Tag: china

• MARKET TRADE

  

  The sights and smells of the small market were intoxicating. The constant chatter of humans mixed with the sounds of caged animals. Xao Ling dragged him along. ‘Here,’ he pointed. An old woman sat surrounded by pots of powders and liquids. Her skin was a patchwork of wrinkles, her eyes half-closed slits, her hair was…

  Iain Kelly

  01/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  animals, asia, black market, china, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humankind, hunting, illegal, ivory, literature, market, medicine, poaching, potion, remedies, Short Story, story, trade, traditional, What Pegman Saw, Writing, writing prompt, xinhua

• MARKSMANSHIP

  

  The first one was for the mother-in-law. Ten years of interference and nagging. I felt the anger start to build. I was never good enough for her daughter. Well, now she had what she wanted. Harley was gone. I took a deep breath. I squeezed the trigger. 200 yards away the china tea cup exploded…

  Iain Kelly

  27/08/2017

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

  aim, bullet, china, creative writing, Death, divorce, Fiction, Flash Fiction, literature, marksmanship, marriage, seperation, Short Story, sniper, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, tea cup, tea set, Writing, writing prompt

• YEAR OF THE FIRE ROOSTER

  

  ‘Hell of a way to start the new year.’ Samson looked round the room. Everything was red. Decorations, walls, the clothes on the victim, the pool of blood on the floor, the spatter of blood on the wall. ‘It’s the contradiction, you see?’ Cheng explained. ‘The colour red. Chinese New Year is celebrated with the…

  Iain Kelly

  23/01/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  blood, china, chinatown, chinese new year, creative writing, detective fiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, literature, murder, New year, noir, red, rooster, serial killer, Short Story, story, Writing, year of the rooster