Tag: business

• PETE’S MARKET STALL

  

  Pete was well known around the local area. No matter where he set up his market stall a crowd would gather. Pete could sell anything to anyone: air conditioning units, bike parts, chopsticks, fake tattoos, parking meters. When his stall illegally blocked a street, the police were called. They left with a packet of fudge, […]

  Iain Kelly

  12/05/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  business, comedy, commerce, competition, creative writing, disappeared, discount, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, literature, market, marquee, nonsense, sell, Short Story, stall, story, street, Writing, writing prompt

• I SWEAR

  

  I swore fidelity to the crown and to my husband. I knew as I uttered the words to both, solemnly and with reverence, that I would keep neither. The marriage was arranged and brokered between the families. A marriage of business and politics. It was polite and kind and never hurtful, but it was passionless […]

  Iain Kelly

  27/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, business, creative writing, crown, Death, drama, Fiction, fidelity, Flash Fiction, hanging, historical fiction, infidelity, intrigue, literature, love, marriage, politics, rebel, redemption, Romance, Short Story, spy, story, Writing, writing prompt

• ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

  

  Her Mum helped her bake the pastries using the rhubarb they had grown in their garden. Each had their own neat tray – rhubarb crumble, rhubarb tarts, rhubarb and toffee cake. She set up the stall at the corner of her street, waiting to capitalise on the Friday, end-of-week rush hour footfall. ‘Treat for the […]

  Iain Kelly

  02/10/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #threethingschallenge, 3TC, bake, business, cake, chocolate, comedy, creative writing, entrepreneur, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, literature, pie, profit, rhubarb, sale, Short Story, skim, stall, story, sweets, Three Things Challenge, toffee, Writing, writing prompt

• THE SOURCE

  

  It started with the dead fish floating in the river. Then the cows in the fields started to get sick and the dogs started acting wild. Then a doctor at the local hospital started noticing the cancers. Something wasn’t right. It was in the water. The water that they washed in, brushed their teeth with, […]

  Iain Kelly

  11/03/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agency, business, cancer, chemical, company, conspiracy, corporation, cover up, creative writing, Death, drabble, drinking, environment, factory, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, industry, literature, poison, pollution, protection, Short Story, source, story, toxic, water, Writing, writing prompt

• SUPPLY AND DEMAND

  

  ‘Why the empty shelves?’ ‘I’m reorganising.’ ‘No more processed food?’ ‘Only fruit and vegetables.’ ‘Meat?’ ‘No.’ ‘Chocolate?’ ‘No.’ ‘Sweets?’ ‘No. There is no longer the demand for these things.’ ‘The health drive?’ ‘Tackling obesity.’ ‘I see, uh, you wouldn’t happen to know where I could get my hands a few treats, do you?’ ‘I can’t […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/03/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  black market, business, capitalism, chocolate, creative writing, crisis, deal, demand, diet, drabble, ebook, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, fruit, health, literature, meat, money, natural, obesity, opportunity, read an ebook, sale, Short Story, smashwords, story, sugar, supply, sweets, under the counter, vegan, vegetable, Writing, writing prompt