Tag: Alcohol

• THE NIHILIST

  ‘Anything to eat with that?’ ‘No, thanks.’ He stared into the wine glass. Just one sip to ease the pain, the dull ache, the feeling that life was drifting away. Wine wasn’t the answer, but still, one sip couldn’t hurt. Just to feel that bit alive once more. ‘If you don’t drink that, I will.’…

  Iain Kelly

  20/07/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Alcohol, Alcoholic, alcoholism, creative writing, crisis, despair, fall, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, help, literature, nihilism, nihilist, nihilistc, Short Story, story, the barra boy, wine, Writing, writing prompt

• DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  

  Tap, tap, tap. The soft knocking on the door. Laurie pulled herself up from the sofa and glanced in the mirror. What a mess. She had let herself go during lockdown, not that she had made much effort beforehand. She took another swig from the vodka bottle and tried to flatten her hair. She adjusted…

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #3tc, #fowc, #threethingschallenge, Alcohol, Alcoholic, alcoholism, cancer, creative writing, donor, doorway, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hurt, jeopardize, literature, liver, lockdown, one word challenge, operation, reconcile, Short Story, sister, story, tap, transplant, twin, Writing, writing prompt

• THE PAINTED LADY

  

  He was drunk. He had to admit it. Not slightly inebriated or a bit tipsy, but flat out drunk. There would be trouble when he got home. In his mind he rehearsed the route he would take from the front door to the bedroom – probably via the bathroom – and the movements he would…

  Iain Kelly

  21/05/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, Alcohol, creative writing, dream, drunk, fall, fantasy, Fiction, Flash Fiction, ghost, lady, literature, Man, naked, night, nightmare, painted, pond, seduction, Short Story, story, temptation, Thursday Photo Prompt, water, Woman, Writing, writing prompt

• ANOTHER WEEKEND OVER

  

  Frank left the apartment early to head into work. He found Hamish on the front lawn. Hamish was gagged and hooded, strapped in a straight jacket covered in fake blood, locked inside a shopping roll cage with crime scene tape wrapped round it. Frank had left the club early the previous night, leaving Hamish with…

  Iain Kelly

  11/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Alcohol, caged, comedy, creative writing, dress up, drink, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, friends, fun, Hangover, humor, humour, literature, mates, matter of fact, night out, party, prank, Short Story, story, student, tied, tied up, weekend, Writing, writing prompt

• A MANHATTAN TALE

  

  Rockefeller, the Radio City Music Hall, one block over Fifth Avenue. All the famous sights of midtown Manhattan surround him as he trudges along the street. He’s not interested in any of them. Not this time. When he first arrived he had been taken in by the glitz of the place. Not anymore. Now he…

  Iain Kelly

  08/07/2018

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

  Alcohol, America, Bar, baseball, creative writing, drink, everyday, fable, Fiction, fifth avenue, Flash Fiction, literature, manhattan, modern, new york, radio city, rockefeller, Short Story, st patricks cathedral, story, streets, stress, Sunday Photo Fiction, tourists, walking, weekend, work, working man, Writing, writing prompt