Tag: drug

• A SEARCH FOR THE SERENE

  

  I lit out for the coast searching for serenity. I had no idea if it would be there or not, but it sure as hell wasn’t where I was coming from so I had nothing to lose. Hitch-hiking across the country wasn’t for me. I’m not a people person and the thought of making small…

  Iain Kelly

  03/09/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amreading, #amwriting, #writephoto, bullet, coward, creative writing, crime, dealer, Death, drama, drug, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gang, informant, literature, noir, sea, serene, serenity, Short Story, story, trial, witness, Writing, writing prompt

• HOME ALONE 13: HOLIDAY IN THE HACIENDA

  

  Being abandoned by his family every Christmas as a child had set off the downward spiral. Thirty years later, he had finally hit rock bottom. Cassandra lay naked on the bed, her skin blotchy and bruised, the needle still hanging out her arm. He shelled out the notes from his wallet and left them on…

  Iain Kelly

  23/12/2018

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

  Abuse, black comedy, border, cartel, childhood, christmas, comedy, creative writing, Dark humor, dealing, decorations, drug, Drug use, family, fan fiction, festive, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hacienda, harm, home alone, humour, issues, kevin, literature, mexico, mule, overdose, prostitute, sex, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Writing, writing prompt

• AT ALL COSTS

  

  Her lungs felt like bursting, her legs had no energy left in them. Still she pushed herself on. The bell rang for the final lap of the track. She pictured that tunnel of trees over and over in her mind. How many times had she ran through it? How many 5 a.m. starts, up and…

  Iain Kelly

  02/08/2018

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

  #writephoto, athletics, cheat, cost, creative writing, crowd, doping, drug, enhance, Fiction, flag, Flash Fiction, honour, literature, moral, olympics, performance, race, running, Russia, sacrifice, Short Story, story, testing, Thursday Photo Prompt, track, training, trees, win, winning, Writing, writing prompt

• THE NINE

  Rosa Maria watched Alejandro throw open the shutters. On the corner of Calle 9 and Avenue 5, they were open for business. Alejandro looked at his madre. This time he would make her proud. Her husband murdered, they had fled from Tijuana. Rosa Maria had scraped together what she could until she had enough to open the small restaurant. ‘La…

  Iain Kelly

  11/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, What Pegman Saw

  beginning, creative writing, drug, drug wars, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gang, literature, mexico, mexico city, murder, new start, restaurant, Short Story, story, violence, What Pegman Saw, Writing