Tag: #fowc

• DEEPER MEANING

  

  ‘I’m worried for your welfare!’ she shouted up to him, trying to hide her genuine fear. ‘I’ll be fine.’ He had come this far, he wasn’t going to turn back now and chicken out in front of everyone. A bet was a bet. He stood in just his pants and looked down at the black…

  Iain Kelly

  11/02/2021

  #fowc, #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, #writephoto, air, bet, brave, breath, creative writing, deeper, dive, fear, Fiction, Flash Fiction, jump, literature, love, peer, pool, pressure, relationship, rescue, rock, Short Story, story, swim, water, welfare, Writing, writing prompt

• PROPHECY

  

  ‘It is a given, Sir. It is only a matter of time.’ ‘Nothing is a given yet.’ ‘The votes are almost all counted. You have it, Sir. You will be appointed the next leader of the country.’ His eyes gleamed and I had to stop myself from giving in to his enthusiasm and optimism. ‘There…

  Iain Kelly

  04/02/2021

  #fowc, #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, #writephoto, appointed, celebration, coup, creative writing, crow, democracy, dictator, election, Fiction, Flash Fiction, fraud, given, gunshot, junta, leader, literature, Military, people, prophecy, Short Story, story, threat, votes, will, Writing, writing prompt

• MAKING A MARK

  

  ‘It seems they broke in and found themselves indisposed.’ ‘Indisposed?’ ‘The toilet, Sir.’ ‘And this is the best chance we have?’ ‘Yes, Sir. No fingerprints, no footprints, no strands of hair. A professional job.’ ‘Except they forgot to flush, eh? Not brought up right.’ ‘No, Sir. We’ve extracted three pieces of loo roll. One is…

  Iain Kelly

  03/02/2021

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

  #fowc, break-in, burglary, comedy, creative writing, crime, DNA, evidence, example, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, investigate, literature, loo, loo roll, police, Short Story, skidmarks, story, toilet humor, toilet humour, toilet roll, Writing, writing prompt

• A FEW TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES

  

  Last week had gone so well. Seeing all the regular faces, some on grainy webcams, some in the synagogue. It felt good to preach again. Now, the loudspeaker wouldn’t switch on, he’d forgotten the login for his Zoom account and the wi-fi kept dropping out. ‘I think I’ve found your problem.’ Ben got up from…

  Iain Kelly

  27/01/2021

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

  #fowc, broken, comedy, creative writing, electrical, Fiction, fix, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humor, humour, issue, jewish, literature, mend, preach, rabbi, religious, sermon, Short Story, story, synagogue, Technology, water, Writing, writing prompt

• SELF DISCOVERY

  ‘You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We’re all part of the same compost heap. We’re the all singing, all dancing crap of the world.’ ‘So that’s a no then?’ ‘You’re damn right that’s a no.’ I had only asked for a…

  Iain Kelly

  26/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, ant, chuck palahniuk, creative writing, cubicle, depressing, despair, Fiction, fight club, Flash Fiction, funeral, image, leave, life, literature, office, realisation, self, Short Story, snowflake, story, trapped, uniform, unique, worker, Writing, writing prompt