Tag: closed

• ALL GONE

  

  They haven’t gone, the Christmas Angels.They’re hiding from me.Waiting. In the shadows.Ready to step out into the twinkling lights.Reflecting in the dirty puddles.Shimmering and blurred.Walking along the empty streets.The closed shops, the dead cafés.An open door.Please sir, can you help me?An inviting arm around my shoulder.The warmth of the hallway.Shut out the cold Eve.His smiling […]

  Iain Kelly

  23/12/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  angels, belief, blade, christmas, closed, creative writing, disorder, drabble, empty, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gone, homeless, horror, killer, Knife, lights, literature, mental illness, murder, pandemic, psychosis, saviour, season, shadows, Short Story, story, streets, suffering, victim, Writing, writing prompt

• SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS

  

  She sells sea shells on the seashore. He crafts handmade furniture from driftwood he finds on the beach. The rich tourists throw them looks of disgust and wave them on. Occasionally one of them makes a sale. Enough to put food on the table and clothe their child. She dreams of the land across the […]

  Iain Kelly

  03/10/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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