Tag: hurricane

• MAYBE IT WAS THE RAIN

  I kept the date. It was our last chance. Your last chance. If you don’t show up this time then I’ll know for sure. Fifteen years since the High School prom. We were perfect. You wanted to be with me. Why should that have changed? So every year, on the anniversary of that evening, I […]

  Iain Kelly

  05/10/2022

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  comedy, creative writing, dark, date, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, humour, hurricane, literature, media, rain, Short Story, social, stalker, stood up, story, weather, Writing, writing prompt

• HEAVENS ABOVE!

  

  ‘There it is! The portal! We are saved!’ ‘It’s not a portal, it’s a gap in the clouds.’ ‘We haven’t seen a gap in the clouds for three years. It must be a sign from above!’ ‘From who exactly?’ ‘Why, from our saviour of course. Don’t you believe?!’ ‘After the plagues, the earthquakes, the drought, […]

  Iain Kelly

  12/03/2020

  #writephoto, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #writephoto, alien, apocalypse, cloud, comedy, creative writing, dark, disaster, drought, earthquake, Extinction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, floods, God, heaven, humor, humour, hurricane, lambent, light, literature, Plague, religion, Short Story, sky, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, Writing, writing prompt

• END TIMES

  

  Christenson fell to his knees, his hands raised to the skies, his face a scream of agony. ‘Show yourself!’ he cried. Outside the storm tore at the earth. Debris battered against the protective dome. Trees, buildings, animals – all tossed asunder. Inside the palm trees were still, the climate pleasant. Only the constant howling noise […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/01/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  apocalypse, creative writing, dome, drabble, end times, fable, faith, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, God, gothic, hurricane, lack, literature, parable, Short Story, storm, story, survival, world, Writing, writing prompt

• HAVEN

  

  I shall never forget the sound that first time. We sat cramped together in the dark shelter at the end of the garden, with only a flickering gas lamp providing a dull orange glow. Rufus, only a pup, huddled on my lap, cowering and whining. Mother huddled next to me, protective arms wrapped around me. […]

  Iain Kelly

  16/11/2017

  creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  climate, climate change, creative writing, Destruction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, global warming, haven, howl, hurricane, literature, rain, scream, season, shelter, Short Story, sky, storm, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, tree, weather, wind, Writing, writing prompt

• THE NEW NORMAL (PART 2)

  

  This is a companion to another short piece – you can read part one here: THE NEW NORMAL The sky had cleared since the morning. Albert wrapped up in a jacket and found a spot in the sunshine on their small balcony. ‘Just popping out in the boat to see mother,’ Elaine called from the […]

  Iain Kelly

  12/09/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  Boat, climate, climate change, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, flood, flooding, flowers, hurricane, literature, rowing, Short Story, storm, story, the new normal, water, water levels, Writing, writing prompt