Tag: culture

• ESCAPE HATCH

  He jumped from the fourth floor. This was exactly why he had built the escape hatch in wall of the office for. He crossed his arms across his chest and slid out feet first, speeding downwards, bracing for the impact against the cushioned platform on the ground. He bolted across the street, sprinting for safety.…

  Iain Kelly

  01/06/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  boss, corporate, creative writing, culture, decision, employment, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, freedom, Friday Fictioneers, hatch, humour, job, life, literature, meeting, quit, Short Story, story, work, Writing, writing prompt

• SIGN YOUR NAME

  

  ‘Add your name.’ There wasn’t much space left on the walls. What had once been grey concrete was now covered in garish name-tags. I found a small corner. ‘Not there,’ Marguerite stopped me. ‘Front and centre.’ ‘There’s no space.’ ‘There’s always room for one more.’ The old lady pointed to a spot in the middle…

  Iain Kelly

  20/04/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  bond, creative writing, culture, drug, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gang, grafetti, lady, literature, name, old, promise, reform, reformation, Short Story, social care, spray, story, welfare, Woman, word, Writing, writing prompt, youth

• COMPOSITION

  

  It should be something inspirational, something to make the piece soar, a fitting climax to the whole movement. He scratched his head, chewed the end of the pencil, let his fingers dance over a few keys until they ended in a terminal ‘thunk’. It was no good. He just couldn’t find the right expression of…

  Iain Kelly

  18/06/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amwriting, #writephoto, breeding, climate, compose, creative writing, culture, down, emotion, Fiction, Flash Fiction, geese, life, literature, migration, music, new, pandemic, piano, politics, racism, riot, Short Story, soar, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, uplifting, victory, world, Writing, writing prompt

• SCOTTISH KINGS

  

  **contains terms which may offend** The Bruce raised his sword high, the driving rain battering against the silver blade, washing away the English blood. The dark clouds that had been the menacing back drop to the battle suddenly parted. Glorious sun shone over the tired and battered survivors. This was his moment. He could think…

  Iain Kelly

  07/02/2019

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

  #writephoto, blade, bruce, contrast, creative writing, crime, culture, duke street, fallen, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Glasgow, history, Knife, literature, past, rab, robert the bruce, scotland, scottish, Short Story, stab, story, sword, Thursday Photo Prompt, violence, Writing, writing prompt

• TICK-TOCK

  

  ‘Tick-tock, tick-tock,’ went the clock. ‘Time’s up! Time’s up!’ cried the People. ‘No more! No more!’ chanted the Poor. Save me! Save me!’ weeped the Earth. ‘Me Too! Me Too!’ screamed the Victims. Louder and louder the voices grew. Higher and higher the echos reached. Some of the Powerful fell on the sword of justice.…

  Iain Kelly

  12/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #metoo, #timesup, clamour, class, clock, countdown, creative writing, culture, earth, end of times, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, have, have not, literature, me too, oppressed, politics, poor, power, prose poem, Short Story, social, society, story, tick-tock, time, time’s up, voices, wealthy, world, Writing, writing prompt