Category: creative writing

• 50/50

  

  Todd cursed himself. He inched out further. The frame and glass creaked. He froze. He peered down, trying to make out the room below. It definitely wasn’t Lacey’s bedroom. She had told him the skylight on the left. Only now did he realise he didn’t know if that was left as he faced the house,…

  Iain Kelly

  18/09/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE CONTRACT

  

  Sitting in the cafe with a view of the Houses of Parliament, he double-checked the decoded message. A simple cipher using ‘The Ambassadors’ by Henry James – the numbers referred to the pages of the book, the first letter of the third line on each page combined to give the location. He had it right.…

  Iain Kelly

  11/09/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• POISED

  

  In the dark shadows he lurked. It was time. His natural state was a recluse, satisfied with his own company, content to live in the world of his imagination. He did not need the companionship or support of others. But now the strange creature was poised to reveal himself and his work, to offer up…

  Iain Kelly

  05/09/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• THE HOUSEPLANT

  

  I can’t say I don’t deserve it, after everything I put her through, but death seems harsh. I don’t even like the thing. I only stuck it on the bookcase because she was coming round. She insisted I keep it. She had bought it for me after all, on our first anniversary. And I thought…

  Iain Kelly

  04/09/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• A JUSTIFIED STATE – ONLY 99p / 99¢ for ONE WEEK ONLY

  

  My first novel, A JUSTIFIED STATE is available now for just 99p or 99¢ for one week only on Amazon Kindle. Just follow the links below: AMAZON UK   AMAZON US With only one month to go until my new novel STATE OF DENIAL is released, the first book in the trilogy is available at this special…

  Iain Kelly

  30/08/2019

  creative writing, Literature, novel, Writing

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