Tag: delay

• THE GREAT CHRISTMAS GETAWAY

  

  The Departure Lounge was rammed with people. The sensible ones carried everything essential in backpacks, others insisted on dragging large suitcases behind them, adding to the gridlock. Sea-Tac Airport expected the last weekend before Christmas to be busy – it always was – but even the additional check-in staff and baggage handlers were unable to…

  Iain Kelly

  09/12/2018

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

  airport, America, christmas, climate, climate change, creative writing, crush, delay, Fiction, Flash Fiction, future, getaway, global warming, globe, literature, norway, rush, seattle, Short Story, snow, snowfall, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, tromso, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• PARANOIA

  

  ‘Delayed indefinitely’ was the phrase the captain had used, offering no further information. Outside the aeroplane, rain continued to pour but the weather wasn’t bad enough to ground flights. Peering through her window she saw the airport personnel circling them. No one seemed to approach the aircraft. It had been an hour now. Her mind…

  Iain Kelly

  04/06/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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