Tag: humour

• THE WORST NUCLEAR BUNKER IN THE WORLD

  October 28th 1962, the town of Midwest, Wyoming, USA. ‘But why clothes pegs?’ ‘Very useful things, you never know when you might need one.’ Jack looked again at the selection of jars and packets on the shelves. ‘It doesn’t seem like much. Wouldn’t we need to stay underground for months or years?’ Victor sighed. ‘It’s…

  Iain Kelly

  11/10/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  America, cold war, comedy, creative writing, cuban missile crisis, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, history, humour, john f. kennedy, krushchev, literature, midwest, nuclear, nuclear bunker, Short Story, Writing, wyoming

• EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT

  

  Archie wandered round Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s Classical Chinese Garden. He caught up with Agnes by the lake. ‘Isn’t it wonderful?’ she said. Archie grunted. ‘Shouldn’t we be getting back to the hotel?’ he asked. ‘We’ve plenty of time.’ she replied. ‘It doesn’t seem very Canadian to me.’ ‘It’s ancient Chinese culture.’ ‘It was built…

  Iain Kelly

  05/10/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  canada, chinatown, classical chinese garden, creative writing, everything is going to be alright, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, literature, martin creed, retirement, Short Story, vacation, vancouver, wing sang building, work no. 851, Writing

• CRYONICS

  

  The Director of the Institute walked Peter along an endless sterile corridor. ‘So, Mr. Franks, when you choose your time to arrive here, you’ll get a secure shuttered unit assigned to you.’ The Director informed him. ‘So behind each of these shutters…?’ Peter tailed off. The Director smiled. ‘Yes, behind each of these doors there…

  Iain Kelly

  30/09/2016

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  comedy, creative writing, cryogenics, cryonics, eternity, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, immortality, literature, re-animation, sci-fi, science fiction, Short Story, Writing

• DIALOGUE

        **An exercise in dialogue writing – write a converstaion between a parent and their teenage child**        ‘We need to talk to you about this school report, Joseph,’ said Joseph’s father, turning the volume down on the football game on the television and addressing his son who had walked into…

  Iain Kelly

  05/07/2016

  Fiction, Short Story, Writing

  comedy, creative writing, dialogue, exercise, Fiction, funny, humor, humour, money, Short Story, Writing