Tag: balloon

• GET WELL SOON

  The balloon, much like herself, was sagged and deflated. The flowers had started to curl up and wilt. A lovely gesture when she had started feeling low, their garish, fading colours mocked her now. She looks at the letter once more, just to be sure. She had known it, even when she had smiled at […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/06/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  balloon, cancer, creative writing, Death, diagnosis, end, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flowers, Friday Fictioneers, get well soon, life, literature, Short Story, story, terminal, treatment, Writing, writing prompt

• THE BALLOON

  

  Here he comes, full of bluster, just like his president. He wasn’t ruining the holiday exactly, but every time that bellowing voice approached the pool area, the patrons visibly slumped. ‘Mornin’ y’all!’ He hefted his great bulk onto a lounger. ‘S’cuse me, boy! A little refreshment over here!’ The pool boy reluctantly answered the beckoning […]

  Iain Kelly

  10/06/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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