Tag: call

• OPEN DOOR

  

  It always followed the same pattern. Middle of the night. Panicked phone call. Incoherent story. She always ended up agreeing to go over. This is different. Door wide open. Probably just a neighbour didn’t close it right. Out of habit she checks the mailbox. Empty. Up the stairs, lit by flickering halogen. Along the corridor. […]

  Iain Kelly

  03/03/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #fowc, abduction, agent, aid, bed, call, creative writing, door, drama, dread, empty, fear, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flat, Friday Fictioneers, help, literature, mailbox, missing, nightmare, panic, paranoia, pattern, phone, routine, Short Story, story, taken, thriller, Writing, writing prompt

• AFTER THE FIRST DATE

  

  How long before making the call? The next day – too desperate? Two days – too aloof? A week – too late? Always the same conundrum. Not this time. The following evening. Perfect. He dialled. ‘The number you have dialled has not been recognised.’ Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/02/2021

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

  call, comedy, creative writing, date, dating, Fiction, first date, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, literature, love, lover, phone call, rejection, Romance, sammiscribbles, seeking, Short Story, spurned, story, weekend writing prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• ANTICIPATION

  

  It was time. The anticipation building up to this moment had been growing as the weeks, then days, then hours had slowly ticked by. He hooked up the antique laptop to the power supply and prayed it would work. It seemed to take an age running through the start up process. It was definitely getting […]

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, anticipate, anticipation, birthday, call, civilisation, communication, computer, creative writing, dystopia, dystopian, energy, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, link, literature, one word challenge, power, Short Story, social distancing, story, video call, Writing, writing prompt, zoom