Tag: glory

• THE ROAR OF THE CROWD

  

  Hushed anticipation. He lined up the free-kick. This was it. His chance. He pictured it in his mind. The flight the ball would take as it left his foot. The swerve and arc that would send it right into the top corner of the goal. The net billowing and straining to contain the power. A…

  Iain Kelly

  23/11/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, ageing, career, comedy, creative writing, crowd, dad, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, football, free-kick, glory, goal, goalkeeper, humor, humour, literature, moment, net, power, roar, Short Story, shot, son, sport, story, strike, Writing, writing prompt

• BELIEF

  

  Jimmy shook his head as he saw the kid walking up to the gym through the deep snow. ‘You didn’t have to come in today, kid. No one else did.’ ‘Weather’s not gonna stop me.’ He walked off to get changed. ‘You know Rocky was made up, right?’ Jimmy called after him. Jimmy had seen…

  Iain Kelly

  28/02/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  believe, boxing, champion, corrupt, creative writing, determination, dream, Fiction, fight, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, glory, gym, hope, literature, old age, rocky, Short Story, snow, sport, story, Writing, writing prompt, young, youth