Tag: family

• ANTICIPATION

  

  It was time. The anticipation building up to this moment had been growing as the weeks, then days, then hours had slowly ticked by. He hooked up the antique laptop to the power supply and prayed it would work. It seemed to take an age running through the start up process. It was definitely getting…

  Iain Kelly

  03/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, anticipate, anticipation, birthday, call, civilisation, communication, computer, creative writing, dystopia, dystopian, energy, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, food, link, literature, one word challenge, power, Short Story, social distancing, story, video call, Writing, writing prompt, zoom

• PERTINENT

  

  ‘There are only two pertinent questions: who stands to gain the most, and who stands to lose the most?’ My old partner’s advice circling around my head. At the start of every case, as I approach every crime scene, as I question every suspect – who gains and who loses? Up until now those questions…

  Iain Kelly

  29/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, case, creative writing, crime, Death, detective, detective fiction, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, investigation, literature, murder, noir, one word challenge, pertinent, Short Story, story, thriller, Writing, writing prompt

• DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  

  Tap, tap, tap. The soft knocking on the door. Laurie pulled herself up from the sofa and glanced in the mirror. What a mess. She had let herself go during lockdown, not that she had made much effort beforehand. She took another swig from the vodka bottle and tried to flatten her hair. She adjusted…

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Three Things Challenge

  #3tc, #fowc, #threethingschallenge, Alcohol, Alcoholic, alcoholism, cancer, creative writing, donor, doorway, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hurt, jeopardize, literature, liver, lockdown, one word challenge, operation, reconcile, Short Story, sister, story, tap, transplant, twin, Writing, writing prompt

• WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

  

  It doesn’t seem that long ago. The place hasn’t changed, but you have. We used to come here as a family and you ran around the cobbled street and dashed in and out of the old shops and took a trip on the old trams and we had lunch in the cafe and watched the…

  Iain Kelly

  02/09/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  bus, car, childhood, cobbled, creative writing, drabble, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Glasgow, literature, museum, musing, old, parent, passing, personal, photographs, riverside museum, sentimental, ship, Short Story, story, street, time, tram, transport, visit, Writing, writing prompt

• A FANTASY

  

  ‘…the castle was saved and the dragon was slain.’ The boy finished reading and looked up. ‘Very good, Michaels. Back to your seat. Right, who’s next? Hines?’ Freddy stood up nervously, fumbling his jotter, and made his way to the front of the class. ‘We haven’t got all day, boy. Start reading.’ ‘Yes sir,’ Freddy…

  Iain Kelly

  06/08/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #amwriting, #writephoto, a kestrel for a knave, barry hines, castle, class, creative writing, deprivation, dragon, family, fantasy, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, kes, literature, real life, school, Short Story, social, society, son, story, tale, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt