Tag: coronavirus

• ROLL YOUR SLEEVE UP

  

  Is there an element of risk involved? Only if you have an allergy to any of the ingredients. Side effects? Shivers, headache, tiredness. Take some paracetamol. And that’s it? That’s it. You’re sure there’s not a Bill Gates microchip in there? I’m sure. Roll your sleeve up. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. […]

  Iain Kelly

  06/03/2021

  creative writing, Non-fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

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• NO TROUBLE AT ALL

  

  Alongside temperature checks every time I enter the building, my work are introducing rapid flow Covid-19 testing next week for all staff that have to be in the building. Everyone will also get a proximity alarm that will go off if someone is closer than 2 metres away. The kids are at home and we’ve […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Non-fiction, Short Story

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• ANNIVERSARY

  

  15th of May every year, Frank and Bill met at the bench. They reminisced about old times. About meeting their sweethearts that day on the rollercoaster at Coney Island. About the lives they’d had together. The good times. The sad times. About growing old and being alone. ‘Ready?’ ‘Of course!’ Then they’d ride the rollercoaster […]

  Iain Kelly

  09/12/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• GATHERING AT THE CAFE ROUGE

  

  Typical. Hours of practice on facial proportions, angles and shadows wasted. She’d spent so long getting the nose and mouth just right on each person in the scene. She sighed and mixed the colours. Plenty of medical light blue for most. A couple of brighter hues for the more imaginative people. A small rectangle added […]

  Iain Kelly

  22/07/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• GETTING BACK TO NORMAL

  

  Archie stretched up and swung the hammer, managing to nudge the satellite dish. ‘How about now?’ he shouted through the window. Agnes checked the television. ‘Still nothing.’ Archie sighed. He was not going to miss the first live football match in four months because the satellite signal was on the blink. He made another lunge […]

  Iain Kelly

  17/06/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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