Tag: cost

• AT ALL COSTS

  

  Her lungs felt like bursting, her legs had no energy left in them. Still she pushed herself on. The bell rang for the final lap of the track. She pictured that tunnel of trees over and over in her mind. How many times had she ran through it? How many 5 a.m. starts, up and…

  Iain Kelly

  02/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• THE HAND OF GOD

  

  Why am I getting so upset? I don’t care about a little Argentinian who was good at kicking a ball about some grass. Why should I care that the signed shirt has to go? But here I am, tearing up at a blank space on the wall. The paint on the wall has faded to…

  Iain Kelly

  15/07/2018

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

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