Tag: cough

• THE LAST BELL TOLLS

  

  A carpet of bluebells heralded the spring, rebirth and growth surrounded them. They lay among the flowers in the sunlight that blazed through the forest canopy, enjoying the intimate closeness of their bodies next to each other. ‘I’ve missed this,’ the girl murmured, her hands roaming across his chest and stomach. ‘Me too,’ the boy…

  Iain Kelly

  09/04/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, bells, blue, bluebells, contact, coronavirus, cough, covid-19, creative writing, Death, end, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flowers, forest, isolation, life, literature, love, restrictions, Romance, Short Story, spring, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, touch, tragedy, victim, Writing, writing prompt, young, youth

• THE SHOW MUST GO ON

  

  The lights go up, the cast take their bow. Silence greets them from the empty auditorium. They keep going because there is nothing else to be done. Night after night, show after show, repeat and repeat. Bereft of enthusiasm they go through the motions, a ghost-like shadow of their former ardour. Delirium set in weeks…

  Iain Kelly

  26/02/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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