Tag: Hollywood

• HERE’S LOOKIN’ AT YOU, KID

  

  ‘We’ve checked everywhere, Sam, it ain’t here,’ said Ruth. I dropped the sledgehammer. ‘Alright Gutman, where is it?’ ‘I told you. Ask Cairo. He knows, not me.’ ‘Cairo’s dead. So’s Archer. You’re responsible. Now cough up the statue.’ ‘Poor Mr. Spade. You’re nothing but a clueless gumshoe.’ ‘The Falcon, where is it?’ I aimed the…

  Iain Kelly

  11/12/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• FADING STAR

  Olivia Hildebrand drained the bottle of beer. She took a long drag on a cigarette and stubbed it out on her expensive Armani dress. She tripped, one of her Gucci heels had broken, and landed on the ground. She looked up at the Hollywood sign looming brightly over her. ‘This is how it ends then.’ She stared at her…

  Iain Kelly

  15/02/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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