Tag: journalism

• WOMAN ‘PROVES’ NESSIE EXISTS

  

  “Man ‘Definitely’ Saw Aliens!” “Doctor ‘Heals’ With Touch Alone!” “Scientists ‘Travel’ Back In Time!” The Editor-in-Chief threw the papers across the room as he spat out each headline. “It would be nice, just once, to have a front page that was genuine and didn’t require quotation marks for legal reasons.” “Remember we did try that,…

  Iain Kelly

  25/11/2018

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

  comedy, conflict, conspiracy, creative writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, headlines, humor, humour, independent, interest, journalism, literature, nessie, newspapers, politics, press, profit, readership, sarcasm, Short Story, state, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, theory, wit, Writing, writing prompt

• THE SOURCE

  Frost covered the grass and branches. Well-layered joggers trotted past at various paces. She wrapped her arms around herself, the thick coat and gloves failing to halt the chill. Mothers pushed buggies, couples walked hand-in-hand, dog-walkers pulled leads or were dragged by them, tourists swarmed. She didn’t know what to expect; she hadn’t formed a…

  Iain Kelly

  22/01/2018

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

  America, anonymous, bench, corruption, creative writing, drama, expose, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, free press, government, journalism, lafayette park, literature, newspaper, penns, pennsylvania avenue, politics, president, publish, scandal, Short Story, source, state, story, the post, washington d.c., washington post, white house, Writing, writing prompt