Tag: foot

• A BOOT IN THE…

  Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. No job, no money. Now the car had packed in. What next? He aimed a kick at the car door and felt the bone in his foot crack. ‘Sonovabitch!’ He crumpled in agony. ‘That’ll be a fracture,’ said a voice from above. He looked up at the postman. […]

  Iain Kelly

  16/11/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  boot, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, foot, fortune, fracture, Friday Fictioneers, funny, humour, literature, low point, luck, publication, Short Story, story, writer, Writing, writing prompt

• SURVIVAL

  

  I tried not to vomit as I peeled the fetid sock away from my foot. It came off in tattered patches, stuck to the putrid flesh underneath. The pain was excruciating. I had to look. It wasn’t my foot any longer. I didn’t recognise it. It was just a lump of red-purple meat. There were […]

  Iain Kelly

  30/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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