Tag: #fowc

• PARADOX

  

  Two new hips and knees. A hair transplant. New skin. A bionic liver. A new kidney. My third heart. I went through the list in my head. Immortality came at a cost. There wasn’t much of my original body left, the one I was born with. But looked the same as I did when I…

  Iain Kelly

  20/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, age, brain, catch-22, creative writing, experience, fear, feelings, Fiction, Flash Fiction, heart, immortality, life, literature, medical, memory, mortality, paradox, parts, replace, ship, Short Story, story, surgery, time, transplant, whole, Writing, writing prompt

• THE OPPRESSED

  

  The rain poured down. It was freezing. We stood around waiting. There came the fanfare and we all looked towards the balcony. He appeared, his arm raised, a smile on his face. He was surrounded by acolytes, the same people who had days ago been denouncing him on all media outlets. ‘Hail to the King!…

  Iain Kelly

  19/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, common, coup, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hail, king, leader, literature, media, monarchy, one word challenge, oppressed, oppression, palace, politics, populace, population, power, president, republic, Short Story, story, topical, Writing, writing prompt

• THE TRITE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS

  

  10.57 – Pitch Meeting. Christmas Marketing Strategy for a leading supermarket. ‘Right, let’s hear your ideas.’ ‘A time to be with loved ones, especially this year.’ ‘A bit obvious.’ ‘Great food. Good times.’ ‘Very trite.’ ”Helping You Save Their Christmas’. You know, the parents are superheroes saving it for the kids.’ ‘Stealing Santa’s thunder a…

  Iain Kelly

  18/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, advert, advertising, agency, capitalism, christmas, concept, creative writing, cynical, dialogue, Fiction, Flash Fiction, humor, humour, idea, literature, marketing, one word challenge, shopping, Short Story, slogan, story, trite, Writing, writing prompt

• THE RACE

  

  Rain batters off the window. I lie in bed listening to it. It is my favourite sound, until I remember I have to get up and go out. I get up and pull on layers of clothing. Definitely a day for a hat and jacket and gloves. Then into the car, with just a piece…

  Iain Kelly

  17/11/2020

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

  #fowc, bed, covid-19, creative writing, event, exercise, exuberant, Fiction, fitness, Flash Fiction, great scottish run, jogging, literature, mass, miserable, non-fiction, normal, pandemic, participation, race, rain, running, scotland, Short Story, sport, start, story, warm-up, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• A MINOR FAULT

  

  ‘An unrecoverable error has occurred’. That didn’t look good. The blue screen of death appeared in front of her. ‘Do you wish to reboot? Y/N.’ She hovered over the two keys. This was typical. First shift after almost two thousand years of waiting. Letting him do it all, not being trusted, watching him make mistake…

  Iain Kelly

  16/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, aberration, belief, comedy, computer, creative writing, cuppa, dark, error, fault, Fiction, Flash Fiction, God, humor, humour, life, literature, mistake, processing, reboot, religion, reset, Short Story, software, story, system, universe, unrecoverable, Writing, writing prompt