Tag: cafe

• NOSTALGIA CAFE

  

  ‘What’s that?’ Jessie pointed outside at the stars and stripes fluttering on the flagpole. ‘That used to mean something.’ ‘I like the colours, it’s pretty.’ ‘It sure was. Ready for your food?’ ‘I can’t wait to try it. You used to eat these ‘hot dogs’ all the time, Gramps?’ ‘And burgers, chips, pizza.’ ‘This food…

  Iain Kelly

  03/07/2019

  Commentary, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  4th of july, America, betsy ross, cafe, climate change, creative writing, diet, drabble, Fiction, flag, Flash Fiction, food, Friday Fictioneers, future, independence, independence day, junk, literature, meal, nostalgia, politics, Short Story, stars and stripes, story, supplements, symbol, Writing, writing prompt

• A FINAL FAREWELL

  

  Sweep, sweep. I watch the worker brush the final bits of debris into the pile of rubble. The abandoned café had been the perfect spot. That’s why I’d used it. The area was a wasteland of crumbling warehouses, forsaken ghettos and no witnesses. Then the Port Authority announced their plans for waterfront renewal. Millions of…

  Iain Kelly

  14/10/2018

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

  body disposal, building, building site, cadaver, cafe, creative writing, discovery, escape, farewell, fate, Fiction, Flash Fiction, freezer, literature, luck, murder, port, real estate, renewal, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, waterfront, Writing, writing prompt

• PLOTTING

  

  The tourists and students poured into The Great Hall, the entrance to the Met. This would be the easy bit. If she picked the right time, when the crowds were at their busiest, it would be easy to slip away unnoticed. If he left the money under the ciborium in the Medieval Europe gallery, if…

  Iain Kelly

  06/06/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  art, author, cafe, creative writing, Fiction, fifth avenue, first draft, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, kidnap, literature, location, met, metropolitan, museum, new york, novel, plot, plotting, research, Short Story, story, technique, thriller, writer, Writing, writing prompt

• R IS FOR ROME, ITALY

  A STORY OF ROUTINE IN ROME, ITALY The old man sat under the umbrella of the cafe, shaded from the strong Roman sun. Sipping from the cool ice drink he watched the people go by. Every day he sat at the same table, in the same chair, facing the same direction. Around him Piazza Navona…

  Iain Kelly

  20/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, anita eckberg, AtoZchallenge, baroque, cafe, church, comedy, creative writing, daniella bianchi, europe, european union, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fountain, humor, humour, italy, lady madonna, literature, locals, people watching, piazza navona, rome, routine, Short Story, sophia loren, square, story, tourists, Writing, writing prompt

• DOUBLE AGENT

  He sat in the café watching Berliners come and go. Where was she? The newspaper lay folded at the business page as per the agreed protocol. The coffee cup next to it sat untouched. He felt the point of cold steel between his shoulders. An East German accent said ‘I think you should come with…

  Iain Kelly

  21/10/2016

  50 Word Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story

  50 Word Fiction, berlin, cafe, coffee, cold war, creative writing, double agent, east german, Fiction, Flash Fiction, germany, meeting, newspaper, scottish book trust, spy, spycraft, Writing, writing course, Writing Exercise