Tag: black comedy

• LOCKDOWN

  

  Shutters down, windows boarded up, phone disconnected. Four months since the lockdown began, enough food and toilet paper for another year. Tap, tap, tap. What is it? She won’t risk finding out. Until then, she will stay in the basement. *** Agnes knocked on the door again. ‘Let’s go,’ said Archie. ‘It’s been two weeks, […]

  Iain Kelly

  01/04/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  after, agnes, Archie, basement, black comedy, comedy, coronavirus, creative writing, dark, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, isolation, literature, lockdown, Short Story, story, toilet roll, Writing, writing prompt

• OTHER BRANDS ARE AVAILABLE

  

  ‘HÄAGEN-DAZS KILLER STRIKES AGAIN!’ screamed the headline, as did executive Peter Jenkins. It was a PR disaster. That was three. Each bloodied corpse left with a half-eaten tub of Häagen-Dazs next to it. The latest theory: the killer was following people who bought Häagen-Dazs, killing them, then eating the ice-cream. ‘What flavour this time?’ his […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  advertising, BBC, ben & jerry’s, black comedy, brands, comedy, conspiracy, creative writing, dark humour, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, haagen-dazs, headlines, humor, ice cream, killer, literature, murder, newspaper, public service, publicity, sales, Short Story, story, sweets, Writing, writing prompt

• 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

• HER FIRST TIME

  

  She thought the first time would have been an epiphany, a glimpse at paradise. Instead, here she was underneath the overpass, among squalid dirt and mud. The climactic moment had come with a rush of adrenaline, but it was over too quickly. Her breathing returned to normal, she fixed her rucked top and smoothed her […]

  Iain Kelly

  14/11/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  analogy, black comedy, creative writing, dark, Death, Fiction, first time, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, joy, killing, literature, metaphor, misdirection, murder, overpass, serial killer, sex, Short Story, skirt, story, twist, virgin, Writing, writing prompt

• DEATH DUMBS DOWN

  

  ‘I tried Tiddlywinks, Ludo, even Snap. In the end I settled on this.’ Death gestured to the game scrawled out on the paper in front of them. Reginald felt a pang of sympathy for the depressed figure shrouded in his black robe. ‘Really? Tic-Tac-Toe was the only one we could cope with?’ ‘It’s called Noughts […]

  Iain Kelly

  24/07/2018

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

  black comedy, cat’s game, chess, comedy, creative writing, Death, draw, dumb, dumbing down, entrance, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, games, hell, humor, humour, life, literature, noughts and crosses, Short Story, story, the seventh seal, Writing, writing prompt