Tag: door

• THE TO-DO LIST

  

  Must get that loose top step fixed, she thought, as she walked up to her front door. As always she had to force the key in. Must get that lock seen to by a locksmith before it jams completely. She pushed the door open, seeing the boarded up diamond of mint-green. Must get that piece…

  Iain Kelly

  29/10/2018

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

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• NO ENTRY

  

  An endless wall. In the middle a black door. In front of it signs reading: ‘No Entry.’ ‘If no-one is allowed to enter, why have a door at all?’ Qiáng asked. ‘So that those on the other side can expel people out.’ Mǐn replied. ‘So it is an exit only?’ Mǐn shook her head and smiled. ‘It…

  Iain Kelly

  20/08/2018

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

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• BEST FORGOTTEN

  

  Lillian stared at the incongruous door. Why had it been added to the old stone entrance? Why the rusty chain in front of it? She ran back to her father. ‘If there is a door, why does there need to be a chain?’ she asked. Her father looked down at her. ‘So that no one gets…

  Iain Kelly

  23/11/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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