Tag: ending

• DOUBT

  The End. Sit back and feel that wave of satisfaction. Done it. Seventy-thousand words. A great ending. A strong start. Plenty of twists. Sags a bit in the middle. Needs a bit of work there. That character is a stereotype. That part is unbelievable. Is it really any good? It’s dire. Back to the start.…

  Iain Kelly

  28/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, sammiscribbles, Short Story

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• A MURMUR

  

  He watched the black mass moving through the dawn sky. Backlit by the sun’s orange-yellow glow, the sweeping and swooping birds danced in uniformity. It was, he mused, a stunning example of the beauty that could be found in the world. But not for him. For him, beauty in life had ended. There was only…

  Iain Kelly

  19/09/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• THE UMBRELLAS OF NEW YORK

  

  Wind blew through the trees, blowing the snow up from the ground, gusting around Guy’s face. He pulled his collar up further. Across the park he watched Madeline, her bright green umbrella luminous against the white background. Their daughter, Francis, gleefully skipped around her. ‘She’s moved on, married someone else, she’s happy. Leave them be.’…

  Iain Kelly

  19/09/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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