Tag: Flash Fiction
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LIFE’S A BEACH
‘Just a little further.’ He insisted on getting away from the crowds. Somehow, she was carrying the picnic, the towels and the buckets and spades. ‘Here’s the perfect spot,’ he declared. He stood admiring the ocean while she organised the towels and applied sun cream to all. ‘You kids go off and build a sandcastle.…
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BLOCKED PIPE
‘Try it now,’ called Archie from the kitchen. Agnes turned the outdoor tap. A solitary drip appeared. ‘Any better?’ ‘Still not working. Can we call a plumber now?’ ‘No need for that, I can fix it. Just be patient.’ Archie came out and handed her a small hammer. ”Try tapping it, see if we can…
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THE AWAKENING
He awoke as the earth started moving. He was rising, bumping his way up to heaven. He thought it would have been a gentler journey. Instead his head thudded with the sound of heavy machinery and he was tossed around the beat-up car he had fallen asleep in. With a bang, everything stopped. The car…
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THE LAND OF THE FREE
It had sat there for over a hundred years, a monument to those who had lit out on the Oregon Trail to settle the land and make their future. This wagon hadn’t made it to the end. Had the people who came with it, or had they perished along the way from hunger, thirst, exhaustion,…
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STUMBLE AND FALL
The sun was too weak to melt away the compacted ice. The pathway was pitted and rutted. ‘Like a metaphor for life,’ said Michael, as we walked along. ‘It’s only smooth for little bits here and there, the rest is stumbling your way through.’ ‘Are those supposed to be words of encouragement?’ I was irritable.…
Iain Kelly 