Tag: dark

• GOOGLE: REPUBLIC

  Google Search: How did the United States of America Collapse? The Short Answer:The decline of the Republic began in the early 21st century. Corruption was rife in the halls of power. In 2024, the former president, Donald J. Trump, a convicted felon, was re-elected, defeating Democrat Joe Biden. This sparked the 2nd American Civil War,…

  Iain Kelly

  05/04/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, collapse, corruption, creative writing, dark, felon, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, google, history, humour, literature, politics, president, republic, search, Short Story, speculative, state, story, wikipedia, Writing

• MAYBE IT WAS THE RAIN

  I kept the date. It was our last chance. Your last chance. If you don’t show up this time then I’ll know for sure. Fifteen years since the High School prom. We were perfect. You wanted to be with me. Why should that have changed? So every year, on the anniversary of that evening, I…

  Iain Kelly

  05/10/2022

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  comedy, creative writing, dark, date, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, hurricane, literature, media, rain, Short Story, social, stalker, stood up, story, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH

  Well, I couldn’t get rid of all the memories of you after all. I tried to be good. It was something we always said we would only do together. I just never planned for you leaving me alone so soon. I don’t want you to think I’m being unfaithful. I think you would want me…

  Iain Kelly

  28/09/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  creative writing, dark, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, husband, killer, knives, lamps, literature, marriage, memories, murder, sequel, serial killer, Short Story, story, vow, wife, Writing, writing prompt

• FOR RICHER, FOR POORER, FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE

  Time to do it, enough putting it off, you’ve been gone six months now. As difficult as it is, there’s something therapeutic about clearing out your belongings. Especially in the garage. All the little knick-knacks you’ve kept over the years, never to be used. Some I can sort into boxes, some I can give to…

  Iain Kelly

  21/09/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  black humor, clearout, comedy, creative writing, dark, Death, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, grief, humour, Knife, literature, marriage, murder, serial killer, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• THE HANGING ROOM

  Somewhere in the rural midwestern USA, after the war has ended. ‘Why bomb a barn way out here? They’ve blown the roof right off. ‘Never had a roof. Was meant to be like this.’ ‘Why have a barn with no roof. What was it for?’ ‘Hangings.’ ‘Really?’ ‘Yeah. Could get about ten on each bar.…

  Iain Kelly

  27/07/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, apocalypse, camps, creative writing, dark, dark comedy, Death, dystopian, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flowers, Friday Fictioneers, hanging, humour, literature, midwestern, murder, Short Story, story, war, Writing, writing prompt