Tag: disability

• BLINDSIDED

  

  Dig the groove, the bass making the ground tremor. It robs  me of my vital sense, obliterating the noises I need to guide me. I don’t care, I’m along for the ride. The crowd surrounds, a swaying mass that cocoons me. I am lost in the music. Then. An offbeat rhythm disconcerts. A sudden surge…

  Iain Kelly

  20/05/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  attack, bass, blind, blindsided, concert, control, creative writing, disability, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gig, groove, life, literature, music, night, panic, passion, rhythm, sense, Short Story, story, sway, Writing, writing prompt

• E IS FOR ECHTERNACH, LUXEMBOURG

  A STORY OF ELATION IN ECHTERNACH, LUXEMBOURG The violinist onstage, the world renowned Daniel Hope, took the applause. As it gradually died away he raised the instrument to his chin and an expectant hush descended. The opening notes of Brahms’ Violin sonata No. 1 in G major, op. 78 quietly soared from the sliding bow.…

  Iain Kelly

  05/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  a to z, A TO Z CHALLENGE, AtoZchallenge, brahms, britain, creative writing, daniel hope, disability, echternach, elation, equal opportunities, europe, european union, festival, Fiction, Flash Fiction, inspiration, international, literature, luxembourg, music, musician, Short Story, sonata, story, violin, wheelchair, Writing, writing prompt

• WHY DO WE FALL?

  

  Sarah felt like an idiot as she was lifted onto the horse. Her face resting on the warm hair of the horses’ neck, she felt her feet being pushed into the stirrups. Cautiously, she lifted herself and sat upright in the saddle. The horse twitched and pulled underneath her. ‘All yours,’ her father beamed at…

  Iain Kelly

  27/12/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  accident, battle, beach, creative writing, disability, fall, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, horses, life, paralysis, reahbilitation, Short Story, story, Writing