Tag: glass ceiling

• SHATTERED DREAMS

  

  He ducked under the blade, but the man crashed into him and they toppled over the barrier and then they were falling towards the lights below. *** ‘Are you breaking up with me?’ She could feel the tears forming. ‘You’ve got the wrong idea.’ Sitting under the magnificent glass ceiling in the opulent ballroom, now…

  Iain Kelly

  26/01/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE YARN SPINNER

  

  ‘Let me spin you a yarn,’ said the storyteller to the girl. ‘Once there was an young lady who sat with needle and thread,’ she began. ‘She sat all day darning all sorts of items from socks to sheets. ‘She took no money, but was grateful for gifts of thanks. ‘None of the villagers knew…

  Iain Kelly

  05/11/2018

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

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