Tag: family

• SPINSTER

  There was no thread left, but she kept the wheel spinning. They had all left her. Left her traditional values. They told her to embrace modern life. She didn’t want to. When Cassandra told her about her girlfriend, she’d tried to accept it. When Cassandra told her they were expecting a child, she smiled through […]

  Iain Kelly

  06/07/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  abortion, creative writing, daughter, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, gay, lesbian, LGBTQ+, literature, mother, needle, relationship, religion, Short Story, spinster, story, thread, time, traditional, values, Writing, writing prompt

• PARENTAL SUPPORT

  

  ‘Thank you,’ he accepted the coins. Not much, but another sale. The tourist trade was still slow. He started on another picture. Bright red, purple, yellow, swirling together. A shadow cast over the paper. He looked up. She offered him an apologetic smile. ‘That looks wonderful. Can I put it on our living room wall?’ […]

  Iain Kelly

  05/01/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioners, Short Story

  art, artist, career, creative writing, family, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, life, literature, mother, parent, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• IRRECONCILABLE

  

  We had our differences. For most couples they would have been irreconcilable, but we always muddled through. It’s all about compromise. Sure, his job kept him busy, away from home a lot. Maybe that helped. We weren’t living under each other’s feet for forty years. Then I found out it wasn’t his job that kept […]

  Iain Kelly

  17/02/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  #fowc, address, adultery, ashes, bigamy, comedy, compromise, creative writing, dark, Death, differences, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, husband, irreconcilable, kill, literature, marriage, murder, post, postal, remains, Short Story, story, wife, work, Writing, writing prompt

• NO TROUBLE AT ALL

  

  Alongside temperature checks every time I enter the building, my work are introducing rapid flow Covid-19 testing next week for all staff that have to be in the building. Everyone will also get a proximity alarm that will go off if someone is closer than 2 metres away. The kids are at home and we’ve […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Non-fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, alarm, bad times, blues, coronavirus, covid-19, creative writing, diary, family, friends, home schooling, journal, literature, no trouble, non-fiction, pandemic, panic, real life, schooling, Short Story, story, symptons, teachers, temperature, testing, trouble, trying, winter, work, Writing, writing prompt

• DEMOCRACY

  

  They wrangled back and forth. Neither would accept the result. We waited for violence to escalate. In the end, Saskia won and Scooby-Doo went on. Dad would have to watch the football later. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt, hosted by SammiScribbles. This week’s prompt was: Wrangle. Click on the link to read more stories […]

  Iain Kelly

  14/11/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, weekend writing prompt

  America, argument, comedy, control, creative writing, democracy, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, football, humor, humour, literature, sammiscribbles, scooby-doo, Short Story, sport, story, television, weekend writing prompt, wrangle, Writing, writing prompt