Tag: humour

• GOOGLE: REPUBLIC

  Google Search: How did the United States of America Collapse? The Short Answer:The decline of the Republic began in the early 21st century. Corruption was rife in the halls of power. In 2024, the former president, Donald J. Trump, a convicted felon, was re-elected, defeating Democrat Joe Biden. This sparked the 2nd American Civil War,…

  Iain Kelly

  05/04/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  America, collapse, corruption, creative writing, dark, felon, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, google, history, humour, literature, politics, president, republic, search, Short Story, speculative, state, story, wikipedia, Writing

• SPIN CYCLE

  She tapped her fingers on the worktop. If she could just figure out this ending. She picked up the cup. Empty. Time for a refill. The background noise abated as the spin cycle ended. The words were all there, it just wasn’t singing to her. This was the one, the one that would win her…

  Iain Kelly

  01/03/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agent, creative writing, deal, escape, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, inspiration, laundrette, laundromat, literature, mundane, process, Publishing, real life, Short Story, spin, story, washing, writer, Writing, writing prompt

• HE NEVER LEFT

  Heading downtown, with a one way ticket out of here. Nothing left for me in this one-horse town. It’s time to go and find my fortune elsewhere. This is my destiny. ‘Yo, Mikey!’ Who’s that at the window? Julie? Man, she is hot, even in tracksuit bottoms and wet hair. ‘Hey, Julie.’ ‘Where you headin’?’…

  Iain Kelly

  01/02/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  balcony, creative writing, destiny, fate, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, juliet, literature, love, Romance, romeo, shakespeare, Short Story, story, window, Writing, writing prompt, youth

• CAN’T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

  ‘There,’ Archie called, as he swept up the final leaf and dropped it in the bin. ‘Will you come in now?’ Agnes called, her voice rising over the howling gusts of wind. ‘It’s nothing but a strong breeze. Doesn’t it feel better to have the garden clean and pristine?’ ‘Does it matter? The forecast says…

  Iain Kelly

  25/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, comedy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, literal, literature, metaphor, Short Story, story, Writing, writing prompt

• IN A SPIN

  He tried to contain his temper as he repeated the same argument into the telephone. ‘I stood in the store with your sales representative and pointed out the exact model I wanted.’ ‘And that’s the model you have,’ the manager explained. ‘Yes, but in white, not pink. Pink doesn’t match the rest of my kitchen.…

  Iain Kelly

  18/01/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  agnes, agnes and archie, Archie, colour, comedy, creative writing, customer, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, kitchen, literature, order, pink, service, Short Story, story, white, Writing, writing prompt