Category: Fiction

• The Best Books I Read in 2022

  Delighted to see my novel, ‘The Barra Boy’, feature in fellow blogger Dawn M. Miller’s best reads of 2022, over on her LingeringVisions blog. Head over to see her other best books of the the last 12 months! Originally, my goal for 2022 was to read 55 books, but by May it looked as if…

  Iain Kelly

  05/01/2023

  book review, creative writing, Fiction, Publishing, the barra boy

  book, book recommendations, novel, thebarraboy, Writing

• STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

  He had pulled himself up from the gutter, from the place where the only options was to rise or die. He kicked the addictions, beaten the disease, climbed each painful step through the trash and rubbish and litter of his broken life. Now he had made it back, back to the light, to the world,…

  Iain Kelly

  04/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  commentary, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gutter, Humanity, life, literature, New year, Short Story, social, society, state, story, trash, world, Writing, writing prompt

• RED SKY

  I had a red sky behind me. The sun dipping away, ending another day. A good day, a better day. Bridges had been built, past mistakes put aside. I got back to my apartment and sat in the darkness. Tomorrow he would return and we would try again. He had forgiven me, again. I had…

  Iain Kelly

  30/11/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  betray, creative writing, desire, Fiction, Flash Fiction, forgive, Friday Fictioneers, literature, marriage, passion, red, relationship, sex, Short Story, sky, story, Writing, writing prompt

• A BOOT IN THE…

  Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. No job, no money. Now the car had packed in. What next? He aimed a kick at the car door and felt the bone in his foot crack. ‘Sonovabitch!’ He crumpled in agony. ‘That’ll be a fracture,’ said a voice from above. He looked up at the postman.…

  Iain Kelly

  16/11/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  boot, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, foot, fortune, fracture, Friday Fictioneers, funny, humour, literature, low point, luck, publication, Short Story, story, writer, Writing, writing prompt

• DUSK

  The evening sun pours in through the west-facing window, painting your silhouette onto the wall. I recognise the familiar pose – the bowed head, chin resting on your hand, eyes turned to the side, pondering, thinking, battling with the words that will eventually pour themselves onto the screen in front of you. They always come…

  Iain Kelly

  09/11/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  author, creation, creative writing, dusk, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, life, literature, nanowrimo, process, relationship, Short Story, story, the barra boy, Writing, writing prompt