing, darkness, drowning, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, george joseph smith, history, illness, literature, marriage, mental, mind, money, murder, polygamist, polygamy, real life, serial killer, sex, Short Story, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt
  • GATHERING AT THE CAFE ROUGE

    GATHERING AT THE CAFE ROUGE

    Typical. Hours of practice on facial proportions, angles and shadows wasted. She’d spent so long getting the nose and mouth just right on each person in the scene. She sighed and mixed the colours. Plenty of medical light blue for most. A couple of brighter hues for the more imaginative people. A small rectangle added…

    Iain Kelly

    22/07/2020
    creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story
    amend, art, artist, blue, cafe, change, colour, coronavirus, covid-19, creative writing, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, literature, mask, medical, new normal, painting, palette, pandemic, portrait, real life, scene, Short Story, story, wear, Writing, writing prompt
  • BOOK REVIEW: LAYLA’S SONG by PAUL McCRACKEN

    BOOK REVIEW: LAYLA’S SONG by PAUL McCRACKEN

    The Blurb: Michael is a family man, working long hours to provide for his family. Things take a dark turn when he and his family are subject to a series of threatening and intimidating phone calls, claiming Michael is not who he says he is. One night, when Michael is out, his home is attacked…

    Iain Kelly

    18/07/2020
    book review, Books, creative writing, Literature, novel, Review, Writing
    #amreading, #amwriting, action, book, book review, creative writing, crime, drugs, ireland, kidnap, layla’s song, literature, novel, paul mccracken, Publishing, ransom, reading, revenge, Review, self-publishing, thriller, violence, Writing
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