Tag: comedy
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AUTUMNAL FALL
The leaves had turned gold and yellow and still Archie hadn’t finished painting the house. ‘You lazy good-for-nothing,’ Agnes yelled at him as he sat reading the morning paper. ‘I will finish the thing myself.’ Agnes strode out into the crisp morning air. The grass and leaves on the ground were damp from the morning…
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CHILD’S PLAY
The Captain wrestled with the pedals and stick, struggling to get the helicopter back under control. An unknown external force seemed to have taken over the craft. They were swirling in circles. The rotor blades had stalled, there was no point in trying to adjust cyclic or yaw rates now. Outside the large pink and purple brick…
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ABOVE THE FUNKY MUNKY
Dorothy Hubbard lived above the Funky Munky cafe. She sat at the window worrying about her cat, Mr. Tubbs, who she hadn’t seen since the previous evening. Across the corridor lived Professor Benjamin, a dour man who kept to himself. He worked at the university in the Natural Sciences department. On the floor above lived Mr. and Mrs. Holdensmythe.…
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THE READING
My collar was too tight. I could feel it irritating the skin round my neck. The heavy cloth material on the kilt itched. The tight socks were making my feet sweat. I looked around the room at the other guests. All the men were in standard suits or hired kilts. The women displayed…
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DIALOGUE
**An exercise in dialogue writing – write a converstaion between a parent and their teenage child** ‘We need to talk to you about this school report, Joseph,’ said Joseph’s father, turning the volume down on the football game on the television and addressing his son who had walked into…
Iain Kelly 