Tag: humor

• SEMI-SKIMMED DIPLOMACY

  

  ‘I need to hear whatever is said at that summit. I don’t care how you manage it!’ Field Agent Malone was tasked with delivering the American President’s command. Now he sat in an office in Seoul, while 50 kilometres north, on the 38th Parallel, the leaders of North and South Korea prepared to meet. As…

  Iain Kelly

  01/10/2018

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

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• VIEW ASKEW

  

  ‘He’s very proud of it,’ Agnes looked out the kitchen window, sipping from her G & T. Her friend, Winnie, peered out alongside her. There were a series of bumps and bangs from the skewed wooden shed, before Archie emerged from the door. ‘At least it’s kept him occupied for the summer.’ Winnie commented. ‘It’s…

  Iain Kelly

  30/09/2018

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

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• FOR HIRE

  

  Exhausted, dehydrated and sunburnt, they let the tide sweep them in for the final nautical mile. They slouched on their recliners and held hands. ‘We made it,’ he said, ‘I told you we could.’ ‘Four months on this contraption. Next year, let’s have a walking holiday,’ she replied. On the shore, the gathered crowd awaited…

  Iain Kelly

  16/09/2018

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

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• A TRUE SCOTSMAN

  ‘Bagpipes aren’t even a Scottish invention.’ ‘But they are the Scottish instrument.’ ‘No one in Scotland goes around dressed in kilts.’ ‘No-one?’ ‘Okay, the odd bloke might, but he smells of whiskey and urine and people steer clear of him.’ ‘The American tourists love this stuff.’ ‘Do you really think Scots wear tartan everyday?’ ‘I’ve…

  Iain Kelly

  09/09/2018

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

  bagpipes, canny, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, generalisation, home, humor, humour, literature, loch, loch ness monster, lochgoilhead, military tattoo, scenery, scotland, scotsman, Short Story, stereotypes, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, tartan, tourisim, tourists, tradition, Writing, writing prompt

• DOG DAY

  

  It’s eyes followed me round the room. An ugly porcelain dog sitting in a doughnut. ‘You want sugar?’ the old lady asked. ‘No, ma’am. Just milk.’ She handed me the cup filled with weak tea. She shuffled to a chair. All the while the damn dog had it’s eye on me. ‘Thanks for letting me…

  Iain Kelly

  27/08/2018

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

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