Tag: Abuse

• HOME ALONE 13: HOLIDAY IN THE HACIENDA

  

  Being abandoned by his family every Christmas as a child had set off the downward spiral. Thirty years later, he had finally hit rock bottom. Cassandra lay naked on the bed, her skin blotchy and bruised, the needle still hanging out her arm. He shelled out the notes from his wallet and left them on…

  Iain Kelly

  23/12/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  Abuse, black comedy, border, cartel, childhood, christmas, comedy, creative writing, Dark humor, dealing, decorations, drug, Drug use, family, fan fiction, festive, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hacienda, harm, home alone, humour, issues, kevin, literature, mexico, mule, overdose, prostitute, sex, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Writing, writing prompt

• HIDDEN

  

  She sneaked away from the rest of the group as they splashed around in the water. ‘Come on, Alice,’ beckoned her friends. It was not often they got the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine by the river. Enthusiasm had got the better of one, then two, and soon all their clothes lay in a pile…

  Iain Kelly

  22/11/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, Abuse, bathe, creative writing, domestic, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hidden, hide, husband, literature, mental, pain, physical, river, Short Story, smile, story, sunlight, Thursday Photo Prompt, violence, water, wife, Writing, writing prompt

• SHATTERED

  That was it after twenty-five years. A note on the table when he got home from work, the suitcases gone, an empty wardrobe. He re-read: ‘can’t carry on like this… your temper… mood swings… deserve better… fighting… better for us both.’ He felt the anger building. He crumpled the note in a clenched fist. The…

  Iain Kelly

  23/05/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Abuse, anger, anniversary, bowl, break-up, creative writing, crystal, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, husband, lashing, left, life, literature, marriage, mood, rage, separate, separation, shatter, Short Story, split, story, temper, wife, Writing, writing prompt

• SCARRED

  For years they had called him a freak because he looked different. No friends, no relationships, cast aside by an uncaring society. His mother’s love was the only one he’d known, caring for him, nurturing him, protecting him, until she was gone too soon. Then loneliness in an unforgiving world. He longed to join in…

  Iain Kelly

  12/02/2018

  creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  Abuse, acceptence, boys, bullying, childhood, creative writing, cruel, disfigurement, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, freak, friendship, literature, lonely, scarred, scarring, Short Story, society, sport, story, team, world, Writing, writing prompt

• SHE SECRETLY HOPED

  

  She secretly hoped they wouldn’t find them. Why else would she have hidden them so deliberately? She put on a brave front, pretending to enjoy the hunt. It’ll be fine, they told her. Everyone else was doing it. The stash of pills was duly discovered. Her addictive personality was defenceless. Written as part of #MicroMondays,…

  Iain Kelly

  13/11/2017

  50 Word Fiction, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays

  Abuse, addict, addiction, creative writing, drugs, Fiction, Flash Fiction, friends, hidden, literature, Micro Fiction, Micro Mondays, party, peer pressure, recovery, secret, Short Story, society, story, teenage, Writing, writing prompt