Tag: gangster

• THE SNITCH

  ‘All you have to do is tell them exactly what I told you.’ It was easy for him to say. I was a snitch, everyone knew I was a snitch, that’s why they were using me, but I liked to think I was an honest snitch. I didn’t tell the detective anything that wasn’t true.…

  Iain Kelly

  22/01/2021

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, creative writing, drug, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gang, gangster, hard boiled, informant, kill, literature, noir, prostitute, rat, Short Story, snitch, story, street, war, warfare, Writing, writing prompt

• A STRANGER FROM THE CITY

  

  Thierry flicked over the page of Le Monde and glanced at the headlines. A fly lazily buzzed around the room, the only sound and movement. Another slow day at Hotel Napoleon. Madame Dunois was the sole guest. She would be asleep until the evening meal. The door opened. Thierry looked across the reception. A man in…

  Iain Kelly

  03/05/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  black, creative writing, crime, Fiction, Flash Fiction, France, Friday Fictioneers, gangster, hotel, literature, moll, murder, noir, past, revenge, rural, Short Story, story, thriller, Writing, writing prompt

• MOTHER’S DAY

  

  Mum stopped on the wooden causeway. The wind swept the water over the sides, lapping at our feet. Through the grey mist, a man stood. He wore a grey fedora and trench coat. Mum put her arms round my shoulders as he approached. ‘You shouldn’t have taken the kid. He might have let you go,…

  Iain Kelly

  26/03/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  causeway, creative writing, crime, defiant, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gangster, grey, gun, Knife, literature, mother, mother’s day, mum, noir, Short Story, stab, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, Woman, Writing, writing prompt