Tag: games

• DEATH DUMBS DOWN

  

  ‘I tried Tiddlywinks, Ludo, even Snap. In the end I settled on this.’ Death gestured to the game scrawled out on the paper in front of them. Reginald felt a pang of sympathy for the depressed figure shrouded in his black robe. ‘Really? Tic-Tac-Toe was the only one we could cope with?’ ‘It’s called Noughts…

  Iain Kelly

  24/07/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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• THE MAN IN THE WINDOW

  

  Midday, there he is, like clockwork. She looks out the window as he walks along the alley. He gets to the junction and stops. She checks her watch and starts timing him. Thirty seconds exactly, then he starts walking again. Everyday the same routine. She has imagined why he acts this way. Has he lost…

  Iain Kelly

  07/05/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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