Tag: Knife

• MOTHER’S DAY

  

  Mum stopped on the wooden causeway. The wind swept the water over the sides, lapping at our feet. Through the grey mist, a man stood. He wore a grey fedora and trench coat. Mum put her arms round my shoulders as he approached. ‘You shouldn’t have taken the kid. He might have let you go,…

  Iain Kelly

  26/03/2017

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

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• OBSESSION

  I watch the fire fading in the chiminea, poking at the dying embers with a stick. Three in the morning and the party was winding down. Everyone else had gone inside half an hour ago. Beth had gone inside, with Daniel’s arm draped round her shoulders. I wish it could have been me in Daniel’s…

  Iain Kelly

  05/03/2017

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

  chiminea, creative writing, dark, disturbed, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hammer, jealousy, Knife, literature, murder, obssession, party, pathological, psychological, psychopath, revenge, Short Story, stalker, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, torture, violence, Writing, writing prompt

• CHASING PAPER DRAGONS

  

  Lucas finished folding the paper dragon and added it to the pile in the middle of the empty room. Three hundred and sixty-five paper dragons. Three hundred and sixty-five days since he had last chased the dragon. A whole year clean. Three hundred and sixty-five days since Angie had chased the dragon too hard and…

  Iain Kelly

  19/02/2017

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

  Chasing the dragon, creative writing, dragon, drama, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Knife, literature, Origami, Paper dragons, revenge, Short Story, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, violence, Writing