Tag: clock

• TICK-TOCK

  

  ‘Tick-tock, tick-tock,’ went the clock. ‘Time’s up! Time’s up!’ cried the People. ‘No more! No more!’ chanted the Poor. Save me! Save me!’ weeped the Earth. ‘Me Too! Me Too!’ screamed the Victims. Louder and louder the voices grew. Higher and higher the echos reached. Some of the Powerful fell on the sword of justice.…

  Iain Kelly

  12/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE MAN IN THE WINDOW

  

  Midday, there he is, like clockwork. She looks out the window as he walks along the alley. He gets to the junction and stops. She checks her watch and starts timing him. Thirty seconds exactly, then he starts walking again. Everyday the same routine. She has imagined why he acts this way. Has he lost…

  Iain Kelly

  07/05/2018

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

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• DICTATOR

  

  He felt old. He felt tired. Forty years leading his people, the Father of the Nation. Now they wanted rid of him. How could they be so ungrateful? He freed them from oppression. Didn’t they remember? Resign, they cried. Perhaps he should. Father Time was catching up with him. The clock ticked relentlessly. No. There was…

  Iain Kelly

  22/11/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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